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[SeelenJägerTee]

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Metal
On the "Metal page" Divine metal is listed as having a density of 1000 g/cm^3.
However the notes contradict that

Absurdly strong yield and fracture values allow even blunt weapons of this light material to be dangerous

1000g/cm^3 is not really a light material.

Considering the page on Divine metal and the raws on platinum it seems to me, that the density for divine metal should be listed as 1 g/cm^3 and not 1000 g/cm^3.
I've never seen divine metal in the game so I it would be great if someone could check this one out.

[samanato]

Densities in the raws aren't measured in g/cm³, they're actually kg/m³ (or g/L).  So for example, gold has a solid density of 19,32 g/cm³, which is equivalent to [SOLID_DENSITY:19320] in the raws, or 19320 kg/m³. So it should more correctly read as 1 g/cm³, for [SOLID_DENSITY:1000].

[SeelenJägerTee]

I noted this when i checked the raws for platinum.
But the wiki lists them as g/cm^3.
The page on metals lists divine metals as having a density of 1000 g/cm^3. I suspect this should be 1 g/cm^3 instead.
Problem is divine metals have no raws so I can't check if they are listed in the raws with SOLID_DENSITY:1000 or SOLID_DENSITY:1000000.
Wiki tells me divine metal has SOLID_DENSITY:1000 but also having density of 1000g/cm^3.

Some entry in the wiki has to be wrong. I asked if someone who has actually seen divine metals ingame could check this.

[samanato]

They have [SOLID_DENSITY:1000] in the generated raws.  I've changed the wiki entry to the correct density. 

For the record, 1000 g/cm³ is five times heavier than slade[!!!]

[SeelenJägerTee]

Wasn't able to find it in the inorganic_metal.txt. Did I just overlook it or where can it be found?

[samanato]

It's a procedurally generated raw like forgotten beasts, but conforming to the formula of metal definitions.  It's in the world.dat, but the savefile needs to be uncompressed to get readable raws.

[Chaine Maile]

While unlikely, it would be interesting to know if the material can be used in a dwarf mood for item construction. Such an entry would save a lot of work in getting some, placing it, and waiting for a moody dwarf to lock in a room.