Posted by: Father Tim
« on: April 24, 2020, 05:10:39 PM »My guess would be oxygen above 30% of atmosphere as being the reason.
Yes, Oxygen over 30% is a toxic gas.
My guess would be oxygen above 30% of atmosphere as being the reason.
Increase your Maximum Oxygen Deviation. It's probably a left-over from Human species.Black got it in the first reply. O2 is over the 30% limit.
We weren't alive then.Of course, but I'm not playing humans. As far as human tolerances go, we probably couldn't survive there (note: not a doctor), but life can and high oxygen is probably preferable for insectoids so I'm just saying, as an absolute cutoff for "life can no longer get by even if it evolved here" it seems a bit low.
I agree a 30% cutoff is a bit harsh, but increasing oxygen percentage, AND pressure can easily cause central neural toxicity, as well as increased risk of fire.
At one atmosphere 40% starts becoming toxic, and 55% becomes intolerable, at half an atmosphere you can get to 70% without starting toxicity, with 95% still being somewhat tolerable.
But with increased atmospheric pressures 30% and under starts being toxic. I'm guessing steve picked a number that was a bit of a compromise. Maybe more complex toxcity mechanics is justified considering how the rest of the gasses are treated now.
I'll attach the chart I found just for reference.
My guess would be oxygen above 30% of atmosphere as being the reason.