The PlaneShift World

[zinder]

I think it would disperse. I once emptied a bucket full of water from a balkony in seventh floor. Around the first 5 meters it was one stream, but lower it dispersed in big drips and the bigger ones splitted again on their way down.

[Rothgar]

Originally posted by Zephyrus

Originally posted by Mogura
Zeph\'s diagram is fundamentally wrong. People are drawn towards the center of the earth, at least, if they are inside Yliakum. Just look at the skydome texture as proof- the sky above has the shine of the Azure crystal. This proves that the crystal is above everyone\'s heads, not underneath their feet.

Lol, i wasnt saying that is how the game would work, just that it would work that way under current day physics :P

According to newton (who to be fair wasnt spot on), there is only two factors that affect gravity; amount of mass and distance from that mass.

Of course einstien slightly changed that, but for most puposes (i.e. when you are not moving at lightspeed) newton\'s is an accurate assumption

Ok, I didn\'t read this whole thread but the first couple of pages were all the same arguments. I took Physics and from what I remember, Physics is deriven from facts. Now we have todays facts from the way the earth is. Why can PlaneShift\'s world have completely different Gravity? Along with different Physics... They may have to be proven, but this is a \"fantasy world\" not earth. Even if some things are simlar can not others be completely different? Thats how I feel anyway, seems people are refering back to modern day life.

[karakth]

Yes, but if you change the physics of a universe you will change everything about it. If the Planeshift world has different physics, then why do the animal\'s bodies work as if they were on Earth?

Also, if you can make up some laws of physics for Planeshift, post them here.

[Rothgar]

Well there\'s many different reasons for Earth\'s gravity, I thought it was mainly because of the sun. Where gravity changed as you left the surface blah blah blah formula for further you are away to determine the GFS. Hell I don\'t remember all my physics...

The sun is so large it makes a gravitational field that makes planets orbit around it. The reason for current planets ability for people to stay on the surface, perhaps is due to the Earth\'s mass balancing the field.

As for PlaneShifts gravity, could it not be due to a big mass (Planet) like I saw posted, outside the surface creating a Gravitational Force. However having a smaller mass on the opposite side with enough mass to keep it from being drug towards the big mass. So it would be hovering between two big masses (planets?) Perhaps the PS Universe is unlike our own? Who created the Universe anyway, why does it have to be like the current?

I was originally thinking if the PS world span fast enough it would cause a Field, however this would end up being a mighty big pain in the ass for people in Yliakum who would not want to be sucked towards the Crystal ;)

So thats my views, seems like everything is coming back to whats proven in our current standings. When in all honesty \"Fantasy\" means we can literally make whatever we want, modify anything and not have it tied to what we know must be true today. Thats the beauty of Fantasy :) Hell maybe there\'s a magnetic strength stopping the two planets from colliding.