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Day and Night detectors are mechanisms in which allows for the player to detect what time of day it is. In 1.5, a Daylight sensor can easily be used to achieve this. However, prior to 1.5 a BUD was used to trigger redstone contraptions.

Daylight sensor method

Resources required

Making the circuit

  • Place the detector in an appropriate place, near your house.
  • Place your lamps in an outer wall (They must be visible from inside!)
  • Connect the detector to a NOT Gate (If you're confused, check the picture), for best effect have a distance of 5-6 blocks (Again, if you don't understand, check the picture).
  • Connect the NOT gate to the lamps.

Uses

This circuit can be used for many things, including

  • Turn on lights inside/outside
  • Turn on in-ground "street lights" to prevent mobs from spawning in a certain area
  • Use lights to prevent spawning, and combine with other defenses to keep mobs out of your house (For example, you could make a drawbridge that retracts at night, or something to automatically kill mobs outside your door in the morning, hooked up to the same circuit that will reduce mob spawning in the first place).
  • Use an "AND" gate to create a circuit that will only work at day, or one that will only work at night

BUD method

This method of time of day detecting uses a Block Update Detector.

Materials

Water Bucket Redstone Redstone Repeater Redstone Torch Piston Sticky Piston Grass Block

Instructions

1.) You need To Gather:

Item Amount
Sticky Piston 5
Piston 4
Glass 12
Grass Block 16
Stone 20
Water Bucket 4
Redstone Dust 50
Redstone Repeater 11
Redstone Torch 4


Follow these dimensions before you start.
Dimentions

Step Image Description
Step 1 Day-nightstep1 After you dig a 10x13x4 hole make your day/night detector as in the picture.
Step 2 Day-nightstep2 Redstone
Step 3 Day-nightstep3 Redstone Cont.
Notice there is one stone block on each sticky piston.
Step 4 Day-nightstep4 Glass


XBOX 360 EDITION

Xbox 360 Compatible Detector

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