I have some ideas for new blocks to build with. These would put some items to a use, and they would also look very cool.
NOTE: All of the blocks can be decrafted into 9 of whatever it was made with.
Here are my suggestions:
1. SKULL BLOCK: Crafted with 9 bones, can be turned into a skull lantern if you combine it with a torch. Can give a scary halloween-like feeling to builds.
2. LEATHER BLOCK: Crafted with 9 leather, cool for tents, floors, banners and fortresses. :biggrin.gif:
3. REDSTONE BLOCK: Crafted with 9 redstone dust, and this would revolutionize redstone electronics. This is basically redstone dust because it can be powered on or off and transmit electricity, but its a block, rather than a wire, so with the redstone block we'll be able to make redstone things so much easier. :biggrin.gif: Plus it should look shiney and cool :smile.gif:
4. TROPHY BLOCKS: My idea is that we should be able to make blocks out of enemy MOB items (because killing a peaceful MOB isn't really much of an achievement) that look like their heads and build with them, use them as decoration or just show them off to others in glass trophy cases. :smile.gif: The skull block is the trophy block of the skeleton. Here are the trophy blocks and how they are crafted.
Zombie head: Crafted with 9 rotten flesh
Creeper head: Crafted with 9 gunpowder
Spider head: Crafted with 8 string and a spider eye in the middle
Enderman head: Crafted with 9 ender pearls
Blaze head: Crafted with 9 blaze rods
Ghast head: Crafted with 9 ghast tears
Of course, these trophy blocks can be decrafted, so really, they're just more effective storage of MOB items too. :biggrin.gif:
And if you've managed to get a ghast head and an enderman head (or more than 1 of each) in your house, well...
:tongue.gif: (Endermen and ghasts are srs business because of their rarity)
I still have more building block ideas, though!
5. COBWEB: 5 string in an X formation on the crafting table should create cobweb. These would be very effective for MOB (or player) traps. To make cobweb less of a waste when destroyed, broken player-made cobwebs will give back 5 string instead of just 1.
6. SPONGE: 9 slimeballs and 1 wool in the middle should create a sponge. Sponges should hold back water in a 9 by 9 radius. Even with new water physics, sponges will still be extremely useful for certain situations, such as draining an area so you can dig in it.
7. HAY BALE: 9 wheat should create a hay bale. This will be effective and worth crafting, because any animal within a 6 by 6 radius near a hay bale block will automatically breed. However though, hay bales will shrink to half blocks after it has caused 5 animals to breed, and after 4 more animals have been bred, the hay bale will be destroyed. Plus, it'd basically be thatching, so it'd be nice for making huts and stuff. :biggrin.gif:
8. This is not a new block, but it is a suggestion: We should be able to craft 4 sticks into 2 plank blocks. Often you might end up making too many sticks, or perhaps you only have sticks in your inventory. Wood should be more versatile, enabling us to make sticks into planks and vice versa. Remember, we're talking about a man who can create swords from 2 gems and a wooden stick with just his bare hands. :laugh.gif:
I think the skull is cool.
Leather block? Neat idea. Leather would be worth while getting.
REDSTONE BLOCK!!! YES!!!!
Mod heads? Could make great trophies.
Craftable cob web would be cool.
Weird crafting recipe for sponge. Sponge should just be natural.
I've always wanted hay bales!
Sticks can always be used so no need.
I think the skull is cool.
Leather block? Neat idea. Leather would be worth while getting.
REDSTONE BLOCK!!! YES!!!!
Mod heads? Could make great trophies.
Craftable cob web would be cool.
Weird crafting recipe for sponge. Sponge should just be natural.
I've always wanted hay bales!
Sticks can always be used so no need.
Its primary function would be to condense redstone wiring so that we don't have to hide complicated mechanisms within expansive crawlspaces, right? But redstone blocks could not be hidden. They would presumably appear redstoney, and stand out in your walls. Moreover, how would they function as diodes? They wouldn't. The redstone charge would be transmitted everywhere and make a mess of things.
