First let me apologize for not posting a pic as I don't have a facebook and am not sure how to post them. I just finished my mob grinder, it's the old school gravity style, yknow the floating square block in the sky with four canals inside all meeting in the center where the mobs fall through too their death, where I collect their drops? Now, my question is, does anyone have any ideas on how to build an on/off switch for it? Any help would be much appreciated
First let me apologize for not posting a pic as I don't have a facebook and am not sure how to post them. I just finished my mob grinder, it's the old school gravity style, yknow the floating square block in the sky with four canals inside all meeting in the center where the mobs fall through too their death, where I collect their drops? Now, my question is, does anyone have any ideas on how to build an on/off switch for it? Any help would be much appreciated
Simple. You would just have to cut off the water flow with a single flick of a lever. So, for example, you have a lever, which is connected to redstone (obviously) and when this flips pistons would close off the water flow and the hole of which the mobs fall through. The mobs are trapped, until you turn it back on of course.
namone, thanks for your input. Just need to pick you brain a little more. I'm having a little trouble picturing how to set up the redstone. I think I understand were to place the pistons, just beneath the hole at the center. Also keep in mind, this thing is 24 blocks high. I'd like to place the switch on the ground next to where I collect the drops. Any ideas?
namone, thanks for your input. Just need to pick you brain a little more. I'm having a little trouble picturing how to set up the redstone. I think I understand were to place the pistons, just beneath the hole at the center. Also keep in mind, this thing is 24 blocks high. I'd like to place the switch on the ground next to where I collect the drops. Any ideas?
there isn't going to be a pretty way to do it if thats what you're looking for unless you put the trail of redstone to the ground inside some kind of tower
I've tried this on PC... The first thing that comes to mind is Redstone Lamps on the ceiling that are all activated with an on/off switch at the bottom. That's got to be the simplest method.
However this isn't PC... The next thing that comes to mind is glowstone with sticky pisons. Put a glowstone block one block above the ceiling, then have a sticky piston holding whatever block you made the trap out of in front of the glowstone, then when you hit the switch the piston pulls the block out of the way exposing the glowstone preventing more things from spawning...
The next thing that comes to mind is redstone torches lining the walls... You could have redstone coming into these blocks, which would power them and turn off the torches when the switch is on. Then turn the switch off and the torches come back on preventing more spawning. I'll get some pictures in a minute.
Edit: Here are the pictures:
You have to keep the piston covered otherwise more light will get in though
Oh and I just thought of something. The glowstone will keep monsters from spawning on top of it at night as well, making it serve two purposes.
You can stack a block on a redstone torch and keep going torch-block-torch-block until you get high enough to activate the piston and have your switch at ground level still.
you're going to have to learn how to transmit redstone signals vertically if you dont know how to already (im terrible at trying to teach things so im not bothering trying to explain how.). When you do learn how and finish the circuit you're going to have this skinny, ganky-looking tower. so if you're in to making things look nice or hate ugly things, the only way you'll be able to do it is to put the ugly redstone tower inside of another tower.
Thanks for all the input guys. I'm starting to get a gasp on the concept. The glowstone idea is really good but I failed to mention that this thing has 7 layers. So I think corking the hole on layer 1 would be the easiest approach. Stacking redstone torches on blocks sounds like a good ad on to this thing
xfer the signal up using torch block torch block ,then make a simple door with sticky pistons hell dont even need those just make sure reg pistons are in the on position....then again you could allways just walk away from it.Im confused why wouldnt you want your mob grinder to grind.I pref the lava blade vs gravity.you ask for explanations, id like one for why you would need it turned off.
NecisAnima, I'd like to switch it off, so when I go to collect the drops, I don't get pummeled by falling mobs. Sometimes falling skeletons shoot me as their falling too they're death. It's kind of funny when that happens:)
You can stack a block on a redstone torch and keep going torch-block-torch-block until you get high enough to activate the piston and have your switch at ground level still.
This was my thought. A (redstone) torch can power the block directly above it, and you can place a torch on top of that, which will react to the block it sits on, then block, then torch, etc, chained upward as far as you want. It's the best way to send a signal straight up.
redirect and just go lava blade,you can keep it inclosed and never have to get hit by arrows funny as it is."you cant fix stupid".just say`n there is a much more easy rout to take.
redirect and just go lava blade,you can keep it inclosed and never have to get hit by arrows funny as it is."you cant fix stupid".just say`n there is a much more easy rout to take.
that would be more work than wiring up a few pistons.. he's already got the grinder built.
Simple. You would just have to cut off the water flow with a single flick of a lever. So, for example, you have a lever, which is connected to redstone (obviously) and when this flips pistons would close off the water flow and the hole of which the mobs fall through. The mobs are trapped, until you turn it back on of course.
Click it or it will die...A cold painful death.
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there isn't going to be a pretty way to do it if thats what you're looking for unless you put the trail of redstone to the ground inside some kind of tower
However this isn't PC... The next thing that comes to mind is glowstone with sticky pisons. Put a glowstone block one block above the ceiling, then have a sticky piston holding whatever block you made the trap out of in front of the glowstone, then when you hit the switch the piston pulls the block out of the way exposing the glowstone preventing more things from spawning...
The next thing that comes to mind is redstone torches lining the walls... You could have redstone coming into these blocks, which would power them and turn off the torches when the switch is on. Then turn the switch off and the torches come back on preventing more spawning. I'll get some pictures in a minute.
Edit: Here are the pictures:
You have to keep the piston covered otherwise more light will get in though
Oh and I just thought of something. The glowstone will keep monsters from spawning on top of it at night as well, making it serve two purposes.
you're going to have to learn how to transmit redstone signals vertically if you dont know how to already (im terrible at trying to teach things so im not bothering trying to explain how.). When you do learn how and finish the circuit you're going to have this skinny, ganky-looking tower. so if you're in to making things look nice or hate ugly things, the only way you'll be able to do it is to put the ugly redstone tower inside of another tower.
Thank for the reply.
This was my thought. A (redstone) torch can power the block directly above it, and you can place a torch on top of that, which will react to the block it sits on, then block, then torch, etc, chained upward as far as you want. It's the best way to send a signal straight up.
that would be more work than wiring up a few pistons.. he's already got the grinder built.
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