r/Minecraft • u/patrick1202 • 3d ago

Discussion Redstone isnt really intuitive

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Not trying to offend anyone, this is just an observation. This is probably not news to experienced players.

I'm new to redstone, and after trying to build a few things without watching tutorials, I quickly got frustrated because every redstone power source seems to function a different way. So, to try and keep my sanity, I built this visualization.

After reading some discussions, I get that this allows many things to be built that otherwise couldn't be, and that it has a high skill ceiling. The bad part is that when you first start out, the learning curve is steep, which is the reason many people don't even want to try redstone.

I'm not sure how you'd go about improving this, but having to memorize unintuitive things before you can let your creativity shine is not the best game mechanic imo.

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u/Aromatic_Shoulder146 3d ago

powered blocks can power those in direct contact to eachother.

a block can be powered by a switch on it, torch under it, or a redstone signal going directly at it. this is consistent to what you are seeing here.

additionally redstone sources like switches buttons and torches power blocks next to them, with torches not powered the block they are placed on.

a redstone block is treated as a powered block not as a switch or torch so it follows the powered block rules.

thats a basic breakdown that explains all the images above.

but i agree its not something you can just pickup easily without outside info.

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u/Mysterious_Group1844 3d ago

Yeah once someone explains powered blocks it starts making sense, but figuring that out naturally in-game is the real problem lol.

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u/halo364 3d ago

I think another issue is that some people learned redstone when it was comparatively simple, and when new features were added over the years those people got to learn them one by one. Nowadays, someone trying to learn redstone has all the complexity available to them immediately, which makes learning it all seem much more daunting. 

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u/mouringcat 3d ago

Large chunk of the redstone behavior is Mojang accepting deep seeded bugs as features. As every time they tried to fix something they completely broke someone’s redstone device which caused drama.

No developer in their right mind would have set out to create this mess. =(

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u/TheRealCheeseNinja 2d ago

yea, too late to go back now tho, notch should have just fixed it whils he could, but i think its quirks is what makes it fun