I made better Logic Gates in Tears of the Kingdom

[@asterglaceon]

You honestly have a lot of charisma, as well as potential, I hope you go far

[@MediumDSpeaks]

Be a senator!

[@steed3590]

Plus 1, what a thoroughly nice fellow he is!

[@youtubeenjoyer1399]

Seriously, major potential both on youtube and out of it. You could do a lot with that confidence and comfort in front of a camera

[@youtubeenjoyer1399]

@myonfriendprobably for the same reason people are beginning to love subway surfer gameplay with family guy beneath it, easier to pay attention to 2 things at once

[@a_mastergaming8938]

He has rizz?

[@wilhowie3378]

Way more entertaining than being told lightroots are shrines spelled backwards for the 20th time. Subbed and hope to see more experiments! It's all so fascinating

[@jonson856]

Did you know, the Lightroot names are just the names of their shrines located right above them on the surface but spelled backwards

[@wilhowie3378]

@jonson856 Did you know that nintendo didnt leave the shrine of ressurection exactly how it was in Botw!?! Like seriously I swear 90% of those video list the exact same places and I went to all of them in the first night I played.

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

@@jonson856 Did you know, the Lightroot names are just the names of their shrines located right above them on the surface but spelled backwards

[@jblen]

I can't lie, I assumed they were the same name. I never actually checked but since I knew they were all in the same places I thought the point was that it was one single structure, like a vegetable with the plant visible on top but roots below the surface

[@Perry_Neum]

It’s actually the shrine names that are backwards from the light root names. 😉

[@Ybby999]

Bro that XOR gate literally made me exclaim out loud. That's a super elegant design!!!! Super neat

[@someoctopus8749]

Tomorrow, Super Mario bros: TotK edition

[@naus3864]

That swinging/bouncing happens in real life electronics too. It's called "switch bounce".

[@Veithious]

And the solution to it is called "debouncing", which appears in both hardware and software.

[@yaboimattyg]

I think it's really cool that things like this are being created. I personally have always found computer logic, specifically xor, nand, and the such, a bit hard to understand. It's stuff like this that makes it significantly easier to understand and comprehend more complex subjects in an approachable way. So thank you for allowing people like me to learn. You have my support :)

[@arcanealchemist3190]

you should try crash course computer science if its something you want to understand! it will up your minecraft redstone game, if thats something that would motivate you.

[@Breadcrochets]

I find looking at the truth table for a gate and then writing a sentence about what makes the output turn on. An AND gate is on only when both inputs are on, and a NAND is just the opposite truth table, so it’s only off when both inputs are on. An XOR is only on when the inputs are different, and conversely an XNOR is only on when the inputs are the same

[@auravaury]

Yeah science!

[@notdonuts7552]

A comment for your algorithm, my good sir. 🎩

[@kel3059]

what kinda redditor activity

[@notdonuts7552]

@@kel3059 Reddit's dying, I welcome the strays with their own language

[@someoctopus8749]

@@notdonuts7552They need somewhere to stew

[@ronnydarko9046]

Love to see more of these buildings

[@erickreyes7902]

I cant believe we are now studying PHYSICS with the help of a VIDEO GAME... TOTK is truly ahead of its time...

[@noelcolon4012]

I was internally screaming when I saw you using a Savage Lynel Bow for the demonstrations XD

[@timdaviescomedy]

Was looking forward to this update! Great stuff, man!

[@josbird]

I love how crowdsourced this feels!

[@jacekmw]

This is great stuff. Dunno if anyone’s suggested this to you already, but if you’re using fans, going to a reduced-gravity area (like the water temple or the area leading up to it) might help with some configurations. Could give you the option to use water as a conductor as well.

[@tonyhinderman]

Thats a great idea! I havent experimented too much with locations, but I think a little scouting might be in order

[@auravaury]

He could also use fans to build a Patreon 😁 Yahaha! ehe✨

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Yay another one! Great work!!!

[@HaplessMagician]

I saw a reddit post that had a 3 bit adder using lights with stabilizers to block the light. Essentially, the lights can be at ground level and they don't count towards the build limit. Anyways, really cool video and I look forward to what you make next.

[@prestok]

I'm one of the fluff brains who has no idea what this is for, but I'm glad I subscribed in the previous video. For some reason I find this very entertaining

[@gubbinsly]

Unironically, this video is one of the most interesting and entertaining videos I’ve ever watched.

