02-11-2011, 07:46 AM
So being the electrical magician that I am, I'm going to start to add some sorcery here and there for making the server feel a bit more lively. If you have any requests or questions/want explanations, feel free to post them here. Here's a list of possible things I can do for you, though let your imagination wonder because this is hardly the limit.
1. Audible clocks. A tick-tock clock for atmosphere. I have one built underneath the plateau in vennora if you want an example.
2. "Song scaffolding", the basic electrical structure of a song/melody. You'll tune it yourself.
3. multi-button locks. Any sort of "combination lock", without a real combination (doesn't matter the order you press the right buttons in, as long as the right buttons are pushed, wrong ones reset the system.)
4. Making any normal system toggable (i.e. An iron door can be made to not open if a lever is pulled inside your house.)
5. Doorbells. Press a button and one or a few notes will play. I have one at my vennoran home on the plateau.
6. Blinkers. Sometimes, you just have to have a flashing light.
7. Controlling liquids. Requires "resetting" after every use, but very easy and small for awesome-effect. I'll teach you how to manually reset.
Things that I just can't do:
1. "real" clocks. A clock's size and complexity increases exponentially the longer its cycle (the total time it can record, my clock under the plateau records two seconds in a compact manner). Add in the hardware required to display it, and you're looking at a device thousands upon thousands of blocks wide+long for a 12-hour clock. Building one that functioned on the scale of the in-game clock would be a lot smaller, but still out of my range.
2. Fit most of these devices in stupidly small areas. Redstone just doesn't work in a space-efficient manner. I can make a lead so that the device is somewhere else if the space you need it in is too small, but don't expect me to make a combination lock for your vennoran apartment.
Anyway, that's about it. I'm getting bored of building so this needs to keep me entertained. :L
EDIT: Oh, and this new redstone item will drastically reduce the size of clocks, songs, and anything else that requires a repeater. yay.
1. Audible clocks. A tick-tock clock for atmosphere. I have one built underneath the plateau in vennora if you want an example.
2. "Song scaffolding", the basic electrical structure of a song/melody. You'll tune it yourself.
3. multi-button locks. Any sort of "combination lock", without a real combination (doesn't matter the order you press the right buttons in, as long as the right buttons are pushed, wrong ones reset the system.)
4. Making any normal system toggable (i.e. An iron door can be made to not open if a lever is pulled inside your house.)
5. Doorbells. Press a button and one or a few notes will play. I have one at my vennoran home on the plateau.
6. Blinkers. Sometimes, you just have to have a flashing light.
7. Controlling liquids. Requires "resetting" after every use, but very easy and small for awesome-effect. I'll teach you how to manually reset.
Things that I just can't do:
1. "real" clocks. A clock's size and complexity increases exponentially the longer its cycle (the total time it can record, my clock under the plateau records two seconds in a compact manner). Add in the hardware required to display it, and you're looking at a device thousands upon thousands of blocks wide+long for a 12-hour clock. Building one that functioned on the scale of the in-game clock would be a lot smaller, but still out of my range.
2. Fit most of these devices in stupidly small areas. Redstone just doesn't work in a space-efficient manner. I can make a lead so that the device is somewhere else if the space you need it in is too small, but don't expect me to make a combination lock for your vennoran apartment.
Anyway, that's about it. I'm getting bored of building so this needs to keep me entertained. :L
EDIT: Oh, and this new redstone item will drastically reduce the size of clocks, songs, and anything else that requires a repeater. yay.