Give your friends a sound pack where you have recreated the minecraft sounds with your voice and ask them for help with something, and see how long it takes them to notice what's wrong.
I'd like to see a follow up, where your friends assess your work and walk you through how they would do it until you understand the principle. Then as a final test, try to make the contraptions again without being able to see the solution you just had explained to you, just to see if you learned anything. Doesn't matter if the final product works or not, it's the learning that counts. If you understand a new principle, but can't replicate it blind in redstone, that's still a win and would be even more entertaining (and informative).
@@Yeshanu I won't deny that this suggestion may partly have been for selfish reasons. I too would benefit from having a simple redstone circuit explained to me as if I'm an idiot child. I can follow the logic of digital circuits (learned to design simple ones from logic gates at uni), but redstone also works on magic and I'm all lost.
@@royart4781 Well. he asked for **please** no more redstone. ;-) I think we'd all get more out of it if there was some learning to it. This was like leading a poor fella who'd never used a drill into a wood shop and asking them to try to build a rococo chest of drawers.
Tango: *Explains a pulse extender* What Jimmy hears: "And then you need a flux capacitor to connect to a fusion reactor to generate electromagnetic radiation waves"
I love how Tango's request sounded like the most complicated thing in the world but at the same time it was the only contraption Jimmy made that worked as planned
@@deusvult6920 Exactly! I had to google my first pulse extender but Jimmy got it without help. It's just a shame he didn't realise that you need at least two dust either side of the loop so that it loses power over time.
It's very funny how much blind faith Tango has in Jimmy's redstone knowledge compared to Impulse or Etho. "Make a chest spit out items" and "make a fire change color" versus "make a pulse extender that will stretch at least four seconds." Jimmy didn't even know what he was supposed to be doing. :D
Clicked for more of the Ranchers' interactions. I was not disappointed that Tango's mission for Jimmy was the one Jimmy was the most confused about in the beginning, but was also the easiest in terms of actual tasks for him to achieve XD Jimmy's little wave to a Tango that can't even see him was really wholesome too :')
@@ahmed4363 Depends how short a pulse he's thinking. If it's button, sure, but if it's a one-tick pulse, then he'll need some extra stuff to rectify things. Comparators can't detect one-tick pulses.
I think he cheated, because he added dirt blocks that make use of a principle he doesn't know only shown in tuturials and he used them incorrectly by placing literally two of them in series. When I was noob at redstone I wouldn't never thought of using blocks playing with the hard/soft powered feature, this makes me think that he cheated. But if you didn't cheat, good job, only you will know.
@@lukioou5981Maybe, but I think it's plausible that it's just something he messed about with, everyone's brain works differently. When messing around with redstone before understanding anything it's actually very likely you'll make something simple work by trial and error without understanding why, or that you'll use a feature without realising it, or overcomplicate something and have redundant components in it. Like he wouldn't need any understanding of hard and soft power to accidentally use it. Also a standard comparator pulse extender wouldn't really need them all switched to substractor mode but his was, evidence of the process of just messing about trying random things until it works!
I'm impressed by the pulse extender! For tutorials, I actually recommend Pixlriffs over Mumbo for exactly the reason you gave. Mumbo explains things in a way that works once you're already comfortable with redstone, because that's his intended audience. Pix, since he's usually doing things as part of the Survival Guide for Minecraft n00bs, explains things very simply.
When I started playing Minecraft, I looked up redstone, first video that popped up was Mumbo. I didn't understand a single word he said, but I got hooked on Hermitcraft through him. Season five was just beginning and I watched his Season four world tour video and have been addicted to all the hermits. Still don't know anything about redstone, and don't really play Minecraft or any video games anymore. Still watching all my favorite Minecrafters though.
Similarly Zedaph explains redstone in a way that you can actually understand. Unfortunately he doesn’t do straight up tutorials, but every time I watch him make a contraption, he explains it in such an easy to process way that I come away knowing more than before.