[@HouseBeam]

Wow I think I watched the first one at the exact moment you uploaded this one?! :O

[@tonyhinderman]

Did it just for you 😁

[@caedrewan]

same - too bad I have no clue what I'm watching. I'll google a bunch of stuff

[@kyrroti]

I’m still finding it hard to believe these are your first video game related videos. You’re rocking it. What inspired you to make the last two videos in this style? I’m quite smoothed brained, but I’m curious if the electric motors could be used effectively without the fan. Cookpot hinge + motor probably does nothing, but I’m still curious.

[@tonyhinderman]

Thanks sm! I have basically just been making vids abt what I personally find interesting, making video game videos was just an experiment really haha glad you're liking it! I think the part of the fun on this process is figuring out how objects interact with each other in the game, just poking around and see what happens. Ill try the pot/motor, you may be on to something

[@LowPoly64]

The fact that this sort of experimentation is happening with a game not even 2 months old yet is so incredible. Combined with the glitch hunters out there, a workaround for the item limit would be so cool to see.

[@lilsoup7816]

I may not understand any of the technical stuff happening in the background, but listening to you talk about it is fun. Great job on the video!

[@photon_break]

A lot of this goes over my head but what I am able to understand is downright fascinating. It's incredible the work that you and others have been putting into this and I hope you keep making progress.

[@three2won_]

these are pretty easily my favorite videos on the internet rn. super interesting stuff I'm far too lazy to try myself and so well edited/formatted will watch as long as you make these man they're dope

[@emertonom]

Really great work! A few minor suggestions. First, if you want a really great, very accessible resource about digital logic and the various ways it's implemented (e.g. De Morgan's laws), I recommend the book "Bebop to the Boolean Boogie" by Clive Maxfield. Things like the difference between CMOS logic and resistor logic might give you inspiration. Second, I kinda think the reason your motor/bar mechanism didn't swing back down when it was off was that you mounted the bar balanced. Even on a wagon wheel, the bar won't turn itself if it's mounted with its center over the axle. If you'd mounted the bar from one end, I think the bar might have swung back down as you wanted. Third is just an idea--if you mount the motor and propeller on top of a spring, does it push the motor down (equal and opposite reaction style)? That would maybe be a way to work around the xor issue with the upside down version. I'm guessing this won't actually work (because, y'know, video game physics... otherwise why would it be less force upside down in the first place?) but it popped into my head in that section of the video. Anyway, keep up the great work! I think you're teaching more people about digital logic than most of the tech youtubers right now :)

[@geodolive8827]

These videos are super interesting to watch, I feel like there's so potential with this, can't wait to see more!

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

5:55 I can't believe i didn't think about stealing the shrine-specific parts using tarrey town

[@RecordsSam]

I have no idea what you're talking about, but I like hearing your voice.

[@andrewprahst2529]

That pulsing is kind of cool though I wonder if you can do anything with that

[@LordZeebee]

I know barely anything about electricity but it did remind me of a Steve Mould video, i think it could potentially serve as an (admittedly pretty weak) inductor.

[@Mirror_Lotus]

You could make a clock. A simple clock is always a good thing to have when designing circuits. They can often be used in unexpected ways.

[@gigantopithecus8254]

@@Mirror_Lotususe a miter for that or a not gate connected to itself

[@zaglabanth]

Whats more impressive than the logic gates is the keying out of his hair on the green-screen.

[@benferrara4121]

Your video commentary style is great!

[@Mirror_Lotus]

This is all so amazing to see as someone who has built full adders in Minecraft! I realized very early on in my TotK playthrough that logic gates could be built with Zonai devices, but it wasn't the Spring that first caught my eye - it was the Construct Head! I know this may sound convoluted, but I realized that you could control the input by (somehow) moving an enemy in and out of it's range of vision.

[@shape3225]

you can attach a battery to a weapon and charge it with rijus lightning, and that conducts electricity in water without using the ultra hand fuse limit. Might come in handy for something?

[@lococomrade3488]

Does this work out of water, while the parts are wet? ie: in the rain, or with splash fruit?

[@tonyhinderman]

I havent messed around with water much but I think that will be a focus of the next vid! It would definitely save on attachments and with the full adder it might be the best way to send power through the machine

[@shape3225]

@@lococomrade3488 it actually works whenever it around any metal at all! If you stand around a treasure chest for instance it shocks link or anything around him. If you just left it on a metal shrine slab it should zap the whole structure without actually needing to be attached

[@davidwright8094]

Honestly love seeing you take every man's approach and are just trying to work through it. Excited to see more!

[@oshawottlover8634]

Congrats for 100k views! It was a great video and deserved all of the attention!

[@kellenklein9293]

I can’t wait to see where this series goes!

