Thanks a lot for all the help everyone, I really appreciate the fast replies and everything! I can move forward with my project now!
i hate to be a wet blanket, but wouldn't a TFF do the same thing, just with a button instead of a water fall on a torch....what i mean is: press out side button door opens, press inside button door closes. PLUS you get the added bonus of being able to reverse this process
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i hate to be a wet blanket, but wouldn't a TFF do the same thing, just with a button instead of a water fall on a torch....what i mean is: press out side button door opens, press inside button door closes. PLUS you get the added bonus of being able to reverse this process
I don't think you understood the point of it.
It wasn't supposed to be about a redstone torch with water falling on it.
It was about how to power something using a redstone torch.
I mean, won't you try to push a random button on a wall?
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I am the bone of my sword
Steel is my body, and fire is my blood
I have created over a thousand blades
Unknown to death, Nor known to life
Have withstood pain to create many weapons
Yet, those hands will never hold anything
So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works
What's your project. I would love to see pics of it.
We are creating a secret entrance to a city - through a portal in the nether. We want to set it up so that if someone happens to stumble on the portal in the nether, they will be teleported into a room that is built to look like they are still in the nether. Unless they put the torch in the right spot, they will just be confused and go back into the portal - however if you know the spot, a door will open and you can enter the secret city.
Probably sounds lame in text, but hopefully I can make a video of it in the near future when we get things in working order! I am going to make a video soon of another project I have already completed.
maintaining my stance on the TFF....i thinks it's a more sensible design
Jhart - first of all can you explain what "TFF" is? I'm not familiar with that design.
Second of all - the reason for this design is to have absolutely NO indication of redstone, buttons, levers, pistons or pressure plates on the outside of a wall. With this design, everything is 100% hidden and there is no visual evidence that something will happen when a torch is placed in the right spot.
maintaining my stance on the TFF....i thinks it's a more sensible design
But a TFF is not even used in the design we are talking about. You can add a TFF if you want, but it's not required. All we were trying to find was a trigger. We were not gawking at the fact the water took out the torch. If we wanted to, we could hook up the trigger to the TFF, and from that, connect a second input to a button inside. Don't you think that's a hundred times better than your button idea?
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I am the bone of my sword
Steel is my body, and fire is my blood
I have created over a thousand blades
Unknown to death, Nor known to life
Have withstood pain to create many weapons
Yet, those hands will never hold anything
So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works
But a TFF is not even used in the design we are talking about. You can add a TFF if you want, but it's not required. All we were trying to find was a trigger. We were not gawking at the fact the water took out the torch. If we wanted to, we could hook up the trigger to the TFF, and from that, connect a second input to a button inside. Don't you think that's a hundred times better than your button idea?
actually i do lol, the reason i brought up the TFF in the first place is that, well, using a torch as a trigger in this fashion doesn't see possible, is there a chance he was on a pressure plate?
EDIT: water should also wash away a button, so you could place it as the trigger...for the sake of argument and bumping the thread :smile.gif:
The torch is the activation, which is the ONLY point of the thread.
Anyways, I would recommend connecting it to a T-flip flop so you can place the torch and remove it for entrance, then close it from the other side. Otherwise you'd have to leave the torch...
i hate to be a wet blanket, but wouldn't a TFF do the same thing, just with a button instead of a water fall on a torch....what i mean is: press out side button door opens, press inside button door closes. PLUS you get the added bonus of being able to reverse this process
I don't think you understood the point of it.
It wasn't supposed to be about a redstone torch with water falling on it.
It was about how to power something using a redstone torch.
I mean, won't you try to push a random button on a wall?
I am the bone of my sword
Steel is my body, and fire is my blood
I have created over a thousand blades
Unknown to death, Nor known to life
Have withstood pain to create many weapons
Yet, those hands will never hold anything
So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works
We are creating a secret entrance to a city - through a portal in the nether. We want to set it up so that if someone happens to stumble on the portal in the nether, they will be teleported into a room that is built to look like they are still in the nether. Unless they put the torch in the right spot, they will just be confused and go back into the portal - however if you know the spot, a door will open and you can enter the secret city.
Probably sounds lame in text, but hopefully I can make a video of it in the near future when we get things in working order! I am going to make a video soon of another project I have already completed.
Jhart - first of all can you explain what "TFF" is? I'm not familiar with that design.
Second of all - the reason for this design is to have absolutely NO indication of redstone, buttons, levers, pistons or pressure plates on the outside of a wall. With this design, everything is 100% hidden and there is no visual evidence that something will happen when a torch is placed in the right spot.
But a TFF is not even used in the design we are talking about. You can add a TFF if you want, but it's not required. All we were trying to find was a trigger. We were not gawking at the fact the water took out the torch. If we wanted to, we could hook up the trigger to the TFF, and from that, connect a second input to a button inside. Don't you think that's a hundred times better than your button idea?
I am the bone of my sword
Steel is my body, and fire is my blood
I have created over a thousand blades
Unknown to death, Nor known to life
Have withstood pain to create many weapons
Yet, those hands will never hold anything
So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works
actually i do lol, the reason i brought up the TFF in the first place is that, well, using a torch as a trigger in this fashion doesn't see possible, is there a chance he was on a pressure plate?
EDIT: water should also wash away a button, so you could place it as the trigger...for the sake of argument and bumping the thread :smile.gif:
Anyways, I would recommend connecting it to a T-flip flop so you can place the torch and remove it for entrance, then close it from the other side. Otherwise you'd have to leave the torch...