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Quote from Overflown

Very nice, but I have one question: what makes a cpu? An alu with memory? Please respond, it would help alot

The ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit) does the actual math.

The CPU (Central Processing unit) consists of the ALU, some controlling circuitry, Inputs and outputs for various other devices and the instruction set. That's the rudimentary basics anyway, some CPUs have a few things different here and there.

I think this is brilliant! Thank you for putting so much time and effort in to this. It's with no insult to you when I say that I sincerely hope that by what you've done here is completely wasted when Jeb (et all) implements a system to do this much more easily BECAUSE you've made a point to work this exact thing out. In other words, I hope that they see this. If minecraft adventure map making is to evolve in to something truly workable, this is the kind of entity tracking that can make a real difference when it comes to rewards systems and key systems (You need 3 blocks of *blah* to enter this door), and/or "you must defeat x enemies in order to leave this room or for something to pop up, etc and so on.

Again, well done, Sir!

My apologies but I'm a little confused here. "God Memory". Do you mean *Good* memory? or is there a new acronym that I'm not aware of - as in G.O.D. Memory. <--Genuinely interested.

Also, as a comical side-note:

OR! (And this would be way cooler) Were you visited by The Metatron who delivered unto you the most holy of digital D-Latches? God Memory! It knows all before you do!

Quote from FurryAffins

build it without red powered them il be impressed

Although doing these kinds of projects "vanilla" is most certainly challenging and "hard core" I don't think anyone should be penalized for using a mod if they want to. It's still a technical challenge even if some of the work has been simplified. These kinds of mods DO have a practical place in MC for making devices that not only work, but work at a functionally usable level of speed.

Your personal expectations aside, this is still an impressive endeavor and the OP shouldn't be belittled for sharing his/her ingenuity and hard work.

Quote from Wubbi

Pretty nice designs. Especially the pistonless XOR is something i will keep in mind. You should post this in Metapig's Conspectus of Vertical Logic.

Play a bit with repeaters, you might get surprised

Oh, heh, no no. I'm fully aware of how repeaters can transfer power vertically, that wasn't exactly my point. It was just that the first two designs didn't incorporate that type of setup on the inputs. They rely heavily on the fact that switches transfer their power above and below in order to function, - which, again, is fine if you're using them for user input, but they simply won't function in their current state as part of a circuit without modification.

Lamps will be a perfectly acceptable alternative provided you do not use the default texture pack. It has both a lit and un-lit texture for it AND it's switchable with redstone, so high contrast displays are easily attained even with a simple monochrome change to the default texture pack.

I'd just like to point out that the toaster design is a total rip off of CamelBlort27's "Impractically Tiny Tostorium" design. The thread was removed for obvious reasons (See: Whale Insults). His was WAY faster too.

You should be ashamed of yourselfium!

Personally, I haven't had any issues with the current version of ModLoader for 1.8.1. Is it possible you've installed it incorrectly?

Updated to Version 2.2! Now 47 Bytes!

Upgrades:

Faster write speed!

Faster seek time for searches!

Accurate Searching!

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Before I get started, I should note that I was greatly inspired by this thread here:

Compact 46 byte writable memory

by: ohmganesha

I really wanted to make a Hard Drive for Minecraft that was not only fast but searchable AND modular. This design makes it so that you could fairly easily build it out to be 16 or even 32 bits wide with some mild modification. The trick was to build it so that everything synced up properly with a minimum of delay but still be a quick as possible.

This is my Beta 2.2 unit. My first was a vertical design that was actually quite nice, but impractically large and difficult to wire. This is still incomplete as there need to be a few timing tweaks, but those will come in time.

This is the Version 2.2 unit:



This is the new SEARCH circuitry. Now it works!



Input lines and WRITE COMMIT line.



New wiring to account for a single clock source.



Output lines structured to output all 8 bits at once instead of rippling down the line.



The new Clock and counter assembly!



Here is the schematic: 8 bit horizontal HD

Tell me what you folks think!

I've been wondering where you ran off to! Good work buddy!

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So you're probably wondering to yourself "A mod involving clay? No Way! I need all the grey goop I can get for my brick castle!" Well put those tried, burnt hands to rest for a second and think about this: What if you could create your own miniature army out of clay and stage the most epic battles imaginable in a space small enough to be your backyard? Now before you accuse us of being a madman, take a look at this mod. Read ahead through the thread, and you'll see just what kind of violent mayhem you can cause with just a few simple materials plucked right from the ground.

