First Ever Pistonless CUD! (Semi Silent Tile Comparator Update Detector)ultimateredstone2013-06-08 | Please leave your feedback! :) Explanation of CUDs: youtube.com/watch?v=3i47JVk9JQAThe Magical Storage System - Minecraft 1.8 SSPultimateredstone2015-07-26 | A magical storage system that grants you all your wishes concerning items. Provided that you put them in beforehand. At least you can do that automatically as well! Please leave your feedback and I hope you enjoyed :)
Additional info that I thought wasn't interesting enough to add in the video:
- It's not symmetrical so that there are no pistons extended in the opposite direction in the same chunk as the "piston bolt". Cause that can mess it up.
- Yeah, you have to sign the book with something so I just chose the letter "a". All items are just written in lower case.
- This thing actually causes practically no lag unless you can look at it. So if this was underground and you wouldn't see it, your fps would be almost the same as if it wasn't there. This is thanks to a relatively recent change in rendering behaviour, the game only renders stuff you can potentially see. I gave each item 6 double chests but I doubt that even 20 would be a big problem. Unless you look at them. Then you might crash :)
- This was actually probably the biggest project I ever did. I did put in all the books and set up all the item sorters. I can watch the thing work for hours but for the video I decided to only use two demonstrations to not make it too long and boring. Seeing it working once or twice is enough, right? Would like feedback on that. I assure you, it's absolutely reliable, even though I know nobody on this planet would actually build it :P
- This only works in singleplayer. Well, it works on multiplayer but only one single person can use it. This is because when you sign a book, another signed book will only stack if it has the same content *and* is written by the same author.
Random anecdote nobody wants to know about:
I first wanted to make a storage system where you type in what you want with a keyboard built in minecraft, something like the one I made for my wireless keyboard thing. The plan was to make everything happen pretty much instantly, you type and get the items within 0.3 seconds or so. That idea just turned out to be too ridiculous, storing 400 26-different-character combinations using almost only instant-wire, instant keyboard, instant display etc... in the end, typing the item in a book which is way faster than using an MC keyboard seemed like the better idea. At that point I had already spent a few weeks working on the initial idea.
To be certain that this is reliable, you have to make sure that nothing in your loaded chunks is updating pistons in a different orientation. This means, you can't have mobs inside extended piston heads which face a different direction than your piston bolt, or any other entities. You can also have NO piston extended in a different direcion in the same chunk as the piston bolt rail. If you simply cannot find the source why it's not reliable, you can, instead of using the mechanism I showed, fire an arrow into an extended piston of the correct orientation. Arrow updating overpowers all other types of updates. You can simply use a dispenser which fires an arrow into the piston. And even though arrows despawn after 1 minute, you don't have to worry about the arrow still being stuck there if you want to go the other way: the last arrow which was fired overrides the update of the arrow before. And please make sure you are in Minecraft 1.8.6 or above.
BUT (potential isssues): The problem I have with testing these designs is that I have a very, very good computer. I now used this in a build of mine and it did not work reliably. This was due to a huge amount of redstone on a pretty fast clock (in the end, tons of redstone was turning on and off every tick) togther with a ton of instantwire being triggered. This causes huge amounts of lag. This type of lag can cause it to fail apparently (though only in big amounts), latency issues are no problem as you are sitting in a minecart. But if you can, do build a test version in creative first to see if your computer is fine with it (it really should be). The problem on servers is that the amount of strain depends on how many players are online, you will have to make the decision if it's worth it, if your server is powerful and consistent enough, it will be absolutely no problem either. But please, do tests!
Other random info:
It was stupid of me not to include a tutorial in my update video, sorry about that. I was either too lazy or didn't have time... or didn't find it important, I don't know... anyways, please do tell me if it worked well for you, when you upload a design people tend to only leave feedback if something *didn't* work :P
Yes, test137E29 came up with the first of these types of designs, which were diagonal. But I did not come up with this with test's designs in mind, I was trying all sorts of wild stuff when I realised that this may work if you use curved rails. Regardless of that, test is love and test if life, so if, for some reason, you don't know test, you can check out his designs on his channel: youtube.com/user/test137E29
If you're only gonna build this one way, you have a few options for the minecart management: keep it in inventory, hopper line back, water on ice line back, instant dropper line back (go check test's channel for that!)
