The Powder Toy

Stone "Rubbing" Feature/Glitch by TheExplosionTeam

TheExplosionTeam
TheExplosionTeam
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11th Oct 2015
8th Sep 2017
I have seen this happen on multiple saves where a piece of stone/material falls through a 1-pixel wide shaft for a decent legnth of time.
science feature neat airspeed speed acceleration falling stone

Comments

  • TheAnonymous
    TheAnonymous     12th Oct 2015
    Interesting :D +1
  • uaev
    uaev     12th Oct 2015
    Just heated up the entire thing until it melted. Its just PIPE. This guy is a phony.
  • Sandwichlizard
    Sandwichlizard     12th Oct 2015
    I think the stone is moving slightly to the right which sets up a diagonal bounce changing the stones VECTOR making it seem to slow down because its x movement is constrained. look at this id:1868692 with persistant on.
  • Equanimity
    Equanimity     12th Oct 2015
    Maybe Powder Toy is just limiting the falling speed of the stone to prevent glitch, such as warping through walls.
  • Sourec
    Sourec     12th Oct 2015
    (sorry for triple post!) It's air velocity... somehow. I just turned pressure off but the effects persist. The air velocity is so minor it's undetectable. I'm going to make a minor mod to detect incredibly tiny air changes by amping up the air/pressure displays. This should be fun; I'll report back sometime tomorrow, probably.
  • Sourec
    Sourec     12th Oct 2015
    It's not the stone rubbing hypothesis, sorry (it was a really good idea though!) I just tried turning off the air sim, it completely eliminates the Rubbing effect. (Side note: can we officially designate this the "Rubbing Effect"?)
  • Sourec
    Sourec     12th Oct 2015
    This is actually really cool. This almost certainly shouldn't happen! I've got to take a look at the powder code when I can, I haven't read into that part of the codebase yet. This is definitely a simulation oddity...
  • TheExplosionTeam
    TheExplosionTeam     12th Oct 2015
    Also, i just looked you up... most of your saves are 3 elements, honestly. Heck, your top voted save is literraly a pot of supercooled water. I am defensive. I understand if your saves are better than mine... and most of them are, but, not a lot of YOUR saves are more than three elements...
  • TheExplosionTeam
    TheExplosionTeam     12th Oct 2015
    Its a concept/explanation. It is not supposed to be dynamic. 3 elements can also mean that this is very simplistic. There is no need for hate just because i made the point in the save clear and straight forward. I am sorry but I am very defensive against hate.
  • donttouchmydart3
    donttouchmydart3     12th Oct 2015
    3 elements -1