Oceans

[killster550 401]

so, lets get ourselves a poll going about the Oceans topic thats been arising lately

NO DERAILS OR I WILL EAT YOUR LIMBS!

i swear next time im gonna put my option at the top, see how many people just lazily click top slot

also, try and post why your choice is what it is

edit: added content option

[Leosallespoli 338]

so, lets get ourselves a poll going about the Oceans topic thats been arising lately

NO DERAILS OR I WILL EAT YOUR LIMBS!

i swear next time im gonna put my option at the top, see how many people just lazily click top slot

You got such a huge signature that is hard to focus on the post...

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

You got such a huge signature that is hard to focus on the post...

Just place your mouse over the signature, an "x" should appear in one of it's corners. Click it, and select "Ignore killster500 siganature". And magically, the signature DISSAPEARS!

/geek magic trick

[Leosallespoli 338]

Ignoooore allllllll signatures!!!

[killster550 401]

ive been looking, but i guess it doesnt work on mine anyway, guys, post up WHY did you vote this way?

[killster550 401]

You got such a huge signature that is hard to focus on the post...

you ninja-derailed me guess its time to EAT YOUR LIMBS!

[Leosallespoli 338]

And you double posted... so you know your fate

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

'cause it's my f+cking opinion, and if i don't feel like explaining it, i don't have to? :

Don't know, i just... love the seas. It's so calm, navigating... and with MEnoch's trcks, it feels adventurous as well. If i could build a REAL pirate boat and use it, i could play TFC as a red steel pirate governating the seas... AWESOME.

Now, the thing is, i usually get crashes in multiplayer and then i just die form drowning... :

[killster550 401]

[Sda215 8]

'cause it's my f+cking opinion, and if i don't feel like explaining it, i don't have to? :

Don't know, i just... love the seas. It's so calm, navigating... and with MEnoch's trcks, it feels adventurous as well. If i could build a REAL pirate boat and use it, i could play TFC as a red steel pirate governating the seas... AWESOME.

Now, the thing is, i usually get crashes in multiplayer and then i just die form drowning... :

And I am going to be a Royal Navy Man O' War and ruin your day, quite frankly Mister Just_Another_Guy_

P.S. - I swear am I the only person to write your full name?

P.S.S - Shoot, my limbs are soon to be subjected to an agonizing devourment by Killster550!

[Menoch 335]

I voted to wait to see what is implemented. Bioxx mentioned he has and is working on the wgen for this mod, and knowing Bioxx, his implementation will no doubt be awesome. I am anxious to see what lies in store with both waterfalls, lakes, ponds, swamps, and also oceans.

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

Yep. Not even i write my full name : i honestly prefer JAG... but i don't want to forget what it stands for, so i left the name there.

[Sda215 8]

Yep. Not even i write my full name : i honestly prefer JAG... but i don't want to forget what it stands for, so i left the name there.

Well, if you somehow were to forget the full words of the acrynom 'JAG', you either search for your posts, or find my posts quoting you, that is... if you cannot log in..

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

Well, if you somehow were to forget the full words of the acrynom 'JAG', you either search for your posts, or find my posts quoting you, that is... if you cannot log in..

I don't log in with this username, 'cause of some forum thingy that forces me to use the original username i had, so yeah... don't think it's gonna help. lol.

[Sda215 8]

I don't log in with this username, 'cause of some forum thingy that forces me to use the original username i had, so yeah... don't think it's gonna help. lol.

Uh oh, I realized that we both derailed this thread. Now Mister Killster550 is going to devour our limbs with his cleaver and fork!

[Biodigious 211]

Ignoooore allllllll signatures!!!

I think I have all but Dunk's ignored.

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

I think I have all but Dunk's ignored.

Come on, Bio, gotta ignore them all!

[Biodigious 211]

Ok, I lied. I just found some one-liner signatures I haven't ignored because they weren't annoying.

And you mean gotta not gotcha. Gotta short for "got to", gotcha short for "got you".

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

Who said THAT was the mistake?

gotcha traped and them all!

fix'd :]

(Yeah, i don't know what i was thinking... : derp)

[ultraboomer 6]

shall we get back to the topic? or completely remove the rails? either option sounds good to me

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

There were some rails in the first place?

[Leosallespoli 338]

Since people want to get back ontopic I'll give some info I've learned throughout my basins course.

Oceans are formed through the development of a mature rift (rift being the crustal thinning by normal faults)

When the asthenosphere rises, it makes the crustal heat gradient bigger, with this the crust is easier to deform so if this process continues then the plate gets a big crack.

And with the rise of the asthenosphere and the normal tensions the sides are pull apart, separating both sides and giving space to the rock from the asthenosphere to take its place, cool and be a part of the crust (the ocean is the youngest part of the crust).

So this is basically how oceans are made.

Really?

Yup, the ocean is pretty much stitched up like a ragdoll

So, when continents are far apart they become passive margins, they are really stable, no tectonism on them, dull...

But, because they are moving from the ridge push, eventually they can hit another continental plate, like what happened to India, the Himalayas arose from that collision

Btw, they were fast! insanely fast for a plate, like 5cm a year, fast!

But if there is no continental crust on the plate that is moving? Well, every oceanic plate has a due date, about 150million years, that is when they get old, they cooldown, start getting some weight and then they crack open and go under itself.

And form island arcs.

[Leosallespoli 338]

This is Sumatra, you can see where the oceanic plate hit the other one. Japan is like this also, but there are 3 plates colliding against each other.

And look where the 3 plates converge... you know that place, right? Tokyo, a great place to live...

[Leosallespoli 338]

The major force that moves continents and plates is the slab pull and ridge push, it was thought that only convection affected the movement of plates, but it does not even begin to explain measurable velocities like these.

So, when there is pull apart there is passive margin, when they encounter each other it can be a forearc basin (oceani x oceanic) or a foreland basin (oceanic x continental or continental x continental)...

I think I got all the oceans covered with this.

[flamestrider 35]

I like that tfc has grand oceans, now all they need is something inside of them, like fish, whales, plants, and such.

Maybe have glowstone form near the bottom of oceans with plant-life/corals forming near them?