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it sounds great but what is it?

okay this is a cool update???? I OFFICIALLY LOVE It

Quote from RadioactivFly

Perhaps it will be like lapis and give you multiple pieces of the mineral for each block of ore?

Nice call on the new Nether material being intruduced. It turns out the new material is what makes the light colored parts of the sensor and the dark colored part comes from wood planks. But either way the new snapshot looks enticing and 1.5 looks like its going to be a great release.

Quote from xSatuim

Was this a mod?
Hold up I remember seeing a thread with 1.5 new blocks
and this was one of them
then Dinnerbone confirmed them as false

I think it may be a mod

Almost all of the newer updates have been inspired by mods and plugins.

As far back as sprinting, experience levels, and up to flame bows shooting TNT and of course all the obvious ones

Quote from Spyyderwolf2

I think it may be a mod

Yes @hunterman12345
Say's Rasugami's Light detector mod

I wish Mojang would stop adding these little features here and there and concentrate on the mod API. Let modders add the features - they usually do it better than the devs anyway. Take Redpower for example. It trumps a silly light sensor.

Quote from Pizzacheese4

but this is in the new snapshot (found out at mojang.com, the official mojang website)

Yes thats what make this werid
There wasn't going to be one
Now there is

That seems pretty awesome.

in youtube when:

I like this idea, and the update should let mapmakers' maps be even better, which I thought couldn't be possible without the use of mods or massive amounts of redstone that are only understood by redstone master (I am nowhere near a redstone master and I only understand the basics) and can not be replecated by the average player for an everyday use, which makes this block very useful to the average player.

Map makers take advantage of these things
Eg. Doors open on a set time, add a NOT gate and have one open at night
(A night club on servers?), or my favorite lights that turn on in the night
- It's So Magical!!!-

I think jeb forgot that notch added in an item called "gold watch"

Nice way to use it for timers:

Combine with command block. -set time to (x minutes before daylight/night)
making timers just became a lot easier. No more thousands of repeaters and stuff :3

Heck yeah now I can have house lights that turn on when it gets dark out!

Quote from randomrosols

They will turn on at day, not at night!

Just reverse the signal.

I like the fact that this block condenses the function of a BUD switch down to

a single block. Redstone wiring takes up so much space, it can get frustrating

trying to figure out how to wire something in a small space. I know it isn't

needed, but it is nice to have. It also doesn't exploit the programing in the

way a BUD switch does, but actually is a light sensor.

I am hoping they do the same with t-flip-flops, xand, xor, and a number of other commonly used circuits. It would be great if these only took up a single block of space.

For those who prefer the traditional way of constructing the same redstone circuits, that should still be an option for you.

I wish we had a nighttime detector as well so my redstone lamps would turn on during the night, not day.