Not true. captainsparklez has a redstone for dummies video that I used when I first started playing with redstone. It's not a tutorial, it teaches you how redstone items interact with other blocks and with eachother. Things like how torches and repeaters can pull a signal from powered blocks, and how they can push power through blocks. I think we all had a rough time figuring that out in the beginning. He also explains the uses of glass with redstone and things of that sort. Pretty much all of the absolute basics that everyone should know before even attempting to build a circuit, whether you already know about circuitry in real life or not.
lol I think that was the first thing I said in this topic. Took me well over a week to realize repeaters sent power through a block. That discovery alone stepped up what I was able to create
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but seriously for an example you could have a bud switch beside a furnace and hooked up to a note block. a note would sound when your furnace was done cooking.
you could easily have a circuit set up to have a lock for an iron door. have a button operated iron door that stays open and doesn't slam in your face. you could also have a secret room that only opens when you place something on a certain floor tile...etc
Personally, I would not waste space (in a limited area) so that I could have a furnace jingle! The only slightly useful thing I can think of would be the sounds of bells occasionally ringing from Note Blocks out of day/night timers on top of a church or cathedral.
Personally, I would not waste space (in a limited area) so that I could have a furnace jingle! The only slightly useful thing I can think of would be the sounds of bells occasionally ringing from Note Blocks out of day/night timers on top of a church or cathedral.
You're just someone that's not into circuitry, no big deal. But, it doesn't take up that much space. I have the current largest Xbox redstone build (I think) 159 x 125 x 8 and it only takes up 4.6% of the entire surface area. And that's only surface area, you can build your circuitry underground like most people do. People highly underestimate how big the MCXBLA world really is.
Personally, I would not waste space (in a limited area) so that I could have a furnace jingle! The only slightly useful thing I can think of would be the sounds of bells occasionally ringing from Note Blocks out of day/night timers on top of a church or cathedral.
cathedral note block would be cool. a day/night timer is a little on the larger side for a build. With those the smaller they get generally the less accurate they become. a small day night sensor is doable but for example one morning it may go off right at the crack of dawn and the next day it might not flip till almost noon.
I generally hide stuff under ground or in walls so large redstone devices don't bother me. Gish may have smaller devices they could show and explain to you. If I were you I wouldn't pass up the opportunity for a teaching session. you can always use the info for a different build.
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Thanks Every one. sad thing is I spent 4 days on this red stone piston hidden door thing with two switches and I could Not get it to work or it would some how get on a loop and half would open and close really really really fast. i mean 4 days. For those that know me. I learned how to take apart a computer and put it back together when I was 12 by my self. and I can fix any thing even if I don’t know the name of the parts. I even know coding for video games like how to make bump walls that will trigger a story line event or even how to open a door with codes. but Red stone has escaped me. I have spent months Trying to learn it. I watch the videos coz I can see patterns and work back words Im like a reverse engineer BUT NOT THE EVIL RED STONE!! I couldn’t grasp it.
But sadly after 5 mins of posting this today coz I spent 4 days on 1 door. I finally got it to work.. well I got lucky I know that LOL. but i stopped watching the videos and said ok thats it im doing it my way. and tore it all down and started over and now my door works.... but I still don’t know how or why lol.
COWS ARE THE SECRET EVIL THAT LURKS IN THE SHADOWS OF MINECRAFT!!!
RED STONE IS SO FREAKING SIMPLE A KID CAN GET IT BUT IT OUT SMARTS ME!!!
Thanks Every one. sad thing is I spent 4 days on this red stone piston hidden door thing with two switches and I could Not get it to work or it would some how get on a loop and half would open and close really really really fast. i mean 4 days. For those that know me. I learned how to take apart a computer and put it back together when I was 12 by my self. and I can fix any thing even if I don’t know the name of the parts. I even know coding for video games like how to make bump walls that will trigger a story line event or even how to open a door with codes. but Red stone has escaped me. I have spent months Trying to learn it. I watch the videos coz I can see patterns and work back words Im like a reverse engineer BUT NOT THE EVIL RED STONE!! I couldn’t grasp it.
But sadly after 5 mins of posting this today coz I spent 4 days on 1 door. I finally got it to work.. well I got lucky I know that LOL. but i stopped watching the videos and said ok thats it im doing it my way. and tore it all down and started over and now my door works.... but I still don’t know how or why lol.
