After the success of the first Minecraft Challenge I've received another one via Twitter
This One From Creepershmita7 who said you should see how long of a piston extender you can make
I made it to five blocks. Well we'll see what we can do
Single Piston Extender. Done!
Double Piston Extender. Also done!
Triple Piston Extender
yeah I'm still working on it
Now I thought, just to make things a little bit more interesting, I would add in a bit of a time limit
We're going to have one hour to build each one of the piston extenders
So say, For example I have to do a Seven Piston Extender
Got one hour to try and work out how on earth to build something like that and actually get it fully constructed
It just adds to the challenge a tiny bit.
Anyway let's See where we're at now
Mess, absolute mess
Now this looks like it's going to be a lot more intelligible
and easy and quite fast as well
Hey that's not bad at all. I quite like that as a triple piston extender design that is so much better
and it's also clear proof that i build much better redstone When I'm working in wool
Anyway, Quad
These things are getting pretty big already
i think it's also Worth mentioning the piston extenders Get exponentially more tricky to build, the more pistons you add in
That one extra piston is going to be a nightmare
Okay, so stage one of the process all done... no
No it's not, stage one of the process is now all done. We have got a full extension and a kind of
workable retraction. So now we just need to extend out this piston, retract that back
Extend out this piston which will retract that back then extend out the piston once again and then
Retract Retract Retract and Retract
I feel like
That's a long winded chain of events. Maybe I should dial in some delay there
Let'S see what we have Going on Here now this might look?
Semi familiar to what we have going on up at The top there and it's Actually That'S done a Great Job
So you Kind of have a Lot of The extension and most of The retraction Now we Just Need to retract this piston
Retract That piston to pull that back there and
Then This is basically a Piston Extender
in fact it is Exactly like a Double piston extender you may Be Able to recognize this circuit right Here with the two at the
back four in the Middle one at the front
With This to the back four in the Middle one at the front
Now Let's Just see if it actually Works That's probably a Good idea There's The extension
There we Go quad Busines extender all done and Dusted not Actually that difficult
Not Bad not Bad all of The redstone Staying quite neat
Things are happening quite fast we Haven't Got any like Ridiculously long Times Just yet That's a Pretty Speedy
System i like It i like the way That Works Right
Next up then Let's Go right The Way across here and you know what i'm going to make Plenty of Space for This one
Because i Feel like
The five Piston Extender
It's going to be a bit more of a Challenge i have to Say
Now i've come up with a bit of a Strategy for the extension
Circuit That i Kind of used in this one Here that i feel like i can Maybe Extend a Little Bit?
for This One and the Way that It Works IS we essentially create pulse extenders that Go up and down
yeah I don't Know this is quite Experimental but if this Functions then that Will Actually Take Out some of the bulk and
Complication of the circuit so there is the extension oh?
That's a Good Sign and
Then We Just Need to go back Up the line and
Then back Down
Or down the line that Way and then down the line
and i Just created a
Formula for creating a Piston extender i think i'm hiper done so let's see what this circuit Does
There's the Retraction
okay it all Happened a Little Bit
Too quickly so so quickly Just Add some Delay in right Here but that Was Actually quite a promising Sign Right Let's do that Again
so there's the Extension and then The
retraction and
Then We fire This One This one and This one i
Totally Feel Like I'm onto something Here i
Definitely Am onto something Because something Very interesting has Happened Here so i've added in the other side so that We now have these?
Repeaters Running Into These pistons as Well as Those repeaters Running Into Those first pistons so we now have both
Passes and as you can See When we do the retraction
We Get to this point That's all good but one Thing that i've discovered is iF i Just Run another input Through This Thing
It automatically Does The Double piston extender so
I just Need to run two pulses through These redstone Lines and We Have a five piston Extender
Which Should Now be done thanks to this purple circuit right Here Which Just consists of a Whole Bunch of repeaters
Creating Two Pulses as Opposed to one pulse going Through The system we've got extension and
We have attraction we don't actually Need as much Delay Here as i had through This circuit Here but That's it five piston extender?
done logically as
In there's no faffing about there it's Just Simple sending Lines of redstone
Through Lines of redstone
Powering Lines Of redstone The Power Lines Written
It's hard to Explain
When in doubt Crack Out The levers so when it comes to the first bit of Attraction This Sign Circuit right Here make sure That
These pistons
Retract Like This so That's What They look like Once you've done the first?
