Finally remembered to return to it. Well, what can I say… seems the update doesn’t fix already generated towers, it’s still 100+C in there, and even if I remove those fields via map editor, they are just regenerated from those “scarred lumps”.
So I just used debug HVAC mutation… which didn’t do jack shit, I still got slowed to speed 25 and got slow damage applying to all body parts. But eh, whatever, at this point I just activated TD,ICC and nanobots and went forward. Now, the good news: Sonic Resonator actually works! Thank you, @Valase. Sometimes it takes more than one activation for the wall to break but eventually it does break.
And now, the bad news: those NPCs are either dumber than bricks, or bugged. Or maybe they are affected by those buggy stupidly high temperatures. I spoke with each end every one of them(nice shout-out to T2 btw), they are all counted as my followers but they don’t, uh, follow me. They just move back and forth a few tiles on the same floor their cages were, sometime telling each other to get outta their way. I even tried telling them to “move to my camp” via dialogue, they said “okay” and then nothing happened. I though maybe it’s RB issue so I moved waaaay out - nope, they are all listed as being there if I look at the overmap. Still at the same floor, even.
Any ideas how to bring them to my camp?