So my friend came to my world yesterday and showed me how to build his variation of a T Flip-Flop. It worked perfectly so I decided today I would replicate it on my Redstone world and work on other ways to use it.
I copied the designs exactly and set it up on my Redstone testing world (Will post here if anyone wants, design is rather irrelevant, though) and it just stopped working. For awhile it would toggle perfectly, but after switching out the pistons for double iron doors, it just burned itself out. I looked over the wiring and replaced all the torches, but it continues to burn itself out and won't even toggle one door. There is nothing that should be causing it to burn itself out... Eventually I just gave up and moved on..
I decided to try a simpler version of the T Flip-Flop and wired one using design J on the Minecraft wiki. This design wouldn't work at all, and I just figured it was due to my own error, so I tried design K. This one worked perfectly when I hooked it up to a single piston, so I tried it with iron doors. As soon as I hooked these up (And double checked to make sure I didn't screw up the circuits) the Flip-Flop burned itself out. I replaced the torches and nothing changed. Thinking it was the door wiring I had screwed up, I removed all the door wiring and instead put the piston back in place. I activated the Flip-Flop (After replacing the burned out torches), and guess what... It burned itself out again. Investigating further I discovered strips of redstone wire that in no possible way could be receiving power, and yet, they were.
This is not the first time I have seen this and its ruining redstone for me.. What is going on?
The wikis flip-flop was definitely my error and it now works fine. I reloaded my Redstone world after saving and exiting and both the flip-flops work. I tried the one on my village world, however, and it still doesn't work.
its hard to see, the underground torch is it on the wall of the block or on the floor. the one in the top pic looks as though its on the floor and the one below looks like its on the wall. if its on the wall then powering the block below it wont burn it out which is what you need it to do for the inertor to work properly..... also moranic the torches burning out isnt a glitch, its a fundemental element of how they work. and an important part of many circuits. invertors being one of the most important, without this function block swappers. and many other mechanisms wouldnt work. i know my block swapper light switch wouldnt.
its hard to see, the underground torch is it on the wall of the block or on the floor. the one in the top pic looks as though its on the floor and the one below looks like its on the wall. if its on the wall then powering the block below it wont burn it out which is what you need it to do for the inertor to work properly..... also moranic the torches burning out isnt a glitch, its a fundemental element of how they work. and an important part of many circuits. invertors being one of the most important, without this function block swappers. and many other mechanisms wouldnt work. i know my block swapper light switch wouldnt.
Both are on top of blocks. My friend has used this for a very long time and has never had any problems with it.
Thats a tremendous amount of wiring just for a T flip-flop door. It looks way over complicated.
Agreed. You need a smaller one! Mine is 3x2 and 1 deep, Very reliable.
You could try this one, it is very simple and easy to understand.
first make a hole 1 deep like this... with 1 redstone wire 2 torches(1 on a wall) and a repeater on 3 ticks(hit it 2 times) The redstone on top is the output and the repeater on top is the input.
Then add two pieces of whatever(1 over torch and 1 over wire)(i used dirt), 1 torch, 1 sticky piston,and 1 redstone wire.
Best i can do... I kinda suck at tut's,lol
This is by far my fav. setup.
Done on PC but same applies for xbox.
input is wire on top of t flip flop or into the block that has dust on it, and of course you'd want to raise the door part one more to get a torch under the right door so you can hide the wire
When you have a problem with a redstone item, you have to remove the block said item is on, then save, reload, and replace. I'm not sure how or why, but sometimes blocks become corrupted and end up stuck in a positive or negative state, forcing wire to be on and causing torches to either "burn out" or be stuck on. A block update beside the bugged block will temporarily fix it, but you would just have to force another update after the first use. I believe the items themselves can become corrupted as well, I'm not entirely sure, as I always remove the block, and it's kind of a package deal. From what I have heard, clearing the cache from your hard drive and downloading the update again can fix corrupted blocks, but I haven't tested it yet.
Another thing I have noticed is sometimes, it's fairly rare, but every once in awhile a block or item will become corrupted for no apparent reason. A redstone mechanism that has been working for the past 20 or more hours of gameplay will have an error out of nowhere. Like I said, I'm not sure why this happens, it's just one of those glitches we'll have to deal with as well as we can until it is fixed. If it is ever fixed, that is.. this issue is still happening even on the current PC version.
its hard to see, the underground torch is it on the wall of the block or on the floor. the one in the top pic looks as though its on the floor and the one below looks like its on the wall. if its on the wall then powering the block below it wont burn it out which is what you need it to do for the inertor to work properly..... also moranic the torches burning out isnt a glitch, its a fundemental element of how they work. and an important part of many circuits. invertors being one of the most important, without this function block swappers. and many other mechanisms wouldnt work. i know my block swapper light switch wouldnt.
When people refer to a torch "burning out" they mean it is stuck in the off state. And it is a bug, which seems to usually be caused by positive energy being stuck in the block the problem torch is connected to.
