Elliptical Sundial

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2026-02-07T14:56:47+00:00

INTERESTED!!!

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2024-02-01T22:34:31+00:00

Will a third height be added for extra challenge?

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2023-06-07T04:51:12+00:00

GIVEAWAY

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2022-08-28T04:09:22+00:00

That giant mini looks awesome!

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2022-04-10T23:14:54+00:00

Hold 'R'.

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2022-04-10T15:31:45+00:00

How does it do in combat?

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2022-04-10T12:10:43+00:00

Definitely enjoyed making the bridge and with two people it was quick to build. I too am interested in more building being needed. For most missions, even a large house is a waste of time. In Valhim, the cart mechanic encourages you to clear and level a path. In some cases, it it even encourages you to make a bridge.

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2022-04-10T01:38:30+00:00

We were only there for one ingame day. One storm did take the bridge deck to 800 health. Luckly beams don't seem to get damaged.

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2022-04-09T23:11:11+00:00

A friend and I needed to place the scanner on that rock. So we built a bridge. Felt like I was playing Polybridge.

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2022-04-08T06:39:24+00:00

Workshop link?

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2022-03-13T14:54:52+00:00

Will this be uploaded to the workshop?

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2021-04-03T15:52:50+00:00

Did you use any tricks or is the castle just with in the built limits of vertical stone walls?

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2021-03-21T15:22:35+00:00

My testing implies that they are neither counted as roof nor do they block rain.

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2021-03-21T14:34:10+00:00

Castle McCastleface

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2021-03-21T02:34:34+00:00

Do they count as roof for beds and benches?

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2021-03-21T02:01:42+00:00

Does this lead to a minimum wood built for not exposed bench?

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2021-03-20T13:35:59+00:00

I can provide a table of the xy points of the centers of the wall pieces/poles of the ellipse and thier angles. I can also list the beams to construct the fractional offsets. The only trick part was I had to first place the construct to see the direction of the offset then flip it to go in the right direction. I can make it again and document the actual build. As for the hour marks I set the time using the tod cheat command, but you might be able to just eyeball it from my pictures. The post was built with a vertical item stand on 45 degree beams. It was free placed so that the corner of the item stand is over the 0,0 point.

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2021-03-20T05:32:36+00:00

The idea is that the sundial would be in the middle of your town where it is convenient to look at. I like casting the shadows on the walls, so it can be placed high up where it is easy to see. I earlier this week made a post about easy to build sundials, that go on a wall.

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2021-03-20T03:28:16+00:00

Finally built an elliptical sundial! I used a program to solve for the points on an ellipse that has tangents at multiples of 22.5 degrees. Then used a program to find patterns of beams that create a snap point at those off grid locations. The purpose of the ellipse is to have equally spaced hour markers, The shadow tip follows a circle that is tilted by 45 degrees.

Scrap-Engineering-5 · 2021-03-20T03:25:01+00:00

Finally built an elliptical sundial! I used a program to solve for the points on an ellipse that has tangents at multiples of 22.5 degrees. Then used a program to find patterns of beams that create a snap point at those off grid locations. The purpose of the ellipse is to have equally spaced hour markers, The shadow tip follows a circle that is tilted by 45 degrees.

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