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1. Download the world. From my testing (and I did a loooot of testing) it's almost 100% reliable in all 4 orientations, but definitely 100% reliable in 2 of the 4 orientations. My friend Wout told me they are 100% reliable in all 4 directions for him, so please download the world and see how it works on your PC, in each orientation. The world download shows which ones are 100% reliable from my testing. If you're on smp, just build a small test version to see how it goes, but I can guarantee that it's as reliable as on singleplayer.
2. All the glass that I placed can be exchanged with any block of your choice (except at the top, the glass directly below the tripwire hooks). All the furnaces can be exchanged with obsidian. No, you do not have to use Andesite (there's always at least one that asks that :P).
3. If you're having issues, do please tell me and I will do my best to help everyone.
4. Make sure you are using 1.8.1 or above.
5. Super importantly, why is this called the "Ultimate" elevator? - My name - I hope it's gonna be my last, because: - It's the fastest possible (atm) - And the smallest. You can actually make it 1x6 if you know what you're doing, but it will look extremely ugly.
Hope you found this tutorial useful. If not, just use the world download, it's not that complicated ;) But any feedback and suggestions for improvement are welcome, I will consider anything! Except the use of my voice, so don't even.... ;PTeleport God-Mode - Vanilla Survival Minecraft 1.8.1ultimateredstone2014-10-17 | Please leave your feedback! and.. *Please read the description!* ♥
Important credits:
- All of you wonderful people who upvoted/spread the enderpearl bug report, and special thx to Elrich who is so in touch with the community despite his size - channel size, that is ♥ The bug fix made this possible in the first place, thank you Searge as well!
- I have NOT confirmed if this works on smp yet. Things like server restarts are almost a guarantee for problems (though the stations in unloaded chunks are always safe). I don't think it will work reliably on smp, but I'll do tests.
- Previously, people already threw enderpearls up into the air and instantly unloaded the chunks to keep the enderpearls preserved. Then you could load the chunks from far away and get teleported there. The issues that make that a nice trick but not practically usable are 1. you can never load the chunk the enderpearl is in, making it impossible for even half-way close distances, and 2. no wireless redstone, which limits you to fixed input.
- I tested how laggy loading many chunks at once in a line is, and I noticed no performance decrease whatsoever. If you have a reaaaally long distance to cover, maybe you'll get a small lag spike, but that's just one lag spike before you teleport and then all is good again.
- The enderpearl and the block movement from the clock don't stay synced at all, that's why a rapid pulse is needed.
- Thanks for all the support, you guys are awesome.Wireless Keyboard/Display for Vanilla Survival Minecraft! 1.8ultimateredstone2014-07-20 | Please leave your feedback and tell me if you want me to explain further, and if so, what :D I have sooooo much more planned with this idea hehe.. The awesome music: soundcloud.com/fluttert/bakermat-zomer-original-mix Link to buy it is on soundcloud :)
Additional thangs/facts:
- I already have plans to make this faster, smaller, better. I have absolutely no knowledge about computers or anything like that, so I just did what made sense to me here. I know there are super small displays and such, but I felt like doing everything on my own and figuring stuff out ^^
- I am almost dead, worked on this for ~25 hours in the past 2 days
- I actually have twitter, if you didn't know. I post a lot of crap, so tbh with you I don't know why people follow me at all, but there you go: twitter.com/URedstone
Ghost blocks disappear after relogging and also when you push other real stuff into them or let a water stream touch them. All other entities will go right through because the blocks really do only exist for your client and they are calculated/managed by the server.
- The reason why I never had any issues with my piston bolts before was because I tested them (even though thoroughly) in worlds where not much was happening. No pistons were being updated all the time, and in my survival world it was basically the only thing I had in the nether, so yeah. The hitbox just remained intact.
-Does this work on multiplayer? Yes, perfectly. No guarantees for bukkit, should work without this fix though at the moment.
- The diagonal designs are completely broken (the concept that test137e29 came up with and I altered). They can work okay for short distances but they will fail over distances of like 50m, guaranteed.
