As of now, pistons can only receive redstone power if the redstone wire is running in a straight line into the piston. Running redstone along next to the piston doesn't work and running redstone directly under the piston doesn't work either. Pistons should still be activated if it is directly in contact with the space occupied by the redstone wire, not just if the wire is graphically touching it. In all of my piston creations I have had to make overly complicated and error-prone designs to hide all of the extra redstone circuitry that is needed just to make the redstone run in a straight line into the pistons.
I think that this change would remove a great deal of agitation that is experienced when working with pistons and also greatly expand what we can do with them.
Where would this really be practical? Inverters can let you power it from below.
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Yes, I agree with this. And this goes for plenty of other things, like the Redstone Delayer, I believe.
I believe you mean Repeaters, and it already works for Repeaters.
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NO. Don't click New Thread. Read the rules. I don't give a damn how long or boring they are. If you do not, you will be subject to massive flaming and criticism by yours truly.
In all of my piston creations I have had to make overly complicated and error-prone designs to hide all of the extra redstone circuitry that is needed just to make the redstone run in a straight line into the pistons.
Not that this isn't a good idea, but you can simply put a row of repeaters next to your row of pistons to save a ton of space.
In addition to making it take less space, you can also put each piston at a different delay so you can make the movements look better (like a more dramatic opening of a hidden staircase, or something.)
Yes, repeaters, thank you. And are you sure? I believe I had to change the design of my redstone circuits because the repeaters only wanted to accept redstone that's inputted in a straight line.
You are correct. We need 4-way repeaters.
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I'm not sure, but there were some very confusing issues when I was trying to build my own Hidden Piston door from scratch.
Pistons that wouldn't push unless it was a very specific distance from the power source, power bleeding into blocks much farther away than 2 blocks, and other minor issues that made absolutely no sense.
I was having pistons draw power from above, below, and from blocks farther than 2 away and even canceling out eachother making it extremely frustrating to build the circuitry required to make it work and keep it somewhat compact.
I think that this change would remove a great deal of agitation that is experienced when working with pistons and also greatly expand what we can do with them.
And also, redstone INTENTIONALLY DOES NOT POWER THE BLOCK ABOVE.
L2redstone mechanics.
I believe you mean Repeaters, and it already works for Repeaters.
Not that this isn't a good idea, but you can simply put a row of repeaters next to your row of pistons to save a ton of space.
I say this because I assume you are doing something like this: http://s4.hubimg.com/u/5223563_f260.jpg rather than slapping down some repeaters.
In addition to making it take less space, you can also put each piston at a different delay so you can make the movements look better (like a more dramatic opening of a hidden staircase, or something.)
You are correct. We need 4-way repeaters.
Pistons that wouldn't push unless it was a very specific distance from the power source, power bleeding into blocks much farther away than 2 blocks, and other minor issues that made absolutely no sense.
I was having pistons draw power from above, below, and from blocks farther than 2 away and even canceling out eachother making it extremely frustrating to build the circuitry required to make it work and keep it somewhat compact.