Love that you decided to tackle this, off the grid work is often some of the most complicated stuff you can do! And honestly this channel is slowly becoming the Bible of moc building, I make sure to never miss a video!
Wow thank you so much! This one was challenging to put together in a way that hopefully most people will understand. I appreciate your support and compliments!
What I find revolutionary is that this could be used as a modification for MILS plate system to make some of the skewed things that exist in reality. Such as a parking lot or a row of condominiums or a city street with off kilter store fronts. That's the wisdom of it! Like I said, NOT brilliant, but beyond brilliant!
This is the best sugarcane growing pattern in minecraft because any sugarcane must Be orthogonally connected to water, which is the 1x1 studs in this grid. This makes every single water source have four sugarcane around it (the max) with no gaps, so that is the most space-efficient. Its not actually the best for harvesting sugar cane though, as an automated design with bonemeal would yield better results.
Chris, this sort of stuff, wonky connections, exotic parts uses and all, is something that just comes to me intuitively after over a decade of regularly building MOCs and being around other builders online and in person - but your videos breaking things down in their most basic form are a great resource for new builders and something I wish I had back when I started building. Very much been enjoying your concise presentation in these videos, inspiring for me as I start offering insights into my builds. Keep it up!
From any stud you can only get to half of the knight moves though. The knight can eventually get to any square on the chess board but there is clearly a similarity
I feel like I’m taking a course in MOC fundamentals with all of your videos and I LOVE it! I love the clear amount of work you put into understanding each video before making it. I don’t know how you find the time. Like many others have said, I look forward to these videos and try to watch them as soon as I know about them.
@@bricksculpt I have an idea on how to get rid of empty space at 5:41 , the shape reminds me of part 65429 (Wedge, Plate 4 x 2 Left, Pointed), would it be possible to make the gap bigger and test if this piece fits?
I love this! I immediately thought how fantastic it would be to design a MOC of an old mansion or villa with a complex park layout using this grid as the basis for the floor plan. Without this method, I'd likely spend ages finding the angles through trial and error. But with it, the process would surely be much more enjoyable and structured.
Wow! This was cool the last video, you took it to a next level! Time for a modern architecture building with strange bends and curved corners? I can't recall, there might be a building around that resembles a drill bit where every floor is twisted.
If I recall, then Lego train track curves only do 45° changes in angle. And the 3:4:5 pythagorean triple (which the top plates share their orientation with) has angles of 37° and 53°. So I don't think this technique will help you. For mounting train tracks, I'd put 2 jumper plates on top of each other and put them onto a 1x1 (or a 2x2 jumper) (both with the end anti-stud, not the center of the 1x2 jumper's bottom). That will allow you a variable offset of up to 1 stud; and from there it's just a matter of trying out different orientations for the jumpers until you find one that connects.
The older blue track turns at 22.5° (1/16 circle) increments, The 5-12-13 plane looks excellent where the angle is 22.62, so the difference should be only 0.12° but in practice I measured 1.35°... Anyway, I'll post a picture in the discord
I'd love to see what happens when you put the sugknight grid on top of a sugknight grid. I also have a suspicion that the other grid from last video where the 1 wide plates fit between the studs, that's equal to half of the sugknight grid. If you arranged two of those on top I bet it would match sugknight
If you put two sugknight grids on top of each other, then you get to the orientation of the 7-24-25 pythagorean triple. Because (4+3i)^2=7+24i And yes, the other grid that's aligned along those 3:1 slopes is "half" of the sugknight grid, in the sense that (3+1i)^2=2*( 4+3i ). So yes, if you built the construction with the 1-by-N's slid in between the studs on top of each other twice, then you'd get something that's aligned in the exact same direction as the sugknight grid. The only thing that might be different is that it may or may not line up with a "normally" constructed sugknight grid.
Technically it is the patern for maximum density of sugar cain but its far from ideal for setting up or harvesting. And two straight rows are more practical all around.
Depends on how you harvest. I play on a server with LWC (which has a functionality that allows chests to "suck in" loose items from 3-4 blocks away) and I have put waterlogged chests into a series of my "irrigation holes". So I just have to run sideways through my sugknight grid farm with the "break blocks" button held. If you have to worry about picking up the drops, then that becomes the time-limiting factor, and you'd be best advised to choose a layout that allows your farm to do that automatically. But for my tree farms (where the same pattern would give you maximum tree density while guaranteeing all saplings are lit) I do plant in straight lines. Firstly because maximum tree density doesn't give you nearly enough saplings (and any excess saplings are free fuel). But also because harvesting trees is easiest if you just carve your way through a straight unbroken line of trunks.