- The fact that the minecart moves at 20m/s is really impossible without other glitchy rail and piston behaviour, but this design has worked for solid 5 full updates now, so I daresay it's pretty future-proof (and Mojang changed a LOT of stuff about pistons in almost every update).
2. At the start of your Bolt, place one of those creeper cells that I showed in this video, with the two pistons *facing to the direction of travel, same direction as the pistons in your bolt*. -Important, I used a named creeper because creepers make no sound. You can use any mob that fits in there (I'd recommend a 2 high mob) or simply put a minecart in the "cell", with the pistons pushing into the minecart. Just leave the pistons powered.
-You *only* need to update the piston's hitboxes at the beginning, as the minecart you are riding will constantly touch the pistons of the bolt and always update the hitboxes.
-If you have any problems with the creeper "cell" idea (which I doubt), you can always fire an arrow into an extended piston which also faces the direction of travel. The game knows which piston hitbox was updated last, remember that. If you build a second bolt back in the other direction, you will also have to update the hitboxes of the pistons, simply with another creeper cell rotated appropriately or another arrow fired into an extended piston, that piston also facing the direction of travel of course.
-Lastly: ^ That stuff I stated is not necessarily all fact. I do not read the game code, but I am pretty certain I have a relatively clear understanding of what's going on ;) And I guarantee this will work for you, and if I have to help you personally :P
Wow. My fingers hurt. If ya read this, include the word "bananaphone" in your comment. Thank you.
At the moment this is not *that* useful because test137e29 is a freaking crazy genius and did this: youtube.com/watch?v=ulh6-HvscTo I contemplated not upload my pig design at all but 1. I find it hilarious and would honestly rather use that than test's design, however much more amazing his is ^^ and 2. Test's design works off of 1 or 2 glitches (yeah, I'm not sure lol) that might be fixed. And his/her (hi LapisDemon) design only launches you 35-40 blocks for some reason.
Music: µltimate (me) - The Journey Begins youtube.com/watch?v=7KPnadJU0UEFirst *100%* Seamless 20m/s Elevator - Minecraft 1.7.3ultimateredstone2013-12-08 | Please leave your feedback!! Imo the 100% flush piston elevators were one of my best ideas :P
Amazing music: Mario M - Good Morning Buy the track here: iTunes: http://bit.ly/1bYc7ns Beatport: http://btprt.dj/17NonWD5000 Subscribers!!! (Special) URs Crazy 1.7 (Survival) World Tourultimateredstone2013-12-05 | THANK YOU ALL :D Please leave your feedback ^^ Too many hours spent for such a short video xD All the designs shown:
Texturepack used: Misa 64x64 Shaders: None, yet ;)*100th VIDEO* Special! Mega Tree Farm 2x2 Spruce (The ISS)ultimateredstone2013-11-05 | Craziest thing I have built in minecraft. The actual harvester will be further compacted and made faster to make the fastest wood farm possible in minecraft (I think it already is the fastest wood harvester as it's 2x2 and up to 30 blocks high).
But yeah... I know some of you actually stuck around for at least 95 of those videos and I cannot thank all of you enough for supporting me all this time! :)
Music: Ultimate (yeah it's me xD) - Sunset. youtube.com/watch?v=gvr7gygnzwsTUTORIALS - Hyperfast 20m/s Ultracompact Elevators Minecraft 1.6.4 and Future! (SP ONLY)ultimateredstone2013-10-17 | IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ BEFORE BUILDING \/ \/ \/ Scroll aaaaalll the way down for the menu. and please leave your feedback ;) Spent literally at least 5h on this. Editing was a b
Vital stuff to know before building. Please read ALL.
2. If you find it works 100% perfect usually but that one odd time you only get 3 blocks high and then fall back down, relog, it can be that the chunk is loaded exceptionally weirdly. I guarantee it will almost never happen. Happened once in my survival world out of about 50 times I reloaded the chunks.
3. These elevators, like most piston elevators are NOT guaranteed to work on smp at all. From my testing they can work but the success rate is not good enough to make them useful on multiplayer.
4. If you tested the elevators in the world download and they just don't work reliably for you, I'm sorry, it's the way your pc works with minecraft. Should work for most people.
