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[lolghurt]

Does everything fall at the same speed?
specifically, does water fall faster/slower than magma?

[MadJax]

Gravity? Thats physics. We here in Dwarf Fortress don't believe in physics unless it's to calculate the velocity at which the Elf impacts with that fine microline wall there.

[SpuneDagr]

I believe that solid objects fall instantaneously, and liquids fall at some slower rate.

[lordnincompoop]

Does everything fall at the same speed?
specifically, does water fall faster/slower than magma?

As for actually answering the question here, yes I believe magma falls just as fast as water for now.

[claer_runway]

objects dont fall instantly. I can follow goblins and goblin cages down my execution shaft if I pause at the right moment

[Il Palazzo]

I believe that solid objects fall instantaneously.

You sir, have a too fast computer.

[weediz]

Does everything fall at the same speed?
specifically, does water fall faster/slower than magma?

As for actually answering the question here, yes I believe magma falls just as fast as water for now.

Which means its working correctly (whether it is supposed to or not), everything should fall at the same speed. Ask Galileo.

[ECrownofFire]

I think that cave-ins happen instantaneously, not sure about anything else.

[Sphalerite]

All objects and creatures fall at a constant rate of 1 Z-level per 6 steps.  I am fairly certain that water and magma also fall at this rate, although I haven't tested this.

[lordnincompoop]

Does everything fall at the same speed?
specifically, does water fall faster/slower than magma?

As for actually answering the question here, yes I believe magma falls just as fast as water for now.

Which means its working correctly (whether it is supposed to or not), everything should fall at the same speed. Ask Galileo.

Right.

[Yarn]

I believe that solid objects fall instantaneously.

You sir, have a too fast computer.

I think he means from cave-ins (natural walls at least).

[Absentia]

Which means its working correctly (whether it is supposed to or not), everything should fall at the same speed. Ask Galileo.

Just to be pedantic, a perfect model would include drag and terminal velocity. Everything does not fall at the same speed.

Cave-ins do fall instantly, according to the wiki.

[The Yellow Peril]

Which means its working correctly (whether it is supposed to or not), everything should fall at the same speed. Ask Galileo.

Just to be pedantic, a perfect model would include drag and terminal velocity. Everything does not fall at the same speed.

Cave-ins do fall instantly, according to the wiki.

If Achilles is falling at 10 metres a second, and the tortoise is falling a 1 metre a second. . .

[lordnincompoop]

Which means its working correctly (whether it is supposed to or not), everything should fall at the same speed. Ask Galileo.

Just to be pedantic, a perfect model would include drag and terminal velocity. Everything does not fall at the same speed.

Cave-ins do fall instantly, according to the wiki.

If Achilles is falling at 10 metres a second, and the tortoise is falling a 1 metre a second. . .

Zeno, what the hell.

[Eagle_eye]

If Achilles is falling at 10 metres a second, and the tortoise is falling a 1 metre a second. . .

and that's where the concept of the plank time comes in. 10^-43 seconds. once achilles and the tortoise are 1 plank time apart, achilles passes him.