Hey Chris… how do you feel about a new challenge? Building the 5 Platonic solids (tetrahedron/pyramid, hexahedron/cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron) out of Lego. No idea if it’s legally possible, or possible at all, and I don’t have the bricks to try. It would be nice to see you do it though, although if you can’t that’s fine. :)
I tried something like this in the past and I never been satisfied because I wasn't able to connect a straight wall to a tower rotated using this kind of technic without having a left gap.
Yes. You can replace the 2x2 tiles in this pattern by 2x2 turntables and then rotate them to the correct angle to get more connection points. That's how I discovered this method. The wedge plate technique shown here wouldn't work, because some turntables would interfere with the placement of the outer wedge plates. You would have to re-replace those with 2x2 tiles.
@@bricksculpt The patern you are using is what I call the 2x4 pattern. You always rotate the diagonal around its center, so the middle of that diagonal will not move, only rotate. If you use a diagonal based of a rectangle with even sides (2x4, 2x6, 4x100, etc.) the center will always be between 4 studs, so you can place a 2x2 turntable there for extra connections. If you use a diagonal based on a rectangle with odd sides (3x9, 7x9, 17x53, etc.) the center will always be on a stud. It gets trickier when you use a diagonal based on a rectangle with an even and odd side. (2x5, 4x13, 12x3, you get the idea) Then the rotation point is between 2 studs, a little harder to connect, but not impossible.
Minecraft is literally the biggest game in the world, you think that the most efficient way to plant one of the most useful crops would be unknown? Especially since lego and minecraft communities are very connected.
Anyways uhm... I bought a whole bunch of shungite, rocks, do you know what shungite is? Anybody know what shungite is. No, no Suge Knight, I think hes locked up in prison. Talking shungite. Anyways, its a 2 billion year old like rock, stone that protects against frequencies and unwanted frequencies that may be traveling in the air. So thats my story. I bought a whole bunch of stuff, put them around the la casa. Little pyramids. Stuff like that.
This stingy Pythagoras. Why did he only make one of those triplets with reasonably small sides? Imagine the crazy freedom this would give if we had 2 or 3 different angles to choose with side lengths less than 10.
10/10 was not expecting minecraft sugar cane and the knight in chess to fuse into suge knight lol
Thanks!
Had to leave a like as soon as I heard that kkkkkkk. As usual 👍🏻
? What lol
@@GabrielLeite123456789OMG I was SO confused by your comment, until I re-read it more carefully and noticed the "a" before the "like" 😂
Love that you decided to tackle this, off the grid work is often some of the most complicated stuff you can do! And honestly this channel is slowly becoming the Bible of moc building, I make sure to never miss a video!
Wow thank you so much! This one was challenging to put together in a way that hopefully most people will understand. I appreciate your support and compliments!
Seeing how nicely this works with those cut plates? Game changer.
I agreed
What I find revolutionary is that this could be used as a modification for MILS plate system to make some of the skewed things that exist in reality. Such as a parking lot or a row of condominiums or a city street with off kilter store fronts. That's the wisdom of it!
Like I said, NOT brilliant, but beyond brilliant!
Thanks Rodd!
@@bricksculpt Gamechanger
This is the best sugarcane growing pattern in minecraft because any sugarcane must Be orthogonally connected to water, which is the 1x1 studs in this grid. This makes every single water source have four sugarcane around it (the max) with no gaps, so that is the most space-efficient. Its not actually the best for harvesting sugar cane though, as an automated design with bonemeal would yield better results.
Chris, this sort of stuff, wonky connections, exotic parts uses and all, is something that just comes to me intuitively after over a decade of regularly building MOCs and being around other builders online and in person - but your videos breaking things down in their most basic form are a great resource for new builders and something I wish I had back when I started building.
Very much been enjoying your concise presentation in these videos, inspiring for me as I start offering insights into my builds. Keep it up!
Thank you so much I'm glad you appreciate these videos! I checked out your videos you make some beautiful mocs, well done!
From any stud you can only get to half of the knight moves though. The knight can eventually get to any square on the chess board but there is clearly a similarity
Depending on which direction the grid is built in you will get half the moves. Both combined will give you all the knight move option!
I feel like I’m taking a course in MOC fundamentals with all of your videos and I LOVE it! I love the clear amount of work you put into understanding each video before making it. I don’t know how you find the time. Like many others have said, I look forward to these videos and try to watch them as soon as I know about them.
Wow thank you so much for all your support!!!
You broke the system! These videos are amazing.
Glad you like them! Thanks!