COWS ARE THE SECRET EVIL THAT LURKS IN THE SHADOWS OF MINECRAFT!!!
RED STONE IS SO FREAKING SIMPLE A KID CAN GET IT BUT IT OUT SMARTS ME!!!
well it sounds like you took your first step. you just have to be patient with it. start with something easier and work your way up. make a door with 2 pistons and a lever going into that. if that works get rid of the lever and replace it by making a circuit that makes a button act like a lever. if that works make the door auto close after it has been open for 3 seconds... if you start from simple and work your way up you'll get it. you need to walk before you can run. sounds to me like you probably picked a complicated door to start with and got yourself worked up over it. we all started simple at one time.
edit: also may I ask what door did you make like what was the video for it.
The short answer is...lots of things. Once you understand how those things work, and how to build them, it becomes a matter of asking yourself, "What do I want?". Say you want a wall to fall away and open up for you to enter a house. You know what the end result is: Pistons pulling blocks apart to make a door. From there its a matter of using the circuits you know will provide that end result in the space you require. Some of the fancy redstone things are just shortcuts to make the circuit smaller. Others decide how many inputs you need to get that result. Say you want a fancy combination lock to your door using levers. An XOR gate creates that, and you would use an inverter to flip the power after the gate so the pistons are always turned "on" until the password is hit. Say you want a secret chest hidden behind a panel in the wall. A BUD switch can do that, to pull a single block down and allow you to see the chest without any noticeable buttons or levers to trigger it.
You can use memory cell type circuits to allow a button press from either side of a hidden wall door to open or close the door. You can use a trapped chicken and a pressure plate to create a clock. I mean...its hard to say what each of these things can do when they can do anything. But knowing them is the first step. Knowing how they work. And knowing that you CAN use them.
The short answer is...lots of things. Once you understand how those things work, and how to build them, it becomes a matter of asking yourself, "What do I want?". Say you want a wall to fall away and open up for you to enter a house. You know what the end result is: Pistons pulling blocks apart to make a door. From there its a matter of using the circuits you know will provide that end result in the space you require. Some of the fancy redstone things are just shortcuts to make the circuit smaller. Others decide how many inputs you need to get that result. Say you want a fancy combination lock to your door using levers. An XOR gate creates that, and you would use an inverter to flip the power after the gate so the pistons are always turned "on" until the password is hit. Say you want a secret chest hidden behind a panel in the wall. A BUD switch can do that, to pull a single block down and allow you to see the chest without any noticeable buttons or levers to trigger it.
You can use memory cell type circuits to allow a button press from either side of a hidden wall door to open or close the door. You can use a trapped chicken and a pressure plate to create a clock. I mean...its hard to say what each of these things can do when they can do anything. But knowing them is the first step. Knowing how they work. And knowing that you CAN use them.
Trapped chicken and a pressure plate?? lol awsome never thought of that. I need to hook that up to something just for a laugh. I know the little sucker will eventually despawn if I go too far but it will be fun for awhile.
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it would also be worth learning abit about logic circuits. What's an XOR, what's it used for in electronic logic circuits.
This will help you relate the terms and concepts Redstone folks use to their real world equivalents.
It will also help you understand WHY a BUD circuit is used. The mechanic of implementing one in Redstone will be a little different, but the logical components are similar.
If you're just building doors, there really isn't that much to learn in the way of logic. An XOR gate could be useful if you're using levers, but other than that you really don't need logic. A T flip flop or pulse sustainer could also be handy, but these are based on memory latches, not logic.
I'm meaning for the OP to go learn the basics that redstone is founded on, which is electricity and simple electronic circuits. He doesn't appear to have those concepts down, therefore, not knowing how a memory latch or t-flipflop works is getting in the way of his ability to figure out how to use it.
Anybody can copy a youtube video to make a circuit. But if you don't understand the concepts that circuit is based on, or what it gets used for, you're not going to get much use out of it.
