Game Development Reference
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FIGURE 6.13
Sticky pistons stick like glue to the block in front, keeping it attached as
the piston moves back and forth. This handy property also makes them an easy way to
construct sliding doors and windows and all kinds of other fascinating machines. More on
Start by crafting a sticky piston using a standard piston and a slimeball (the sticky part).
Then follow the same routine as for a simple piston harvester, but place an additional dirt
blockdirectly infrontofthepiston, hoeittoturnitintofarmland, andplant seeds onitand
the farmland block in front.
There's just one problem with using the button system. It's fine for a single row of crops,
but what if you wanted to create a system where the entire farm's harvesting is automated
with a single click?
Running redstone along the ground provides a central control panel and a coordinated sys-
tem across multiple crop rows. It has many benefits and only takes a few more steps.
Justdecide onacentral point, putthe button onablock, andrunaredstone trail back tothe
pistonsfromeithersideofthatblock.Aredstonecurrentrunsforonly15blocks,soifyour
trail is longer than that, insert a redstone repeater to boost the current.
Creating a Water Harvester
Using water to harvest wheat has a major advantage over the regular piston harvester: the
water washes away the crops but doesn't revert the farmland to a regular dirt block.
There are two basic methods:
