I already posted about this, but I couldn't really describe in words what I wanted to see in Minecraft. So I posted a short video of a mod I was working on back in 1.2.5 where I was making a flip-flop block along with LED blocks (right-click it to change its color, makes for easy 7-segment displays).
The redstone signal passes in the direction of the orange arrows, and the green input is for the 'trigger' feature of the flip-flop block.
The flip-flop block's output does not change to the input's state until the signal line switches from 'on' to 'off'. This allows for very compact memory circuits, along with a ton of other cool possibilities.
Can you put this block into a future version of Minecraft?
In 1.5 redstone signal strength will be used in Comparators and other devices. There is a 97% chance that Jeb will make redstone lamps shine with various brightnesses based on the signal strength of the redstone. LEDs seem a bit too "irl" if you know what I mean (no offense). I mean, instead of electricity, we have "redstone"; instead of lightbulbs we have "redstone lamps"; etc. An LED just seems to technical and electricity-based...
Also, we don't need flip flop blocks; redstone devices appear to only exist if their function cannot be matched by redstone contraptions. Of course, a flip flop block would be useful for compactivity. I'm just not sure I support it, sorry. Maybe some more discussion from other people could change my mind.
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I think I understand this. You mean to say that if you were to give a redstone charge to the bottom, the block could function as a piece of redstone in itself (From side to side, at least?)
That seems kind of cool. I'm pretty sure that you can make something like this using the current redstone blocks, but a more compact form would be nice.
I understand that one can make a flip-flop using redstone torches, pistons, and blocks, but those devices take up a lot of real estate and get 'messy' after a while, and they usually take several 'ticks' of the internal Minecraft clock to react - This flip-flop block does in one tick what several blocks, redstone torches, and pistons can do in a half-second. Since this flip-flop block is edge-triggered (triggers when the input state changes rather than whether the input is 'on' or 'off'), it is very forgiving and doesn't require a lot of precision to get it to behave in a predictable manner. It's just more efficient.
As far as this mod example goes though, the asthetics can definitely be done better since I never 'Minecraft'-ized the textures and names. A LED block can be called a Sapphire Block, and it can be created by 'enchanting' sand and thus creating a solid crystalline block of pure sapphire, while magic allows you to right-click the block to change the color emitted from it when it is powered by redstone. The 'flip-flop block' can be called a 'redstone switch', crafted from sand and redstone, and the texture can definitely be redone to reflect the Minecraft look instead of my simple schematic design.
I just think it would be fun to have this flip-flop block in Minecraft. I've made clocks, timed lights, traps and other fun circuits with this mod, but I could never get the block to behave enough in Minecraft to release it as a public mod... For some odd reason, my mod only allows the flip-flop block to work on every other block space, as if the ground were an invisible checkerboard... In some spaces, it only works north-south. In others, it only works east-west. Weird! Plus, I don't know anything about the multiplayer code so I doubt my mod will work in a multiplayer game at all. But despite my mod's wonkiness, I'm still having a lot of fun with it, and I think it would be really cool to see a flip-flop block implemented in Minecraft.
I understand that one can make a flip-flop using redstone torches, pistons, and blocks, but those devices take up a lot of real estate and get 'messy' after a while, and they usually take several 'ticks' of the internal Minecraft clock to react - This flip-flop block does in one tick what several blocks, redstone torches, and pistons can do in a half-second. Since this flip-flop block is edge-triggered (triggers when the input state changes rather than whether the input is 'on' or 'off'), it is very forgiving and doesn't require a lot of precision to get it to behave in a predictable manner. It's just more efficient.
As far as this mod example goes though, the asthetics can definitely be done better since I never 'Minecraft'-ized the textures and names. A LED block can be called a Sapphire Block, and it can be created by 'enchanting' sand and thus creating a solid crystalline block of pure sapphire, while magic allows you to right-click the block to change the color emitted from it when it is powered by redstone. The 'flip-flop block' can be called a 'redstone switch', crafted from sand and redstone, and the texture can definitely be redone to reflect the Minecraft look instead of my simple schematic design.
I just think it would be fun to have this flip-flop block in Minecraft. I've made clocks, timed lights, traps and other fun circuits with this mod, but I could never get the block to behave enough in Minecraft to release it as a public mod... For some odd reason, my mod only allows the flip-flop block to work on every other block space, as if the ground were an invisible checkerboard... In some spaces, it only works north-south. In others, it only works east-west. Weird! Plus, I don't know anything about the multiplayer code so I doubt my mod will work in a multiplayer game at all. But despite my mod's wonkiness, I'm still having a lot of fun with it, and I think it would be really cool to see a flip-flop block implemented in Minecraft.
Ah, that makes a lot more sense. Definite support! +1
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The redstone signal passes in the direction of the orange arrows, and the green input is for the 'trigger' feature of the flip-flop block.
The flip-flop block's output does not change to the input's state until the signal line switches from 'on' to 'off'. This allows for very compact memory circuits, along with a ton of other cool possibilities.
Can you put this block into a future version of Minecraft?
Also, we don't need flip flop blocks; redstone devices appear to only exist if their function cannot be matched by redstone contraptions. Of course, a flip flop block would be useful for compactivity. I'm just not sure I support it, sorry. Maybe some more discussion from other people could change my mind.
That seems kind of cool. I'm pretty sure that you can make something like this using the current redstone blocks, but a more compact form would be nice.
I understand that one can make a flip-flop using redstone torches, pistons, and blocks, but those devices take up a lot of real estate and get 'messy' after a while, and they usually take several 'ticks' of the internal Minecraft clock to react - This flip-flop block does in one tick what several blocks, redstone torches, and pistons can do in a half-second. Since this flip-flop block is edge-triggered (triggers when the input state changes rather than whether the input is 'on' or 'off'), it is very forgiving and doesn't require a lot of precision to get it to behave in a predictable manner. It's just more efficient.
As far as this mod example goes though, the asthetics can definitely be done better since I never 'Minecraft'-ized the textures and names. A LED block can be called a Sapphire Block, and it can be created by 'enchanting' sand and thus creating a solid crystalline block of pure sapphire, while magic allows you to right-click the block to change the color emitted from it when it is powered by redstone. The 'flip-flop block' can be called a 'redstone switch', crafted from sand and redstone, and the texture can definitely be redone to reflect the Minecraft look instead of my simple schematic design.
I just think it would be fun to have this flip-flop block in Minecraft. I've made clocks, timed lights, traps and other fun circuits with this mod, but I could never get the block to behave enough in Minecraft to release it as a public mod... For some odd reason, my mod only allows the flip-flop block to work on every other block space, as if the ground were an invisible checkerboard... In some spaces, it only works north-south. In others, it only works east-west. Weird! Plus, I don't know anything about the multiplayer code so I doubt my mod will work in a multiplayer game at all. But despite my mod's wonkiness, I'm still having a lot of fun with it, and I think it would be really cool to see a flip-flop block implemented in Minecraft.
Ah, that makes a lot more sense. Definite support! +1