Binary Encoded RGB Gaming Beacon in Minecraft

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  • Опубліковано 27 січ 2022
  • I recently discovered the magic of rainbow beacons, of course this means we should overengineer a binary encoded solution to make the rainbow beam thicc. In this video we will learn about some quirky redstone mechanics that can make some mechanisms normally believed to be impossible, possible.
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  • @genericytprofile852
    @genericytprofile852 2 роки тому +2692

    Perfect addition to your storage system! Everyone knows that RGB lights will make your filter sort faster :P

    • @bdmax17
      @bdmax17 2 роки тому +78

      And makes it run cooler :D

    • @matthewincorporated6751
      @matthewincorporated6751 2 роки тому +40

      if anything it'll lower tps LMFAO

    • @Ray-ly8fc
      @Ray-ly8fc 2 роки тому +96

      @@matthewincorporated6751 no, we all know that RGB equals to extra performance, you clearly are not educated... smh

    • @noname-codm4590
      @noname-codm4590 2 роки тому +9

      Imagine adding different shades of black and white stained glass in there💀💀

    • @truthhunterhawk3932
      @truthhunterhawk3932 2 роки тому

      I love java redstone. So cool

  • @Nick-ob3yf
    @Nick-ob3yf 2 роки тому +1931

    That was, by far, the best explanation of quasi-connectivity I have ever seen

    • @d3vitron779
      @d3vitron779 2 роки тому +81

      “It’s not a bug, it’s a feature!”

    • @FrAstro
      @FrAstro 2 роки тому +43

      @@d3vitron779 While Bedrock is like : "It's not a feature, it's a bug!"

    • @jonass4725
      @jonass4725 Рік тому +7

      Do we like quasi connectivity? I personally think it’s dumb

    • @Yotanido
      @Yotanido Рік тому +20

      @@jonass4725 It is a bit weird, but it makes a lot of things easier, so I like it, even if it does make some things (like powering one specific piston in a stack) harder, on the whole it makes things easier and allows for more compact designs.

    • @ryanconners3048
      @ryanconners3048 Рік тому +21

      Why had no one explained the iron door thing before? It all makes sense now...

  • @RuhanMajithia
    @RuhanMajithia 2 роки тому +1842

    "Thats quasi-connectivity in a nutshell. Pistons are confused and think they're iron doors" brilliant explanation
    Oh no now cubicmetre is going to bedrock

    • @FelanLP
      @FelanLP 2 роки тому +54

      Quasi connectivity is only half a bug. The diagonally powering is now intended while this powering from two blocks above is still more or less a bug.

    • @JackTheDev
      @JackTheDev 2 роки тому +21

      @@FelanLP lmao that's the same thing

    • @JackTheDev
      @JackTheDev 2 роки тому +10

      @@FelanLP Its 1 line in the code

    • @FelanLP
      @FelanLP 2 роки тому +25

      @@JackTheDev lol, I have googled it again and it isn't a bug. Quasiconnectivity works officially as intended.
      Maybe it was a bug at the beginning but it got the same love as the creeper which also exists just because of a bug.

    • @JackTheDev
      @JackTheDev 2 роки тому +23

      @@FelanLP yes exactly I said never otherwise it was a bug from implementation copy paste or iron door code, then became a feature after everyone used/liked it.

  • @celivalg
    @celivalg 2 роки тому +776

    the iron door thing explains everything about quasi-connectivity, god, it's going to be so simple to work with it for me now

  • @ffttossenz
    @ffttossenz 2 роки тому +469

    Ok now that you’ve told me pistons are just iron doors I instantly fully understand quasi connectivity

    • @tissuepaper9962
      @tissuepaper9962 Рік тому +37

      Seriously, where tf was this explanation when I was little? I've been tinkering with redstone since like 1..3 and I never heard this explanation before now.

