Super Freezing

  • slayer122678
    9th Jan 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    in powder toy the coldest temperature that can sustain itself is -273.15 degrees but like when you use GOL in a 2x2 square it takes a few seconds to get old enough to reach that temperature but right when it is shooting down it reaches up to -275 at least and i was wondering if there is anyway to sustain a temperature bellow -273.15, it wont have any practical use but i want to see if a creation like that is possible
  • Ace
    9th Jan 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    From PT source code:
    #define MIN_TEMP -273.15

    That's the coldest it will go.
  • HK6
    9th Jan 2011 Former Staff 0 Permalink
    There is no reason for elements to go below the minimum temperature or above the maximum. LIFE particles use heat for alternate reasons.
  • slayer122678
    9th Jan 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Life particles use heat to give a general idea of how old they are, if you have a 2x2 grid its a stable formation and will age until it is -273.15 but during that time i have seen it literally go to -275 at lest, look at this creating thingy, i paused it right when it was cooling down fully but using life particles was just one way of getting it cool.
    LoadSaveBlock(108051);
    every one of the particles but the top left is lower than the min temperature, it only lasts there for like a few miliseconds but the point is that it can go lower than -273.15 but is there any way to sustain that?
  • Ace
    9th Jan 2011 Member 0 Permalink

    OH MY GOD -275, THE SOURCE CODE IS DESIGNED NOT TO LET THAT HAPPEN!
  • Uberness
    9th Jan 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @Ace
    Lol all caps.
  • Pilihp64
    9th Jan 2011 Developer 0 Permalink
    powdertoy uses kelvin scale for temp

    #define MIN_TEMP 0

    GoL going below 0 is a glitch, but can be useful (they can go to -323 if you watch close enough)
  • slayer122678
    9th Jan 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    oh sweet, so it can go way far bellow the min, can it go way above the max?