I recently was exploring a cave and ran out of torches but I had plenty of sand and coal but no wood. Ithought to myself what if I had a mirror...
With what I was thinking for mirror blocks they would do the following:
Reflect light to brighten up a room alike to a torch with less lumination.
reflect a distoreted image of anything in front of it or just a faded color of the near block/player
break into 4 glass blocks when broken.
make a one way mirror if a glass block is placed behind it
Just an idea if anyone has any comments please post. I'm sure there could be several uses for a mirror block including helping someone make the inside of there house look better.
It would be challenging to code, since reflective blocks haven't been implemented. It seems only to have a cosmetic use at the moment. Say, what else is mirrors used for?
The uses for mirrors are almost as limitless as Redstone is.
Think about it, not only can they be used an artistic visual, they can also be used to redirect powerful (zombie burning) light in to places that it otherwise could not go.
With the addition of lenses made from configurations of glass, prisms could be constructed to either split, spread or focus light.
By using coloured dies with glass it could create new lighting effects. It could even be used in conjunction with Redstone machinery to send messages across the world. Magnifying glass, fiber optics, lasers. None of these are even plausible without the ability to redirect light.
I for one approve the idea as it is a stepping stone to far greater possibilities... Though it is going to be an absolute nightmare to code...
maybe if you look in the mirror you can see enderman without staring at them
See what I mean by endless posibilities? I hadn't even considered using them in conjunction with Mobs, but they could be used as a lure, (lots of creatures like shiny things) failing that imagine what might happen if a creeper was to see your reflection rather than the real you? Perhaps he might detanate a safe distence away? or race into your evil trap! (Poor Creepers... (My views are not represented in the last sentice, personally the only good creeper is a dead one, but I cant say that with Mob's rights activists about))
With what I was thinking for mirror blocks they would do the following:
Just an idea if anyone has any comments please post. I'm sure there could be several uses for a mirror block including helping someone make the inside of there house look better.
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Think about it, not only can they be used an artistic visual, they can also be used to redirect powerful (zombie burning) light in to places that it otherwise could not go.
With the addition of lenses made from configurations of glass, prisms could be constructed to either split, spread or focus light.
By using coloured dies with glass it could create new lighting effects. It could even be used in conjunction with Redstone machinery to send messages across the world. Magnifying glass, fiber optics, lasers. None of these are even plausible without the ability to redirect light.
I for one approve the idea as it is a stepping stone to far greater possibilities... Though it is going to be an absolute nightmare to code...
See what I mean by endless posibilities? I hadn't even considered using them in conjunction with Mobs, but they could be used as a lure, (lots of creatures like shiny things) failing that imagine what might happen if a creeper was to see your reflection rather than the real you? Perhaps he might detanate a safe distence away? or race into your evil trap! (Poor Creepers... (My views are not represented in the last sentice, personally the only good creeper is a dead one, but I cant say that with Mob's rights activists about))