    • @Arbys626
      @Arbys626 Рік тому +11

      @@tissuepaper9962 same I remember learning about this mechanic from sethbling years ago but never heard about the iron door explanation until now

  • @emifro
    @emifro 2 роки тому +382

    That RGB gaming beacon makes your furnaces cook faster

    • @Akhimed
      @Akhimed 2 роки тому +39

      And your villagers breed faster

    • @JasminUwU
      @JasminUwU 2 роки тому +51

      @@Akhimed I recommend putting lewd map art in the breeding chamber for that

    • @leckshe2405
      @leckshe2405 2 роки тому +14

      makes your pc cook faster more like

    • @renosanceisdead7365
      @renosanceisdead7365 2 роки тому +8

      @@JasminUwU lmao best comment on this video

    • @catandcomparator
      @catandcomparator 2 роки тому +4

      Makes villagers restock faster

  • @neologicalgamer3437
    @neologicalgamer3437 2 роки тому +230

    Beacons use subtractive colouring, so it would have been more accurate to use CYM (Cyan, Yellow, Magenta) instead of RGB (Red, Green, Blue)

    • @immineal
      @immineal Рік тому +5

      I mean, yes, but also, no, because after all, we are using red, green and blue glass, and not cyan yellow and magenta glass

    • @ymxcreatorofworlds7435
      @ymxcreatorofworlds7435 Рік тому +1

      yeah cubic metre pshhh this iis too ez

    • @jujoya
      @jujoya Рік тому +15

      ​​@@immineal that's exactly what the comment meant 🤡

    • @immineal
      @immineal Рік тому +1

      @@jujoya Ehm no

    • @OGsploorp
      @OGsploorp 9 місяців тому +4

      @@immineal yes the guy is saying it would be better to use cmy color instead of rgb

  • @adam-fox
    @adam-fox 2 роки тому +188

    Every 20 seconds, I think to myself: “how is he so smart?!?” and “how does he explain it so well that I actually understand it?!?”

  • @danielanton3672
    @danielanton3672 2 роки тому +539

    You have some of the best explanations for so many different mechanics. All these years I've known the effects of QC and how to manipulate/avoid it but at no point has it made sense to me, untill now, thank you.

    • @cubicmetre
      @cubicmetre  2 роки тому +130

      When I first heard the iron door story it gave me a good laugh and made perfect sense, the second part to the story was that many of the older redstone components implemented during the beta had this quasi connectivty which carried over to the full release and exchange of ownership. This is why so many newer components do not exhibit quasi connectivity like hoppers, noteblocks, etc.

  • @Jacky99_
    @Jacky99_ 2 роки тому +157

    I just learned why quazy connectivity exists, after 7 years of playing the game
    Tx Cubicmeter

  • @SRAZKVT
    @SRAZKVT 2 роки тому +146

    the button is actually broken in the same gametick as when the piston starts extending, sends a block update to the piston, and since that is in the block event phase, it does a 0tick. What you described is a 1 tick pulse

    • @BananaDude508
      @BananaDude508 2 роки тому +11

      I thought i wasnt trippin

    • @Shywizz
      @Shywizz 2 роки тому +9

      @@BananaDude508 yeah me too i was like thats not two ticks ?????????

    • @gauribadukale2397
      @gauribadukale2397 2 роки тому +5

      It's actually a 1 tick if you tick freeze press the button and then tick step the button will be there the next tick however the full block of piston will no longer will be full block as the piston head extends and this will result in the breaking of the button and we just call it a zero tick meaning removing the power source the next tick.

  • @Roknok
    @Roknok 2 роки тому +53

    Came here for binary encoded beacons and eneded up learning history of quasi-connectivity

  • @noyou1735
    @noyou1735 2 роки тому +37

    Small tip: the colors also work with glass panes, and the panes are hidden by the beacon beam.

    • @TSPxEclipse
      @TSPxEclipse Рік тому +18

      Yeah, but you know what can't be hidden by the beacon beam? The building sized color switching circuit.

    • @thephoenixking1086
      @thephoenixking1086 Рік тому +1

      @@TSPxEclipse Actually, it can under one certain way, if you were to stand inside the beam itself, last time I checked this all you could see is the beacon itself (as you are inside the beam), though this may have been patched, I do not know, if it has then my comment is worthless hah.

