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[mrpeanut188]

Problem: How to get "power" like electricity lines in 2D without connecting the wrong wires?

Solution: Multi-Colored Wire. Wire power does not transfer to another wire unless connected to a Cable Connector.

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In MineCraft, they have Redstone, in Terraria wire, and so forth.
I want to have a method of power in my 2D parody of MineCraft.
I am staying true to MineCraft the original, using the same mechanics
as described by the MineCraft Wiki.
Above you can read up on the mechanics for it. But;
How do I manage tight wiring in a 2D area? Even MC's 3D is to little, people download mods to make
even tighter wiring. What do you think would be the simplest to handle as a player?

Edited by mrpeanut188, 14 February 2012 - 03:17 AM.

[Yal]

I personally think Sim City (SNES) had the easiest mechanic for placing power wires.

[mrpeanut188]

I personally think Sim City (SNES) had the easiest mechanic for placing power wires.

Not top down. But hey, I might do that like Terraria did. It might be the best way.

[Edit]

Point is, MineCraft has 3D dimensions. So much space. And yet people make mods to make it even TIGHTER and more COMPACT. SIMPLE things replace a 5-clock machine with a timer. (5-clock is medium sized and sort of hard to make.)

Edited by mrpeanut188, 27 January 2012 - 05:07 AM.

[icuurd12b42]

Minecraft wires are tile based... Perhaps a line of variable length would do instead. It transfers power from point A to point B. 2 lines that would cross would not interfere with each other.

[YellowAfterlife]

Personally I think that two or three layers of blocks + and\or\xor\not blocks would make circuits quite possible, and relatively compact.
I planned such system for one of my games, though did not implement it after all due to contest timeframe.

[mrpeanut188]

Minecraft wires are tile based... Perhaps a line of variable length would do instead. It transfers power from point A to point B. 2 lines that would cross would not interfere with each other.

Simple...... That would make a lot of people happy. (Including me.)

Personally I think that two or three layers of blocks + and\or\xor\not blocks would make circuits quite possible, and relatively compact.
I planned such system for one of my games, though did not implement it after all due to contest timeframe.

Also partly simplistic. This could work with the other idea.

If I followed this, I could create a easy system, and just just like the RedPower mod, have the Xor, Nor, Pulser, and other special gates in this. I could handle cross-roads with another system from RedPower, the Bundled cable. It connects to ALL cable, and goes through to another cable of the same color. (If a 2 white and red cables are plugged in, if the white is on, the other white is on, and the red is off, because it is not white.)

Unless I use Wireless Transmitters, I may not use Iccurd's idea. Yellow had a good idea of having two layers; My suggestion above would require a lot of work before a testable build.

[atamasco]

why not (just a VERY simplistic idea) have different colored wires? that wouldn't be exactly like mc, but ya'll are talking mods. maybe have dark red and light red wire, and have particles when it's active instead of changing color?
oh and btw if you didnt catch that the colors dont transfer power to each other

[mrpeanut188]

why not (just a VERY simplistic idea) have different colored wires? that wouldn't be exactly like mc, but ya'll are talking mods. maybe have dark red and light red wire, and have particles when it's active instead of changing color?
oh and btw if you didnt catch that the colors dont transfer power to each other

Seems like a good idea. Editing first post.

[szotyi41]

used place_free script