The Powder Toy

post bugs here by jacob1

jacob1
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29th Sep 2012
16th Mar 2014
Post any bugs you find here. But there aren't as many bugs that are really bugs and I don't already know about than when this first started, so also use this as a general conversation save, or to ask / tell me anything. #1 most commented save in tpt!
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Comments

  • jacob1
    jacob1     1st Mar 2024
    cWzzzzz: That usually means your system is low on RAM. That's what "bad allocation" means. Can you check task manager and see how much is being used? Also, there are two things I can think of that could cause memory usage to skyrocket and cause that. Are you using any mods or Lua scripts? Also, did you ever change the "UndoHistoryLimit" setting? Both are uncommon but could potentially contribute to that.
  • cWzzzzz
    cWzzzzz     29th Feb 2024
    my tpt has been crashing and blue screening pretty often, says "bad allocation" whatever that means. also sometimes i need to reload a save to spawn fighters, and a couple times, but not often, i just can't reload a save until i exit and open tpt again.
  • jacob1
    jacob1     17th Nov 2023
    explosivepowder: COAL melting is pretty obscure, and not something usually expected (plus it's hard to do "in the absense of oxygen" with tpt's lack of a real atmosphere). So yeah not going to add COAL melting. As for front page, it's like this a lot. People just like art I guess, but also there's way less functional saves to take up slots. Downvoting good art will probably just make low effort junk get fp instead.
  • explosivepowder
    explosivepowder     16th Nov 2023
    Bro FP is at least half covered with art saves rn. What happened? I'm Downvoting them since I feel saves with simulation value should be up there instead, but like.. There's a lot. I'm afraid I'll be flagged for mass downvoting bc the amount of art on there that doesn't need to be there.
  • explosivepowder
    explosivepowder     16th Nov 2023
    Note: Just googled to double check. I'm incorrect about coal power plants; I was thinking of steelmaking, wherein it's heated in the absence of oxygen to 1100 degrees (then it melts). With oxygen, it'll ignite. And I'm also getting conflicting results which say it'll decompose by releasing volatiles? So I'm not sure what the steelmakers do exactly.
  • explosivepowder
    explosivepowder     16th Nov 2023
    Coal is generally burned, but if you heat it up in an environment without enough oxygen - Or burn it hot enough - It'll melt. Within Earths atmosphere I'm pretty sure it'd autoignite before it melts, but you could continue heating it before it completely burns away to melt it. Some coal power plants actually burn coal at such a high temperature that it melts..
  • jacob1
    jacob1     14th Nov 2023
    explosivepowder: I don't know. Does COAL melt IRL? Seems like typically it's burned instead? So that's why, if it's not realistic to COAL.
  • jacob1
    jacob1     14th Nov 2023
    Philipou: hello there
  • Philipou
    Philipou     13th Nov 2023
    yay im here again :D
  • explosivepowder
    explosivepowder     10th Nov 2023
    Tbh I find it funny how coal doesn't melt. OIL and DESL make it clear that a burning liquid isn't impossible by the games code, so howcome there isn't an MCOL which is just molten coal and can still burn?