  • @karanaima
    @karanaima 2 роки тому +19

    Of course, I often find myself thinking "let's make a binary encoded beacon today!". Just normal everyday minecrafting you know

    • @ptefar
      @ptefar 2 роки тому +1

      That is literally how I got started with the rainbow beacons in the liked video. "I want a binary encoded beacon - why does it not work well?". A few hours of code reading later and the first concept was born. the original sequence was from ScarraxX01 though.

  • @RBRT02
    @RBRT02 2 роки тому +14

    Came for some beacon content stayed for the connectivity explainataion.

  • @lanatsif
    @lanatsif 2 роки тому +20

    "Confused pistons think they're iron doors" 😅
    What a great video, the way you walk us through your design journey is always so satisfying

  • @uood5
    @uood5 2 роки тому +59

    Once again blown away by how fantastically you explain things. Having heard "quasi-connectivity" so many times over the years, your explanation means I finally not only know what it means, but why it exists too!

  • @bishan_8617
    @bishan_8617 2 роки тому +8

    Came in for fancy binary beacon, surprised to find one of the best explanations for QC, it all clicks when you know the source of the 'bug'

  • @berndl_3925
    @berndl_3925 2 роки тому +4

    Am I the only one who noticed, there's a rhyme at 13:40?
    "If we skip to color number 16,
    our beacon will turn green.
    If we skip again all the way to color number 32
    in the sequence, our beacon will turn completely blue."

    • @cubicmetre
      @cubicmetre  2 роки тому +1

      That sounds like a great way to remember the binary codes for the colours

  • @MrA6060
    @MrA6060 2 роки тому +28

    it does look like a binary tree if you see the lines, it's amazing, love this type of videos analyzing and doing computer stuff in a game in which there was surely no intention of doing so

  • @cheeseinmypocketsvelveeta2195
    @cheeseinmypocketsvelveeta2195 2 роки тому +7

    I can't believe throughout my years of playing and watching this game I never knew why quasi-connectivity worked the way it did. Thank you for this new insight!

  • @shlagin9354
    @shlagin9354 2 роки тому +14

    I never knew I would learn so much about computer programming from minecraft. Brilliant video!

  • @talbar9023
    @talbar9023 2 роки тому +28

    Brilliant! The explanations is so good! The quasi-connectivity explanation was the best I've ever seen

  • @mrmaxmondays
    @mrmaxmondays 2 роки тому +2

    This is gunna make main storage *p o p*

  • @funky555
    @funky555 2 роки тому +11

    2:00 Thank you so much for this expliantion. It makes it alot clear on why it happens. Ive literally never put much thought into it before and kindve just accepted that pistons act like that

  • @diozy2051
    @diozy2051 2 роки тому +4

    but first, we'll have to talk about parallel universes

  • @bengermin3104
    @bengermin3104 2 роки тому +4

    I like how you go onto explaining simple mechanics then build a whole contraption using custom made binary counter that counts in odd numbers that will then go on to create a transitional beacon with 640mil colour transitions

  • @AshtonPyr
    @AshtonPyr 2 роки тому +6

    Y'know, counting the odds from 1 to 31, and back down the evens from 30 down to 0, you could do the same thing by just counting up and shift the outputs, the 1s are given the 2s output, 2s are sent to 4s, all the way to the 16s counter being sent to the 1s output. It's the same system and all you need to do is rewire instead of re-engineer.

  • @zedfalcon6972
    @zedfalcon6972 2 роки тому +7

    In all my years playing this game and working with redstone, I literally never realized QC is a result of old door code reuse. Thank you for the ejucashun.

  • @paulwesley3862
    @paulwesley3862 2 роки тому +11

    Crazy. You could extend this concept by having the user enter a combination of colors (e.g. wool blocks in shulkerbox) and then do a transition from color 1 to color 2 etc. So I could enter black to orange to green to red

    • @jeanremi8384
      @jeanremi8384 8 місяців тому

      crazy ? I was crazy once.