Kmond is also good for tutorials that explain redstone and game mechanics in a simple way. He has awesome early game farm with mechanics that work regardless of the game version
I too am almost certain that isn't what Etho had in mind with the orange-to-blue flame switch but I'm proud of you for finding the funniest way around it. You're one step closer to being a redstone genius, Jimmy!
Id love to watch someone like mumbo or impulse or tango or etho try and teach jimmy some redstone basics. Maybe enough so he come back and do these challenges again.
@@CallMeAuranna this actually sounds like a mad idea for a video. a game of telephone with redstone. a redstoner makes a redstone contraption, then a builder who doesn't know redstone explains it to another redstoner, who builds according to what the builder told them, rinse and repeat and like. see what happens.
As a competent redstoner I was laughing all through this, but as someone who remembers what it was like to learn the basics (and still has plenty more to learn) I was happy to see you trying to figure it out! And though I'm pretty sure that wasn't the solution Etho intended, I think your way of solving the problem was fun and creative. I hope you keep messing around with redstone, using it in practical ways; eventually it'll start making sense.
My first attempt at 'redstoning' was using redstone torches as a way to light my base, not knowing they were for circuits. Thinking like.... "oh this is better ambience than a regular torch." :D
Proud of you! Not many people can boast about figuring out rudimentary pulse extenders on their own! And your unconventional solution to Etho's task which works on a technicality lol.
I like that they're not just redstone friends, they're also redstone legends. I'm pretty sure they've invented at least one redstone contraption that was revolutionary
I could be wrong but I'm guessing a block swapper is probably what Etho meant, but hey I always say it's better to think outside the box and do something different that campfire thing still works. A+ for that
while showcasing the absolute lack of knowledge of anything redstone-related jimmy has, this video also captures that feeling of joy from making your first proper contraption that gets people into redstone. good video
Impulse and Etho gave you rather simple easy challenges and then Tango straight up threw you into the deep end and you somehow accidentally made a pulse extender on like your first try. Cannot believe that actually worked
ranchers interaction!!!!!!! everything ive ever wanted yay!!!! edit: jimmy that pulse exstender is legit impressive!! you stumbled onto exactly what tango ment :D
Twist on the same idea: Have your redstone friends not tell you what you're building while you follow their exact instructions on block placement, so you might as well be building a self-unaliving-machine and not know it, then you must blindly use it no matter what it is
The campfire one definitely counts as a win! I really liked the creative direction you took, also you were so close with Tango's! the starting setup you had at 8:58 was perfect, if you made have 2 rows 6 comparators instead of 2 rows of 3 comparators you would have done it!
I can't believe it, you actually managed to make one of the most basic pulse extenders. I'll admit I was starting to lose faith when you didn't think of soulsand swappers for the fire one, but in the end you actually did manage to make a contraption that worked on your own.
You should truly make a series out of this, but do one redstoner at a time, who gives you tasks to complete, and then when you either complete it or don't, they show you how to do it, and describe it. You'll be a good go-between from these juggernauts to us regular folks that can't get the logic of it. You've already got 3 of the amazing redstoner's, but after Impulse Tango & Etho You could invite on: Docm77 ilmango Xixuma Mumbo Zedaph & Any of the other creators from SciCraft, or the Hive Mind. Maybe do like an MC Universe late night talk show where you interview them about any projects in the works. Just a thought since I clearly enjoyed this episode. Good luck bud.
You did SIGNIFICANTLY better than I couldve done and knew more about redstone too which I’d say is an achievement (I’ve been playing mc for 10 years not a clue what repeaters/comparators are)
Maybe an idea could be that you have to try and make scenes/buildings from shows or movies picked by some of your friends. For example, the bathhouse from spirited away or Luke’s hut (moisture farm) from a new hope (etc), but obviously nothing too huge Thanks!
