Tempshift Plate

This article has not been revised for the current version (***U50-587362***). It was last updated for *AP-398142*. It may contain inaccuracies.
This article has not been revised for the current version (***U50-587362***). It was last updated for *AP-398142*. It may contain inaccuracies.

## Tempshift Plate

Accelerates or buffers Heat dispersal based on the construction material used.
Has a small area of effect.

The thermal properties of construction materials determine their heat retention.

## Materials

### Generic Buildable

800 kg

**Tempshift Plate** is a 1x1 Utilities Building that occupies a 3x3 space for the purpose of heat exchange calculations. As a Background Building, it does not occupy the space for purpose of blocking construction of most other buildings (with exception of tiles, doors, and other background buildings), and generally does not interact with anything outside of heat calculations.

Its high mass, large footprint, and material selection makes it superb for the purpose of equalizing temperature within an area (for example in a heat exchanger) and for holding heat to prevent sudden changes in temperature (such as in Natural Gas Geyser).

## Mechanics

A Tempshift Plate will exchange heat with (almost) anything in a 3x3 tile space, centered on the plate; it will equalize the temperature in its area of effect, including itself. Due to that, it may cause sharp temperature drops or spikes when it is installed. The speed of temperature exchange depends on the material used to construct the Tempshift Plate.

They will exchange heat with the following:

* Solid, Liquid, and Gas **Cells**
* All kinds of Tiles found in the Base (Building) category, excluding Mesh Tiles and Airflow Tiles
* **Closed** Manual Airlocks, Mechanized Airlocks and Bunker Doors (any tile they occupy)
* Transit Tube Crossings
* Heavi-Watt Joint Plates and Heavi-Watt Conductive Joint Plates
* Farm Tiles, Hydroponic Farms, Fish Releases and Fish Feeders
* Weight Plates
* The solid tiles of Gantries (the ones with black and yellow stripes)

They won't exchange heat with anything not listed above, most notably:

* Machines
* Other Tempshift Plates
* Mesh Tiles and Airflow Tiles
* **Opened** Manual Airlocks, Mechanized Airlocks and Bunker Doors
* Drywall
* Pipes

They also act similarly to Drywall and prevent gases and liquids from being removed inside the Space Biome.

Tempshift Plates can be made from the following materials:

## Tips

* Since Diamond has a very high Thermal Conductivity and very limited uses (Window Tiles and Aero Pots), it is a prime material for Tempshift Plates. Refined Metals should only be used if necessary, due to their large amount of other uses.
* If large areas need to be covered with Tempshift Plates a relatively conductive Raw Mineral, such as Granite, works well.
* They can also be used as a thermal mass if necessary (Ice and Dirt work well). Water tiles (normally up to 1000 kg of mass) are better suited in numeric terms but solids are generally simpler, plentiful, and far easier to work with.
* Tempshift Plates can be used to augment cooling of buildings or fluids with the Anti Entropy Thermo-Nullifier. (See Guide Base Cooling)
* Using Tempshift Plates can help keep Plants from stifling due to temperature by enabling cooling of Farm Tiles and their environment.
* Since Tempshift Plates can be built from Liquefiables and are not affected by the 15°C minimum building temperature when built out of Liquefiables, it is possible to use it as a way to transfer Temperature by Duplicants: if made from Ice, they can cool down areas of a base, and, if made from Polluted Ice, they can be used to quickly melt it. This is especially useful, since it uses twice as much material as Ice Block, while having a 4 times smaller footprint.

## History

* **EU-279457**:
	+ Updated art for Tempshift Plate.
	+ Wallpaper and Tempshift Plates no longer create void when you deconstruct them.
* **R1-260847**: Temp Shift Plates are now selectable.
* **OC-254439**: Tiles can no longer be built on top of Tempshift Plates.
* **AT-242372**: Introduced.

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