    • @denisdubovik228
      @denisdubovik228 6 місяців тому

      ​@@jeanremi8384they put me in a rubber room, a rubber room with rats

  • @KiemPlant
    @KiemPlant Рік тому +1

    I've known since pistons were initially added how quasi connectivity worked, but never realized it was because he copied the door's code. That's actually very interesting and makes a lot of sense.

  • @TheTrueAltoClef
    @TheTrueAltoClef 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for not only making a redstone build, but also thoroughly explaining the specific mechanics that go into it

  • @benhilton7232
    @benhilton7232 2 роки тому

    I really liked this educational and progressive format. I already understood each of the mechanics you covered, but I appreciated how you showed your thought process and how you applied each mechanic to your problems.

  • @techiehelper1114
    @techiehelper1114 2 роки тому +5

    I really liked how you explained quasi-connectivity! The best I’ve seen :)

  • @WolfiiDog13
    @WolfiiDog13 2 роки тому +1

    I have always used quasi-connectivity and never knew about the door thing. My brain just exploded, now it all makes sense

  • @blerst7066
    @blerst7066 Рік тому

    I like how you visualized where block updates happen while explaining quasi-connectivity. That helped me understand why the piston appears to stay powered.

  • @CoderIQBE
    @CoderIQBE 2 роки тому

    This video is about so much more then just minecraft. I love how you explain these things and actually teach people about binary counters which are used in real life all the time but now visualized in minecraft. Epic video! Keep up the good work.

  • @EddyBlock
    @EddyBlock 2 роки тому

    Always love the in depth redstone explained vids dude, keep up the great work!

  • @VitaVixie
    @VitaVixie Рік тому +1

    I would love a build tutorial on this! This is the kind of thing that I would ABSOLUTELY make a base centre piece on my survival worlds

  • @_yannis2707
    @_yannis2707 2 роки тому

    Great explanations of quasi-connectivity, block updates, etc.! 👍🏼

  • @fishychair
    @fishychair Рік тому

    you're really good at explaining things, nice work

  • @clockworkkirlia7475
    @clockworkkirlia7475 2 роки тому

    Amazing explanation! This build uses so many different mechanics in so many fun ways; it's like an ideal gateway from fun redstoning to Technical Minecraft.

  • @LL3g0
    @LL3g0 2 роки тому

    you are so good at explaining things, i read the minecraft redstone book about quasi-connectivity but i didnt understand it then i came across this video and now i could probably use it in a redstone build

  • @beamnarak5331
    @beamnarak5331 2 роки тому +3

    really cool and easy to follow with, and also a very nice quasi connectivity explanation!

  • @AshGamer0730
    @AshGamer0730 2 роки тому +2

    "lets give up and make it in bedrock edition instead" well... that made me happy for a while :)

  • @camerongray7767
    @camerongray7767 Рік тому +1

    This channel is so underrated. I don’t even play Minecraft, but I live watching your videos! The way you explain everything is aweosme

  • @chac1972
    @chac1972 2 роки тому

    Amazing to see your conent getting out there cubic, amazing job once again

  • @jemand771
    @jemand771 2 роки тому +1

    I don't even do redstone myself, but I love your style of explaining game mechanics. you manage to explain the basics really well with a perfect amount of detail :)

  • @Paul_Klimb
    @Paul_Klimb 2 роки тому

    The quasi connectivity explanation was amazing. That's the first time I got it. Ty!

  • @benedikt7718
    @benedikt7718 2 роки тому

    I love it, the combination of binary possibilities and storage tech would really bost the level of the storage system!

  • @lorrdy7640
    @lorrdy7640 2 роки тому

    Thanks. That door example made the quasi-connectivity easy to understand

  • @hipstainu
    @hipstainu 2 роки тому

    Your explaination of piston quasi-connectibvity has helped me understand it better than i ever have understood before. It never made sense to me why it worked but now it makes perfect sense

  • @xscitobor1233
    @xscitobor1233 2 роки тому

    I love this, especially the way you explain quasi connectivity.