5. About how good should my fps be? Fps wise, it can be 20 but it's the strain of the server-side (which your computer decides how much more important either client or server-side is) that determines how reliable it will be. But if you get over 40 *while riding* the elevator it should definitely work, unless your computer is totally weird :P
6. Please. Please please please double check everything during building and after building. You have no idea how many complaint messages I get where afterwards the person realises he/she did a stupid mistake. Thanks!
7. Please leave yo feedback ;)
8. Important: credits where credits are due people. The amazing youtube.com/user/test137E29 found out that you can use this piston layout to double the speed of piston elevators. I actually found that layout too but didn't realise you could make it work double the speed!! You *have to* subscibe to his channel, it's the best technical minecraft channel on youtube imo. And there are crazy good ones. It might seem weird that I credit him down here, but all of my subscribers have seen this credit many many times.
Please buy Blackmill's tracks to show some support :)
Menu: What may I serve you?
4x6 Showcase: 0:15 4x6 Tutorial: 0:42 4x4 Showcase: 5:53 4x4 Tutorial: 6:09Ultracompact 20m/s Hyperspeed Piston Elevators in Minecraft 4x4 and 4x6 [1.6.4/1.7 Snapshots]ultimateredstone2013-10-06 | Please do leave your feedback! :)
Yup, I doubt there will ever be a 20m/s piston elevator which is more compact, the 4x4 being the most compact working in general, the 4x6 the most compact without torches and no redstone showing!
Texture/Resource Pack: R3craft 256x256Farming XP With Style (Spawner)ultimateredstone2013-10-03 | The double piston extender is to stop items flying everywhere and to hide then being sucked in btw if you didn't get that xD Built this in my survival world and it is awesome. So fun to use :D
Challenge Info/Requirements:
- The input can be with a repeater/lever like mine, if not, extra bonus I guess xD -You do need hoppers going down the middle and not power them ;) -ALL 4 sides have to be synchronised! -You don't have to beat my size, would like to see alternative designs anyways :)
Texture pack: R3dcraft 256x256URs Crazy World - Insane 1.7 Seed and Old World Farewell!ultimateredstone2013-09-29 | Hope you enjoyed :) Dat Ender glowstone project took a looooooong time, yes :P Btw the trees on the mountain go very close to build limit xD
Thanks so much for all the support people it is truly heartwarming :)11 Different Signals Using Pistons Only - Wireless Redstoneultimateredstone2013-09-15 | Please leave your feedback! :D Definitely my most significant find.
Also, watch out for an info video about what I've been doing and my plans for the future ;)
Music: Blackmill - Evil Beauty youtube.com/watch?v=uAFjgpuWREM Buy it here itunes.apple.com/gb/album/reach-for-glory/id423339211?ign-mpt=uo%3D44K Subs!!!! - MY VOICE :Dultimateredstone2013-08-25 | IMPORTANT: I am currently not that much into minecraft anymore, so I will upload again when we get a new snapshot/I get reinspired. I will be back soon ;)Smallest 100% Tilable *S-BUD* Seamless! [HD]ultimateredstone2013-08-11 | Please leave your feedback! :) Especially on the music, if you dislike music with vocals on my videos. I just felt like using this track by Keeno so I went for it ;)
I am not sure, this may even be the first 100% tilable bud xD I only saw designs which were tilable in that you had to repeat a 2 wide pattern. Tell me if I am wrong! :)
Music: Jakwob - Blinding (Keeno Remix) soundcloud.com/willkeeno/jakwob-blinding-keeno-remixWeird Wireless Redstone + Giant Piston Bud Switch - Minecraft 1.8ultimateredstone2013-08-05 | Please leave your feedback :) NOTE: After I found this casper2002 told me that Nova /LifeOnNova already found something very similar a while back. His is now broken, so at least this is not redundant ;). And this also takes it a step further. Here is his video though: youtube.com/watch?v=IBHqan_tyKw Sub to him as he is awesome. Just saying
Additional info:
I found that the wireless redstone with upside-down stairs does still work! Of course it doesn't have that crazy box BUD around it, but it works ;) There was a problem with redstone in the world I used so I thought the wireless redstone was broken.
the zoom was done with optifine mod which alters no game mechanics. This device works completely vanilla 1.6.2.
The crazy BUD switch part does not work on servers.
