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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0004897Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Itemspublic2011-09-13 14:552013-07-03 12:28
ReporterQuietust 
Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusnewResolutionopen 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.31.25 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0004897: Large pots not very large
DescriptionA large pot made from average stone weighs about 2 kilograms, compared to a barrel made from average wood weighing 5 times as much.

Working out the math, a large pot contains 1000 cubic centimeters worth of material, meaning a 1 inch thick pot would be pathetically small.
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related to 0004979resolvedToady One Tool weight ignores [SIZE] 

-  Notes
(0018723)
Quietust (reporter)
2011-09-13 17:18

Doing the math, a 2cm thick pot would only be 14.5cm in diameter and would only hold about 21 ounces of liquid (less than a pint and a half). If it were only 1 centimeter thick, it'd increase to 18.8cm in diameter and would hold 2/3 of a gallon, but getting a stone vessel that thin without breaking it could be difficult.
(0018724)
Quietust (reporter)
2011-09-13 17:55

By comparison, if we assume a barrel holds about 120 liters of liquid, the walls come out to being about 1.4cm thick (which isn't that unreasonable, given that equivalent modern barrels are 1cm thick).
(0024047)
Quietust (reporter)
2013-07-03 08:43

With the fix for 0004979, large pots now properly have a size of 5000 cubic centimeters (which makes them 5 times heavier than before), though their capacity of 60000 (presumably 60 liters) suggests that they still ought to be at least 3-4 times as heavy as they are now.

Doing some more math, a 100cm tall, 32cm diameter, 2cm thick hollow cylinder would hold almost exactly 60 liters of liquid and would itself be made up of almost exactly 20000 cubic centimeters of actual material.
(0024051)
skyte100 (reporter)
2013-07-03 12:28

To...much...math... We could assume that barrels are thicker than pots are, or that uncanny dwarven magic that also turns the bones of a single kitten into shields, doors, and floodgates.

Either way I wouldn't consider this a bug as much as either an oversight or game logic at its finest.

- Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
2011-09-13 14:55 Quietust New Issue
2011-09-13 17:18 Quietust Note Added: 0018723
2011-09-13 17:55 Quietust Note Added: 0018724
2013-07-03 08:43 Quietust Note Added: 0024047
2013-07-03 12:28 skyte100 Note Added: 0024051
2013-09-22 17:57 Footkerchief Relationship added related to 0004979


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