I'm currently attempting to construct a specific trap, and meeting with almost no success.
I'm looking to have a wool floor that when a pressure plate is activated, ignites and begins to burn away.
Arrows fired through lava will not ignite flammable blocks.
Netherack extinguishes when pushed by piston, making the concept of raising a piece of lit Netherack into the 4 block burn zone impossible.
Covering up the lit netherack with a block that is retracted by a piston led to the wool blocks igniting only about 25% of the time.
Thus far, the biggest success I've had is with lava, but only to the tune of about 50%, and nothing consistent in terms of burn pattern (sometimes the wool above the beginning of the lava flow caught, sometimes it didn't, and the wool towards the end sometimes didn't catch at all, even though it is within the 4 block area.
Anything you've learned about fire that others may not know? Have you successfully mastered creating fire without flint and steel?
Until we get fire charges (1.2.3, I believe) I can't see an obvious solution. Help me Obi Wan, you're my only hope.
well... What you can do is simple. make the wool floor, and make 1 spot where the pressure plate moves a piston, to let a block of lava meet with a block of wool. Then it will all set on fire.
If you need the trap to act quickly, this won't be a good option. This moves rather slowly. Also, I'm assuming that nothing besides your floor in this set-up is flammable.
But you could always try the following:
Count 2 blocks below and 5 blocks away from the start of your flammable floor
Dig a trench toward the wool 1 block, then down 1 block.
Put a lava source in the starting point of the trench and then a non-flammable block in front of it. Put your sticky piston beside the block and link it up to your pressure plate by building a t-flop circuit so that the pressure plate will hold the piston open/closed indefinitely until stepped on again.
continue digging out the trench, after 3 block, be sure to go down one more level. Do not go lower than 4 blocks under the wool.
Once the trench is at the point that flowing lava will be 4 blocks under the wool, dig an open area that the floor will be exposed to.
So again, this is really slow acting, but walking on the pressure plate will open the lava flow, lava flows down and spreads out under the wool floor, and causes it ignite more quickly and over a larger area.
well... What you can do is simple. make the wool floor, and make 1 spot where the pressure plate moves a piston, to let a block of lava meet with a block of wool. Then it will all set on fire.
Precisely, or a piston that reveals a burning block of netherrack, both would work. Rig a set of pistons around the room to ignite the fire in different places to ensure maximum effectiveness!
Perhaps burning the area closest to the exit/entrance you could trap them in if that was the intention, make things a bit exciting.
I don't think that having a fire-proof block between a source of ignition and a flammable object prevents fire, though. I had a fireplace set up below wood in a house once and had 3 whole layers of non-flammable wooden slabs above and around the fire, and some wood 4 layers above the fire still caught and took out a good chunk of the house's frame.
Have you tried (tall) grass as an ignition source? It always seems to light quickly and spreads faster than I expect. I have't tried to use burning grass to light wool, but it's an option I didn't see suggested yet.
In case anyone is interested, I have hit upon what I feel is the most consistent (if not resource friendly) layout; The original pressure plate releases the lava, which flows down a 2 x 2 block step, into a pool, in which there is a redstone torch powering another piston. When the lava hits the torch, it de-powers the piston, releasing the next lava flow. This gave me a relatively reliable (I only tried it three times, each time it worked) and gradual burn of the flooring. Hopefully the players will realize the floor is burning out from under them early enough to avoid a nasty lava death! Thanks for your suggestions.
I'm looking to have a wool floor that when a pressure plate is activated, ignites and begins to burn away.
Arrows fired through lava will not ignite flammable blocks.
Netherack extinguishes when pushed by piston, making the concept of raising a piece of lit Netherack into the 4 block burn zone impossible.
Covering up the lit netherack with a block that is retracted by a piston led to the wool blocks igniting only about 25% of the time.
Thus far, the biggest success I've had is with lava, but only to the tune of about 50%, and nothing consistent in terms of burn pattern (sometimes the wool above the beginning of the lava flow caught, sometimes it didn't, and the wool towards the end sometimes didn't catch at all, even though it is within the 4 block area.
Anything you've learned about fire that others may not know? Have you successfully mastered creating fire without flint and steel?
Until we get fire charges (1.2.3, I believe) I can't see an obvious solution. Help me Obi Wan, you're my only hope.
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Retired StaffBut you could always try the following:
Count 2 blocks below and 5 blocks away from the start of your flammable floor
Dig a trench toward the wool 1 block, then down 1 block.
Put a lava source in the starting point of the trench and then a non-flammable block in front of it. Put your sticky piston beside the block and link it up to your pressure plate by building a t-flop circuit so that the pressure plate will hold the piston open/closed indefinitely until stepped on again.
continue digging out the trench, after 3 block, be sure to go down one more level. Do not go lower than 4 blocks under the wool.
Once the trench is at the point that flowing lava will be 4 blocks under the wool, dig an open area that the floor will be exposed to.
So again, this is really slow acting, but walking on the pressure plate will open the lava flow, lava flows down and spreads out under the wool floor, and causes it ignite more quickly and over a larger area.
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Precisely, or a piston that reveals a burning block of netherrack, both would work. Rig a set of pistons around the room to ignite the fire in different places to ensure maximum effectiveness!
Perhaps burning the area closest to the exit/entrance you could trap them in if that was the intention, make things a bit exciting.
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Kenn (ARTISTIK), Quest & Lore Writer, Renatus RPG Server
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