You can cheat the heat mechanic of mechsuits by exiting and reentering

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Describe the bug

Currently the mech suits' laser weapons use the heat mechanic. But if you exit the mech, the gun instantly cools down all the way (presumably because a new pseudo item is being generated each time you re enter the mech)

Attach save file

n/a

Steps to reproduce

1. Spawn a mech, id card, etc
2. Enter the mech and take some shots at something until you see HEAT!! or some other indication that the weapon has gained heat
3. exit mech, re enter mech
4. observe unheated gun

Expected behavior

Either the mech should preserve its heat regardless of whether it has a driver or not, or the mech should not have heat. It's possible that access to the entire mech allows use of powerful heat management systems to negate any meaningful overheating (since bulk and weight aren't a concern for a mech). Alternatively, the mechs could be rearmed with heavy weapons, such as the 308 minigun for the combat mech, instead of using lasers.

Screenshots

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Versions and configuration

• OS: Windows
  • OS Version: 10.0.19045.4529 (22H2)
• Game Version: 06460ed [64-bit]
• Graphics Version: Tiles
• Game Language: English [en]
• Mods loaded: [
  Dark Days Ahead [dda],
  Disable NPC Needs [no_npc_food],
  Slowdown Fungal Growth [no_fungal_growth],
  Bionic Slots [cbm_slots],
  Portal Storms Ignore NPCs [personal_portal_storms]
  ]

Additional context

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