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Blockland Day Cycle Preview - Shaders and all that
SWAT One:
--- Quote from: Lord Tony² on March 20, 2012, 07:35:51 PM ---I want to see someone make a sundial.
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Tall Pole.
Red notches on ground.
Shadows on notches indicates time of day.
Maze24:
--- Quote from: Lord Tony² on March 20, 2012, 05:11:44 PM ---Day as in one whole day, not daytime.
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Ah thank you.
Greek2me:
--- Quote from: Eussorus on March 20, 2012, 11:04:58 PM ---Just a thought, will the Day cycle be that fast as in will the sun and day cycle move that quick.
I would be upset if it did.
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I have a feeling it will be adjustable.
Conan:
--- Quote from: SWAT One on March 20, 2012, 11:09:49 PM ---Tall Pole.
Red notches on ground.
Shadows on notches indicates time of day.
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Back towards the stone age we go!
That's actually a pretty good idea but then the sun needs a non-linear path. Otherwise "sundials" become "sunlines"
SWAT One:
--- Quote from: Conan on March 21, 2012, 12:53:13 AM ---Back towards the stone age we go!
That's actually a pretty good idea but then the sun needs a non-linear path. Otherwise "sundials" become "sunlines"
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Well no.
If the sun didn't travel...
It's hard to explain, damn astrophysics.
It depends on the angle of the sun's path in the sky offset to its path as it would be perpendicular to the ground. On the Equator on the first day of Spring and Fall, the Sun will travel perpendicular to the ground at exactly noon.