Clay Soldiers
A clay soldier is an item you can hold in your hand. It is crafted using a clay block (for substance) and soulsand (for sustaining intelligent life). Once you have a nice little pile in your hands (up to 16), right-click to place them all at once or sneak-right-click to place only one.
They will quickly spread out and begin to roam the landscape. The soldiers walk slow and don't jump very high, but they have enough arm strength to climb up a single block. Unfortunately, since they lack a decent skeletal support structure (or even skin, for that matter), their delicate figures can be horribly mutilated by even the weakest of blows. A player can cripple a clay soldier in just a single punch.
So naturally, they aren't hostile towards anything bigger than themselves. But what in the world are they qualified to fight against? Other clay soldiers, of course! There are a whole lot of different teams you can craft your pale gray soldiers into: All 16 dyes (light gray count as regular soldiers for that matter) and even melon/pumpkin flavored! If you place two (or more) different teams and they can see each other, they immediately begin to fight.
You're probably thinking: "Well, that's neat and all, but is there anything to spice up the fights?" The answer is: Of course! Clay Soldiers can ride a plethora of different mounts and can hold a huge array of upgrades, on which you'll find out shortly. Choose from a variety of equipment, arm your soldiers to the teeth and have a showdown to see which type of assistance is more beneficial to their survival! All you need to do is drop the desired item on the ground for them to pick up. You can even drop a stack of said item and they'll evenly split it up amongst themselves: Clay Disruptor
Before we'll talk about the mounts, lets firstly talk about how to clean up a mess! Your soldiers run away and you don't want to chase them around, killing every single one of them? Or you're just tired of the current fight and want to restart the match with different upgrades? Then we have the right device for you! Upon usage it will kill every soldier (and mounts, too) in a 32 block radius, clean and tidy! There's also a hardened version, which gives the double amount of uses.
For the creative crafters: When you use it while sneaking, you can delete every clay soldier / mount item laying on the floor, too! Horses and Pegasi
Indeed you can craft a trusty steed for them to sit on! Simple soulsand and a material, which is usable to craft a horse for your personal armies to ride and enjoy. Horses have no team allegiance, so any soldier can ride any horse. Depending on the used material, a horse will have either more health or more speed. In 50% of cases a soldier with a horse gets hit, the horse will take the damage instead of the rider. Be careful not to burn the horses, though!
But normal horses may be not enough for you. So why not try pegasi? Those elegant flying creatures will hover above the ground and share the same material treats as horses. Turtles
These adorable little things come in different flavors, which are all capable of holding your armies above water. Also, if they get damaged, they'll reflect a small potion of the damage back to the attacker! Other than that, each type has it's own speed and health values, just like horses do. Bunnies
Bunnies come in ALL the wool colors and, different from their horse/pegasus/turtle counterpart, have the same speed and amount of health. They will hop as high as the player can, even when ridden, which is amazing considering their size! Oh, and they constantly jump around when a soldier hops on them, making it difficult for the enemies to hit them properly. Geckos
Those spider-like creatures can be crafted from any type of (vanilla) sapling, so there are the richest mount regarding type variety! You ask "Why spider-like?" Well, because they can climb up to 3 block-high walls! Despite having so much different types (36), or even because of that, they are all the same regarding speed/health, just like bunnies. Clay Nexus
The day of extended, never ending battles is upon us! This is the greatest piece of clay-technology we've ever made. This device, when activated, will call upon the spirits of fallen soldiers of the many battles past to return to the frey in an attempt to redeem themselves in combat once more! It can also provide a spirit-mount for the spawned soldier. Both won't drop any item upon death, neither themselves nor their upgrades! Enemy soldiers will attempt to deactivate the nexus, but only when they have no target to attack anymore. Did we tell you that it can throw anything the soldiers can throw? No? Well, now you know. Clay-Statistics Display
You've always wanted to know how many soldiers are on the battlefield and predict who will win? We've heard your calls and crafted this next wonder in clay-technology! Just by holding it, you can see which team with how many members is on the battlefield. It even goes as far and counts the number of mounts.
This is a non-finished feature for now! Stuff can change, you have been warned! Shear blades
This is explained in the upgrades section, so we'll just give you the crafting recipes here: Clay Huts
For all those adventurers out there, we've asked the all-mighty ChunkGenerator to add those to his generation features, and he finally heard us! When generating new chunks of land (either by generating a new world or by exploring new areas), you may encounter one of these buildings, filled with peaceful clay soldiers and a chest filled with clay-related stuff in them. But be careful, since there is a chance of encountering a zombified hut whose inhabitants are out to kill you!
This is a non-finished feature for now! Stuff can change, you have been warned!