SO, I suggest something that is pretty well the same, but slightly different. A pipe block. The pipe block would appear on most sides to be a normal block (I guess we would be able to choose wood, stone, iron), but two of the sides would have outlets for redstone, to be connected to other redstone conduits. This way, the pipe block could serve as both a compact method for hiding redstone wiring, and a diode within mechanisms. Hell, it may even allow water and lava to flow through it, who knows?
Its primary function would be to condense redstone wiring so that we don't have to hide complicated mechanisms within expansive crawlspaces, right? But redstone blocks could not be hidden. They would presumably appear redstoney, and stand out in your walls. Moreover, how would they function as diodes? They wouldn't. The redstone charge would be transmitted everywhere and make a mess of things.
SO, I suggest something that is pretty well the same, but slightly different. A pipe block. The pipe block would appear on most sides to be a normal block (I guess we would be able to choose wood, stone, iron), but two of the sides would have outlets for redstone, to be connected to other redstone conduits. This way, the pipe block could serve as both a compact method for hiding redstone wiring, and a diode within mechanisms. Hell, it may even allow water and lava to flow through it, who knows?
Redstone blocks wouldn't be like diodes, they'd be like redstone wire, and they'll only transmit signals back and forth between redstone blocks and redstone devices if they are connected directly. Moreso, they'd be easier to hide than redstone wiring, because you don't need to make "redstone stairs", all you need to make for high redstone contraptions is 1 x 1 towers and those would be easy to cover.
Redstone blocks wouldn't be like diodes, they'd be like redstone wire, and they'll only transmit signals back and forth between redstone blocks and redstone devices if they are connected directly.
I'm not understanding. Yes, both of our suggestions transmit charge like redstone wire, but I don't see how yours would stop itself from transmitting charge EVERYWHERE, unless it has outlets of some kind. Is that what you meant by "only transmits signals if they are connected directly"?
I'm not understanding. Yes, both of our suggestions transmit charge like redstone wire, but I don't see how yours would stop itself from transmitting charge EVERYWHERE, unless it has outlets of some kind. Is that what you meant by "only transmits signals if they are connected directly"?
I think he's trying to say that charge will only propagate if a wire is pointed directly at the material (or if another Redstone block is directly touching it). I'm not sure how much of a difference that would make, though.
Honestly, the main reason I'd want a redstone block would be to transmit a redstone signal underwater, or to act like the new lamps but also powering each other for easier wiring. I don't see any reason to make them act differently than regular redstone.
As for the sponge recipe, it really makes no sense. I'd much rather see sponges be able to be gathered/farmed from underwater.
For the hay bale, I think 4 and 4 makes more sense, even if that does mean that you're wasting one wheat. I'd still use 'em.
Trophies should be a rare drop. Crafting them doesn't make any sense. You can't make a spider head with string and an eye.
That's basically all the feedback I can think of right now. Good thread.
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NOTE: All of the blocks can be decrafted into 9 of whatever it was made with.
Here are my suggestions:
1. SKULL BLOCK: Crafted with 9 bones, can be turned into a skull lantern if you combine it with a torch. Can give a scary halloween-like feeling to builds.
2. LEATHER BLOCK: Crafted with 9 leather, cool for tents, floors, banners and fortresses. :biggrin.gif:
3. REDSTONE BLOCK: Crafted with 9 redstone dust, and this would revolutionize redstone electronics. This is basically redstone dust because it can be powered on or off and transmit electricity, but its a block, rather than a wire, so with the redstone block we'll be able to make redstone things so much easier. :biggrin.gif: Plus it should look shiney and cool :smile.gif:
4. TROPHY BLOCKS: My idea is that we should be able to make blocks out of enemy MOB items (because killing a peaceful MOB isn't really much of an achievement) that look like their heads and build with them, use them as decoration or just show them off to others in glass trophy cases. :smile.gif: The skull block is the trophy block of the skeleton. Here are the trophy blocks and how they are crafted.
