1/31/12 My Maze!

How to Create a Maze (and other things)
This is a mid level building skill.

Today I created a floating maze in Peninsula.

I used an existing maze in Ipswich as a template:

I saved the image from the Internet

I uploaded the image into my inventory.

I created a thin board the size that I wanted the maze to be.

I loaded the image of the Ipswich maze onto the board as a texture.

This is my template.

I built one hedge going down one side:

I copied that hedge, moved it to a parallel line and adjusted the length to fit the template:

I continued doing this until I completed the template.  

Then, I linked all the pieces, named it, did a take copy, and deleted the template. - Voila, a Maze.

A more technical explanation:

I thought it helped to use the object position, size and rotation features.  (see image below)

I held the z position constant (the height off the ground), 

I held the x and z sizes constant (the thickness and the height are always the same - all you change is the length)

     The hedges parallel to the first will always have the same rotation.

     The hedges perpendicular to the first will rotate 90 degrees.

Going through the maze, the end is in the center.