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If you want to see some screenshots first, then have a look inside this mysterious spoiler:
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Installation
So you've come all the way here and asking yourself: "Well, how do I install it then?" Here's the answer to that, mate!

• Install Minecraft Forge
• Install my Manager Pack
• Drop the downloaded jar file inside the /mods folder
• Play Minecraft

You need Minecraft Forge (at least v.10.13.0.1286) in order to use this! Latest is always best! Download the installer under http://files.minecraftforge.net/
You need to have my Manager Pack (required by all my mods)!
Current Version:
Older versions:
We will organize all the updates to the new thread style, but it takes time, so have the old style within the spoiler (w/o changelogs)! Also alpha/beta build will NOT be listed here, sorry!
Please note those versions are not supported! Use at your own risk! [/anchor] Source on GitHub:
https://github.com/SanAndreasP/ClaySoldiersMod

My Twitter for updates:
https://twitter.com/SanAndreasP

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Guitar Hero

This is a small project that i have been working on. It can play two simple songs (scale and ode to joy). It also has a scoring system so you can see how well you did. to play simply select a song(do not pick more or less then one), hit the play button (only press it once), and step on the pressure plates as the notes come by. when the song finishes enter the score room to see your score then reset the counter (this must be done manually since I am only beginning with redstone and did not know how to have it any other way). Feel free to reprogram the songs to what ever you want.

PICS:









VIDEOS:
(score system has changed since videos were made.)


(Special thanks to Epic14Games)

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Sup peoples, Klepsauce here and I'm super duper proud of the build I have today guys!

It is called the EDD, or Entity Death Detector and it basically allows you to send a redstone signal every single time an entity of your choice anywhere within a defined radius dies, despawns, decays, is destroyed ... or basically becomes non-existent in some way, shape or form! As is suggested by the name, this works with all entities as far as I know, so mobs, dropped items, minecarts and boats, projectile arrows ... And, as an added bonus, the EDD allows for massive distances at which it will still work! I'm still testing but I believe it could go up to 32767 blocks away!

What can this be used for? Well, as the title suggests, this is absolutely perfect for custom maps. In the video, I show you a zombie wave counter and a score counter using gold bars, but that's only scratching the surface of what is actually possible with this. Heck, you could use it to detail the sheer numbers of your murderous pig rampages! It's all up to you guys, but trust me, I'm doing something pretty special with the EDD (go to the end of the video to get a little taste of what I mean )

How does it work, you ask? In short, custom spawners. For more detail, check out the video and also have a look at my explanation below.


More details, a deeper explanation and other new facts I find out as I keep testing will be kept within this spoiler tag. If you guys could do some testing for me, I would love you all.


Thanks guys! Stay awesomesauce!

My floating point adder/subtractor (FPA) is about 90% complete and functional, so I thought I'd give everyone a preview. First, the obvious question: What is this? Floating point is a way of representing an extremely broad range of numbers using the formula: Significant digits x Base^Exponent. Single-precision means we do this using 32 bits - 1 sign bit, 8 exponent bits, and 23 significant digit (mantissa) bits. I'll be updating this thread with information about each component of the FPAS and how it works. Enjoy!

Single precision:


The "far more usable in Minecraft" half precision:



The steps in floating point addition/subtraction are:
1. Mantissa Alignment: You need to align the mantissa of each number.

2. Addition/Subtraction: Pretty straightforward - normal addition and two's complement subtraction.

3. Normalization: Putting the result back into a normalized form. This means left shifting so that the 2⁰ is on and adjusting the exponent.

4. Rounding: During the alignment shift rounding bits (known as the guard, round, and sticky bits) are generated. These allow you to get some extra precision through rounding.

5. Re-normalization: There's one situation where rounding generates a sum that needs to be renormalized and this can be accomplished by a single right shift and adding 1 to the exponent.

1. Round to the nearest (ties go to even) - This is the default mode. If the guard bit and the round or sticky bits are on it rounds up. When there's a tie (only the guard bit is on) it rounds to even - so if the unit in the last place (ULP) is on it rounds up but if the ULP is 0 it remains 0.



2. Round towards zero (truncation) - This mode disregards the guard, round, and sticky bits and never rounds up.



3. Round towards positive infinity - Rounding towards positive infinity means you always round up. When a number is positive and any of the three rounding bits are on it rounds up by adding 1. When a number is negative and any of these bits are on it rounds up by adding 0 (adding one would make this more negative).



4. Round towards negative infinity - This is the opposite of rounding towards positive infinity. If the number is positive and any of the three rounding bits are on 0 is added. If the number is negative and any of these bits are on it adds one.

