1waffle1
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| 30 May 2013 10:44 PM |
Distance and gravity and whatnot has easily been determined, but what about weight and mass? How much does a certain plastic block weigh?
I was trying to figure out how to determine what this would be, and then I realized that Roblox does actually have a real life constant that can be used relatively: water.
1 terrain cell of water = 4 studs cubed = 64 cubic studs = 12.8 cubic cm = 12.8 milliliters 1 milliliter ~ 1 gram 1 terrain cell of water ~ 1 gram
1 cubic stud of water = 1 terrain cell of water / 64 = .2 grams
specific gravity of plastic in Roblox = .7 .2*.7 = .14 g/cubic stud
largest plastic block = 2048x2048x2048 (about 8.4x the volume of the entire terrain object) 2048 studs cubed * .14g/cubic stud ~ 1.2026 Gg ~ 1325.6 tons
The heaviest material is DiamondPlate, which has a SpecificGravity of 7.85
.2*7.85 = 1.57 g/cubic stud
2048 studs cubed * 1.57 g/cubic stud ~ 13.4862 Gg ~ 14866 tons
hooray. |
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1waffle1
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| 30 May 2013 10:46 PM |
1 terrain cell of water ~ 12.8 grams, not 1 gram all of the other math is based on 1 terrain cell of water being 12.8 grams |
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1waffle1
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| 30 May 2013 10:50 PM |
| So the typical Roblox character weights about as much as a nickel. |
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| 30 May 2013 11:24 PM |
part:GetMass()
Sorry you did all this work. Here's a puppy to make you feel better http://www.roblox.com/Puppy-item?id=117462288 |
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Parthax
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| 30 May 2013 11:48 PM |
| Arceus, you should know that mass is the amount of matter, and weight is gravity's force on that matter. |
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| 31 May 2013 12:36 AM |
| "what about weight and mass?" |
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loleris
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| 31 May 2013 06:22 AM |
Guys - I'd say 1 stud = 1 foot, since the character's foot is equal to 1 stud. So...
1 Foot = 1 Stud = 0.3048 meters 1 cubical stud = 0.0283 cubical meters 1 block of water = 64 x 0.0283 = 1.8112 cubical meters = 1811.2 liters
Continue the maths yourself now. |
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| 31 May 2013 07:31 AM |
| That isn't very logical.. but alright. @loleris |
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| 31 May 2013 07:50 AM |
local Weight = Part:GetMass() * 196.2
i.e. F = ma
Yes, weight is a measurement of force. Specifically, the force exerted on an object due to gravity.
e.g. You have mass in outer space, but you are weightless.
The Prime Jester of Scripters has spoken. |
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1waffle1
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| 31 May 2013 09:54 AM |
@Arceus You just ignored everything after the first sentence. Stop being so ignorant.
@loleris No, you're absolutely wrong. 1 stud = 5 cm, anything else is wrong. |
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1waffle1
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| 31 May 2013 09:56 AM |
| GetMass returns volume, not mass, not weight, not anything measured in real-life units. It returns a number that represents the number of cubic studs that fit inside the part. It is, though, absolutely irrelevant to this entire thread. Stop being stupid. |
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| 31 May 2013 10:00 AM |
| We cannot accurately judge an object's 'weight' because we don't have gravitational physics on ROBLOX, we can merely opinionate an object's weight by how fast it falls downwards. |
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| 31 May 2013 11:06 AM |
| Just out of curiosity, where are you people getting this 196.2 number? I see it on every post about gravity/weight and I realize it's essential for getting weight, but I'm not seeing the logic behind the number being 196.2. |
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1waffle1
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| 31 May 2013 01:47 PM |
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digpoe
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| 31 May 2013 01:49 PM |
Indeed it is.
You can avoid it in game using humanoids and newlines too :l |
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| 31 May 2013 01:49 PM |
@1waffle1,
How long did it take to figure all of this out? |
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cntkillme
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| 31 May 2013 01:50 PM |
| Find and replace "X" to nothing :) |
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1waffle1
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| 31 May 2013 01:55 PM |
| @tight All I needed to do was realize that water and specificgravity were real-life constants that Roblox shared (just like gravitational acceleration.) |
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Anaminus
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| 31 May 2013 02:35 PM |
| @ArceusInator, It's 196.2 studs/s^2, which is equivalent to earth's 9.81 m/s^2, with 1 meter being equal to 20 studs. |
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cntkillme
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| 31 May 2013 02:36 PM |
'1 meter being equal to 20 studs' I ca really use this to make games even more realistic :) And realistic gravity as well :) |
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| 31 May 2013 05:48 PM |
Just because it appears to returns its volume, doesn't mean it isn't returning it's mass. It just so happens that mass = volume = density in this case.
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1waffle1
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| 31 May 2013 09:40 PM |
| Volume is not density, SpecificGravity*Volume = mass = density. |
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Aerideyn
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| 31 May 2013 10:35 PM |
You are a little off on that math :p remember that you are working with volume not area.
1 meter = 20 studs, so yes 1 stud = 5 centimeters.
so 1 block of water is 20 * 20 * 20 cm.
(20)^3 = 8000 cubic CM. That may seem enormous - but you need to keep thinking of things volumetrically. Imagine one deck of 20*20 cm blocks - 400 blocks right? then you have 20 decks of 400 blocks on top of each other - 8000 blocks total.
1 cubic decimeter (10 * 10 *10 cm) is 1 liter of volume. so 8000 / (10*10*10) = 8 Litres. So 1 terrain block of water is 8 Kg. not 1 gram
Continue as you were
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