Hidden Entrance [Pistons]

[plusanima]

Hallo guys,

here a naturally looking hidden entrace (I'm actually pretty proud of :)), featuring:
- a hidden door like seen in the piston trailer (1. blocks slide backwatrs, then disappearing to the sides)
- a waterfall covering the entrance (will stop when door opens)
- a rising way across the lake (water will remain still after disappearing!)
(PS: of course the big redstone circuit in the background isn't part of it ;))
Hope you can enjoy it!

[Kiraduciel]

Really fun ^^

[plusanima]

:D Thanks!

[shadow3112]

Would be great for an adventure map.
May I use it?

[plusanima]

Jo, of course you can use it ;) Glad you like it!

[partytiger]

This looks fantastic!

excellent work! :)

and I agree, it would definately work well in an adventure!

[fallendice]

Very clever looking design, love how the path comes up.  Think it would be cool to do a stepping stone type of path maybe.  Would have to jump to make it there, but I think it would give it a neat look.

[plusanima]

@fallendice: Also a good idea...but shouldn't be too difficult to do, just destroy the repeaters in front of the pistons you don't want to extend ;)

[Nero-San]

Ooooh, looks good. 

[mrepicpants]

This looks amazing, just like your other creations! Good Job!

  For You!!! 

[plusanima]

Thank you! :) Nice to see how many people like it! And thx for the :P

[sonic099]

Wow this really looks great.  I would have never thought of hiding it with a waterfall.  Awesome job!

[nperspective]

This is awesome. Great use of pistons. One question. When I import this into my map (chunk aligned or not) and flip the switch for the first time to reveal the entrance, the sand path pops up, the waterfall stops, and the bottom mossy stones move back and inward to the hiding position...however the top two mossy stones and the sticky pistons behind them do not. The top sticky pistons aren't being pulled into the hiding positions on the sides.

The top center sticky pistons retract pulling the mossy stones back but they end up just floating in the center, not being pulled in by the outer sticky pistons....I did a lot of trouble shooting with repeaters and timing and such...If I delete those top center sticky pistons and mossy stones and place another block where the sticky piston was....the outer pistons will pull that block in when I break the circuit (passage open)....those outer pistons just wont pull the sticky piston with attached stone back to completely open the entrance.

I believe what could be happening is a timing issue....I think the top center pistons and mossy stones are getting stuck in the center because the piston arms are not pulling the mossy stones back before the outer sticky pistons retract to pull everything in. Or in other words the top outer sticky pistons aren't retracting their arms at exactly the same time so the top center sticky pistons and the mossy stones will retract but still get stuck in the center.

Or maybe the sticky pistons are getting stuck in that center position simply due to becoming powered (to push the mossy stone out into "HIDDEN ENTRANCE" position). I'm not entirely familiar with the properties of sticky pistons when they're combined and powered like this.

Yours seems to work fine...how?
Different schematic?


I attached pictures to try and help explain.
Picture 1 is what it should look like when the circuit is broken (passage opened)
Picture 2 is what mine looks like after breaking the circuit (opening the passage) straight from the schematic import
Picture 3 I removed the mossy stones to show you the inside pistons stuck floating in the center
Picture 4 after replacing the inside pistons with red wool, the sticky pistons pulled the wool back where it should....but it wont pull the inside sticky piston back in.

Thanks for your help!



EDIT: Figured it out.....it was a timing/powering issue...just gota go back to your wiring and retime those sticky pistons so that the outer pistons power off AFTER the inner pistons (I attached two more pics) thanks for the schematic! 

[AnnaGunn]

Awesome:D Ill use it right away! Have cakeX3

[Technius]

Impressive!  I really like it!

[Knuckles]

That's nicely done. I'm working on that exact type of entrance for my underground base. I'll have a peek at your design if you don't mind  .

[TheRealzJ]

Could anyone post a video explaining how to fix the entrance, becauseI'm have the piston problem as well. It would be much appreciated! Thank you.

[Malphar]

It's a timing issue add a repeater with one tick to both sides as shown in the screen shot.   

[Nefashu]

This is awesome. Great use of pistons. One question. When I import this into my map (chunk aligned or not) and flip the switch for the first time to reveal the entrance, the sand path pops up, the waterfall stops, and the bottom mossy stones move back and inward to the hiding position...however the top two mossy stones and the sticky pistons behind them do not. The top sticky pistons aren't being pulled into the hiding positions on the sides.

The top center sticky pistons retract pulling the mossy stones back but they end up just floating in the center, not being pulled in by the outer sticky pistons....I did a lot of trouble shooting with repeaters and timing and such...If I delete those top center sticky pistons and mossy stones and place another block where the sticky piston was....the outer pistons will pull that block in when I break the circuit (passage open)....those outer pistons just wont pull the sticky piston with attached stone back to completely open the entrance.

I believe what could be happening is a timing issue....I think the top center pistons and mossy stones are getting stuck in the center because the piston arms are not pulling the mossy stones back before the outer sticky pistons retract to pull everything in. Or in other words the top outer sticky pistons aren't retracting their arms at exactly the same time so the top center sticky pistons and the mossy stones will retract but still get stuck in the center.

Or maybe the sticky pistons are getting stuck in that center position simply due to becoming powered (to push the mossy stone out into "HIDDEN ENTRANCE" position). I'm not entirely familiar with the properties of sticky pistons when they're combined and powered like this.

Yours seems to work fine...how?
Different schematic?


I attached pictures to try and help explain.
Picture 1 is what it should look like when the circuit is broken (passage opened)
Picture 2 is what mine looks like after breaking the circuit (opening the passage) straight from the schematic import
Picture 3 I removed the mossy stones to show you the inside pistons stuck floating in the center
Picture 4 after replacing the inside pistons with red wool, the sticky pistons pulled the wool back where it should....but it wont pull the inside sticky piston back in.

Thanks for your help!



EDIT: Figured it out.....it was a timing/powering issue...just gota go back to your wiring and retime those sticky pistons so that the outer pistons power off AFTER the inner pistons (I attached two more pics) thanks for the schematic! 

This a long post hehe :D
Thanks, always ready to learn more xP

[veespado]

this is a very smart design great job