The Powder Toy

How big is TPT? by coryman

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28th Dec 2016
30th Dec 2016
Partially in response to a question on the forums. This is explaining why TPT doesn't have a simple scale, such as 1 pixel = 1 centimetre
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Comments

  • PowderPhone6s
    PowderPhone6s     31st Dec 2016
    Wait sound? What do you mean "sound" i have been gone for quite a while!?. A new sub atomic particle? Or something? No? WAT DO YOU MEAN SOUND!!!???
  • coryman
    coryman     31st Dec 2016
    Oh wow... That's frightening
  • sentinal-5
    sentinal-5     31st Dec 2016
    TL;DR sound in TPT is roughly 660,000 times faster than in real life.
  • sentinal-5
    sentinal-5     31st Dec 2016
    After a brief experiment, i have concluded that the speed of sound through the "substance" that is an empty TPT screen (and before you ask, yes, i did account for the fact that an explosion accelerates an air pressure wavefront to faster than the speed of sound until its gasses have stopped expanding) is roughly 224,800,000 m/s or 75%c on average, assuming that the light behaves as though it is in a vacuum.
  • sentinal-5
    sentinal-5     31st Dec 2016
    @coryman on the subject of the speed of sound, i meant the speed of sound changes in different materials based on density. through air at 1atm it's roughly 342m/s, but what i meant was, i wonder if there's a material with A: a linear enough molecular bond in its structure. and B: strong enough bonds between atoms in said linear structure; that sound could travel at the same percentage of the speed of light as it does in TPT.
  • Awsomeman1089
    Awsomeman1089     30th Dec 2016
    The powder toy is exactly 235008 particles big.
  • pyprorekker
    pyprorekker     30th Dec 2016
    I agree
  • jammpark
    jammpark     30th Dec 2016
    so logical
  • coryman
    coryman     29th Dec 2016
    That's pretty much the message of the save. Like I said, it's answering a question from the forums, and demonstrating why this is the case
  • TheNik
    TheNik     29th Dec 2016
    That's like comparing two incompatible things. Like saying: "This car is faster than two kilograms.". Taking the scale of TPT and comparing it to the real world makes just as little sense, even if it's not as obvious.