When you have a problem with a redstone item, you have to remove the block said item is on, then save, reload, and replace. I'm not sure how or why, but sometimes blocks become corrupted and end up stuck in a positive or negative state, forcing wire to be on and causing torches to either "burn out" or be stuck on. A block update beside the bugged block will temporarily fix it, but you would just have to force another update after the first use. I believe the items themselves can become corrupted as well, I'm not entirely sure, as I always remove the block, and it's kind of a package deal. From what I have heard, clearing the cache from your hard drive and downloading the update again can fix corrupted blocks, but I haven't tested it yet.
Another thing I have noticed is sometimes, it's fairly rare, but every once in awhile a block or item will become corrupted for no apparent reason. A redstone mechanism that has been working for the past 20 or more hours of gameplay will have an error out of nowhere. Like I said, I'm not sure why this happens, it's just one of those glitches we'll have to deal with as well as we can until it is fixed. If it is ever fixed, that is.. this issue is still happening even on the current PC version.
When people refer to a torch "burning out" they mean it is stuck in the off state. And it is a bug, which seems to usually be caused by positive energy being stuck in the block the problem torch is connected to.
I encountered a similar bug yesterday. I had set up a mob processor, and it worked fine for an hour or so. It suddenly stopped working for no reason at all. I loaded a previous save , back to when it worked. The same problem still existed. I decided to clear my system cache, and download the updates again. Works perfectly again...
To the OP: I suggest you clear your system cache, and download the updates again. Worked for me
Recently cleared my cache, I do that alot. Anyway, I've been trying to make my own Flip-Flop but I can't figure out how to keep the reset signal from getting to the doors
Recently cleared my cache, I do that alot. Anyway, I've been trying to make my own Flip-Flop but I can't figure out how to keep the reset signal from getting to the doors
Was the one I did and took screens of not good enough?
Was the one I did and took screens of not good enough?
Yours was too large to fit in the space so I used 2st0neds (Worked great, ty btw!) but I still just can't figure out how to keep the Piston from resetting. Its bugging me because I need to know how to do this in the future.
Yours was too large to fit in the space so I used 2st0neds (Worked great, ty btw!) but I still just can't figure out how to keep the Piston from resetting. Its bugging me because I need to know how to do this in the future.
Oh you could done it underground and its 1 block wider but all in one place. A tremendous downsize from your original though
The piston from resetting?
Yours was too large to fit in the space so I used 2st0neds (Worked great, ty btw!) but I still just can't figure out how to keep the Piston from resetting. Its bugging me because I need to know how to do this in the future.
Resetting? What do you mean? With the setup i use it is supposed to reset after it grab's or spit's out the block it has.
I copied the designs exactly and set it up on my Redstone testing world (Will post here if anyone wants, design is rather irrelevant, though) and it just stopped working. For awhile it would toggle perfectly, but after switching out the pistons for double iron doors, it just burned itself out. I looked over the wiring and replaced all the torches, but it continues to burn itself out and won't even toggle one door. There is nothing that should be causing it to burn itself out... Eventually I just gave up and moved on..
I decided to try a simpler version of the T Flip-Flop and wired one using design J on the Minecraft wiki. This design wouldn't work at all, and I just figured it was due to my own error, so I tried design K. This one worked perfectly when I hooked it up to a single piston, so I tried it with iron doors. As soon as I hooked these up (And double checked to make sure I didn't screw up the circuits) the Flip-Flop burned itself out. I replaced the torches and nothing changed. Thinking it was the door wiring I had screwed up, I removed all the door wiring and instead put the piston back in place. I activated the Flip-Flop (After replacing the burned out torches), and guess what... It burned itself out again. Investigating further I discovered strips of redstone wire that in no possible way could be receiving power, and yet, they were.
This is not the first time I have seen this and its ruining redstone for me.. What is going on?
The working flip-flop on my redstone world-v
The broken flip-flop on my village world-v
Both are on top of blocks. My friend has used this for a very long time and has never had any problems with it.
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Retired StaffThats a tremendous amount of wiring just for a T flip-flop door. It looks way over complicated.
You could try this one, it is very simple and easy to understand.
Then add two pieces of whatever(1 over torch and 1 over wire)(i used dirt), 1 torch, 1 sticky piston,and 1 redstone wire.
This is by far my fav. setup.
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Retired Staffinput is wire on top of t flip flop or into the block that has dust on it, and of course you'd want to raise the door part one more to get a torch under the right door so you can hide the wire
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Retired StaffAnother thing I have noticed is sometimes, it's fairly rare, but every once in awhile a block or item will become corrupted for no apparent reason. A redstone mechanism that has been working for the past 20 or more hours of gameplay will have an error out of nowhere. Like I said, I'm not sure why this happens, it's just one of those glitches we'll have to deal with as well as we can until it is fixed. If it is ever fixed, that is.. this issue is still happening even on the current PC version.
When people refer to a torch "burning out" they mean it is stuck in the off state. And it is a bug, which seems to usually be caused by positive energy being stuck in the block the problem torch is connected to.
To the OP: I suggest you clear your system cache, and download the updates again. Worked for me
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Retired StaffYours was too large to fit in the space so I used 2st0neds (Worked great, ty btw!) but I still just can't figure out how to keep the Piston from resetting. Its bugging me because I need to know how to do this in the future.
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