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[caterpillareid]

Looks very helpful, fun, and interesting!!
I hope the Redstone Release is "Idiot
Compatible".

[Calfeggs]

[quote name='caterpillareid' timestamp='1357177282' post='20091341']
Looks very helpful, fun, and interesting!!
I hope the Redstone Release is "Idiot
Compatible". [img]http://static.minecraftforum.net//public/style_emoticons/default/tongue.png[/img]
[/quote]LOL! Just learn how to not be an idiot, it'll be fine!

[JayWulf90]

I heard about this a while back, and it looks totally awesome. I can't wait for 1.5!! Stop torturing me, Mojang... Dx

[LocalChamp9139]

[quote name='hi9580' timestamp='1357175739' post='20090840']
unless they need to be in direct sunlight to work, which would be common sense but would suck
[/quote]

It wouldn't be that bad just put it at the surface a couple of blocks in the ground and then run the Redstone signal down to your base where the lights are. It would require a fair amount of Redstone resource but would be worth it.

[bobandjoe95]

it would be cool if you could place these upside-down like half-slabs, thus inverting the signal!
it fits Minecraft logic and they look the same size as slabs.

but if not they still will be cool!

[mi_nombre_es_mi_nombre]

Are those the old gravel textures in the background?

[RadioactivFly]

This affirms my belief that Mojang will indeed make a new Nether ore for the Redstone Update. Look at that green-brown material the light sensor is made of. It looks nothing like anything already in the game. And that green-brown color contrasts nicely against the red of Netherrack. I have no doubt that the green material the light sensor is made of is in fact the new nether mineral.

[Hunter]

This looks cool, you could probably just slab a NOT gate on a sensor on top of a lamp and BOOM .. street lights.

[Doozy]

[quote name='RadioactivFly' timestamp='1357181342' post='20092748']
This affirms my belief that Mojang will indeed make a new Nether ore for the Redstone Update. Look at that green-brown material the light sensor is made of. It looks nothing like anything already in the game. And that green-brown color contrasts nicely against the red of Netherrack. I have no doubt that the green material the light sensor is made of is in fact the new nether mineral.
[/quote]

I fail to see the green you are speaking of. I see brown and an off-white. Nothing the Redstone Lamp doesn't already have.

[RobotSheep]

Considering that with a few redstone torches, these light sensors can become night sensors, and power on/off my city lights automatically. Can't wait for the update!

[Safari384]

[quote name='mi_nombre_es_mi_nombre' timestamp='1357181137' post='20092691']
Are those the old gravel textures in the background?
[/quote] I don't think so.

[Antperson]

This could be cool. It could be used for lights the only come on at night if you invert a torch.

[RadioactivFly]

[quote name='Doozy' timestamp='1357182289' post='20093029']
I fail to see the green you are speaking of. I see brown and an off-white. Nothing the Redstone Lamp doesn't already have.
[/quote]
Brownish-green. Whatever. Brown. It's a much greener brown than dirt, isn't it? Redstone lamps have brown in them because they're turned-off glowstone. The brown in the light sensor has to come from a material in its crafting recipe since there's so much of it. No current material has that color. The crafting recipe will probably consist of a partial rim (like in a chest or furnace recipe, but without the top row) of the new material with redstone dust in the center. Purely speculation, of course.

[Doozy]

[quote name='RadioactivFly' timestamp='1357184968' post='20093825']
Brownish-green. Whatever. Brown. It's a much greener brown than dirt, isn't it? Redstone lamps have brown in them because they're turned-off glowstone. The brown in the light sensor has to come from a material in its crafting recipe since there's so much of it. No current material has that color. The crafting recipe will probably consist of a partial rim (like in a chest or furnace recipe, but without the top row) of the new material with redstone dust in the center. Purely speculation, of course.
[/quote]

I can't imagine such effort being put forth for the crafting of such an item. I suppose we will find out. =)

[helbirden9]

Notice how the end lamp is off after only about 10 blocks. This probably means that the detector only outputs a redstone strength equivalent to the amount of light.

[DanSparrow]

So solar cells, that could be pretty interesting

[DarkHax]

awesome i cant wait to see what else they will add. my biggest hope for this update is something that has NOT been done before in a mod yet it is something we could make use of.

also it would be awesome if they added a form of light source that is safe to the player and not easily destroyed, i think Vechs may have mentioned this in one of his videos XD.

[Xweetok_II]

[quote name='helbirden9' timestamp='1357185752' post='20094013']
Notice how the end lamp is off after only about 10 blocks. This probably means that the detector only outputs a redstone strength equivalent to the amount of light.
[/quote]

Now notice that sunlight is a light level of fifteen, and the sun isn't low enough to be a lower level of light.

[Sambaru]

'Tis going to be very handy.

[RadioactivFly]

[quote name='Doozy' timestamp='1357185190' post='20093871']
I can't imagine such effort being put forth for the crafting of such an item. I suppose we will find out. =)
[/quote]
Perhaps it will be like lapis and give you multiple pieces of the mineral for each block of ore?