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Constant thanks to the people on the forums who do some of the very cool data gathering. How'd you pull the data for saguaro wood?

Natsu 14y ago
Empirically. I got my hands on a piece and measured the density myself. It's roughly 430 kg/m^3. Still have a box full of the damn stuff, actually, just in case someone can figure out any half-sensible way to translate the other properties into something DF uses.
- intended 14y ago
  Hmm, I think I remember coming across the material properties thread a long time ago. Wow that was some data gathering. It's kinda strange to think that along with DF you can get a dataset with the properties of various real world materials.
  - Natsu 14y ago
    Part of it was crowdsourced to my fellow forumites, but a lot of that thread was just me, Google & Wolfram Alpha. You could probably still find it buried somewhere on the suggestions forum with that giant table of materials, material properties & sources.
    - intended 14y ago
      Oh I did. Incidentally, do you remember user Martin? The guy who made the original Morul?
      - Natsu 14y ago
        Yes, not to mention many of the other forumites. Though I haven't been active over there for a while now.
        intended 14y ago
        Theres a really interesting thread on the way bolts and armor interact, I don't know if you caught it.
        Natsu 14y ago
        No, but I would like to read that. Link?
        intended 14y ago
        Here is the thread where the initial !!Science!! on whether bolt weight made an impact on their lethality - [Dwarven Research: The Effect of Bolt Weight on Crossbow Performance](http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=115683.0 http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=115683.0) The results were converted on reddit into a LaTeX PDF, which is excellent reading - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2891221/DF%20study.pdf http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2891221/DF%20study.pdf This led to the follow up: A Comparison Study on the Eﬀectiveness of Bolts vs Armors LaTeX - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2891221/DF%20study%202.pdf http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2891221/DF%20study%202.pdf Thread - http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=116151.0 http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=116151.0
        Natsu 14y ago
        Fascinating reading, thanks.

Natsu 14y ago

Empirically. I got my hands on a piece and measured the density myself. It's roughly 430 kg/m^3. Still have a box full of the damn stuff, actually, just in case someone can figure out any half-sensible way to translate the other properties into something DF uses.

intended 14y ago
Hmm, I think I remember coming across the material properties thread a long time ago. Wow that was some data gathering. It's kinda strange to think that along with DF you can get a dataset with the properties of various real world materials.
- Natsu 14y ago
  Part of it was crowdsourced to my fellow forumites, but a lot of that thread was just me, Google & Wolfram Alpha. You could probably still find it buried somewhere on the suggestions forum with that giant table of materials, material properties & sources.
  - intended 14y ago
    Oh I did. Incidentally, do you remember user Martin? The guy who made the original Morul?
    - Natsu 14y ago
      Yes, not to mention many of the other forumites. Though I haven't been active over there for a while now.
      - intended 14y ago
        Theres a really interesting thread on the way bolts and armor interact, I don't know if you caught it.
        Natsu 14y ago
        No, but I would like to read that. Link?
        intended 14y ago
        Here is the thread where the initial !!Science!! on whether bolt weight made an impact on their lethality - [Dwarven Research: The Effect of Bolt Weight on Crossbow Performance](http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=115683.0 http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=115683.0) The results were converted on reddit into a LaTeX PDF, which is excellent reading - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2891221/DF%20study.pdf http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2891221/DF%20study.pdf This led to the follow up: A Comparison Study on the Eﬀectiveness of Bolts vs Armors LaTeX - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2891221/DF%20study%202.pdf http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2891221/DF%20study%202.pdf Thread - http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=116151.0 http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=116151.0
        Natsu 14y ago
        Fascinating reading, thanks.