Oh for the love of all that is holy I sense a troll-wave.
But anyways, I was thinking a few days ago, what about a lantern-block, like lightstone except not solid, like a torch.
I know lanterns were being thought of added (hence the trololo-wave warning =P) but my idea is alil tweaked.
I Think that lanterns should function like a torch, however with some string, it could be hangable!
So,
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Right?
Well I think lantern should be:
Now this type could be placeable on walls or floor, not the roof, just like torches, however...
If you put ]" title="-<->" /> =String = Lantern
Like so, ]" title="-<->" />
You would get a lantern, which is placeable on roofs!
I was thinking about lanterns. Basically if lanterns are added and all torches are made into lanterns then there is some immediate problems. First a lantern would need to be walk-through. Given that you might as well just change the crafting recipe for torches, it would have the same effect. Secondly torches going out would be really annoying, everyone would want to use permanent lanterns instead of temporary torches so the price of lanterns would have to bear near trivial, again this would mean basically no change from torches now.
Now one thing I would like a lantern for is to be placed on the roof, or more generally the underside of blocks. Sort of like a more accessible jack-o-lantern.
So like lets balance lanterns and torches. Leave torches as is. Make lanterns glow much brighter but cannot be walked through. Lastly let lanterns be placed on the underside of other blocks, thus making them useful in specific ways and also different to torches enough to give them specific uses. Also being enclosed lanterns should be water proof too.
Old hand held lanterns would have been made with tin or lead and street lighting ones with lead (as a guess). Neither of those are in the game so iron will do. Glass needed of course. Lastly a light source- I think redstone + glowstone dust.
so perhaps = glowstone dust = redstone dust
This gives a reason to go to the nether, adds a use to glowstone, which with the 9 to 1 conversion rate is otherwise incredibly expensive and pray you don't ever need to move a block. If a lantern or two could light up a room that otherwise needed a dozen torches this gives them aesthetic value. Current "chandelier" designs require a block covered in torches, which looks ugly, and don't provide that great an illumination too.
I like your idea!! But I have a nice little tweak to go along. What if you could keep a lantern in your hand? It would light up every 4 blocks behind,left,right in front of you.
I'm sorry to tell you that this type of thread has been suggested multiple times (Not just by Notch, but by hundreds of people, even by me), and some (like me) have done it in great detail, while in comparison to threads like yours (and most of the other threads) it is not, actually a lot of people have made the exact same suggestion for lanterns like you thread...
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But anyways, I was thinking a few days ago, what about a lantern-block, like lightstone except not solid, like a torch.
I know lanterns were being thought of added (hence the trololo-wave warning =P) but my idea is alil tweaked.
I Think that lanterns should function like a torch, however with some string, it could be hangable!
So,
=
Right?
Well I think lantern should be:
Now this type could be placeable on walls or floor, not the roof, just like torches, however...
If you put
Like so,
You would get a lantern, which is placeable on roofs!
Thanks for your time
~~Phoenix
Stock up themz torches!
Now one thing I would like a lantern for is to be placed on the roof, or more generally the underside of blocks. Sort of like a more accessible jack-o-lantern.
So like lets balance lanterns and torches. Leave torches as is. Make lanterns glow much brighter but cannot be walked through. Lastly let lanterns be placed on the underside of other blocks, thus making them useful in specific ways and also different to torches enough to give them specific uses. Also being enclosed lanterns should be water proof too.
Old hand held lanterns would have been made with tin or lead and street lighting ones with lead (as a guess). Neither of those are in the game so iron will do. Glass needed of course. Lastly a light source- I think redstone + glowstone dust.
so perhaps
This gives a reason to go to the nether, adds a use to glowstone, which with the 9 to 1 conversion rate is otherwise incredibly expensive and pray you don't ever need to move a block. If a lantern or two could light up a room that otherwise needed a dozen torches this gives them aesthetic value. Current "chandelier" designs require a block covered in torches, which looks ugly, and don't provide that great an illumination too.
This has shown that you have not read the stickies
Meaning you do not know the rules
Meaning you did not search
Meaning This thread is going against the rules
Meaning I have the right to report this for literally being a duplicate thread
Nice try anyways
I will be using them soon
I'm Starting to be known as a Balancer, A.K.A. I'm starting to become pessimist