Size of a 1x1 block

[anwhitesides]

I know this is a weird question but does anyone have any idea roughly of what a 1x1 block measurement is? An example is a 1x1 block that is 6 inches or 1 ft. I know it is an odd question but I got the idea to build a tractor pull course with the variable weight sled and I need to know how to measure out the course to tell how far a tractor pulled the sled.

[Yamnuska]

the exact measurement of one block is 10cm, but everything in the game is slightly upscaled - including your character - so you'll either have to deal with some parts / your own character being a little too big, or come up with your own unit of measurement. I personally use 3 inches per block (7.62cm) for trains, I think someone else came up with that scale though, I don't take credit for it :p

[anwhitesides]

Thanks Yamnuska. Yeah, I took the character and compared it to a standing beam and found it even with 20 blocks, When I looked up how big a crash test dummy usually averages, it was 5' 9". I Took 68" inches and divided it by 20 to get 3.4" inches per block. It is close to 3 inches per block, or even 4 if you fudge the numbers a bit.

10cm might be easier to convert everything to meters but I might need to look up what the official tractor pulls use as I don't want to upset the crowd.

An exact size is a bit easier to work with than my guesstimath. Thanks,

[karlash karandash]

Originally posted by Yamnuska:

the exact measurement of one block is 10cm, but everything in the game is slightly upscaled - including your character - so you'll either have to deal with some parts / your own character being a little too big, or come up with your own unit of measurement. I personally use 3 inches per block (7.62cm) for trains, I think someone else came up with that scale though, I don't take credit for it :p

I made a 10x10x10 cube from aluminum and found out that its mass is not 2700 kg, but an unknown 73.2 kg. I thought that 1 block is not equal to 10cm and made a 1x10x10 platform from the cube and its mass was 27kg. I placed 9 more such platforms on each other and this time the mass of the selected object was 270 kg, but not 2700 as it should be.

[cesartrolly]

Originally posted by karlash karandash:

Originally posted by Yamnuska:

the exact measurement of one block is 10cm, but everything in the game is slightly upscaled - including your character - so you'll either have to deal with some parts / your own character being a little too big, or come up with your own unit of measurement. I personally use 3 inches per block (7.62cm) for trains, I think someone else came up with that scale though, I don't take credit for it :p

I made a 10x10x10 cube from aluminum and found out that its mass is not 2700 kg, but an unknown 73.2 kg. I thought that 1 block is not equal to 10cm and made a 1x10x10 platform from the cube and its mass was 27kg. I placed 9 more such platforms on each other and this time the mass of the selected object was 270 kg, but not 2700 as it should be.

ah yes, the mystery of the missing mass, gotta love it. I decided to be a menace to society an just gun it, if it resembles and part fits, its going in... that's probably automotive engineers thinking when they build a car, while a mechanic is wondering how can you take the oil filter out of there. huh

[Yamnuska]

Originally posted by karlash karandash:

Originally posted by Yamnuska:

the exact measurement of one block is 10cm, but everything in the game is slightly upscaled - including your character - so you'll either have to deal with some parts / your own character being a little too big, or come up with your own unit of measurement. I personally use 3 inches per block (7.62cm) for trains, I think someone else came up with that scale though, I don't take credit for it :p

I made a 10x10x10 cube from aluminum and found out that its mass is not 2700 kg, but an unknown 73.2 kg. I thought that 1 block is not equal to 10cm and made a 1x10x10 platform from the cube and its mass was 27kg. I placed 9 more such platforms on each other and this time the mass of the selected object was 270 kg, but not 2700 as it should be.

aluminum is one of the materials that counts as "hollow", so the mass is divided by 10 - hover over any of the materials, and it will say if it's hollow or not. as for the scale of blocks, it is indeed 10cm, the dev himself has said in the official discord

[danger726]

Yeah, just to confirm what's already been said:

1 unit = 10 cm, but the player character, wheels, and other parts are slightly over sized to allow more room for gears etc. to fit inside vehicles. I made this choice a long time ago, back then I didn't anticipate people building to an accurate scale, in retrospect a different unit size might have been better!

The mass of "hollow" materials is divided by 10. Without this, blocks make from steel etc. would have enormous masses, as blocks tend to have a large volume (even Plates are 0.5 unit = 5 cm thick!). Also, this reduces the disparity in mass between materials like steel and wood (which is not "hollow").

To add to the confusion, some blocks (Block, Cylinder, and Sphere) are themselves hollow with a 0.5 unit wall thickness. So a Block made from a "hollow" material, is itself hollow, with walls that are also hollow! :)

I realise this is all a bit weird to say the least, and certainly confusing. I think I'm going to write up a guide on it, so at least there's a reference to explain it.

[cesartrolly]

Originally posted by danger726:

Yeah, just to confirm what's already been said:

1 unit = 10 cm, but the player character, wheels, and other parts are slightly over sized to allow more room for gears etc. to fit inside vehicles. I made this choice a long time ago, back then I didn't anticipate people building to an accurate scale, in retrospect a different unit size might have been better!

The mass of "hollow" materials is divided by 10. Without this, blocks make from steel etc. would have enormous masses, as blocks tend to have a large volume (even Plates are 0.5 unit = 5 cm thick!). Also, this reduces the disparity in mass between materials like steel and wood (which is not "hollow").

To add to the confusion, some blocks (Block, Cylinder, and Sphere) are themselves hollow with a 0.5 unit wall thickness. So a Block made from a "hollow" material, is itself hollow, with walls that are also hollow! :)

I realise this is all a bit weird to say the least, and certainly confusing. I think I'm going to write up a guide on it, so at least there's a reference to explain it.

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