At the moment I'm trying to get a 3x3 door running. The only problem I have is the double piston extender. To create a double piston extender is easy, and getting it to push one block forward and backward is also no problem. But I want it to place a block. Like this:
[]|[]|B
[]-|[]-|B
[]|[]| B
[]| = Piston
B = Block
I know that it is possible, there are several videos showing the 3x3 or 4x4 door with a mechanism like this. But no matter how many times I try it, it won't work.
Thank you
Regards,
Mops de Bops
Is there anyone who could help me and explain this?
Thank you for the video, but I already know this tutorial. No problem to rebuild it. But the tutorial only shows how to extend and retract. But not how to place the block. As soon as you retract the block is retracted too. But I want it to stay in position. Until I again press the button fro the double piston which will reatract the block.
So it should look like this:
[]|[]|B
[]-|[]-|B
[]|[]| B
[]| = Piston
[]-| = extended Piston
B = Block
The reason I need it is to place another block in between:
[]|[]| BB
Thank you for your help!
Regards
MopsdeBops
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Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!
Well first I want to clarify that my previous post was not sarcasm, maybe a bit exaggerated but I was serious. If you know something I don't, please feel free to correct me.
Okay so considering your statement, could this work? (Can't test at the moment because I'm in the office):
1)
[]|[]|B
2)
[]-|[]|B
3)
[]|[]|_B
Pull the second sticky piston back with the first piston. So the block should stay in position if I got you right.
It works. Thanks to everyone in this thread for fixing the sticky piston barrier in my head. Grimmliberty gave my the final hint to get it working. If there is a need for a small tutorial for someone, just leave a message here and i will create one.
Regards
MopsdeBops
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Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!
I was able to create the extender I wanted. So I can now press a button to extende the two red blocks, and one button to retract both of them.
But as you can see, it's not really compact. So I was wondering if there is any advide on how to make my circuit smaller.
--Edit
My second attempt is now the double piston mechanism for a 4x4 door. Works too, but like the one before, just too clunky.
Hooking the two buttons together to work corretctly will not be a problem. At the moment i have one for opening and one for closing. But two make two buttons which both work for closing and opening will not be a problem. But this whole thing needs to become more compact.
Still looking for someone who can post a schematic of a compact double piston mechanic for 3x3 or 4x4 doors. I do not care if vertical orhorizontal, just the most compact way.
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Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!
Dear Community,
At the moment I'm trying to get a 3x3 door running. The only problem I have is the double piston extender. To create a double piston extender is easy, and getting it to push one block forward and backward is also no problem. But I want it to place a block. Like this:
[]|[]|B
[]-|[]-|B
[]|[]| B
[]| = Piston
B = Block
I know that it is possible, there are several videos showing the 3x3 or 4x4 door with a mechanism like this. But no matter how many times I try it, it won't work.
Thank you
Regards,
Mops de Bops
Is there anyone who could help me and explain this?
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!
Here's a video all about double piston extender:
Thank you for the video, but I already know this tutorial. No problem to rebuild it. But the tutorial only shows how to extend and retract. But not how to place the block. As soon as you retract the block is retracted too. But I want it to stay in position. Until I again press the button fro the double piston which will reatract the block.
So it should look like this:
[]|[]|B
[]-|[]-|B
[]|[]| B
[]| = Piston
[]-| = extended Piston
B = Block
The reason I need it is to place another block in between:
[]|[]| BB
Thank you for your help!
Regards
MopsdeBops
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!
Just replace one of the sticky pistons with a normal one then
That's not what I need. Then I just expand 1 block.
The process should look like this:
(
[]| = Piston
[]-| = extended Piston
B = Block
_ = No Block
)
1)
___B
[]|[]|B
2)
___B
[]-|[]-|B
3)
___B
[]|[]|__B
4)
[]|[]|B_B
4)
[]|[]-|BB
5)
[]|[]|_BB
So that now there are two blocks placed one block apart from the double piston.
And then it needs to be able to retract those.
6)
[]|[]|_BB
7)
[]|[]-|BB
8)
[]|[]|B_B
9)
___B
[]|[]|_B
10)
___B
[]-|[]-|B
11)
___B
[]|[]|B
Just the basic mechanism of a 3x3 or 4x4 piston door. My problem is step 3 where the block needs to be release from the sticky piston.
Regards
MopsdeBops
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!
corrected for you.
I'm surely no piston expert. I know I'm unworthy talking to you piston-master, but please enlighten me on how pistons work.
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!
Sticky = "Sticky" = doesn't let go.
It's from some strange science called English.
See? More than one of us can play the anti-civilization game.
;-P
But in all seriousness, they don't let go.
The ONLY ways to get a sticky piston to "drop" a block in "normal operation" is to pull it away with another sticky piston
OR
destroy the piston that is holding it.
Beyond that, You Can get a piston to push a block into another block and move it.
With a sticky piston the 'stuck' block is pulled back and the other one will stay put.
With regular pistons they both stay put.
All pistons can move up to 12 blocks this way before it can't move them.
This is useful for moving "dropped" sand/gravel rows across some surface.
Well first I want to clarify that my previous post was not sarcasm, maybe a bit exaggerated but I was serious. If you know something I don't, please feel free to correct me.
Okay so considering your statement, could this work? (Can't test at the moment because I'm in the office):
1)
[]|[]|B
2)
[]-|[]|B
3)
[]|[]|_B
Pull the second sticky piston back with the first piston. So the block should stay in position if I got you right.
Regards
MopsdeBops
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!
It works. Thanks to everyone in this thread for fixing the sticky piston barrier in my head. Grimmliberty gave my the final hint to get it working. If there is a need for a small tutorial for someone, just leave a message here and i will create one.
Regards
MopsdeBops
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!
I was able to create the extender I wanted. So I can now press a button to extende the two red blocks, and one button to retract both of them.
But as you can see, it's not really compact. So I was wondering if there is any advide on how to make my circuit smaller.
--Edit
My second attempt is now the double piston mechanism for a 4x4 door. Works too, but like the one before, just too clunky.
Hooking the two buttons together to work corretctly will not be a problem. At the moment i have one for opening and one for closing. But two make two buttons which both work for closing and opening will not be a problem. But this whole thing needs to become more compact.
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!
Still looking for someone who can post a schematic of a compact double piston mechanic for 3x3 or 4x4 doors. I do not care if vertical orhorizontal, just the most compact way.
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!