This IS the only working wireless redstone design in 1.6.2 to my knowledge. The stair and glass pane and also the tripwire designs are totally broken.
Special thanks: casper2002Weird *Hopper* BUD 2 Blocks From The Wallultimateredstone2013-08-03 | Please leave your feedback! :) Just so crayy... btw I think NiceMarkMc made the first ever hopper bud ;) youtube.com/watch?v=964O0q56ZW0
Shaders: NoneTutorial - Notchs Magic Elevator Minecraft PC 1.8.ultimateredstone2013-07-30 | Please do leave your feedback :D Took quite some time because I am a derp ;) A 1x2 elevator with simple wiring. And it might make your friends think you can do magic :)
Shaders: Too lazy to install ;)Working Scanner/Display Printing Images in Vanilla Minecraftultimateredstone2013-07-16 | I hope this proves I can do more than elevators ^^ I guess you could call it black and white, but adding multiple-block-swappers was just too much work for me... :P
PS: :)[SEE NEW VIDEO] Horizontal Hyperspeed Transportation - The Piston Boltultimateredstone2013-07-15 | Please leave your feedback! :) Yes, some of you have seen this already but this now works perfectly in 1.6.2. Instead of shaking left to right you almost glide smoothly :D At 20m/s. ALSO: Next video will be quite an awesome build in my opinion, so look out for that :P
Texturepack/Resourcepack: R3dcraft 256x256My Crazy World [Ep #1] - URs Minecraft 1.6 Survival World Tour [HD]ultimateredstone2013-07-12 | The goal for this world: automate as much as possible. Tree farms, food production, all has to be fully automatic. At least as far as possible :P CREDITS down below - check out those wonderful people :D
Shaders - NoneTUTORIAL - 4x5 Hyperfast 20m/s Elevator Minecraft 1.6.2 [HD]ultimateredstone2013-06-29 | Please leave your feedback! :) [IMPORTANT INFO] This can be reliable on smp, sadly you'll have to test it on your server to see how it works there. Ping can also play a role. If this does NOT work for you in singleplayer, there was probably a major lag spike or just not enough fps. And check your wiring ;) Sorry for any inconveniences, but I can't really test it on every computer out there :P
Shaders: I used the ultra edition of the GLSL Shaders mod at the start :)3000 SUBS!!! World Download :Dultimateredstone2013-06-20 | THANK YOU!! World Download: http://www.mediafire.com/download/53k25hs34k793yz/3KWorldDownload.rar Music channel: youtube.com/user/URsMusicChannel Too many tutorials that people want too soon. Way to much pressure for my procrastination side of me, so for now I'll go with this ;) And many people have asked for a world download anyways. Keep being as awesome as you all are. And leave some feedback ;-) (Docm smileys ftw)4x5 Ultracompact 20m/s Elevator!!! [HD]ultimateredstone2013-06-13 | If you want, you can also give me feedback on the music :P Didn't upload it to my music channel yet, so you can't do it there ;D Also, don't worry - videos/tutorials about Notch's elevator and my 20m/s transport system will be made soon! If you read the description, write "reddit" somewhere in your comment :PThe Ultimate Channel Trailer ;)ultimateredstone2013-06-06 | Yes, this is not a channel where I show off ultra compact 4x4 doors. No, I always do my best to come up with a completely new concept and show something you haven't seen before ;) (and I suck at large doors, btw)
Texturepack: R3dcraft 256x256[Joke] Smallest EVER Double Piston Extender [HD]ultimateredstone2013-05-18 | ^ Up there in the title it says "joke" for those of you don't read such unnecessary things as titles :P Working on something real guys, don't worry ;)
Music: Sacred - A melody for you youtube.com/user/SACREDUBSTEP/featuredVery Tiny Enderpearl Stations 2x2x2 [HD]ultimateredstone2013-05-15 | IMPORTANT: Wooden button required :) Music: Sacred - Forgive youtube.com/user/SACREDUBSTEP Pls give the guy some support if you like his music ^^Tutorial - Hyperfast Elevator 20m/s! 1.6ultimateredstone2013-05-14 | Please Read: You will need a two high 5x6 clearing UNDER the surface of where you're elevator will be built :) So keep the one block ground level to build on! ALSO: pls watch the showcase vid for more explanation of to what extent this is my design. youtube.com/watch?v=3vj4DSAf2RU (giving credit to test137e29)
Works on smp? - About 50% reliable on a good server
Xbox? - No, sorry. You can't place redstone on upside-down half slabs.
