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[Eagle_eye]

There may already be a thread along these lines, but I couldn't locate one with search, so:

If a stone has a high fixed temperature, but also a high spec heat, will that cause heat to disseminate from it more slowly? If not, are there any other ways of setting the temperature of an inorganic material?

[Grimlocke]

Fixed temps are, as the name implies, fixed. They wont change and as such the specific temp how no influence.

[rgon842]

The OP probably means to say that if SPEC_HEAT actually affects how fast said stone will burn things that come in contact with it. I've experimented with FIXED_TEMP and several different temperatures, and so far, the speed of burnination depends on the actual temp level. A fixed temp of 12000 will eventually melt things and set others on fire, while a temperature of 35000 will instantly sublimate anything it contacts, and ignites objects instantly.

[Schilcote]

Hmm... So what happens if we make some sort of thing that has a fixed_temp less than freezing? Would there be any safe way to handle it?

[rgon842]

Hmm... So what happens if we make some sort of thing that has a fixed_temp less than freezing? Would there be any safe way to handle it?

One sure way is to tweak the dorf's materials in the creature_standard file so that they do not have a cold damage point.

For example, under the [SELECT_CASTE:ALL] tag in the dwarf entry, insert:

Code: [Select]

    [SELECT_MATERIAL:ALL]
        [COLDDAM_POINT:NONE]

This should make all dwarves immune to the effects of cold temperatures (except, of course, having a 7/7 water level freeze over while a dorf is in it).

If you do not want to mod the dwarves as above, there's a possibility that I have not tested: Have whoever is handling the hazardous material be dressed from head to toe with clothing made from a material that either has no cold damage point, or it is far below freezing temperature. This SHOULD (theoretically) keep the dwarf safe.

[Schilcote]

They should still be okay with temperatures less than freezing but not too cold. If they aren't, that's pretty strange. They can carry ice...