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'''Concrete''' costs one steel, and with the exception of smoothing stone for free, concrete is the cheapest flooring, and has a cleaning time of only 80%. It is fireproof and effective at creating a fire barrier two tiles wide around buildings to protect them, or around fires to keep them contained. Its downside is its -1 beauty, identical to that of a natural floor, and can lead to the Ugly Environment thought.
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'''Concrete''' is a cheap and fireproof flooring.
 
 
Concrete may be useful outdoors underneath [[wind turbine]]s, as concrete will prevent trees from growing and interfering with the turbine's performance.
 
  
 
== Acquisition ==
 
== Acquisition ==
 
Concrete can be constructed once the [[Research#{{P|Required Research}}|{{P|Required Research}}]] research project has been completed. Each tile requires {{Required Resources}} and {{ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}} of work.
 
Concrete can be constructed once the [[Research#{{P|Required Research}}|{{P|Required Research}}]] research project has been completed. Each tile requires {{Required Resources}} and {{ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}} of work.
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== Summary ==
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Concrete has a {{--|1}} [[beauty]] rating per tile, and cleaning [[filth]] on it takes only 80% of the time. It is otherwise unremarkable flooring, being [[fire]]proof and not penalizing walk speed.
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== Analysis ==
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Concrete is cheap, very easy to lay, and quick to clean. [[Smooth stone|Smoothing stone]] is free, but takes much more work to create. Unlike [[wood floor]], concrete is not flammable. Compared to just keeping a dirt floor, concrete has ''a'' cost, but is cleaner by default, which improves medical outcomes and research speed. Note that artificial floors accumulate [[filth]], so an uncleaned floor can ironically end up dirtier than plain dirt.
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Despite using steel, a valuable resource, the actual cost is quite low. Compared to higher quality tiles, the beauty penalty can be offset by using [[sculpture]]s. A normal [[quality]], wood [[large sculpture]] can counteract up to 100 tiles of concrete, which is more cost effective than using [[paved tile]]s or even [[carpet]]. The better the artist, the more efficient sculptures + concrete becomes.
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Outdoors, the beauty penalty is negligable. Concrete can be placed like [[flagstone]] to improve walking speed, used as a 2-tile wide fire barrier to protect buildings, or put underneath [[wind turbine]]s to prevent [[tree]] growth.
  
 
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Revision as of 19:30, 24 November 2022

Concrete

Concrete

Rough concrete. It is cheap and quick to build, but is also quite ugly.

Base Stats

Type
Floor
Market Value
2.3 Silver
Beauty
-1
Flammability
0%

Building

Size
1 × 1
Placeable
True
Move Speed Factor
100%

Creation

Required Research
Stonecutting
Work To Make
100 ticks (1.67 secs)
Resources to make
Steel 1
Deconstruct yield
Steel 0 - 1

Concrete is a cheap and fireproof flooring.

Acquisition

Concrete can be constructed once the Stonecutting research project has been completed. Each tile requires Steel 1 Steel and 100 ticks (1.67 secs) of work.

Summary

Concrete has a −1 beauty rating per tile, and cleaning filth on it takes only 80% of the time. It is otherwise unremarkable flooring, being fireproof and not penalizing walk speed.

Analysis

Concrete is cheap, very easy to lay, and quick to clean. Smoothing stone is free, but takes much more work to create. Unlike wood floor, concrete is not flammable. Compared to just keeping a dirt floor, concrete has a cost, but is cleaner by default, which improves medical outcomes and research speed. Note that artificial floors accumulate filth, so an uncleaned floor can ironically end up dirtier than plain dirt.

Despite using steel, a valuable resource, the actual cost is quite low. Compared to higher quality tiles, the beauty penalty can be offset by using sculptures. A normal quality, wood large sculpture can counteract up to 100 tiles of concrete, which is more cost effective than using paved tiles or even carpet. The better the artist, the more efficient sculptures + concrete becomes.

Outdoors, the beauty penalty is negligable. Concrete can be placed like flagstone to improve walking speed, used as a 2-tile wide fire barrier to protect buildings, or put underneath wind turbines to prevent tree growth.

Version history