I know I can do a google search, I know I can do a youtube search, but when I do there are too many videos to sort through and they're at various level of complexity (and quality for that matter). I don't want to spend 100 hours sifting through it all. Can anyone recommend a good series that goes through the basics of redstone projects, how it all works and what's possible? Thanks
Thank you, but that is the kind of thing I don't want to sift through. The wiki, as good as it is for other things, does a terrible job explaining things like water flow and redstone circuitry effectively. It reads like a language only engineers can understand. I was hoping for something more user friendly. Has anyone seen any good video series explaining redstone?
Honestly the wiki is where I learned. I have no background in engineering or anything. Its actually not hard to understand.
You can find tutorials that tell you how to build stuff all day. But unless you actually know why something works you aren't learning anything useful.
Also I'm not sure how good you want to get with redstone or why you want to learn. But if you're looking to trying building anything huge or over complicated like a computer then you won't really find any tutorials for that. And unless you know the details of why and how computers work then you won't really be able to make one based just off the knowledge of how redstone works.
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I'm usually not trying to be rude. So if a post comes across that way then sorry :]
Redstone connections are annoying in this version - it was later made to be much more intuitive in later versions. One example is redstone repeater connections themselves: if the redstone is not perfectly straight leading into the repeater, it won't activate the repeater. The same goes for certain blocks and torches. This means most circuits are not very compact and require a lot of space.
Here are the key points:
After 16 "wires" you will run out of power (from a torch, switch, etc). Look at the color of the redstone to gauge if it still has a charge. You can use the redstone repeater item to extend this limit.
A redstone torch supplies power and is also a logical not. That is, it will invert a signal. This function is the foundation of any circuit you could ever want to create.
A redstone repeater also functions as a diode and has the symbol on the stone base. This allows power to only travel one way (the way the arrow points).
Redstone repeaters can be toggled to 4 different settings for different tick counts. A torch that cycles 8 times in 5 seconds (or more) will "burn out" and require you to replace it (just pop it out and put it back down).
I just see a lot of potential with redstone, as far as secret doors, automating farming, that kind of thing. I want to know the basics, how to make simple contraptions, all the way up to more advanced stuff. Part of it is that I don't know what I don't know, and so I was hoping for a tutorial series out there that showed you things ("This is a repeater...this is how it works...and THIS is something cool you can do with it"). There seem to be a lot of good minecraft tutorials for things like survival and decoration, are there no good ones for redstone?
Part of it is that I don't know what I don't know, and so I was hoping for a tutorial series out there that showed you things ("This is a repeater...this is how it works...and THIS is something cool you can do with it"). There seem to be a lot of good minecraft tutorials for things like survival and decoration, are there no good ones for redstone?
Keep in mind that the version the guide is based on is not 1.6.6 (as you can obviously see pistons....) so you may have to fiddle with your redstone to get the connections right and there are things you simply can't do (like use pistons).
Redstone itself can be simple (throw some down to connect a lever several blocks away to a trap door) or extremely complex (like creating registers that will allow you to get the current state of sensors and react accordingly) - the whole thing is up to how you decide to use it.
For a simple project:
As a joke, I wired up some sounds blocks to play something resembling the old Jaws theme (duh DUH, duh DUH, duh DUH, etc). I'll try to describe an easy way to recreate it.
- Make a rectangle that is at least 7 blocks long and 3 blocks wide.
- On the long side, place a couple of repeaters with their arrows facing one way. *
- On the opposite long side, place a couple of repeaters with their arrows facing THE OPPOSITE way. *
- Place a torch in one of the corners.
* When placing the repeaters make sure the redstone dust is a straight line (not a corner) leading into the center of the repeater. This is fixed in later versions.
With luck, you should see opposite sides of the circuit lighting up and turning off (including the torch). Wire sound blocks to opposite sides of the circuit and fiddle with the repeater settings until you get a simple two note rhythm. If it stops working, try to adjust the repeaters (or add more) so that it cycles at a slower pace. Pop out the torch and replace it to start it again.
Have fun learning buddy ;]
You can find tutorials that tell you how to build stuff all day. But unless you actually know why something works you aren't learning anything useful.
Also I'm not sure how good you want to get with redstone or why you want to learn. But if you're looking to trying building anything huge or over complicated like a computer then you won't really find any tutorials for that. And unless you know the details of why and how computers work then you won't really be able to make one based just off the knowledge of how redstone works.
Here are the key points:
After 16 "wires" you will run out of power (from a torch, switch, etc). Look at the color of the redstone to gauge if it still has a charge. You can use the redstone repeater item to extend this limit.
A redstone torch supplies power and is also a logical not. That is, it will invert a signal. This function is the foundation of any circuit you could ever want to create.
A redstone repeater also functions as a diode and has the symbol on the stone base. This allows power to only travel one way (the way the arrow points).
Redstone repeaters can be toggled to 4 different settings for different tick counts. A torch that cycles 8 times in 5 seconds (or more) will "burn out" and require you to replace it (just pop it out and put it back down).
And you've seen this? http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/544827-redstone-guide-v121/
Keep in mind that the version the guide is based on is not 1.6.6 (as you can obviously see pistons....) so you may have to fiddle with your redstone to get the connections right and there are things you simply can't do (like use pistons).
Redstone itself can be simple (throw some down to connect a lever several blocks away to a trap door) or extremely complex (like creating registers that will allow you to get the current state of sensors and react accordingly) - the whole thing is up to how you decide to use it.
For a simple project:
As a joke, I wired up some sounds blocks to play something resembling the old Jaws theme (duh DUH, duh DUH, duh DUH, etc). I'll try to describe an easy way to recreate it.
- Make a rectangle that is at least 7 blocks long and 3 blocks wide.
- On the long side, place a couple of repeaters with their arrows facing one way. *
- On the opposite long side, place a couple of repeaters with their arrows facing THE OPPOSITE way. *
- Place a torch in one of the corners.
* When placing the repeaters make sure the redstone dust is a straight line (not a corner) leading into the center of the repeater. This is fixed in later versions.
With luck, you should see opposite sides of the circuit lighting up and turning off (including the torch). Wire sound blocks to opposite sides of the circuit and fiddle with the repeater settings until you get a simple two note rhythm. If it stops working, try to adjust the repeaters (or add more) so that it cycles at a slower pace. Pop out the torch and replace it to start it again.