Basically, I want options in the dispenser screen to choose its behavior. Modes include dispense, fire, or smart for the current default, and a textbox to state how many items should be dispensed at a time. This way, we could make dispensers which sort of give quick arrow magazines (or fire a specific number) and serve other specific functions. We can do some of these things with redstone pulses, but there are plenty of things which we either can't do or which would be impractical.
The allocator's interesting, but the primary goal of this suggestion is actually the textbox or numeric up-down; I want a dispenser that doesn't take 64 pulses to spit out a stack of arrows, even if it is safe.
If it were in the fire mode, my thoughts were that the dispenser would be firing at a proper, delayed speed (and, the dispense mode would simply spit out a stack - or pile for non-stackables - of the amount of items specified). However, the fire mode could also either have a rate of fire option or simply only fire one and require a redstone timer; the amount textbox or numeric up-down is really just important for dispensing stacks of items rather than firing, because I'd really like to be able to dispense, for example, a stack of 30 wheat or 64 arrows without 30 and 64 redstone pulses each.
The point is that dispensers without these settings are just extremely impractical for dispensing anything that you need more than 1 of, including all building supplies, wheat, eggs (for cake), arrows (dispensed, not fired), redstone, etc. To put example to my suggestion: I envision pressing a button connected to three dispensers which then give you a redstone kit of 32 redstone, 3 repeaters, and 6 torches. In another example, you spawn in a PvP arena, press a button connected to three dispensers, and receive 32 arrows, a bow, and a sword. You can't practically do either of those without these settings, and I have plenty of other uses for them as well.
As of now, the only things dispensers are good for is cake and arrow traps; useful, but kinda' pathetic without these settings.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
The point is that dispensers without these settings are just extremely impractical for dispensing anything that you need more than 1 of, including all building supplies, wheat, eggs (for cake), arrows (dispensed, not fired), redstone, etc. To put example to my suggestion: I envision pressing a button connected to three dispensers which then give you a redstone kit of 32 redstone, 3 repeaters, and 6 torches. In another example, you spawn in a PvP arena, press a button connected to three dispensers, and receive 32 arrows, a bow, and a sword. You can't practically do either of those without these settings, and I have plenty of other uses for them as well.
As of now, the only things dispensers are good for is cake and arrow traps; useful, but kinda' pathetic without these settings.