  • @astrowave5702
    @astrowave5702 Рік тому

    This is actually insane. Can't believe all this was made in minecraft. Amazing video dude keep it up!!

  • @MCRedstoner2023
    @MCRedstoner2023 2 роки тому

    i love your content! and this is a pretty cool redstone design!

  • @sur2823
    @sur2823 2 роки тому +1

    Hidden within this video was the best explanation of quasi-connectivity I've ever seen

  • @undersky596
    @undersky596 2 роки тому

    I just learnt more Redstone in the first 6 minutes of your video than I have in like the last 15 mumbo jumbo ones. You are awesome, subscribed!

  • @Fasteroid
    @Fasteroid 2 роки тому

    Clicked for binary beacons, got a lesson on quasi-connectivity and zero ticking. Thanks for the bonus knowledge!

  • @BelgianBomber
    @BelgianBomber 2 роки тому

    That is the first time I heard about quasi-connectivity originally being caused by doors, cool stuff! Good video that makes a lot of sense

  • @barrytheblue4054
    @barrytheblue4054 2 роки тому

    by far the best explanation of quazi connectivity I've seen, very nice!

  • @simpli_A
    @simpli_A Рік тому

    “Aw, buggers…”
    This is my first video ive seen by you and i loved this part

  • @honsonabader
    @honsonabader 11 місяців тому

    I´ve been playing minecraft for almost 11 years, and i had a rough idea of what quasi conectivity was, but whit that short explanation i fully understood it for the first time

  • @Osukaru998
    @Osukaru998 2 роки тому +1

    Your explanations are god tier, thank you for making those videos, super interesting.

  • @jeremystott8188
    @jeremystott8188 2 роки тому

    That was the best description of quasi-connectivity I have ever seen!

  • @ahschornjesus
    @ahschornjesus 2 роки тому

    This is a really well explained and easy to follow video even for someone who is not super familiar with advanced redstone. Impressive creation!

  • @darkmojojojo
    @darkmojojojo 2 роки тому

    I like how you explain how mechanically the redstone works

  • @sethcushman5454
    @sethcushman5454 2 роки тому

    Wow this is great! And I actually understand quasi conductivity now! I always just accepted it as components being randomly weird in random ways when in random positions.

  • @StarWarsExpert_
    @StarWarsExpert_ 2 роки тому +1

    That quasi connectivity explanation was the best one I've ever heard!

  • @eris902
    @eris902 2 роки тому

    Thanks for the quasi-connectivity explanation!
    Ive always wondered not just HOW it worked, but WHY it worked

  • @slimeslime1958
    @slimeslime1958 2 роки тому

    Just for the actual explanation of quasi connectivity instead of just expecting everyone to understand has earned a subscription :)

  • @_cul8r_
    @_cul8r_ Рік тому

    The single best explanation of QC ever. Thanks m8!

  • @oblivion_2852
    @oblivion_2852 2 роки тому +1

    Using the dispensers for the state machine is pretty cool

  • @baconlamb
    @baconlamb 2 роки тому

    Thank you for this video! It acknowledges that java redstone is weird, and assumes the veiwer isn't familiar with all of javas weirdness, but still fully explains.

  • @julien8199
    @julien8199 2 роки тому

    I have never seen any better explanation, it is absolutely complete thanks !

  • @professionalgiraffe7181
    @professionalgiraffe7181 2 роки тому

    i never really understood 0-ticks or quasi connectivity until now so thank you that

  • @flop2954
    @flop2954 Рік тому

    Not only is this guy a massive genius, he also undeniably explains things so perfectly to the point where my cavemen brain can still understand it. Quasi-connectivity has never made sense to me, because it only works downwards from the powered block and not upwards. That whole iron door saga explained the concept so thoroughly. Thank you.

  • @serranity4436
    @serranity4436 Рік тому

    the simple 0-tick system demonstration taught me so much. I should also debug redstone with noteblocks more

  • @mikol9832
    @mikol9832 2 роки тому +3

    The concept of a smart storage system that can automatically change its beacon color whenever it's sorting, has finished sorting, there's been an error... seems super inovative!