Retraction Then What we do the first pulse that we Send through This orange circuit will power This one and then Power This one
This One and then Power This one then the second post that we sent Through The circuit will power This One Power This one and
Then Power This One The Third pulse that we sent Through The circuit so going back Around Through This purple circuit and then It Sends
Another Pulse through Will Power This One Which Does nothing Power This one
Power This one and then Power the Other ones be all happens all at Once so you can't Actually Retract the block so that guess
Is two there and then Finally The fourth Pass Which Goes Through This one
Will Power This One Right Here and then This one and Then these Ones as well but nothing happens because pistons are being extended and
That's it so What we're doing is we're Just sending Pulses down the line
This is Brilliant and it's expandable so i'm going to try and do Now is a
Six-Person Extender and if It Works on that I'm Just going to go straight ahead and Try an 11 maybe 12
Probably 11 i think 11 might Be the limit piston extender you might as well Just Go full-bore
As far as You could Possibly Go and Believe It or not It does Just about Work there is the extension we all ExPected That
One But Then the retraction Goes a Little Bit Like This
Everything Just Gradually Kind of caterpillar's Its way home up until this Block Right Here we Just Need to do the final
Retraction You Know i think i'm Actually Just going to run It in manually so we're going to add in a Whole bunch of Delay
Fact we're going to need quite a Bit of Delay For This One Because obviously it's the last Thing That happens in the entire circuit
and We Have Lots of Delay Running Through This Thing so i'd Say Maybe
That's and then Probably Some redstone Running Up there and
Maybe some Extra Delay Just for Good Measure
Okay i think we Could Be onto a Winner with This one so there is the extension once again you Guys Know the drill and
Then The Retraction We Should See everything
Firing Kicking Off
There we Go six piston extender Holy Mackerel oh?
Man Okay Let's go for 11 8 9 10 and 11
If i go for 12 and then place a Block at The end i'm assuming oh?
Okay 1215 extender Then Already This Thing Looks Absolutely Hilarious i Mean Just look at it oh
Just The Thing before today i'd never even built a
Quad Bill Called Piston Extender But Definitely Not A 5/5 extender so
To be building a 12 That's Pretty Gnarly
Yes i do occasionally Say The Word Gnarly i own a Vw Campervan it's totally about oh It doesn't Work
It doesn't Work
Why it does Work for the most part
but It Kind of Doesn't
So i've added in a Third Firing Through The circuit
and You can see it Kind of Works and then it all
Begins to spit out its blocks
Okay it Just means That we're going to need to extend out these redstone Lines on the sides I'M not losing hope yet I'm not
Losing hope we are gonna get A 12 piston extender I'm sure of It That has definitely Improved Things
we Kind of on the Way
so you can See we have all of the pistons extending and Then These Out so
redstone Lines Just Stop us getting redstone input into like The furthest back Ones
So close
We Just have too
Much One Put Like Another Pass Through That redstone circuit and Just see if It completely Breaks Here if It Keeps It going
So what i'm going to do here is adding an Extra little redstone
Circuit Which literally Just Deals With These last Few pistons so It Deals With These three
Which will power These three pistons and then these Two Which Should
Do the Whole thing ah?
We might Actually Need an Extra one Just
Going Out Through Here as well i understand This redstone video may Have Just Been a Massive Piston Extension
retraction and Lots of Flicking of Levers and Things and me Sounding Very Confused or Very
Excited But This has Just become a Challenge for me now i want to create This twelve piston extender and
You Know what i think i might have done it i think i might have done it?
Everything Should Now be in place for this to work flick the lever this Should Do The retraction Here Goes
Sterne Mayhem
Disco Lights we Can See all of The repeaters Firing This is where things Begin to get interesting right at The very end here
yes
It was so late that Was such a dramatic ending i didn't think we're gonna pull back That Block but We did
Twelve piston Extender Ladies and Gentlemen We Have Killed It today Absolutely Killed it
Seriously Such a cool redstone circuit i mean look at this oh?
Brilliant Absolutely Brilliant
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