Difference between revisions of "Straw matting"

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Straw matting is a type of floor that prevents the creation of 95% of the filth that would otherwise be created on it. It has a cleaning time of 100%.

Acquisition

Each tile of straw matting constructed requires 2 Hays and 120 ticks (2 secs) of work.

Summary

Straw matting reduces the amount of filth from any pawn, animal or human simply walking or being on it by 95%. It does not prevent firefoam, blood, or other "created" filth. It has a -0.1 Cleanliness multiplier.

It is also very flammable. It not just by far the most flammable flooring, but one of the most flammable structures in general. Precautions should be taken in case of fire in areas where this is a risk, but it can also be exploited by making intentional fire traps.

Analysis

This type of floor should be placed in any enclosed area that animals, especially farm animals, are allowed to enter. Care should be taken however - while it may be tempting to give any hauling animals paths to the warehouse where they will create minimal filth, it also essentially provides a wick directly to the same warehouse full of valuable items in the event of a fire.

A compromise would be to use matting with "fire breaks", either non-flammable walls and doors or areas of at least 3-tiles wide of non-flammable flooring at least 3 tiles wide, to minimize the spread of any fire.

Kitchens

For the purposes of cooking, as long as a room's cleanliness is above -2.0, then the chance of food poisoning will not increase. Straw matting's -0.1 is significantly above this threshold. As straw matting only creates 5% of walking filth, it is a very work efficient way to creating "clean enough" kitchens. It takes much longer to reach -2.0 cleanliness with straw than with regular floor.

Dirt floor has a cleanliness of -1.0, prevents 100% of filth from standing/walking, and is non-flammable, so is superior when making earlygame kitchens. However, colonists create filth any time they step from dirt to constructed floor, making the rest of your base dirtier. This is not a problem if your entire base has dirt or rough floor, though dirt in general is unimpressive and slows movement speed. Straw matting does not require much cleaning time in the first place. So once you have constructed flooring on common walkways and throughout your base, straw saves on overall time.

You can even pair this floor with steel or sterile tiles in areas where filth does not or cannot accumulate, such as under stoves or chairs. This increases the overall base cleanliness of the room, while retaining the filth repellent nature of the straw matting in traffic areas.

Version history

1.3.3066 - Added
1.4.3523 - Cleaning time factor added.

Architect

Floors: Burned floors (Carpet, Straw matting, Wood floor, Bioferrite plate) • Concrete • Flagstones (Sandstone, Granite, Limestone, Slate, Marble) • Gold tile • Paved tile • Silver tile • Steel tile • Sterile tile • Straw matting • Wood floor • Fungal gravel • Hex tile • Spikecore plates • Totemic boards
(research): Carpet • Stone tiles (Sandstone, Granite, Limestone, Slate, Marble) • Fine carpets • Fine stone tiles (Sandstone, Granite, Limestone, Slate, Marble) • Hex carpet • Mindbend carpet • Morbid carpet • Morbid stone tiles (Sandstone, Granite, Limestone, Slate, Marble) • Spikecore stone tiles (Sandstone, Granite, Limestone, Slate, Marble) • Totemic stone tiles (Sandstone, Granite, Limestone, Slate, Marble) • Bioferrite plate
Floor coverings: Animalist slab (Medium, Broad) • Morbid slab (Medium, Broad) • Rustic rug (Medium, Broad) • Spikecore floor-star (Medium, Broad) • Totemic slab (Medium, Broad)
Related: Bridge • Smooth stone • Void metal

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 === Kitchens ===
-{{Stub|section=1|reason=Time to overwhelm steel/sterile tile or other cleanliness positive flooring vs straw matting needs to be tested as well}}<!--Note for editors looking to destub this section: Regular floor vs straw matting was tested, but cleanliness positive floors were not. Also keep in mind the last paragraph - in testing the fact that they can be combined should be accounted for-->
+{{Stub|section=1|reason=Time to overwhelm steel/sterile tile or other cleanliness positive flooring vs straw matting needs to be tested, including for non-kitchens}}<!--Note for editors looking to destub this section: Regular floor vs straw matting was tested, but cleanliness positive floors were not. Also keep in mind the last paragraph - in testing the fact that they can be combined should be accounted for-->
-Kitchens may seem an odd use for straw matting given the inherent [[cleanliness]] penalty that it provides, however, unlike [[research]], [[doctoring]], or [[biosculpter pod|biosculpting]]{{IdeologyIcon}}, [[food poisoning]] is not directly proportionally scaled to cleanliness. Instead, the chance of food poisoning for a given cook only starts to increase once the room's cleanliness drops below -2.0.
+For the purposes of [[cooking]], as long as a room's cleanliness is above -2.0, then the chance of [[food poisoning]] will not increase. Straw matting's {{P|Cleanliness}} is significantly above this threshold. As straw matting only creates 5% of walking filth, it is a very work efficient way to creating "clean enough" kitchens. It takes much longer to reach -2.0 cleanliness with straw than with regular floor.
-Straw matting's {{P|Cleanliness}} cleanliness rating is significantly above this threshold. Thus, while straw matting requires less filth present than a cleanliness neutral floor to cause food poisoning, only 1/20th of the filth being created in the first place means that it still takes significantly more time for this threshold to be met. It also means that less work total is required to maintain the room than regular floors.
+Dirt floor has a cleanliness of -1.0, prevents ''100%'' of filth from standing/walking, and is non-flammable, so is superior when making earlygame kitchens. However, colonists create filth any time they step from dirt to constructed floor, making the rest of your base dirtier. This is not a problem if your entire base has dirt or rough floor, though dirt in general is unimpressive and slows [[movement speed]]. Straw matting does not require much cleaning time in the first place. So once you have constructed flooring on common walkways and throughout your base, straw saves on overall time.
-This makes straw matting a very work efficient, if exceedingly flammable, method of reducing food poisoning.
+You can even pair this floor with [[steel tile|steel]] or [[sterile tile]]s in areas where filth does not or cannot accumulate, such as under stoves or chairs. This increases the overall base cleanliness of the room, while retaining the filth repellent nature of the straw matting in traffic areas.
-This can even be paired with placing [[steel tile|steel]] or [[sterile tile]]s in areas where filth does not or cannot accumulate, such as under stoves or chairs. This increases the overall base cleanliness of the room, while retaining the filth repellent nature of the straw matting in traffic areas.
 == Version history ==