I got the bear minamum basics down. like inverters and I even made a X looking thing so I could use two levers I remember a friend showing me how to make thies gates that was like a loop with 3 torches and 2 inverter things that took up a huge room just to get two levers two work. so after playing with it and working with it I figured out a new way to get them to work I call it the Nix Switch. it took me acouple of hours to figure this out no more loopy big room things to just get 2 levers to work
Well i was playing around trying to makee a 2x1 piston door for the entrance to my batcave thingy and dont think i did it the way it should be but i still made it work and i really do not know redstone
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lol I think that was the first thing I said in this topic. Took me well over a week to realize repeaters sent power through a block. That discovery alone stepped up what I was able to create
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Personally, I would not waste space (in a limited area) so that I could have a furnace jingle! The only slightly useful thing I can think of would be the sounds of bells occasionally ringing from Note Blocks out of day/night timers on top of a church or cathedral.
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Retired StaffYou're just someone that's not into circuitry, no big deal. But, it doesn't take up that much space. I have the current largest Xbox redstone build (I think) 159 x 125 x 8 and it only takes up 4.6% of the entire surface area. And that's only surface area, you can build your circuitry underground like most people do. People highly underestimate how big the MCXBLA world really is.
cathedral note block would be cool. a day/night timer is a little on the larger side for a build. With those the smaller they get generally the less accurate they become. a small day night sensor is doable but for example one morning it may go off right at the crack of dawn and the next day it might not flip till almost noon.
I generally hide stuff under ground or in walls so large redstone devices don't bother me. Gish may have smaller devices they could show and explain to you. If I were you I wouldn't pass up the opportunity for a teaching session. you can always use the info for a different build.
I tried to sign my name here, but all I managed to do was ruin my computer screen.
You'll get it eventually!
But sadly after 5 mins of posting this today coz I spent 4 days on 1 door. I finally got it to work.. well I got lucky I know that LOL. but i stopped watching the videos and said ok thats it im doing it my way. and tore it all down and started over and now my door works.... but I still don’t know how or why lol.
COWS ARE THE SECRET EVIL THAT LURKS IN THE SHADOWS OF MINECRAFT!!!
RED STONE IS SO FREAKING SIMPLE A KID CAN GET IT BUT IT OUT SMARTS ME!!!
well it sounds like you took your first step. you just have to be patient with it. start with something easier and work your way up. make a door with 2 pistons and a lever going into that. if that works get rid of the lever and replace it by making a circuit that makes a button act like a lever. if that works make the door auto close after it has been open for 3 seconds... if you start from simple and work your way up you'll get it. you need to walk before you can run. sounds to me like you probably picked a complicated door to start with and got yourself worked up over it. we all started simple at one time.
edit: also may I ask what door did you make like what was the video for it.
I tried to sign my name here, but all I managed to do was ruin my computer screen.
The short answer is...lots of things. Once you understand how those things work, and how to build them, it becomes a matter of asking yourself, "What do I want?". Say you want a wall to fall away and open up for you to enter a house. You know what the end result is: Pistons pulling blocks apart to make a door. From there its a matter of using the circuits you know will provide that end result in the space you require. Some of the fancy redstone things are just shortcuts to make the circuit smaller. Others decide how many inputs you need to get that result. Say you want a fancy combination lock to your door using levers. An XOR gate creates that, and you would use an inverter to flip the power after the gate so the pistons are always turned "on" until the password is hit. Say you want a secret chest hidden behind a panel in the wall. A BUD switch can do that, to pull a single block down and allow you to see the chest without any noticeable buttons or levers to trigger it.
You can use memory cell type circuits to allow a button press from either side of a hidden wall door to open or close the door. You can use a trapped chicken and a pressure plate to create a clock. I mean...its hard to say what each of these things can do when they can do anything. But knowing them is the first step. Knowing how they work. And knowing that you CAN use them.
Trapped chicken and a pressure plate?? lol awsome never thought of that. I need to hook that up to something just for a laugh. I know the little sucker will eventually despawn if I go too far but it will be fun for awhile.
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This will help you relate the terms and concepts Redstone folks use to their real world equivalents.
It will also help you understand WHY a BUD circuit is used. The mechanic of implementing one in Redstone will be a little different, but the logical components are similar.
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Retired StaffAnybody can copy a youtube video to make a circuit. But if you don't understand the concepts that circuit is based on, or what it gets used for, you're not going to get much use out of it.