Binary Encoded RGB Gaming Beacon in Minecraft

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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[@RuhanMajithia]

"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]

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]

@@FelanLP lmao that's the same thing

[@JackTheDev]

@@FelanLP Its 1 line in the code

[@FelanLP]

@@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]

@@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.

[@Nick-ob3yf]

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

[@d3vitron779]

“It’s not a bug, it’s a feature!”

[@FrAstro]

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

[@jonass4725]

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

[@Yotanido]

@@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]

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

[@genericytprofile852]

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

[@bdmax17]

And makes it run cooler :D

[@matthewincorporated6751]

if anything it'll lower tps LMFAO

[@Ray-ly8fc]

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

[@noname-codm4590]

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

[@truthhunterhawk3932]

I love java redstone. So cool

[@celivalg]

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]

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

[@tissuepaper9962]

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]

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

[@emifro]

That RGB gaming beacon makes your furnaces cook faster

[@Akhimed]

And your villagers breed faster

[@JasminUwU]

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

[@leckshe2405]

makes your pc cook faster more like

[@renosanceisdead7365]

@@JasminUwU lmao best comment on this video

[@catandcomparator]

Makes villagers restock faster

[@neologicalgamer3437]

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

[@immineal]

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]

yeah cubic metre pshhh this iis too ez

[@jujoya]

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

[@immineal]

@@jujoya Ehm no

[@OGsploorp]

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

[@adam-fox]

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?!?”

[@johns8065]

ikr

[@danielanton3672]

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]

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_]

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

[@randomhardcoreplayer2096]

same but 5 years

[@juju007007MC]

Same but 10 years haha

[@felipevasconcelos6736]

Same but 9 years

[@user-xw4mu6nz4t]

Same but 8 years

[@SRAZKVT]

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]

I thought i wasnt trippin

[@Shywizz]

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

[@gauribadukale2397]

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]

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

[@lanatsif]

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

[@abhigyan6820]

What a stupid piston

[@noyou1735]

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

[@TSPxEclipse]

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

[@thephoenixking1086]

@@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.

[@uood5]

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!

[@RBRT02]

Came for some beacon content stayed for the connectivity explainataion.

[@MrA6060]

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

[@karanaima]

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

[@ptefar]

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.

[@bishan_8617]

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'

[@carinthesunset1971]

feature*

[@berndl_3925]

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]

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

[@shlagin9354]

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

[@cheeseinmypocketsvelveeta2195]

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!

[@talbar9023]

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

[@funky555]

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

[@zedfalcon6972]

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.

[@techiehelper1114]

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

[@benhilton7232]

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.

[@paulwesley3862]

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]

crazy ? I was crazy once.

[@denisdubovik228]

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

[@CoderIQBE]

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]

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

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

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.

[@TheTrueAltoClef]

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

[@AshtonPyr]

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.

[@beamnarak5331]

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

[@_yannis2707]

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

[@bengermin3104]

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

[@jemand771]

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 :)

[@Osukaru998]

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

[@fishychair]

you're really good at explaining things, nice work

[@LL3g0]

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

[@MCRedstoner2023]

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

[@chac1972]

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

[@camerongray7767]

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

[@mrmaxmondays]

This is gunna make main storage *p o p*

[@hipstainu]

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

[@astrowave5702]

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

[@ahschornjesus]

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

[@julien8199]

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

[@benedikt7718]

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

[@undersky596]

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!

[@barrytheblue4054]

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

[@Paul_Klimb]

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

[@blerst7066]

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

[@xscitobor1233]

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

[@KiemPlant]

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.

[@Fusion7857_]

Amazing video as always!

[@limchenyu2456]

Another video, let's gooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@Fasteroid]

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

[@sethcushman5454]

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.

[@_cul8r_]

The single best explanation of QC ever. Thanks m8!

[@BelgianBomber]

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

[@VitaVixie]

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

[@diozy2051]

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

[@morganrosetv3536]

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

[@Ytschi]

by far my favorite video from you so far. I love "useless" stuff that is beautiful like this. Great work

[@baconlamb]

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.

[@simpli_A]

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

[@slimeslime1958]

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

[@scissorbanner9735]

Pure genius. And all done upside down too!