@@bricksculpt I have an idea on how to get rid of empty space at 5:41 , the shape reminds me of part 65429 (Wedge, Plate 4 x 2 Left, Pointed), would it be possible to make the gap bigger and test if this piece fits?
Doubtful the slope it 1x2 not 1x3 I like the thinking though.
Love the logo sculpture.
Oh man, i need to join this discord. I've been playing with this grid for tons of designs, there's so much to play with.
These tips will come in handy, great vid!
Thanks!
I always enjoy watching your videos. It's always a learning experience.
Thank you so much!
Sug-Knight Grid. lol I love it!
also works like the optimal pattern for lowest tier sprinklers in Stardew Valley.
I think it's the same for sugar cane in Minecraft too 💙
Lmao I should have watched the video
I just wanted to say this...
this is exactly why i love your channel so much. it's awesome to learn new lego building techniques!
Wow thank you so much!!!
good thing you chose that order when combining those names
Knight sugar :) love that too
I love this! I immediately thought how fantastic it would be to design a MOC of an old mansion or villa with a complex park layout using this grid as the basis for the floor plan. Without this method, I'd likely spend ages finding the angles through trial and error. But with it, the process would surely be much more enjoyable and structured.
Sounds like an awesome moc! Do it!!!
Another great video. So much useful info. 👍
Glad you enjoyed it thanks!
Great stuff!
Thanks!
Thanks for posting this, it's already got my mind working on how to integrate this angle into a MOC. Lots of potential here!
You're welcome!
I was gonna ask about roofing after the last grid video, and my question was answered. I like how the sloped plates look in the middle.
Great Mathematical Lego approach!! Love It!! We want more, We want more (i want more.. :) )
Thank you so much! I will try to keep them coming!
If you snap a LEGO plate on the bottom of a Duplo plate, you could build a mountain off grid.
I joined the Discord server just a few minutes ago, wow there are a ton of cool things posted on there.
There is surely a wealth of knowledge on there!
Haha. Minecraft Sugar Cane and Chess Knights.
I mean, Knights could just jump to another square, so this pattern is arbitrary to them.
imma start calling this the "knight-cane grid", but you do you!
I'm in
Wow! This was cool the last video, you took it to a next level!
Time for a modern architecture building with strange bends and curved corners?
I can't recall, there might be a building around that resembles a drill bit where every floor is twisted.
That would be cool! Thanks
Thank you ❤
You're welcome!
I always watch the whole video!
Thanks for your support!
The Fireman's Weave.
What I really want to know is how to mount Lego train track using these angles.
I need to get some train tracks I have never owned them.
If I recall, then Lego train track curves only do 45° changes in angle. And the 3:4:5 pythagorean triple (which the top plates share their orientation with) has angles of 37° and 53°.
So I don't think this technique will help you.
For mounting train tracks, I'd put 2 jumper plates on top of each other and put them onto a 1x1 (or a 2x2 jumper) (both with the end anti-stud, not the center of the 1x2 jumper's bottom). That will allow you a variable offset of up to 1 stud; and from there it's just a matter of trying out different orientations for the jumpers until you find one that connects.
Bevins Bricks World did a video called "How to attach ballasted curved Lego train tracks to a baseplate," which you might find helpful.
@@stockicide I've seen that video and it's not what I'm looking for. I want a way to mount straight Lego track on a diagonal.
The older blue track turns at 22.5° (1/16 circle) increments, The 5-12-13 plane looks excellent where the angle is 22.62, so the difference should be only 0.12° but in practice I measured 1.35°... Anyway, I'll post a picture in the discord
I'd love to see what happens when you put the sugknight grid on top of a sugknight grid.
I also have a suspicion that the other grid from last video where the 1 wide plates fit between the studs, that's equal to half of the sugknight grid. If you arranged two of those on top I bet it would match sugknight
I think you just names my next video "Stacking Sugeknights"!
If you put two sugknight grids on top of each other, then you get to the orientation of the 7-24-25 pythagorean triple. Because (4+3i)^2=7+24i
And yes, the other grid that's aligned along those 3:1 slopes is "half" of the sugknight grid, in the sense that (3+1i)^2=2*( 4+3i ). So yes, if you built the construction with the 1-by-N's slid in between the studs on top of each other twice, then you'd get something that's aligned in the exact same direction as the sugknight grid. The only thing that might be different is that it may or may not line up with a "normally" constructed sugknight grid.
Technically it is the patern for maximum density of sugar cain but its far from ideal for setting up or harvesting. And two straight rows are more practical all around.
I will take your word for it.
Depends on how you harvest.
