How to make the most common angles

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    Couldn't find one, yet extreeeeeemely important :p

    Lots of people want to make building with specific angles, well, you wanted it, you gonna get it !

    Small video (not from me) with full explanation:


    For those who can't/are too lazy for a video, a screenshot: starmade-screenshot-0000.png
    From LEFT to RIGHT (in degrees):
    0 :: Gray hull :: Just a line
    11.25 :: Metal Mesh :: 5, 5, 5, 5, 5...
    22.5 :: Red hull :: 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2...
    31 :: Build block :: 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2...
    33.75 :: White light :: 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2...
    45 :: Gray Hull :: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1...
    90 :: Gray Hull :: Just a line

    The 31 degrees build block angle is the closest to 30 degrees not requiring a complex pattern.
    The numbers following the name is the pattern. For the 22.5 for instance, you build 2 blocks, move to the right by 1 block, build 3 blocks, move the right... Rinse and repeat.

    And if nothing here's to your liking, you can still calculate it with the Bresenham's line algorithm. Linkage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bresenham's_line_algorithm

    The article explains it better than I could possibly do it. So...

    No more excuses to make only 0-45-90 angles now :3 Ahuehuehuehue...

    Hope it helps !
     
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    Useful, thanks. You could also smooth it out with corner blocks, which MC lacks.
     

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    But now, tell us how to make a roof at this angle look good :D
    Flat and a "triange-roof" :p