Here's a diagram of the logic I came up with:

Hello fellow redstoners.
I'm one of the gurus at the Redstone Development Foundation, and got some really awesome stuff to show you.
I've made some gates that I am REALLY proud of. They are the TRUE-gate, and the NTRUE-gate. And they are compact. Very compact.

This is the TRUE-gate:

As you can see, the output is on, and if you change the input, the output turns on.


What's EVEN better than the TRUE gate though, is the NTRUE gate:

The NTRUE gate will make sure that the output will be the opposite of TRUE. If you turn the input on, however, the input turn on, even though the output turns off.

I hope you like my gates. They're my best creations so far.
Oh, and don't mind the computer in the background. That's nothing really, just a 10 bit computer with multitasking.

WE HAVE CREATEDORIUM THUS ORIUM TO SHOW OFF OUR REDSTONEPROWUSIUM. WE AM SUPERIORIUM?


OUR LOGO

OUR MOTO

OUR GATES FOR YOU, YOUR WELCOME::

FENCE GATE

ORE GATE

ROCK ON GATE

KNOT GATE

NOPE GATE

SNOW GOLEM

EXCITED SNOW GOLEM

16 BIT DIVIDER

BLOCK DIVIDER

99 SEG DISPLAY

USEFULL GATE

THE REPEATER CHOOSES THE LEVER

WATER GATE

WATERGATE
http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/watergate.gif
DIRT HOUSE STAND

DURT HOUZE

PEOPLE STOREIUM

REDGAME 4

TOASTER

UNARY ADDER

THE TEAM OF INVENTORIUMORS


WE THANK OURSELVES FOR THIS AND YOU THANK US TOO.

Click here for details about the Version 2 Live Stream which airs every Friday at 4PM PST

This is the proof-of-concept version of my latest project: "Prelude of the Chambered - Redstone Edition"


It uses a 21x21 pixel screen to display a simple 3D environment based on Notch's Ludum Dare game. The player can walk around the environment, turn in 90 degree increments, and break damaged walls.

Future versions will incorporate many additional features such as a larger game environment, automatic occlusion culling, collectable items, and more.

This project had the distinguished honor of being tweeted by Notch as well as being featured in a Wired.UK article.

As with my ASCII Word Processor, I will be doing an explanation video for this device soon.

Edit:

You can download the world save and play it for yourself here!

...So I put some Minecraft in your Minecraft so you can Minecraft while you Minecraft.

People TALK about playing "Minecraft in Minecraft", but I decided to finally do something about it.


I gave a good overview in my Preview Thread: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/561924-hans-lemurson-gives-a-preview-minecraft-in-minecraft/

Quote from Hans Lemurson

You all know that joke when somebody is showing off their brand new Redstone Computer and somebody asks: "Can it run Minecraft?" You have a chuckle at how clever you are while people variously chime in "LOL" or "It's impossible numbskull!!!".

I was one of the people in the latter group, continuously annoyed by people who don't understand the orders of magnitude of difference in computing power between a Redstone Computer (they are on par with 1930's technology) and a modern computer. After a fresh session of apoplectic rage however, I began to ponder: "What sort of program could you feasibly run on a Redstone Computer that would still retain the essence of Minecraft?" And thus a dream was born.

That was 3 months ago. After months of planning and sporadic construction work, I have finally completed this great and grand project which I intend to be my "Magnum Opus". I have made "Minecraft in Minecraft", or "Mini-Minecraft".

Features:
-2D Graphics!
-8x8 Pixel Screen
-64 bits of Landscape Data
-Blinking Lights!
-Directional Control Interface
-Solid Terrain
-Gravity
-Moderate Signal Latency (4,000ms)
-Color-Coded Circuitry!

If you're interested in seeing a tour of the machine, there's a video for that too:


I will likely expand this post at some point when it's not sleepy-time to go into the technical details of its operation.

In the mean time, feel free to give a +1 if you think Minecraft in Minecraft is cool. Also thanks to Conundromer for not beating me to the punch, since I'm not the only person to have come up with this idea. I'm just the first with a video.

Update: After utterly neglecting this thread for a few months, I give to you schematics and downloads!
http://www.planetminecraft.com/project/hans-lemursons-minecraft-in-minecraft/

Hopefully everything will work fine, but I did have some troubles with the sticky-pistons when I imported it onto my plot on the RDF server.

My group made a piston slot car tack and raced it!
To see more crazy contraptions and just regular craziness check out our channel:chainmailgames