Light Sensor Block, as shown by Jeb
Jeb released a teaser image recently, calling it a "Daylight Detector"! Upcoming feature in 1.5, maybe?
Light sensor blocks have, in many different forms, been a feature of numerous mod packs, and with good reason; the block is often depicted sending a redstone signal when a specific light threshold is detected, and otherwise emitting no signal. Many people use them for automatic lighting, doors, or more complicated and esoteric machinery. Will this particular block allow for sensitivity adjustments, letting players tell the block just how much light they want detected? Maybe this is just one exciting part of the upcoming Redstone Update. Dinnerbone already teased a number of redstone logic upgrades, and Mojang continues to pile on the features for the upcoming 1.5 update! We will keep you posted as it develops.
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Hold up I remember seeing a thread with 1.5 new blocks
and this was one of them
then Dinnerbone confirmed them as false
How ever with the new redstone update they said that it might destroy the BUD. So I don't mind if they add this nice compact block
Like how the implemented sticky pistons but removing sticky piston chaining (severely limiting the uses of pistons), the Daylight detector/light sensor whichever it is will probably be not as useful if there are not both a daylight detector and light sensor - meaning a detector to measure the sky lighting and a separate detector to measure non-sky lighting only. If it detects both, and you have it outside near torches, it will always be on. Daylight and block light are separate values with separate meanings, so they should have somehow separate detectors- either by crafting recipe (such as spider eye for light detector and ender pearl/eye for daylight detector) or an in-block setting.
Although, I find it impossible to tell the Minecraft devs anything, I find it very frustrating. They keep adding features that I am at first excited for - upon release I am greeted only with disappointment because of poor or incomplete implementation.
My favorite feature out of all of them in the last few major updates (and the only one I 100% liked) would probably have to be 3D items, and that wasn't even new code, just used again for items dropped in the world :|
This will make it even better.
That's easy, just put a NOT gate on the output. Boom, turns on at night.
I hope the Redstone Release is "Idiot
Compatible".
It wouldn't be that bad just put it at the surface a couple of blocks in the ground and then run the Redstone signal down to your base where the lights are. It would require a fair amount of Redstone resource but would be worth it.