With ship life support, will opening doors automatically cycle airlocks to minimize wasted oxygen and atmosphere?
TL;DRNo automatic cycling of every door, but airlocks will cycle like real ones, ideally smartly, while opening a cargo bay in space loses the air unless the engineer vents the ship properly.
No. Yeah, if there's an airlock, airlocks work like an airlock is supposed to work. They will actually cycle, probably ideally in a smart way. If there's good air outside and good air inside, no need to cycle. But in most cases, the airlock will behave as a real-world airlock should. On the other side, if you open the door of, let's say, you open the cargo bay of an A2 while you're in space, well, there goes your air. Not all ships are ideal for all scenarios. Some of them have these EVA suit lockers and they have these double airlocks and particular paths to get to space, which are safe. In others, they are not really... Obviously you can always vent your ship so you don't lose the air, but that also comes with its own challenges, and your engineer or whoever is on the console needs to manage it properly. So that's also where part of the ship roles will come in, which are better built for certain scenarios versus others.