[@lorrdy7640]

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

[@jeremystott8188]

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

[@ZzWolf22zZ]

This is absolutely insane I love it

[@honsonabader]

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

[@crade9126]

fascinating! great explanations. thank you

[@AshGamer0730]

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

[@connermorg]

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

[@eris902]

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

[@walkastray007]

Hello! Honestly when I see these sort of things, sometimes I feel as if I'm stupid for not having come up with it myself. I am curious though, how long does it take for you to develop a design from start to finish?

[@vinicus508]

Highly doubt he has an answer for that. It depends on the project lol.

[@walkastray007]

Oh I meant more like an estimate based on the project. Poor wording on my part... should've clarified

[@gauribadukale2397]

Hey if you would like and accept help from me here it is: I'm telling from my experience of , how I do it? Basically look at designs on that specific contraption then, list the components used it then, find some facts about them as it may help you for eg.: If the quassy connectivity will affect the design and will probably make it unreliable continuing you need to make a rough sketch in your mind of how it looks, I just draw it on a piece of paper finally comes designing make 2 to 3 rough models of it while improving several parts of the machine and making it more reliable and robust. It may look hard but if you get the hang of it, it is really not that hard Butt you would need problem solving skills.

[@walkastray007]

@@gauribadukale2397 Oh wow that definitely helps out a ton! Thanks for sharing this information with me. Definitely the lack of experience and looking at really complex projects feels really overwhelming. Quassy connectivity..... game ticks.... understanding the timings can all be a lot to take in. So yet again thanks for the info :)

[@gauribadukale2397]

@@walkastray007 Welcome man! And yeah the timings are really hard, even I cant get them right some times they are like hit and error stuff you need to tweak delays many times to make it perfect.

[@darkmojojojo]

I like how you explain how mechanically the redstone works

[@potatoking5602]

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

[@sur2823]

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

[@PiggyKillerQ]

Every video bro??? Banger after banger after banger??? Godamn man.

[@oblivion_2852]

Using the dispensers for the state machine is pretty cool

[@PJM257]

It takes a lot to get me to subscribe, but this guy's redstone expertise is enough for me. Respect

[@flop2954]

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.

[@codyk7442]

Mad lad. Super cool stuff

[@WolfiiDog13]

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

[@professionalgiraffe7181]

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

[@StarWarsExpert_]

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

[@astropenguin1419]

your honestly one of the smartest players in tmc. the dropper memory encoding thing was so smart.

[@justluke0001]

cubic hasn’t invented any of those concepts, you know that right? He is using existing ideas and components to make stuff.

[@arsicjovan9171]

This is genuinely very educational even for people who aren't minecraft players. Enjoyed it immensely!

[@serranity4436]

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

[@Gin-toki]

Nice video, thanks! And nice little history tidbid about the pistons quasi connectivity origins, I didn't know that. I wish the quasi connectivity could be toggled on the individual piston, like daylightsensors can be changed and comparators can. Just so both options are avaible.

[@Rossilaz58]

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

[@loqkLoqkson]

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.

[@yeetman8831]

The way he expalins everything is fucking amazing. I feel like im learnig. U got my sub m8

[@sanderbos4243]

20:16 Note that those aren't unique RGB colors, as there are only 256^3 = 16,777,216 unique RGB colors. It'd be interesting to see if you could verify if it's even possible with the colored MC glass provides and upgrade the machine to make literally every unique color that can be made with glass in MC.

[@timjrz]

That explanation is the best ive ever seen

[@Sirebellum1337]

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

[@burntcustard]

Some simple, and some more complex techniques are explained here really nicely. I think for sending specific signals or "notifications" through beacon colour, a system that transitions would be somewhat unnecessary, and you'd be able to more clearly and more memorably send info with multiple beacon colours, and/or with little sequences. For example flashing 2xRed meaning "catastrophic failure", 1xGreen+1xYellow (not flashing) meaning "out of ender pearls", etc. etc. I was also a little disappointed that other techniques to store the transition data weren't experimented with, like using composter piston feed tapes - even though the binary counters that were used in the end were probably a better solution.