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[Request] Almond With 3 Faces

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Failsafe United States1298 Posts March 23 2012 00:12 GMT #1 Here's a model Sup, need help from an artist to draw a picture or graph of this "3-Sided Die" in the style of an almond a 3-sided dice look like an almond with 3-side? @@ EinYicero Qiraenon Perhaps. If the traditional almond could be said to have 2-faces. Call the two 'seams' of the almond its vertices: 1 at 0º 2 at 180º EinYicero Qiraenon Then the 3-sided almond could be a fat almond with seams or vertices: 1 at 0º 2 at 120º 3 at 240º EinYicero Qiraenon So this 3-sided die has 3 faces (each side is a face). Each side is rounded, so there are infinitely many ways to roll a 1, 2, or 3. Each result (1, 2, 3) is still unique, however.

DarkPlasmaBall United States46537 Posts March 23 2012 01:18 GMT #2 I think the problem is that there's no guarantee that there's going to be one side that's *exactly* straight up. I don't think you can create a true three-sided die without adding extra symbols to account for repeats or slanted sides (here's a search for it: http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1T4ADFA_enUS470US470&q=3-sided die&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=0s5rT9D1L6Lt0gHwlJ3OBg&biw=1396&bih=675&sei=1s5rT5qNPInD0AGG2OT-Cw). I just roll a 6-sided die and say "1 and 2 is Option A. 3 and 4 is Option B. 5 and 6 is Option C." But good luck ^^

iGrok United States5142 Posts March 23 2012 01:22 GMT #3 EDIT: Nvm

Ghin United States2391 Posts March 23 2012 03:04 GMT #4 What is "EinYicero Qiraenon" ???

UniversalSnip 9871 Posts March 23 2012 03:05 GMT #5 The face up thing is simple enough. The numbers can represent the side that landed face down, rather than which side is face up, as with a four sided die: http://www.robinwood.com/Catalog/Technical/LightwaveTuts/UVMaps/UVMapImages/UVTut2/D4Render.jpg Alternatively you could put the numbers at the top on the curved bit. I don't see any difficulty with that.

hp.Shell United States2527 Posts March 23 2012 03:15 GMT #6 Every time I conceive a realistic 3-sided almond shape it doesn't seem to roll correctly. I think your sketch shows that it does but I'm having trouble picturing it. It seems like the side that lands down could be the one used as the roll. Edit: Can't it land on the intersection of the 3 sides? It looks like there is a point there but if it lands awkwardly near the point then there are still multiple sides considered for the roll.

TheToast United States4808 Posts March 23 2012 03:19 GMT #7 Give me a few minutes.

MaV_gGSC Canada1345 Posts March 23 2012 03:20 GMT #8 That sound so complicated. I can't quite imagine it. I wanna see what TL's artists got

TheToast United States4808 Posts March 23 2012 03:49 GMT #9 Took me a while to realize I was over thinking it. Hopefully a 3D model is okay, it's not great quality but hopefully it will do: wireframe view: rendered view:

Failsafe United States1298 Posts March 23 2012 05:59 GMT #10 thank u. this is perfect

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