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| 07 Jun 2012 11:58 AM |
I've just seen the water blog.
And well. I'm annoyed.
It's awesome. Indeed.
But... I'm annoyed how only certain materials can float. I WANT STONE BOATS. >:I. I know roblox is trying to be realistic, but realism ruins imagination.
So, here's the idea: a buoyancy property. It goes into a brick, then you set the number of buoyancy.
The higher the number, the higher the buoyancy. The starting buoyancy is about 100.
So I bet you're thinking: What will a lower number do? A lower number will give a boat a higher chance of sinking, as the number is used to compute if the boat will sink or not instead of the material buoyancy. The maximum number is 10,000: 100 times the average buoyancy.
Of course, archiveable.
If OFF: the material buoyancy. |
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| 07 Jun 2012 12:00 PM |
| May be too hard to build this way tho. |
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| 07 Jun 2012 12:03 PM |
It won't be. Trust me.
In relivance, a quick estmation of the buoyancy of certain materials under this system:
Wood: 100 buoyancy. Slate: 0 buoyancy. Ice: 250 buoyancy. Corroded metal: 50 buoyancy. Plastic: 150 buoyancy. Foil: 300 buoyancy. Grass: 500 buoyancy. |
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| 07 Jun 2012 12:04 PM |
| Really so the grass is the most bouyant? |
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| 07 Jun 2012 12:05 PM |
It was a quick estimation. I'll try to make it more... accurate as time goes on. But think about it.
grass is REALLY buoyant. I used to play in the pond outside my house with it. I could NEVER sink it. Ever. |
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| 07 Jun 2012 12:06 PM |
| But wood also is VERY buoyant too |
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| 07 Jun 2012 12:10 PM |
Well... There's a fault. I'm trying to make wood the standard buoyancy, at 100. But okay then.
Slightly more accurate estimation (Hopefully.)
Wood: 100+ buoyancy. Slate: 25+ buoyancy. Ice: 150+ buoyancy. Corroded metal: 75+ buoyancy. Plastic: 125+ buoyancy. Foil: 200+ buoyancy. Grass: 250+ buoyancy.
(Measured at a 1X1X1 block. add 10% for every extra stud.)
Anyway, you're critisizing my rarther difficult to do estimations. What about the idea itself? |
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| 07 Jun 2012 12:27 PM |
My thank you mr. meis.
Posting too fast is fun.
Fixing my estimations:
Wood: 100 max buoyancy. Slate: 25 max buoyancy. Ice: 150 max buoyancy. Corroded metal: 75 max buoyancy. Plastic: 125 max buoyancy. Foil: 200 max buoyancy. Grass: 250 max buoyancy.
(Max buoyancy measured at a 1X1X1 block. Remove 1 buoyancy for every extra X studs, calculated below.)
Wood: remove 1 buoyancy for every 10 studs. Slate: remove 1 buoyancy for every 3 studs. Ice: remove 1 buoyancy for every 15 studs. Corroded metal: 7 studs. Plastic: 12 studs. Foil: 20 studs. Grass: 25 studs. |
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jacob726
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| 07 Jun 2012 12:28 PM |
| Supported. I want to make giant rock skippers! Lol. |
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jacob726
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| 07 Jun 2012 12:35 PM |
| Now then, I'm going to go flip a catapult sideways and make some beta's. >.> |
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| 07 Jun 2012 12:53 PM |
"Some materials float, others don’t: The physical material you assign to a part determines whether it’ll float in water. Something made of wood will have more buoyancy, whereas something made of stone will sink."
You arguement is invaild. |
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| 07 Jun 2012 12:53 PM |
"roblox is trying to be realistic, but realism ruins imagination."
I am MORE than prepared for blog quotes when I challenge the admins. |
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gigabic
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| 07 Jun 2012 12:57 PM |
| Yeah... Setting buoyancy as a value like people set transparency and reflectance would be epic. |
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| 07 Jun 2012 02:06 PM |
Support. Love the idea. :)
-Virtualdarks |
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| 07 Jun 2012 03:00 PM |
Sounds good,im surprised they didn't add this when it was clearly needed in the very first place. So support. Maybe it's not so much a surgestion as it is a small reminder to roblox due to them forgetting ;P |
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withinm3x
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| 07 Jun 2012 03:37 PM |
| Total Support. Very persuasive, also. ;D |
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| 08 Jun 2012 11:17 AM |
My thank you mr... Omg. How can I possibly say my thank you to every single one?
My thank you mr/mrs/ms/mtr. everyone. Use the one that applies to you, please. |
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| 08 Jun 2012 11:48 AM |
| Wood actually floats more than grass. The only reason grass floats is because of water tension. |
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| 08 Jun 2012 11:54 AM |
Okay zen.
But do remember. It's. An. Estimation.
I'm amazed how many people are commenting on my estimation and not on the idea itself.
Okay zen.
Grass: 95 max buoyancy.
Remove 1 buoyancy for every 9 studs. |
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