I had an idea that came into my head while I was sleeping, and it was pretty simple. I used the searchbar, and I haven't found any very similar ideas.
Anyways, many people have wanted a sunlight-activated Redstone power source. People have suggested solar panels, but others say that they're just not very 'Minecrafty'.
I thought perhaps the player could craft a magnifying disc/focusing lens, which harvests the power of sunlight and focuses it into a single powerful point, which could activate either a Redstone Torch or Redstone Dust while sunlight is filtering through it. Said Redstone would have to be directly underneath, of course.
Possible recipe:
I thought of making it limited to only pointing straight downward, so the mechanism would have to be left outside in the sunlight, or on top of a building. You couldn't place it sideways, as it wouldn't reflect sunlight properly that way. The block would be the same size as a trapdoor/hatch, and would reside on the top of blocks.
tl;dr: Magnifying disc that activates redstone when in sunlight.
Saying "There's a mod for that" is against the rules if you don't have anything to add to the discussion. Plus, I'm suggesting that this be added to vanilla Minecraft, not that I just want one because it'd be fancy, I want everyone to have one because it'd be cool and people have been asking for something similar.
EDIT: And no, I don't know of him.
risugami made the Modloader. any one who uses mods uses the modloader.
regarding the block itself, what use would it have other than to inform a underground miner what the time is? also, i check new topics all the time and many are asking for a block and a guy comes along and posts a link to a thread for that mod. generally, the asker is happy about that.
Sorry to dash your hopes but i don't think that the mojang team is going to add it.
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Anyways, many people have wanted a sunlight-activated Redstone power source. People have suggested solar panels, but others say that they're just not very 'Minecrafty'.
I thought perhaps the player could craft a magnifying disc/focusing lens, which harvests the power of sunlight and focuses it into a single powerful point, which could activate either a Redstone Torch or Redstone Dust while sunlight is filtering through it. Said Redstone would have to be directly underneath, of course.
Possible recipe:
I thought of making it limited to only pointing straight downward, so the mechanism would have to be left outside in the sunlight, or on top of a building. You couldn't place it sideways, as it wouldn't reflect sunlight properly that way. The block would be the same size as a trapdoor/hatch, and would reside on the top of blocks.
tl;dr: Magnifying disc that activates redstone when in sunlight.
What do you think? Yay, nay?
Check out 'Compost Bins', a suggestion thread.
I support
risugami made the Modloader. any one who uses mods uses the modloader.
regarding the block itself, what use would it have other than to inform a underground miner what the time is? also, i check new topics all the time and many are asking for a block and a guy comes along and posts a link to a thread for that mod. generally, the asker is happy about that.
Sorry to dash your hopes but i don't think that the mojang team is going to add it.