Now, with new pistons coming in 1.7, it will be changed from the mod in 5 different ways.
1: It won't launch items.
2: It won't launch gravity affected blocks.
3: It won;t launch players.
4: It looks cooler =D.
5: Different recipe.
Honestly, I'm not particularly fond of the first 3. Launching things was an amazing reason to spend time installing the mod. (Now I run Linux, so I should now, It takes quite a while on Linux...) So, to overcome the fact the some people will want pistons to launch, and some people won't, why don't we have another use for sticky pistons?
I'm thinking, non-sticky pistons will launch items/players/grav-blocks just like in the mod, but sticky pistons won't. Granted, the players legs are strong enough to jump, so sticky will not affect jumping or walking at all.
With this idea, we can make smooth, steady, cautious elevators for the people who don't want injury, or we can make crazed elevators and man cannons for those who want, well, crazed elevators and man cannons.
This could be used to build more structures in different ways. (In fact, I have a cool idea for a self repairing bridge with a sand shooter and a circuit breaker, basically it is the cobblestone bridge that looks cooler =D) So, what I'm saying is that people had lots of fun with launching so we keep the launch ability, but people who don't like launching can alter it with the sticking ability with slime balls.
How 'bout it?
P.S. With slime balls having an actual use now, you should think about making slimes a little less rare, as I haven't seen one in months and I almost always play on normal or hard. May be my fault, but slimes are pretty rare anyway, so just another suggestion to make them easier to find.
I wish that pistons could launch things, just like in the mod. HOWEVER, the mojang team will probably never implement something like that because it would unbalance the game, etc. Imagine people flinging tnt with only 2 pistons and redstone wiring. Pistons launching players could spawn a whole new level of unfair smp traps.
I'm betting the closest thing the dev team will make that launches things will be not only a separate item altogether, but will also only launch entities (and maybe dropped items).
I agree. The Piston mod was awesome, but the Mojang version looks cool. Being able to launch TnT and sand in the air was really neat. But I guess they will add it into 1.7.(insert # here)
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I wish that pistons could launch things, just like in the mod. HOWEVER, the mojang team will probably never implement something like that because it would unbalance the game, etc. Imagine people flinging tnt with only 2 pistons and redstone wiring. Pistons launching players could spawn a whole new level of unfair smp traps.
well in multiplayer there is still loads of servers alowing spawning stuff, so it is just an easier way to make a cannon. it could help gameplay of SSP with the use of tnt because it makes a safer explosion mining. in SMP worlds with no spawning, your surviving with your fellow mates, so it could only help you unless you are in PvP, in anycase, it is rare to have tnt on multiplayer as it was the prime way of griefing back in the day.
What are you complaining about here? I just wanna launch stuff. =D
There's already a bunch of threads suggesting this (about one created a day.)
I say it's the wolf threads all over again because we should wait until Mojang to actually releases the update first before spamming a bunch of threads suggesting changes.
I can think of a bunch of situations where having a piston launch things is not desirable (especially when having to worry about falling damage.) A trampoline makes more sense for launching things than a piston. You wouldn't have to worry about activating a trampoline first (you could block the trampoline off with a piston if you needed to disable its use.)
1: It won't launch items.
2: It won't launch gravity affected blocks.
3: It won;t launch players.
4: It looks cooler =D.
5: Different recipe.
Honestly, I'm not particularly fond of the first 3. Launching things was an amazing reason to spend time installing the mod. (Now I run Linux, so I should now, It takes quite a while on Linux...) So, to overcome the fact the some people will want pistons to launch, and some people won't, why don't we have another use for sticky pistons?
I'm thinking, non-sticky pistons will launch items/players/grav-blocks just like in the mod, but sticky pistons won't. Granted, the players legs are strong enough to jump, so sticky will not affect jumping or walking at all.
With this idea, we can make smooth, steady, cautious elevators for the people who don't want injury, or we can make crazed elevators and man cannons for those who want, well, crazed elevators and man cannons.
This could be used to build more structures in different ways. (In fact, I have a cool idea for a self repairing bridge with a sand shooter and a circuit breaker, basically it is the cobblestone bridge that looks cooler =D) So, what I'm saying is that people had lots of fun with launching so we keep the launch ability, but people who don't like launching can alter it with the sticking ability with slime balls.
How 'bout it?
P.S. With slime balls having an actual use now, you should think about making slimes a little less rare, as I haven't seen one in months and I almost always play on normal or hard. May be my fault, but slimes are pretty rare anyway, so just another suggestion to make them easier to find.
It's the pre-wolf update wolf threads all over again. We're probably going to need another megathread.
Mostly moved on. May check back a few times a year.
What are you complaining about here? I just wanna launch stuff. =D
well in multiplayer there is still loads of servers alowing spawning stuff, so it is just an easier way to make a cannon. it could help gameplay of SSP with the use of tnt because it makes a safer explosion mining. in SMP worlds with no spawning, your surviving with your fellow mates, so it could only help you unless you are in PvP, in anycase, it is rare to have tnt on multiplayer as it was the prime way of griefing back in the day.
There's already a bunch of threads suggesting this (about one created a day.)
I say it's the wolf threads all over again because we should wait until Mojang to actually releases the update first before spamming a bunch of threads suggesting changes.
I can think of a bunch of situations where having a piston launch things is not desirable (especially when having to worry about falling damage.) A trampoline makes more sense for launching things than a piston. You wouldn't have to worry about activating a trampoline first (you could block the trampoline off with a piston if you needed to disable its use.)
Mostly moved on. May check back a few times a year.