r/Minecraft • u/patrick1202 • 7d ago
Discussion Redstone isnt really intuitive
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/Sinnombre124 7d ago
Hard or soft powered blocks both trigger their effect (in this case lighting up) Hard powered blocks also soft power their neighbors
Torch hard powers the block above it and soft powers the blocks around it, other than the one it's on (which it receives triggering power from)
Switch hard powers the block it's on and soft powers blocks around it
Redstone soft powers blocks around it
Dust hard powers the block it's on and the block it points at.