Re: Liquids


9 Mar 1995 16:40:54 GMT

> bblohm@boi.hp.com (Bill Blohm) writes:
> Carl Muckenhoupt (baf@max.tiac.net) wrote:
> : What would you, as programmers and as players, like your liquids to
> : do?
>
> One interesting thing would be the ability to mix them and make some
> other liquid, like an acid. OTOH, I'd like, for example, oil to float
> on water.
>
> Bill B.
>
>>>>

Well, I think if mixing is allowed, a list of the liquids in the games should be made out first,
like this:
Water (of course)
Oil
Coca-Cola (TM)
Lye (aq)
Vinegar (aq)
Coolant
Dishwasher Soap

Then make a list of possible combinations
Water and Oil-Oil floating on water
Lye and Vinegar-Nasty bubbleing action and Unidentifiable Mess (see below)

Anything else is an Unidentifiable mess(or something) which is:
If one of its elements is poisonous, it is poisonous.
If both elements are flammable (oil and gasoline, for example) it is flammable.
If one element is flammable and one is not, it may or may not be flammable depending on the
ratios.

Of course, rules of the same basic type might want to be used with DISSOLVING powders.

I realize this would be a royal pain in the ass to code, but it's fairly realistic.

David Wildstrom