I would like to see Pistons that can be made longer. Current piston []-] these are great for many uses I see.
My idea would allow us to craft pistons to be longer, of course the piston base (block would be equal to the piston shaft.
[][][][][]-----] or [][][][][][][][][][]----------]. This would allow for much more flexible building ideas, and create a smaller circuit for creations. I talked about this idea in my show and people LOVED it concept. I would try to MOD it myself for proof of concept... But here is how it could work...
Take a non sticky or sticky piston place on the craft table like so: [] + [] + [] = a piston that comes out like this: [][][]---] then take this and continue adding it to the crafting table: [][][] + [][][] = [][][][][]------]
You can keep doing this say up to 200 blocks it would take a while to craft thus earning the ability to use these new pistons. But, could you imagine the possible new creations we could build?
Also could we build a turn table... Not one to play records on... One like they have for trains. A platform that can rotate an object say like a mine cart down a new track? These would be the overall same shape as a piston now, just when an object or person is on it... Poof they are now facing a new direction. We can decide ho far it rotates when we create it. Once set it can not be adjusted, has to be mined and rebuilt to make changes. And, so that others can not mess up the timing. :smile.gif:
If anyone likes these ideas... Call them the Ability Pistons and Turntable :tongue.gif: as they add new Abilities. :smile.gif:
Those are my ideas as of now... LOL hope they are not to stupid.
The limits on block pushing power of pistons is most likely a technical one. The fact that pistons are limited to pushing 12 blocks is probably due to the chunk size of 16. At 12 blocks, you'll never be affecting more than two chunks when the piston engages. If that's the reason for the limit, then nothing's going to change that upper bound.
Also, placing objects that are larger than one block... The only examples are doors and paintings, and these are very limited in scope (and in the case of the paintings, rather random). Even with chests you have to place the blocks separately.
I think the core of the idea (longer pistons) isn't bad, but with a few caveats...
1) You'd have to place each block by hand. I'd suggest using a new piston-extender block type to go behind a regular or sticky piston to increase the push length by one.
2) But for each increase in push length, the total block pushing power would have to decrease. So pushing blocks two spaces would have a 11 block pushing limit.
3) An added bonus would be to also extend the "stickiness" of a sticky piston by the same about as the length extension. This doesn't make logical sense, perhaps, but it would let a sticky piston with two extenders behind it move three blocks three spaces, and back. This would make things like larger piston-powered doors easier to build.
With those two adjustments, I think this would achieve the desired effect still. You could place two extenders, a sticky piston, and three blocks to the side of a 3x3 corridor, with two matching sets directly above it. Power the pistons (or the extenders, they should share the charge with their piston) and you've got an instant 3x3 piston door.
But then again, I love the implementation details of complex multi-piston creations to do the same thing. They are awesome if unwieldy. I'm not sure I'd want to usurp their glory... :smile.gif:
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I would like to see Pistons that can be made longer. Current piston []-] these are great for many uses I see.
My idea would allow us to craft pistons to be longer, of course the piston base (block would be equal to the piston shaft.
[][][][][]-----] or [][][][][][][][][][]----------]. This would allow for much more flexible building ideas, and create a smaller circuit for creations. I talked about this idea in my show and people LOVED it concept. I would try to MOD it myself for proof of concept... But here is how it could work...
Take a non sticky or sticky piston place on the craft table like so: [] + [] + [] = a piston that comes out like this: [][][]---] then take this and continue adding it to the crafting table: [][][] + [][][] = [][][][][]------]
You can keep doing this say up to 200 blocks it would take a while to craft thus earning the ability to use these new pistons. But, could you imagine the possible new creations we could build?
Also could we build a turn table... Not one to play records on... One like they have for trains. A platform that can rotate an object say like a mine cart down a new track? These would be the overall same shape as a piston now, just when an object or person is on it... Poof they are now facing a new direction. We can decide ho far it rotates when we create it. Once set it can not be adjusted, has to be mined and rebuilt to make changes. And, so that others can not mess up the timing. :smile.gif:
If anyone likes these ideas... Call them the Ability Pistons and Turntable :tongue.gif: as they add new Abilities. :smile.gif:
Those are my ideas as of now... LOL hope they are not to stupid.
Also, placing objects that are larger than one block... The only examples are doors and paintings, and these are very limited in scope (and in the case of the paintings, rather random). Even with chests you have to place the blocks separately.
I think the core of the idea (longer pistons) isn't bad, but with a few caveats...
1) You'd have to place each block by hand. I'd suggest using a new piston-extender block type to go behind a regular or sticky piston to increase the push length by one.
2) But for each increase in push length, the total block pushing power would have to decrease. So pushing blocks two spaces would have a 11 block pushing limit.
3) An added bonus would be to also extend the "stickiness" of a sticky piston by the same about as the length extension. This doesn't make logical sense, perhaps, but it would let a sticky piston with two extenders behind it move three blocks three spaces, and back. This would make things like larger piston-powered doors easier to build.
With those two adjustments, I think this would achieve the desired effect still. You could place two extenders, a sticky piston, and three blocks to the side of a 3x3 corridor, with two matching sets directly above it. Power the pistons (or the extenders, they should share the charge with their piston) and you've got an instant 3x3 piston door.
But then again, I love the implementation details of complex multi-piston creations to do the same thing. They are awesome if unwieldy. I'm not sure I'd want to usurp their glory... :smile.gif:
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