Reliable on singleplayer? - Not one failure in about 150 tests. My guess is it can fail on a slow PC or when there is severe lag. Place water at the bottom as shown in the demo ;)
Infinitely expandable? - The sky's the limit ;)
Really the fastest of all? - YES :D 2x the speed of any other 1.5 elevator you've seen.
Texturepack: ------ Shaders: ------Overcomplicated Troll Trap (Useless but fun) [HD]ultimateredstone2013-05-09 | Made on Dico's Fan Server. A bit stupid but kinda fun ;)Hyperfast Elevator 20m/s!!!!!! Unbelievable Speed!! Minecraft 1.5.2 [HD]ultimateredstone2013-05-05 | TUTORIAL: youtube.com/watch?v=PXHLJim9oSE ANY piston elevator where the pistons are staggered is half the speed of this :D
Fastest possible piston elevator. Came across the idea when making the horizontal transport devices. Didn't make it work like test137e29 though and when I saw his I realised that I could speed up the elevator quite a bit :D
Texture pack: R3dcraft 256x256(Sort of) Teleportation in Survival Minecraftultimateredstone2013-05-03 | This works because the boat is actually still moving. The upside is: no annoying piston sounds ^^Notchs Magic Elevator - 2x1 Up+Down Floating Elevator [HD]ultimateredstone2013-04-28 | The wiring at the bottom was just my first try, don't worry ;) And if the water blade is too slow for you, you can just hide wiring somewhere behind a wall or so. Also: I hit 10 000 VIEWS on my 2x6 elevator o.O wow never expected that!
Texture pack: R3dcraft 256x256TUTORIAL - 4x5 Normal Seamless Superfast Piston Elevatorultimateredstone2013-04-27 | There was a lot of work and a lot of derping involved. Sorry if this is not as professional, but I really don't have time to redo it for some smaller issues :/ Hope you like it anyway! Next up, 1x2 floating piston elevator showcase and then (probably) another tutorial :)
Music: .....Sacred - I Feel You and: ........CMA - Timeless
Texturepack: R3dcraft3x8!!! UP+DOWN Superfast Seamless Elevator [HD]ultimateredstone2013-04-23 | I counted only the wiring because that's how CNB did it with his. People said "make one like CNB's, up and down" and it would seem pointless to show off a 5x8 elevator when his is 6x7 xD. So yeah, with everything it is 5x8 ;) ALSO:
The problem is - coming up with stuff: takes a few minutes. Making a tutorial: A few hours. I will get them done, but please be patient ;)
Texturepack: R3dcraft 256x2564x5!!! Normal Seamless Superfast 1.5.1 Elevator (Pistons Visible But No Redstone) [HD]ultimateredstone2013-04-20 | Yes, 4x5 is a world record for no redstone being visible :D. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJbWHHRUX8Y - A very similar design made long before mine. Sorry about that! Music: youtube.com/watch?v=Z352laBEUAo100% Seamless Piston Elevator 1.5.1 No Pistons or Redstone Visibleultimateredstone2013-04-16 | It's so fun to watch xD
Music: Sacred - Midnight (He is remaking many songs, so his channel is quite empty right now ;)) BUY THE SONG! :D itunes.apple.com/de/album/high-tide/id630149087 Sacred's channel: youtube.com/user/SACREDUBSTEPWeirdest Nether Wart Farmultimateredstone2013-04-14 | I don't care if Doc's not gonna use it, I'll still keep on developing xD Thanks for all the support, guys, it's truly amazing ;)
Music channel: youtube.com/user/URsMusicChannelMinecraft Small 8-Item-Dispenser 2x3ultimateredstone2013-04-14 | Don't worry, I have another vid planned, with some serious redstone ;)3x3x3 Hyperfast Wheat Farm +Tutorial [HD]ultimateredstone2013-03-22 | IMPORTANT: I will be away for the next two weeks, so you know why I won't respond or upload or anything.
I plan on making a Deluxe version with everything you could dream of ;)