    • @palmberry5576
      @palmberry5576 2 роки тому

      I mean, that’s super easy to do and it doesn’t require something like this

    • @do0nv
      @do0nv 2 роки тому

      @@palmberry5576 It would be extremely slow without the power of the RGB.

  • @Minecraftster148790
    @Minecraftster148790 2 роки тому +1

    I've understood how quasi-connectivity works for years, and used it all the time, but I never knew the origin behind it. Did not expect to be learning more it

  • @loqkLoqkson
    @loqkLoqkson 2 роки тому

    I almost didn't click on this, I wasn't even sure that a "Binary Encoded Beacon" was Minecraft, but clicked to check. I did not expect a masterclass on Minecraft history and quasi-connectivity mechanics. no wonder I subscribed.

  • @redcrafted_
    @redcrafted_ Рік тому +1

    6:51 small correction, ilmango's dual-edge 0-tick puls generator does actually bud power(quasi connectivity) pistons within 1 gametick (a 0-tick pulse).

  • @limchenyu2456
    @limchenyu2456 2 роки тому +4

    Another video, let's gooooooooooooooooooooooo

  • @sam_68419
    @sam_68419 2 роки тому

    it amazes me how you can come up with such stuff because understanding this isn't to easy already

  • @potatoking5602
    @potatoking5602 2 роки тому

    I felt like I was watching a MIR(Minecraft Institute of Research) Video, great job!

  • @morganrosetv3536
    @morganrosetv3536 2 роки тому

    This has singlehandedly earned a new subscriber as well as a blown mind :D Absolutely amazing content!
    I would *love* to see an enhanced version that does allow you to use all 640m colour combinations, if anything just to see you break the game even more XD

  • @scissorbanner9735
    @scissorbanner9735 2 роки тому +1

    Pure genius. And all done upside down too!

  • @perbojsen3433
    @perbojsen3433 2 роки тому

    Best description of quasi-connectivity I've seen.

  • @crade9126
    @crade9126 2 роки тому

    fascinating! great explanations. thank you

  • @ZzWolf22zZ
    @ZzWolf22zZ 2 роки тому

    This is absolutely insane I love it

  • @connermorg
    @connermorg Рік тому +1

    I have learned things in a minecraft video about computers and binary that I can actually use. That's awesome.

  • @Sirebellum1337
    @Sirebellum1337 Рік тому

    That was the best explanation of quasi-connectivity i've ever heard lol

  • @dannyCOTW
    @dannyCOTW Рік тому

    you should make that quasi connectivity explanation a stand alone short video! very well done

  • @slimeinc.3822
    @slimeinc.3822 2 роки тому

    this gives me such appreciation for the inventors of analog electronics

  • @Rossilaz58
    @Rossilaz58 2 роки тому

    You're a great teacher. I know basically nothing about redstone, and understood nearly everything in the video.

  • @Gandhi_Physique
    @Gandhi_Physique 2 роки тому

    If someone would have simply said "Quasi-connectivity is just from old iron door code, so it thinks you are powering the top of the door" then I would have been happy. Thanks for that.

  • @dontletmememandie6506
    @dontletmememandie6506 2 роки тому

    Redstone skyscrapers like this are very cool looking

  • @Lattrodon
    @Lattrodon 2 роки тому

    I'm so fucking glad UA-cam recommended this channel to me. You are a true redstone innovator, a modern day redstone Great. Your channel deserves at least a million subscribers

  • @falxie_
    @falxie_ 2 роки тому

    UA-camrs love throwing around the term "quasi-connectivity," but now I actually understand

  • @Profia22
    @Profia22 2 роки тому +2

    To make it even more fancy you may set the the sequence of the basic 11 colors randomly. i.e. the next color will be random selection of the 10 remaining. This would allow to see more various transitions between the basic colors.

  • @henryzhang3961
    @henryzhang3961 Рік тому +1

    that binary counter is so clever