I play on a server with LWC (which has a functionality that allows chests to "suck in" loose items from 3-4 blocks away) and I have put waterlogged chests into a series of my "irrigation holes". So I just have to run sideways through my sugknight grid farm with the "break blocks" button held.
If you have to worry about picking up the drops, then that becomes the time-limiting factor, and you'd be best advised to choose a layout that allows your farm to do that automatically.
But for my tree farms (where the same pattern would give you maximum tree density while guaranteeing all saplings are lit) I do plant in straight lines. Firstly because maximum tree density doesn't give you nearly enough saplings (and any excess saplings are free fuel). But also because harvesting trees is easiest if you just carve your way through a straight unbroken line of trunks.
Hey Chris… how do you feel about a new challenge?
Building the 5 Platonic solids (tetrahedron/pyramid, hexahedron/cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron) out of Lego. No idea if it’s legally possible, or possible at all, and I don’t have the bricks to try. It would be nice to see you do it though, although if you can’t that’s fine. :)
That's a cool idea @lucahermann already did it and posted in on my Discord server.
I tried something like this in the past and I never been satisfied because I wasn't able to connect a straight wall to a tower rotated using this kind of technic without having a left gap.
Yeah that is still going to be a problem
I'd probably call it Knight Cane.
Or night sugar lol
Just remove the support layer and put a bunch of plates to align height...
do 1x1 slopes fit into the bigger ones' spaces? if yes then you could elevate the entire thing a little, to make it flush with the rest
I don't think they will
6:06 does anyone else see the accidentals swastika
Was waiting for that one lol I get that in a lot of my videos. Lego naturally does that a lot.
I was thinking that to😂
Do you suppose this can be done with the old 2x2 turntable plates?
Yes. You can replace the 2x2 tiles in this pattern by 2x2 turntables and then rotate them to the correct angle to get more connection points. That's how I discovered this method.
The wedge plate technique shown here wouldn't work, because some turntables would interfere with the placement of the outer wedge plates. You would have to re-replace those with 2x2 tiles.
Omg I need to try this!
@@bricksculpt The patern you are using is what I call the 2x4 pattern. You always rotate the diagonal around its center, so the middle of that diagonal will not move, only rotate. If you use a diagonal based of a rectangle with even sides (2x4, 2x6, 4x100, etc.) the center will always be between 4 studs, so you can place a 2x2 turntable there for extra connections.
If you use a diagonal based on a rectangle with odd sides (3x9, 7x9, 17x53, etc.) the center will always be on a stud.
It gets trickier when you use a diagonal based on a rectangle with an even and odd side. (2x5, 4x13, 12x3, you get the idea) Then the rotation point is between 2 studs, a little harder to connect, but not impossible.
can't you use 1x1 corner tiles in the gaps left on the second layout?
I don't think they will fit
For the second design, would a 10x10 plate cover the gaps without interfering with the standard grid?
There would be studs in the way
Remove them?
Can you also build this pattern out of SNOT bricks?
I would say hell yes! Think about a climbing wall in this pattern. Or a billboard or sign or a mural set at that angle. Could be awesome!
I need to try that next!
Combined with snot this could be a way of attaching angled roofs.
Audience is based. I thought the sugarcane thing but felt it was too stupidly niche to even comment. Turns out it wasn’t
Lol yeah I had to throw that in.
Minecraft is literally the biggest game in the world, you think that the most efficient way to plant one of the most useful crops would be unknown? Especially since lego and minecraft communities are very connected.
Next up: Lego in hyperbolic geometry.
My brain isn't that big lol
my brain hurts just looking at this. it looks diagonal to some degree but it's an optical illusion??
Yeah it's a little tripping looking for sure!
Did you just call this the Suge knight grid??
Anyways uhm... I bought a whole bunch of shungite, rocks, do you know what shungite is? Anybody know what shungite is. No, no Suge Knight, I think hes locked up in prison. Talking shungite. Anyways, its a 2 billion year old like rock, stone that protects against frequencies and unwanted frequencies that may be traveling in the air. So thats my story. I bought a whole bunch of stuff, put them around the la casa. Little pyramids. Stuff like that.
You bet
Never heard of the rock I will have to look that up.
This stingy Pythagoras. Why did he only make one of those triplets with reasonably small sides? Imagine the crazy freedom this would give if we had 2 or 3 different angles to choose with side lengths less than 10.
Yeah Pythagoras discover it better next time!!! :P
Hi
Hi
It looks twisted
Yes it really does lol
As a chess player, "2 over 3 up" had me triggered 😅
Lol
Does anyone else see this face at the end? 😐
Yes lol
Suge Knight mention is BS video? 😂
😁