Well I've been toying with redstone a lot over the past few days, and one of the things that bugs me the most is when I'm almost finished my circuit, place the final redstone pieces just to see that they link with some other part of my contraption due to lack of space. So my suggestion is Insulated Redstone Wires
These wires are crafted with a mixture of redstone and glass. Unlike normal redstone, they do not automatically join with nearby redstone. Instead, you craft the pieces (stright pieces, turn pieces, T-pieces and 4-way intersections). They will only power the way they are connected, so this means you can not only run wires parallel, but also control exactly where it turns. I'm sure most people have encountered the annoying day when they need to redstone to directly power and object, but the wire is parallel to it, not leading into. So these wires will not automatically transmit power to all nearby redstone dust, instead only in the directions that the piece connects to the edges of the block. The same goes for recieving power. The connections up and down blocks are only created if they each connect to the shared edge between the blocks.
Redstone and insulated redstone still power each other and be used in the same circuit, but insulated redstone gives you far more control over exactly how your circuit runs.
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Each of these recipies crafts an equal amount of pieces as redstone that was put into them.
I did search for anything like this and didn't find anything. If there is something like this already, forgive me.
I'd be happy with just a single recipe for insulated wire. If it only ever joined to two adjacent blocks and used the same logic as minecart track to join that would be fine with me. Junctions could be done using the existing uninsulated solution.
Also, I agree wool would make more sense. You could even dye the wool to colour code circuits.
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These wires are crafted with a mixture of redstone and glass. Unlike normal redstone, they do not automatically join with nearby redstone. Instead, you craft the pieces (stright pieces, turn pieces, T-pieces and 4-way intersections). They will only power the way they are connected, so this means you can not only run wires parallel, but also control exactly where it turns. I'm sure most people have encountered the annoying day when they need to redstone to directly power and object, but the wire is parallel to it, not leading into. So these wires will not automatically transmit power to all nearby redstone dust, instead only in the directions that the piece connects to the edges of the block. The same goes for recieving power. The connections up and down blocks are only created if they each connect to the shared edge between the blocks.
Redstone and insulated redstone still power each other and be used in the same circuit, but insulated redstone gives you far more control over exactly how your circuit runs.
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Each of these recipies crafts an equal amount of pieces as redstone that was put into them.
I did search for anything like this and didn't find anything. If there is something like this already, forgive me.
Wool would make more sense as an insulator.
Nothing turned up in search? I got some decent results here.
Mostly moved on. May check back a few times a year.
Also, I agree wool would make more sense. You could even dye the wool to colour code circuits.