I've had this idea for a while and it's a bit fiddly but I would love to have a machine/magic box/redstone gadget that works like a compactor.
It would work something like this:
Something along the lines of the nether portal, where if you built a particular structure out of a particular block, it will have unique properties so that (like the portal) when activated, it performs a specific function.
So, let's say this block squashing gadget is a 5x5x5 structure with a 3x3x3 space inside.
You then fill the empty 3x3x3 space with whatever arrangement of blocks you like and upon activation it squashes/magically forms/shrinks that 3x3x3 into a single block that looks like a 1/3 size version of whatever you have arranged.
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I figure these shrunken blocks would lose any of their interactive properties and would be purely decorative for code's sake. However being able to shrink arrangements of blocks for the sake of space for redstone circuitry would be fantastic despite being (I assume) nightmarish to code and implement stably.
I also figure that these shrunken blocks would then be unable to be re-shrunk in the compactor, to prevent some kind of eternal shrinking loop/resonance cascade.
A machine/gadget/magic box like this would be great for making small, decorative items like dolls/flower pots/lamp toppers/antennas (by shrinking 3 fenceposts on top of one another) or all kinds of useless little trinkety things to personalize your abode.
Unfortunately I don't think it would be feasible to have the resulting block represent the 9 component blocks due to the sheer number of graphics that would be needed. With the dozens of different blocks in the game, someone would have to add literally tens of millions of new graphics to the game to accommodate all possible combinations. So if we were to have this, the shrunken block would just have to be the same generic-looking block regardless of the input.
I think this idea would be cool if you also had some sort of device that let you re-expand the blocks. This would effectively allow you to carry around a house. Whether this is feasible in coding (I would imagine your block configuration could be saved as a code), I don't know for certain, but it could be a cool idea.
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It would work something like this:
Something along the lines of the nether portal, where if you built a particular structure out of a particular block, it will have unique properties so that (like the portal) when activated, it performs a specific function.
So, let's say this block squashing gadget is a 5x5x5 structure with a 3x3x3 space inside.
You then fill the empty 3x3x3 space with whatever arrangement of blocks you like and upon activation it squashes/magically forms/shrinks that 3x3x3 into a single block that looks like a 1/3 size version of whatever you have arranged.
I figure these shrunken blocks would lose any of their interactive properties and would be purely decorative for code's sake. However being able to shrink arrangements of blocks for the sake of space for redstone circuitry would be fantastic despite being (I assume) nightmarish to code and implement stably.
I also figure that these shrunken blocks would then be unable to be re-shrunk in the compactor, to prevent some kind of eternal shrinking loop/resonance cascade.
A machine/gadget/magic box like this would be great for making small, decorative items like dolls/flower pots/lamp toppers/antennas (by shrinking 3 fenceposts on top of one another) or all kinds of useless little trinkety things to personalize your abode.
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I just think it would be profoundly useful and add a new dimension of creativity.
I think this idea would be cool if you also had some sort of device that let you re-expand the blocks. This would effectively allow you to carry around a house. Whether this is feasible in coding (I would imagine your block configuration could be saved as a code), I don't know for certain, but it could be a cool idea.