Zombie head: Crafted with 9 rotten flesh
Creeper head: Crafted with 9 gunpowder
Spider head: Crafted with 8 string and a spider eye in the middle
Enderman head: Crafted with 9 ender pearls
Blaze head: Crafted with 9 blaze rods
Ghast head: Crafted with 9 ghast tears
Of course, these trophy blocks can be decrafted, so really, they're just more effective storage of MOB items too. :biggrin.gif:
And if you've managed to get a ghast head and an enderman head (or more than 1 of each) in your house, well...
:tongue.gif: (Endermen and ghasts are srs business because of their rarity)
I still have more building block ideas, though!
5. COBWEB: 5 string in an X formation on the crafting table should create cobweb. These would be very effective for MOB (or player) traps. To make cobweb less of a waste when destroyed, broken player-made cobwebs will give back 5 string instead of just 1.
6. SPONGE: 9 slimeballs and 1 wool in the middle should create a sponge. Sponges should hold back water in a 9 by 9 radius. Even with new water physics, sponges will still be extremely useful for certain situations, such as draining an area so you can dig in it.
7. HAY BALE: 9 wheat should create a hay bale. This will be effective and worth crafting, because any animal within a 6 by 6 radius near a hay bale block will automatically breed. However though, hay bales will shrink to half blocks after it has caused 5 animals to breed, and after 4 more animals have been bred, the hay bale will be destroyed. Plus, it'd basically be thatching, so it'd be nice for making huts and stuff. :biggrin.gif:
8. This is not a new block, but it is a suggestion: We should be able to craft 4 sticks into 2 plank blocks. Often you might end up making too many sticks, or perhaps you only have sticks in your inventory. Wood should be more versatile, enabling us to make sticks into planks and vice versa. Remember, we're talking about a man who can create swords from 2 gems and a wooden stick with just his bare hands. :laugh.gif:
Leather block? Neat idea. Leather would be worth while getting.
REDSTONE BLOCK!!! YES!!!!
Mod heads? Could make great trophies.
Craftable cob web would be cool.
Weird crafting recipe for sponge. Sponge should just be natural.
I've always wanted hay bales!
Sticks can always be used so no need.
Thanks :smile.gif:
Its primary function would be to condense redstone wiring so that we don't have to hide complicated mechanisms within expansive crawlspaces, right? But redstone blocks could not be hidden. They would presumably appear redstoney, and stand out in your walls. Moreover, how would they function as diodes? They wouldn't. The redstone charge would be transmitted everywhere and make a mess of things.
SO, I suggest something that is pretty well the same, but slightly different. A pipe block. The pipe block would appear on most sides to be a normal block (I guess we would be able to choose wood, stone, iron), but two of the sides would have outlets for redstone, to be connected to other redstone conduits. This way, the pipe block could serve as both a compact method for hiding redstone wiring, and a diode within mechanisms. Hell, it may even allow water and lava to flow through it, who knows?
Redstone blocks wouldn't be like diodes, they'd be like redstone wire, and they'll only transmit signals back and forth between redstone blocks and redstone devices if they are connected directly. Moreso, they'd be easier to hide than redstone wiring, because you don't need to make "redstone stairs", all you need to make for high redstone contraptions is 1 x 1 towers and those would be easy to cover.
I'm not understanding. Yes, both of our suggestions transmit charge like redstone wire, but I don't see how yours would stop itself from transmitting charge EVERYWHERE, unless it has outlets of some kind. Is that what you meant by "only transmits signals if they are connected directly"?
I think he's trying to say that charge will only propagate if a wire is pointed directly at the material (or if another Redstone block is directly touching it). I'm not sure how much of a difference that would make, though.
As for the sponge recipe, it really makes no sense. I'd much rather see sponges be able to be gathered/farmed from underwater.
For the hay bale, I think 4 and 4 makes more sense, even if that does mean that you're wasting one wheat. I'd still use 'em.
Trophies should be a rare drop. Crafting them doesn't make any sense. You can't make a spider head with string and an eye.
That's basically all the feedback I can think of right now. Good thread.