Functionally, the current stairs are identical to upper slabs, as both share the property of being able to transfer wire upwards.
Suggestion:
To differentiate them from slabs, allow stairs to act as two-way diodes.
If a redstone signal is fed into one flat end of a stair, it transfers to the other.
Both levers are switched on. However, only the lever feeding into the flat back of its stair is powered.
A redstone torch powers the bottom flat end of the stair. The flat back is powered, but the front is not.
The lever powers a wire which in turn, powers the stair. Only the repeater on the flat back is powered.
The lines are ordered from left to right. The lever powers the 2nd and 3rd lines of redstone. Since the 2nd line rests on stairs, the 3rd line is unaffected by it. Both the 1st line and upper 3rd line are powered by the 2nd line's stairs, whereas the lower 4th line is powered directly by the lever and has no delay.
You earned my support; This is a very original concept, and I can already see many applications for this just by looking at the first picture (I have problems loading the rest due to bad internet).
This is a great idea, and it wouldn't change anything to the existing Redstone, so people wouldn't have a reason to complain, it looks great, and adds tonnes of new possibility's! Support!
I support the idea, but I think the title might be off. I thought that diodes only allowed current to flow one way, so a two way diode would be self-contradictory.
- http://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftsuggestions/comments/2lhxqq/change_stairs_to_act_as_twoway_diodes/
Functionally, the current stairs are identical to upper slabs, as both share the property of being able to transfer wire upwards.
Suggestion:
To differentiate them from slabs, allow stairs to act as two-way diodes.
If a redstone signal is fed into one flat end of a stair, it transfers to the other.
Both levers are switched on. However, only the lever feeding into the flat back of its stair is powered.
A redstone torch powers the bottom flat end of the stair. The flat back is powered, but the front is not.
The lever powers a wire which in turn, powers the stair. Only the repeater on the flat back is powered.
The lines are ordered from left to right. The lever powers the 2nd and 3rd lines of redstone. Since the 2nd line rests on stairs, the 3rd line is unaffected by it. Both the 1st line and upper 3rd line are powered by the 2nd line's stairs, whereas the lower 4th line is powered directly by the lever and has no delay.
We should probably do something about the name "redstoner"...
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Same.
Now, if only we could make side-ways stairs, then this suggestion would be perfect...
This suggestion now has a Reddit thread.