I haven't bothered learning real redstone because I play on bedrock edition and it's different to java redstone but I'm gonna guess etho wanted a block swapper alternating between netherrack and soul sand/soil and a dispenser with flint and steel. That pulse extender was impressive tho, great work
Tim, I know some are giving you a hard time, but im honestly proud of you for following through and learning a bit in the process. No one learns without failure, and I appreciate that you showed that. The best you can is always good enough. ❤
I don't really play minecraft much, but I know how redstone works from watching people so I decided to make these alongside Tim. Impulse's: Yeah I did that pretty fast, I used observers facing each other to get it to constantly spit stuff out, not the most lag-friendly because it works even when the chest/dropper is empty, but it works so good enough for me. Etho's: Got it to work, but failed at first because I got confused on how redstone torches work. I did actually use an observer to trigger the flame to turn on instead of just constantly firing the flint and steel. Jimmy's solution is quite funny, I must say. Tango's: I really had no clue how this is supposed to work, so I made the pulse (an observer that I placed and broke blocks in front of) have multiple different lines, each delayed via repeaters differently, so that the pulse was 3 times as long. Jimmy's is actually better than mine before he messed it up, which shows how badly I did.
Ask 5 Friends to set up their respective Challenge for you in the Nether (One Friend Per Biome). Example 1: Bdubs challenges Solidarity to Gather Hidden Moss Blocks within chests in a Created Crimson Forest Piglin Camp, without dying too many times. Example 2: Scar requests you clear a flat plot of land within a Bassalt Delta, and for it to be Scar-Safe. (Survival) Hope this becomes a video, that would be really cool to see (and really funny too).
Here’s my suggestion, get your fellow empires members to give you the most scuffed “lore” to act out in Minecraft, chicken crossing the road but more dramatic, an evil chair seeking world domination, the most cursed that they can think of. Excellent video! I loved the blue and red fire challenge, maybe try putting diamonds in a dispenser to turn the orange fire blue, just a suggestion :)
TLDR For how the contraption at 3:07 works for Jimmy to understand - One of the features of a comparator is that it can "read" how full a chest is. From a redstone output of zero (the container is empty) to 15 (container is full). You then take the redstone output from the comparator and hook it up to a clock, as you need a pulsing signal (changing signal, going on off on off on off) to keep dropping items, as, just like you found out, an always on dropper only drops once.
@@denniswijker7162 the second one can just be done using pistons to switch between Netherack and soul sand, then using a dispenser with flint and steel to light it up. Use a detector so that the turning the lever off switches it back. It'd be longer to explain fully, but it's simple really.
Do a mini life series in one episode. Select a boogieman every twenty to thirty minutes and play with just a few others, not too many. Three lives, blah blah blah, try to survive longer than literally anyone. SHOW US YOU HAVE THE POWER TO END THE CURSE!
Congrats Jimmy! What you ended up with for a pulse extender is actually a really common design! The campfire design isn't bad either. You have all of the inputs sorted out, which is the first step with any contraption. The next step would be using something called a monostable circuit. Essentially: lever signal goes in (on and it stays that way) but a button signal comes out (on for a little bit, then turns off). If you build two monostable circuits with inputs from a lever and outputs to the water dispenser, and add delay to one monostable with repeaters, the system would dispense and remove the water whenever you flick the lever. It would be like pressing a button on the water dispenser (to put the water out), waiting, and pressing it again (to take the water back). Hope that's helpful! Mumbo's video explaining redstone components is great: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ooL9nVQA6qU.html Oh, and don't be too worried about not understanding comparators. They're dark magic.
The thing is, you were saying comparitor correctly. But hey, honestly, congrats, Jimmy! Haha. You had some creative ways to deal with those challenges, and I think you actually learned some stuff on your own. I looked everything up ahead of trying redstone and still ended up making things funny, so you've done a little more than I did~
1) My brother in Christ just build a clock! 2) with six repeaters, more dust, two more dispensers, and replacing the levers with buttons this could be great. 3) Holy shit, you actually did it.
1. side facing schematic: CC HDOO (chest, chest, hopper, dispenser, observer, observer) 2.blockswapper with netherack and soulsand, and above that block, with one block air gap, dispenser with fire charges / flint steel. 3. your first design was straight up a pulse extender- great job!
