Concrete

[lapo]

One joint is OK for performance but game should really check cables against compression =)

[Calastigro]

I think concrete would rock if they made it analogous to cable, except for compression instead of tension.  That would allow some crazy-cool bridges to be made.

--calast

[mendel]

"concrete would rock" - or use stone = rock, that would concrete...

The idea would be that concrete could be as strong as cable, cost as much as light steel (or cable) and only take compression.
Btw, http://www.chroniclogic.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=3&topic=46&start=20" target="_blank">Recent research suggests that Pontifex cable can take compression if you can work with the free joint in it - as falkon announced he did (and showed to me privately) with one of the http://www.chroniclogic.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=22&start=40" target="_blank">complex levels.

(Edited by mendel at 10:57 am on Dec. 13, 2001)

[JohnK]

Like cable cheap or like cable strong for one type of force. I think that it would have to be pretty expensive, well not tooo expensive... anyway, it couldn't be as cheap as cable, but i dont think that's what you meant.