Range Ceilings

[jrcameron]

In the first Glean, there was an immediate and profound difference between the temperate, glacial, and volcanic regions.
Not just thematically, but mechanically.
You'd find different things, and be able to go a little deeper in sometimes with thanks to the cooling effects of the glacial and temperate regions.
Here in the second, that makes a return... But only for the terrestrial.
I wonder why.
If I'm on a volcanic world in the aerial vehicle, I would like to see updrafts.
The whole planet's hotter, so the air should be.
Hot air raises, and could help me get a bit higher.

I'm not sure that sort of thing could apply to the aquatic planets, though, since the main issue there is pressure.
Temperature does affect pressure, in so much as an increase in temperature leads to an increase in pressure.
That's talking about gas though. I know ice expands as it freezes...
Speaking of, there's surely not very much ice in the glacial water levels. I wonder why that is.

Food for thought, I guess.

[Vesper]

A wild guess with aquatic and ice: Ice floats, so if there's ice, it's above the playing area.
About pressure and temperature - well, water's density lowers if it's heated, so yes, pressure should be lower in volcanic aquatic, by 0~10% compared to glacial. 10% corresponds to water at boiling point vs water at 4 degrees Celsius, so this is highly unlikely that there will be such difference in pressure - there is kelp, fish and oysters underwater, so it cannot be as hot. So, the pressure diff is negligible (4% at most, for 40 degrees Celsius) and is not implemented.

About updrafts in volcanic aerials - updrafts occur whenever there's a heat source on the ground (below) that heats air/gas to make it hotter than the rest of the atmosphere, thus the nature of the planet should not play a role in the presense of updrafts - they should exist everywhere, as a difference of 5 degrees between 0 and 5 is the same updraft as 5 degrees between 100 and 105. But the actual updraft effect will most likely be overcome by the propeller breaking the air flow, so it's also not implemented.

If you have troubles getting past 170m, consider dismounting unnecessary upgrades from aerial drone - I've seen people getting to 173, while I could get only to 172, the reason could be that I've upped cooling to mk8 or mk7 while they didn't. I think I should test this when I'll get back to the game, after all I can simulate the lack of amber for mk6 propeller by dismounting propeller too.