I've got a house in a village in my 1.2.3 SMP world.
The two doors to the house are iron to keep villagers out of my house. The house is a converted library/cafe house with a second floor added, which a ladder leads to.
At first I had a button on the outside & a pressure plate on the inside. It was pretty simple, but the pressure plates could be accidentally triggered, allowing creepers or other undesirables in to wreak havoc.
So then I put a button on the inside instead. Because of the position of my ladder, this was very inconvenient on the doors. Also, since there are no stairs up to the door & instead it's flat with the wooden floor, I've found myself hitting the button & then running into a corner & then having the door slam back shut. I've considered delays but because of the compact size of the house that'd present problems when it comes to button placement.
The best solution I've come up with is to have switches on each side of the door operating an XNOR, with the output under the door. However, this is pretty bulky, & the door doesn't close behind me automatically, making for a possible safety hazard.
I think ideally, I'd have a button on & a pressure plate on each side of the door, where the button on one side opens it until the pressure plate on the other side has been stepped on, which closes it. I'd imagine the underground wiring for that would be a nightmare though, especially for two separate doors.
Another solution I've thought of would just to have pressure plates on each side of the door with a lock switch on the inside of the house, but with the spacing of the house that just couldn't work.
Think I'm going to do the XNOR gate for one door as I can't think of anything better.
The two doors to the house are iron to keep villagers out of my house. The house is a converted library/cafe house with a second floor added, which a ladder leads to.
At first I had a button on the outside & a pressure plate on the inside. It was pretty simple, but the pressure plates could be accidentally triggered, allowing creepers or other undesirables in to wreak havoc.
So then I put a button on the inside instead. Because of the position of my ladder, this was very inconvenient on the doors. Also, since there are no stairs up to the door & instead it's flat with the wooden floor, I've found myself hitting the button & then running into a corner & then having the door slam back shut. I've considered delays but because of the compact size of the house that'd present problems when it comes to button placement.
The best solution I've come up with is to have switches on each side of the door operating an XNOR, with the output under the door. However, this is pretty bulky, & the door doesn't close behind me automatically, making for a possible safety hazard.
I think ideally, I'd have a button on & a pressure plate on each side of the door, where the button on one side opens it until the pressure plate on the other side has been stepped on, which closes it. I'd imagine the underground wiring for that would be a nightmare though, especially for two separate doors.
Another solution I've thought of would just to have pressure plates on each side of the door with a lock switch on the inside of the house, but with the spacing of the house that just couldn't work.
Think I'm going to do the XNOR gate for one door as I can't think of anything better.