In this discussion I hope to convince the author of this mod and the author of the original mod to fix it's most glaring and impactful error. I have dysgraphia and find spelling, grammatic structuring, and coherancy in written and typed communication very difficult, so please bear with me.

First off, what is the error? Well... IRL the effectivness of a drying rack is determined by tempurture indirectly, it is a matter of water moisture in the air and the airs ability to absorb water as vapor. While higher tempurturs may dry things faster, that only works if the air is capable of absorbing more water, meaning if it is 105 degrees farenheit (40.5 degrees celsius) and very humid, if the air is incapable of absorbing more water than the drying rack will act as a rotting rack instead, this means in the jungle drying racks don't work, and a smoker is required. That kind of explains that part right?


Secondly, what is sublimation? Here is the definition:

"Sublimation is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas state, without passing through the liquid state."

Unfortunutly, the merriam-webster dictionary only provides the phycology definition of the word, so this is the wikipedias.

So, how does this affect the mechanics of the drying rack? well, as mentioned before, temurture is not the catalyst of drying, but instead the atmosphers ability to absorb it. When the temurture is below freezing, all the moisture in the air freezes to surphases as frost, regardless of the atmosphers ability to hold it. Meaning, a drying rack in the dead of winter is typically more effective IRL than one during the summer.

Given that is is outside the scope of this mod (I persume) to model air moisture content and humidity level, the most realistic way of handling a drying racks efficiency, is just to have it consisteny rather than heat dependant.

I am going to insert a Q&A section here. why? because I have a hard time squeezing relevent information into my writing coherantly, so...

Q: Does this have any real world implications?

A: Yes! IRL people who use clothes lines still set them out during the winter, and they still work effectively.

Q: Real world implications IRL outside of clothes in the medieval era?

A: Yes! It has extensive implications! In nordic countries, people would hang meats, typically carp, out to dry over the winter. It was a very effective way of preserving food for when it was needed most. This dried carp was actually the most valuable long-term preserved food, and this would turn into a massive multi-billion dollar industry. Fun fact: the early united states, befor the revolutionary war, relied on its largest, and most profitable export, carp (shipped to the nordics) very heavily, and without the carp trade, the early US may not have been strong enough to fight the british, or econimically viable enough for the british to see the 13 colonies as a viable source as debt relief through taxation.

That last one was a bit of a rambler, but was relavent to assert how big of an impact this has had IRL in a historical context.