To go with that spiffy new skyrail being built, we'll be needing honest workers who like to see things zoom past them and are willing to work for free xD. Jobs for the Rail Service will encompass various bits of work to be carried out on a daily basis, details below:

Rail Operator: Once several different branches are built off the four primary outgoing rails it will be a Rail Operator's job to make sure that people and goods get from point A to point Z if needed by monitoring the switchboard and routing running carts to their destination.

Maintenance Operator: With such a very pretty and tempting-to-griefers skyrail we'll doubtlessly need to keep up with the track laid about and we'll be needing Maintenance Ops who are trusted and know the track inside out to go through checking main tracks, booster tracks and carts are all accounted for and in their correct positions, and to fix what isn't.

Redstone Operator: When branches are built off the main outgoing tracks we'll be needing to wire those to the switchboard and since redstone seems to be a tempting commodity to thieves we'll be needing Redstone Operators who understand fully how redstone functions and how the wiring for the skyrail is set up to run out to various wiring sites if and when a problem is encountered with carts not going where they are supposed to. As a Redstone Op you'll be an important

Track Layer: As we hope to encompass the entire server community we'll likely always need to build new legs of track. As a Track Layer you'll be invaluable at expressing your creativity with the track making sure it doesn't interfere with other peoples' builds.

Job Requirements:

Rail Op: Knowledge of the track and redstone systems such that they can route and reroute carts on the rails to reach various destinations.

Maintenance Op: Must know the layout of the track system like the back of their hand to check and fix tracks and carts that go missing or breakdown.

Redstone Op: Must know the redstone and track system layout well enough to understand the location of junctions and how they're powered to create a desired effect.

Track Layer: Must be creative and resourceful such that they can build beautiful legs of track that do not interfere with builds that are already standing and reach a desired location.

Hiring Requirements: Donator+ status is beneficial for the Maintenance and Redstone Op, and Track Layer positions, but not required. Workers must be trustworthy and thus applicants will likely be denied employment if they have previous bans due to thievery and grief. A creative mind is preferred, as well as a good knowledge of redstone.

Here's the design I was telling you about, made in paint (lol):

Schematic:



How it would look in the castle:



Example video:

ME LIKEY

To note: This design doesn't offer a return trip, but I'm sure something can be worked out for it to work both ways.

Heh, I'd already seen that vid actually. I like the idea of the design but T flip-flops would be needed to set the button arrays up which get quite space consuming. We'd have to dig out under the castle and make the switchboard on the bottom floor of the central tower. and then push the signal up with torch spires around the castle battlements.

Unless Discharge can think of a less space consuming way heh.

Just a suggestion, heh. If it's too much work / space consuming, there's always different ways

Another way to work it would be to use Levers instead of buttons. and basically just short wires and the torch spires. The problem with levers atm is that when you flip them the sprite doesn't change position after the first time so if someone was to try to flip it themselves they may not know whether any other levers are on/off (hence why we need rail ops manning the switchboard).

Awesome Ill be a track layer or a matinence op you trust me right?

I don't know how easy it would be to fit a structure like this inside the castle, but the most efficient way to represent a single destination by a set of redstone signals would be with a branched system.

Since, paint seems to be the in thing right now:



Whereas the previous design requires n separate signals to represent n destinations, this design requires log(n) signals. (bitches love logarithms)


However, the first design is much easier to build and could be built most compactly by using a large bank of d-latches http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Redstone_circuits#D_Flip-Flop (the same number as there are destinations) and some well arranged diodes.

Get busy making me some wiring then >_> .

http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1020&t=126312

can i be a janitor lol

Here's the design I was telling you about, made in paint (lol):

Flightster

that looks like a microprocessor

i'm not overtly familiar with redstone gates but can help with the tracks and sky rail contruction

(edit) just to add I am familiar with the N.S.E.W track rule, and getting boosters to be consistent

Thought up a good setup for making a monitor with LED indicators, 2 possible ways to do it, user input (rider presses buttons along the track as they move) and automatic (pressure pads linked to booster tracks flipping on when the booster is pushed after use). I'll make a good old redstonesim gif when I wake up.

Thought up a good setup for making a monitor with LED indicators, 2 possible ways to do it, user input (rider presses buttons along the track as they move) and automatic (pressure pads linked to booster tracks flipping on when the booster is pushed after use). I'll make a good old redstonesim gif when I wake up.

shinryuukai

Shinry,

I have set up a test track in my basement, and have attempted to hit a button or lever on multiple trips around the loop, and if there is NO lag, its still a hit/miss situation. The system should be automatic, no user input needed as they ride. I've installed two bi-directional boosters on the track complete with pressure pads, and it seems to be the better solution. I've also set up a third pressure pad along a curved section of track to take advantage of a speeding minecart's ability to affect blocks set a certain diagonal orientation. This only works if the cart is at speed though, so the booster/pressure pad might be the only foolproof option.

I've started wiring up the redstone to make a 3 point indicator system. It gets a bit tricky though, since the reset leg can also reset the latch that is being flipped. We can use a repeater though, since it acts like a diode. I've sketched up a quick diagram in Paint:




come to the basement when you get online again and help finish wiring it up and test it.


[Edit:needed to fix a feedback flaw, updated image posted above]