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Post by phantomhunter01 on Feb 27, 2017 4:37:12 GMT
To what extent will LAWK cover? Will it be scientifically-possible forms of life that just don't appear on earth? Or will it include other things that are a little more handwave-y like breathing fire?
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Post by Omicron on Feb 27, 2017 8:23:29 GMT
To what extent will LAWK cover? Will it be scientifically-possible forms of life that just don't appear on earth? Or will it include other things that are a little more handwave-y like breathing fire? If I'm correct, it has to be scientifically accurate to even be in the game. LAWK only affects "scientifically-possible forms of life that just don't appear on earth", as you said it. |
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Post by ATP Kraken on Mar 16, 2017 14:08:49 GMT
I think LAWK will include some sci-fi handwaves such as:
Organic Wheels
Thermosynthesis (Heat->Sugar)
Floating Mountains (Aesthetic)
Oddly-shaped Planets
Fire Breath
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Post by Atrox on Mar 16, 2017 15:50:29 GMT
I think LAWK will include some sci-fi handwaves such as: Organic Wheels Excuse me? Organic wheels are perfectly realistic thank you very much. |
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Post by Omicron on Mar 16, 2017 16:04:53 GMT
I think LAWK will include some sci-fi handwaves such as: Organic Wheels Thermosynthesis (Heat->Sugar) Floating Mountains (Aesthetic) Oddly-shaped Planets Fire Breath What? Isn't thermosynthesis possible? Just like fire breath (not exactly, but more something along the lines of spewing methane and igniting it with some kind of chemical reaction? (There was this thread about it somewhere)) and organic wheels (They're just pretty unlikely, but theoretically scientifically possible?) I've always thought LAWK only covered things that just didn't happen on earth, but are still possible.... |
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Post by ATP Kraken on Mar 17, 2017 0:13:15 GMT
We don't know what's outside Earth, so we'll just stuff them under LAWK. I remember someone important saying there would also be a bit looser engine rules, like on an organic balloon being a bit easier to execute as non-LAWK.
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Post by serialkiller🌴 on Mar 17, 2017 10:33:57 GMT
Didn't somebody here found out that thermosynthesis was actually used before photosynthesis in some cells ?
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Post by mitobox on Mar 17, 2017 11:00:14 GMT
Didn't somebody here found out that thermosynthesis was actually used before photosynthesis in some cells ? I recall someone saying that, too. |
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Post by Atrox on Mar 17, 2017 12:22:04 GMT
That was me! But it's only a theory
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Post by phantomhunter01 on Mar 17, 2017 14:43:39 GMT
Do you mean theory scientifically or colloquially?
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Post by crodnu on Mar 17, 2017 15:20:25 GMT
A GAME THEORY!
(sorry, i had to)
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Post by Narotiza on Mar 18, 2017 0:44:47 GMT
Imo LAWK should be configurable, so if you want you can only enable Thermoplasts, or go all the way and have fire-breathing organisms with organic wheels (and with Thermoplasts disabled too if you want)
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Post by Atrox on Mar 19, 2017 0:16:47 GMT
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Post by crabghast on Mar 29, 2017 10:55:59 GMT
Will LAWK also enable hypothetical biochemistry? This is far more complex than organic wheels and breathing fire, but having silicon based lifeforms would be a great addition. Some animals on earth already use silicon for their cell walls so it doesn't seem too off the bounds. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothetical_types_of_biochemistry#/media/File:Diatom2.jpg(Of course this is one of the most common alien biology tropes ever so i'm sure it was brought up at least a million times now but whatever) |
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Post by phantomhunter01 on Mar 29, 2017 22:25:03 GMT
I don't think so, it seems a bit too complicated and hard to implement. Since the game takes a semi-scientific stance, even outside of LAWK, and since we have no way of knowing how a silicon based lifeform would function, we couldn't implement an accurate silicon life system.
Not that modders couldn't, though.
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Post by crabghast on Mar 30, 2017 8:57:57 GMT
I don't think so, it seems a bit too complicated and hard to implement. Since the game takes a semi-scientific stance, even outside of LAWK, and since we have no way of knowing how a silicon based lifeform would function, we couldn't implement an accurate silicon life system. Not that modders couldn't, though. That was exactly what I was thinking, a lot of non-LAWK will be too complex or far out to implement. |
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