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[forsaken1111]

When I think of blocks, I always envision them as being a collection of smaller blocks such as when a dwarf build a wall with a stone block it's actually more like brickwork (It's best not to think about what dwarfs use for mortar.)

Actually, a single unit of "blocks" in Dwarf Fortress consists of exactly two 8"x4"x2.5" bricks - the math (use weight and density to determine volume) actually works out quite well.

Why not more bricks of lesser dimensions?

[Quietust]

When I think of blocks, I always envision them as being a collection of smaller blocks such as when a dwarf build a wall with a stone block it's actually more like brickwork (It's best not to think about what dwarfs use for mortar.)

Actually, a single unit of "blocks" in Dwarf Fortress consists of exactly two 8"x4"x2.5" bricks - the math (use weight and density to determine volume) actually works out quite well.

Why not more bricks of lesser dimensions?

Why would that matter? The volume is still the same...

[Musashi]

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[Zrk2]

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[forsaken1111]

When I think of blocks, I always envision them as being a collection of smaller blocks such as when a dwarf build a wall with a stone block it's actually more like brickwork (It's best not to think about what dwarfs use for mortar.)

Actually, a single unit of "blocks" in Dwarf Fortress consists of exactly two 8"x4"x2.5" bricks - the math (use weight and density to determine volume) actually works out quite well.

Why not more bricks of lesser dimensions?

Why would that matter? The volume is still the same...

You made an irrational, emphatic statement that a unit of 'blocks' is EXACTLY 2 bricks. I was pointing out that you're making assumptions, and that it is far from exact.

[Zidane]

When I think of blocks, I always envision them as being a collection of smaller blocks such as when a dwarf build a wall with a stone block it's actually more like brickwork (It's best not to think about what dwarfs use for mortar.)

Actually, a single unit of "blocks" in Dwarf Fortress consists of exactly two 8"x4"x2.5" bricks - the math (use weight and density to determine volume) actually works out quite well.

Why not more bricks of lesser dimensions?

Why would that matter? The volume is still the same...

You made an irrational, emphatic statement that a unit of 'blocks' is EXACTLY 2 bricks. I was pointing out that you're making assumptions, and that it is far from exact.

So would a block, not equal 2 bricks?

[forsaken1111]

So would a block, not equal 2 bricks?

I suppose it could, as a 'block' is an undefined unit which can make a floor, an entire wall, or a pump. My point was that he made an emphatic statement backed up by undisclosed math, and his statement was irrational.

There is no way the math could indicate that it is ONLY two bricks in a block, it could be more bricks each with correspondingly lesser dimensions and still come out to the same overall volume.

[FuzzyZergling]

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