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Siege Catapult, A torsion catapult (onager) about 4.3 m long on a timber frame, with or without wheels. The throwing arm pivots in a twisted rope skein: userData.tick throws it forward against the padded stop beam and winches it back once per loop (arm rotate rig on x, winch spin rig). It throws toward +Z; a burning fireball in the cup glows at night.
Prop · 2 moving parts

Siege Catapult

A torsion catapult (onager) about 4.3 m long on a timber frame, with or without wheels. The throwing arm pivots in a twisted rope skein: userData.tick throws it forward against the padded stop beam and winches it back once per loop (arm rotate rig on x, winch spin rig). It throws toward +Z; a burning fireball in the cup glows at night.

Size
2.3 × 3.2 × 6.2 m
Triangles
1,344
Open in the lab Ready for any engine. The download carries the knobs you set here.

Tune it

4 knobs: Wood, Wheels, Ammo, Size.

Specs

Size
2.3 × 3.2 × 6.2 m
width × height × depth
Triangles
1,344
of 6,000
Draw calls
1
one vertex-colour material
Loop clip
1 m
of travel per cycle
Moving parts
2
arm · rotate, winch · spin
Knobs
4
3 presets
Night lights
1
fire

Passed the validator: real scale, rests on y = 0, front faces +Z, deterministic.

Use it

Code for the specimen as it is set up above; it follows your knobs.

JavaScript
import { createAsset } from 'https://gaitkit.com/cdn/siege-catapult.mjs';

const siegeCatapult = createAsset();
scene.add(siegeCatapult);                      // rests on y = 0, front faces +Z

// 'arm' pivots on its hinge: -8° to 100° around x
siegeCatapult.getObjectByName('arm').rotation.x = THREE.MathUtils.degToRad(-8);

More in the docs; agents can fetch all of this through MCP.

Knobs

KnobTypeValuesDefaultWhat it does
woodchoiceoak pine weathered darkoakTimber tone: oak (warm brown), pine (light, freshly built), weathered (silver-grey, veteran of many sieges), dark (tarred).
wheelstoggleon / offtrueFour solid wooden wheels so it can be rolled into place. Off sets the frame on skids on the ground.
ammochoicestone fireball nonestoneWhat sits in the cup: a stone, a burning fireball (glows at night), or nothing.
sizerange0.7 to 1.4, step 0.051Overall scale. 1 is about 4.3 m long with a 3.4 m arm; 0.7 a light field piece, 1.4 a heavy siege engine.

Presets: fire thrower {"ammo":"fireball","wood":"dark"} · field onager {"wheels":false,"size":0.8,"wood":"pine"} · veteran engine {"wood":"weathered","size":1.2}

Files

FileWhat
siege-catapult.glbGLB, default look · 183 KB
siege-catapult.mjsES module, every knob live
siege-catapult.objOBJ, static, no colour
siege-catapult-params.jsonknob schema, presets, night zones

Licence

Use it in games, apps, renders and client work, commercially and without credit. Do not resell it as an asset or train a 3D generator on it. The full licence.