I loved this, I actually really enjoyed seeing how excited you got learning or figuring out your first redstone discoveries. I'd love something where maybe you were able to get guidance or hints from a redstoner as you go. Maybe even just to get definitions lol
This reminds me of when I first used a redstone line and a button to open a door. It was magical. It also was in the time when repeaters and pistons didn't exist. Over the years I've started building bigger and bigger projects. I've made a stopwatch, a typewriter, rock paper scissors (with a bot so you don't need 2 players). Anyway, everyone starts our knowing nothing. Everything you managed to make in this video is amazing and you have all the right to be proud of yourself. Especially the pulse extender, because that's exactly how pulse extenders are often made. Also, if I didn't use tutorials I wouldn't have been able to make any of the big things. I usually take small circuits and connect them to perform the function I want. So I think you didn't fail the first task :D
Okay, now we need to have reality show style series where each episode is several masters like Etho and Mumbo host a "How to " camp to teach you and several other players w/a weakness in that area how to do the thing. Redstone, building, etc.
First design: first compartor is in subtract mode meaning (signal strength from dropper - signal strength from side = output), that output strenght is carried back into itself via a redstone dust and other comparator. Since makes it x minus x = zero, turning the circuit off. Items still in dropper so it turns on again, repeat. The top redstone dust bud power the dropper (actudentical bud powering is often a redstoners mistake, so I'm going to avoid explaining that). Second design: creative thinking based on camp fire color not too bad for that method actually other then a tad bit more automation (1 flip of switch instead of 2 or 3). Probably was referring to soul sand and nether rack for the original request Third, well Done. Why it worked? you have a loop of comparators that transfer the same strength input to it's output. At the ends there is two redstone dust, meaning the strength went down by 1. So when unpowered every completed loop the strength only goes down by 1, hence longer 9:36 The powered dirt block made it so it was only 1 Redstone dust at the comparators so it doesn't get any weaker (2 or more needed) 10:15 need the loop back into it self for the 15 to zero instead of on or off 8:33 little bit of a roast but you did get 2/3 of them
See, your thing with the campfires and the 2 levers is an actual method that's used in redstone to work out the order in which redstone activates, the next steps would just be to make them all work with 1 button with proper timings
I didn't even understand most of the Redstone, but you did great Jimmy! I'm sure the more you mess with Redstone and play around, you could make more machines than I can! This video was great and made me smile all the way through.
3:30 You didn't need a comparator for that at all. You could've simplified it by just using repeaters. A repeater square with dust in the corners will give you a super basic redstone clock that'll keep going round and round pumping out a signal every four ticks. And this eggs!
Etho's one isn't that difficult though? It just requires an observer linked with a block that can be swapped with a lever and a dispesener with fire charges connected. It's easier than making a pulse extender for someone who has zero idea about redstone
I would like to see the same video again, but this time the others will explain how it's done at the end so that you understand what the goal was (maybe also a small video where you will be shown today's)
This is a wonderful video Jimmy! Please do more of these! ❤ Maybe make this a series and have the task-givers come look at the attempts/rate, and show what they intended?
it's fun watching you trying to solve all of them through an extremely unconventional method yet you still got there in the end while still being entertaining to watch through! ...i also have no idea on how redstone works, so i guess you're far better than me personally lel
No joke, from starting at “I don’t redstone”, that was pretty good. Com-pair-a-tors are tricky and two out of three devices needed them. They output either the same strength signal they took in or make a new signal with strength based on the block they’re reading from. They read from the base of the arrow, but then compare the signal strength to any signals to their sides (which is not indicated by any arrows), weakening or turning off in response. The dropper gizmo uses this feature to constantly turn off and on while there is anything in the dropper. Items equals low signal from the first comp-ah, that arrangement of dust and blocks gets it to the second one at the same level, the second pushes it right back to the first which turns off. The first being off turns the second off, making a flashing loop that continues until the dropper is empty.
You did a fine job, Jimmy! Next time... I want to see you make a 3x3 piston door of Mumbo Jumbos. You're allowed to watch the tutorial as many times as you'd like, but build the door in one try. This will increase your redstone knowledge SOOOOO MUCH!
