Repairs Overhaul
Immersive Repairs
Keeping the sub alive becomes a real job. Engines burn oil, oxygen generators need filters, vents need blades, hull breaches are welded from outside, turrets wear out, and a failed repair can blow up an engine in your face. Adds a deep toolset, firefighting gear, and new afflictions.
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Item / maintenance
Mostly bot-friendly
- What it is
- A repairs overhaul by _]|M|[_. Repairs take more time and crew coordination. "Not for people with low patience and a need for speedy campaigns."
- Load position
- Enhanced Reactors / Hazardous Reactors (if used) → Immersive Repairs → DynamicEuropa → Neurotrauma. Place its feature-revert patches above it.
- Bots
- Mostly bot-friendly (auto-refill oil, no failed-skill explosions). Known quirk: bots try to repair external turrets, grab a diving suit, then get stuck.
Don't repair a running engine or live reactor without an extinguisher buddy. After every fight or flood, sweep vents and check vent blades, air filters and engine oil — water damages all of them.
⚒Core mechanics
- Right tool for the job: jackhammer for mining, plasma cutter for tearing down structures, etc.
- Outside repairs: turrets and discharge coils slowly wear from use and must be repaired or they fail in combat (they expose a condition output pin you can wire to a display). Hull damage is welded from outside in a diving suit — welders now have shorter range, need precision, and can't weld through multiple walls.
- New repair failures: engines can explode on a failed repair (worse the faster they were running, damaging walls and you); failing on a junction box / supercapacitor / battery can zap/electrocute you.
- Flooding/fire effects: oxygen generators drain O₂ from all rooms when on fire; flooded junction boxes / supercapacitors / batteries randomly zap, start fires, or electrocute the water (capacitors & batteries have a Disable_Output input; junction boxes have no disable pin — a known pain point).
- Sensible Reactors: the same critical-state repair failure as Enhanced Reactors but without radiation — turn the reactor off before repairing.
⚙The new maintenance systems
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Oiled engines
Engines need oil; run dry, they degrade fast and explode when they break. Refill with an Engine Oil (or Premium Engine Oil) canister; Hungry Europans' cooking oil works briefly. Engines start smoking at ≤50% condition. Bots auto-refill oil. Premium Oil is unlocked by the "Oiled Machinery" talent.2
Air filters (oxygen generators)
Oxygen generators need a working Air Filter. Maintain it by cleaning with ethanol (especially after a flood); replace only if it breaks. Filters have a quality stat (more quality = longer life, more reaction time). A generator won't refill O₂ tanks without a working filter. Caution: turning the generator off to clean the filter has burned subs when forgotten.3
Vent blades (vents)
All vents need Vent Blades to function. Blades take water damage (break down over ~14 minutes submerged) — check after flooding. They can be thrown at intruders (damages blade and target). Bots can't replace them — you do.4
Hidden loose-vent inventories
You can't tell a loose vent from a fixed one by sight. Open a vent with the Action key ("E") while holding a crowbar to reveal its hidden inventory.5
Outside hull / turret welding
Diving suit on, go outside, use the shorter-range welder. Weld hull from outside; repair turrets/discharge coils periodically.6
Emergency seals
Place an Automatic Welder near an unreachable leak (auto-welds ~400 HP of wall when water flows; has a manual button too). Or spray Fixfoam from a sprayer + Fixfoam Tank for an instant temporary seal — then weld over it within ~3–4 minutes before it degrades.☰New items & tools
| Item | Effect / role | Notes |
|---|
| Multitool | Replaces the repair pack; fastest handheld repairs; also a combined screwdriver + wrench | Handheld mode is fastest but leaves the object un-protected (re-degrades immediately). Degrades fast; fix with an FPGA circuit. |
| Welding Torch / Welding Tool | Shorter-range welders for hull/structure | Bots revert the Welding Tool to vanilla behaviour |
| Concentrated Welding Fuel Tank | Lets the torch weld underwater and triples range; also Flamer fuel | Highly explosive, used fast; refuel with a buy-only Concentrated Welding Fuel Canister at a Fuel Refill Station |
| Fuel Refill Station (placeable) | Refills welding-fuel tanks & fire extinguishers | Craftable |
| Welding Mask | Prevents Welder's Eye | Variants: Diving Welding Mask, Advanced Welding Mask (status/electrical readouts), Clown Welding Mask |
| Welder's Eye Drops | Treats Welder's Eye | Medical-merchant only; recommended ~55 medical skill |
| Automatic Welder (placeable) | Auto-welds unreachable leaks (~400 HP) | Craftable + sold; you spawn with some by difficulty (Easy 8 / Normal 6 / Hard 4) |
| Fixfoam Tank | Loads into a sprayer for a temporary leak seal | Weld over within 3–4 min |
| Air Filter | Required by oxygen generators | Clean with ethanol; quality tiers; replace if broken |
| Vent Blade | Required by vents; throwable | Replace when water-worn |
| Engine Oil / Premium Engine Oil | Engine fuel/lubricant | Engine Oil vendor-sold; Premium via "Oiled Machinery" talent |
| Jackhammer / Plasma Cutter | Mining / structure-tearing tools | Right-tool-for-job |
| Industrial Flashlight | Toggleable powerful flashlight | High battery use |
| Halligan-Tool / Fire Axe | Open/break doors fast; blunt + laceration/bleeding | Firefighter recipes |
| CO₂ Grenade | Instantly kills fires by depleting room oxygen | Firefighter recipe; works in detonators |
| Firefighter Suit / Helmet / Cabinet | High fire protection + firefighting storage | Firefighter recipes; cabinet auto-refills O₂/batteries |
| Safe Cracker / Holdable ladder / Stairs | Utility items praised by the community | Exact behaviour not documented on the page |
Talents added: Firefighter (Mechanic — carry characters at full speed; unlocks firefighting recipes) and Oiled Machinery (unlocks Premium Engine Oil). The vanilla "Hull Fixer" talent is modified.
⚠New afflictions
| Affliction | Cause | Cure |
|---|
| Welder's Eye | Welding without a mask (Plasma Cutter & Welding Tool apply it). Impairs vision/navigation. | Self-heals very slowly; or Welder's Eye Drops; or outpost doctors (expensive). With Hungry Europans, sleeping in a bed drastically speeds healing. |
| Oil / slip | Failing an engine repair, or being hit by a thrown oil canister, spills oil → you slip and fall | Get sprayed with a sprayer containing ethanol |
| Electric shock | Zapped by a flooded/failed junction box, battery, supercapacitor, or discharge coil | Vanilla electric-shock state |
⚙Compatibility & patches
- Vanilla Oxygen Patch (3239152683) — removes Air Filter & Vent Blade requirements.
- Vanilla Welding Patch (3120380654) — reverts welding (removes Welding Torch/Mask/Automatic Welder/Fixfoam etc.).
- No Turret Repairs Patch (3120381149) — turrets/coils stop wearing from firing.
- NT Cybernetics Patch (3153498101); Robotrauma Patch (3165372921); Russian/German/Chinese translations.
Place any of the feature-revert patches above Immersive Repairs in the list.
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