[@MeNowDealWIthIt]

You might be able to mod the game to get around the build limit and/or space concerns

[@safrprojects]

If you can deal with rain, I think there's an overworld power source in a dragon pillar cave in the Faron region.

[@tonyhinderman]

I am always looking for new objects, what is a dragon pillar cave though? Couldn't find any locations on google

[@safrprojects]

@@tonyhinderman Sorry I had the location slightly wrong; the Floria River Upstream Excavation cave (0810, -2972, 0012) has an electricity generator inside.

[@tonyhinderman]

you're the best thank you!

[@safrprojects]

​@@tonyhindermanI think there's also a permanently electrified bridge in the Right Arm Depot in the Spirit Temple in the Depths. That room might be a bit more spacious than the little Faron cave.

[@kronkumshitface5366]

this is fuckibg awesome

[@Uiruriru]

As far as the attached springs are concerned, yes when you attach them they are treated as a single object, but if you activate just one of them before attaching, and then attach the active one to the inactive one, then hitting it will cause the active one to turn off and the inactive one to turn on. This means that every time you hit it, the two sides will remain in opposite states. I've seen this used as trick to get indefinite lift in hovering machines.

[@noahzsol]

So good. Hope modders or DLC can increase the build limit

[@auravaury]

His channel could be taken down like Point crow's if he mods it though

[@izubees]

this guy makes me feel like i understand any of this and i appreciate being included

[@twiddle10000]

I’m excited for the modding scene of this game so that the most dedicated builders can create huge machines with an unlimited number of attachments, building space, and memory (or at least to their computer’s limits) as well as making building easier to work with. Until then, it’s exciting enough to see all the different optimizations that can be made to push the game to the limit.

[@Mubnerfesa]

Very excited for updates on this!! Been following the Totk building community since the game came out and I'm amazed by the quick progress. My smooth brain can almost not keep up 😅

[@deespresso7033]

Part of the ship, part of the crew (grabs mop). Maybe to reduce pulsing on the pot XOR gate, maybe could try adding like two pots at the bottom of it attached to something heavy so the joints still flex enough to reach the conductors, but not enough so that the sheet of metal doesn't swing back and forth after the fans stop. I have no idea.

[@fiforfun06]

you have a lot of potential! Can't wait for more content my dude!!

[@thebillyd00]

Having fun with this series. Good luck with keeping the wave of new subscribers once you move on to something else. Looking at your other vids though, I don't think you'll have too much trouble with that.

[@KristinRingstad]

I'm just happy to be involved!

[@Bbeaucha88]

You are a charismatic dude covering an interesting topic in an interesting way through a popular medium (game). I think you have all the ingredients for massive success and it is well deserved.

[@wallace582RB]

so glad this appeared on my feed

[@rowgesage936]

I'm an engineering student, and i've been enjoying my time with TOTK in between studying for exams. I wanted to figure out a way to build a half-adder myself but didn't have the time to tinker that much. Great video and pretty thorough explanation of how these work!

[@jackop6640]

This was awesome ❤

[@gabrielpmo]

Even that flickering is perfect, because real circuits have that too, it just happens that they are faster on micro circuits and we don't perceive them.

[@flash.g2870]

If you're wondering why people like the last and this video so much - apart from the obvious stuff like a great presentation and on-point editing - I believe it's at least partly because you're triggering nostalgic memories in IT and math people. With your fresh-eyed curiosity and excitement, you're reminding us of how we felt when simple boolean logic stuff first clicked with us, continuously grasping the limitless potential you have when combining simple things in the right way. All while explaining your findings in a way that allows complete beginners to understand. Someone's channel was bound to blow up from figuring out how to do computer stuff in TOTK, and I love seeing yours going strong so far.

[@Tekker2234]

This is amazing!

[@LordZeebee]

Man this is just so cool, i was sitting here grinning for like half the video and i'm not even entirely sure why. The new designs are just so neat!!

[@mreasysqueeze]

I am not a computer nerd, but this is still very entertainin. I love your voice too!

[@SilverstringsMusings]

This was a lot of fun, loved your explanations and the shoutout to other community members.

[@elnic_kai]

this just makes me believe more in the necessity of a mod to remove the build limit in order to make a computer.

[@matsarts]

I once saw a video of someone building a small calculator inside the gerudo dungeon using mirrors, that could be quite interesting

[@scott_j]

Even better than the last one! Keep the content coming, good sir

[@gigantopithecus8254]

Use wood an extend while on xor also use wheel instais of Porto bale pot😊

[@ziggyb0b120]

Your thought process shows in your videos and it feels a lot easier to understand when i can see your train of thought. There's a million ways to explain the same thing but we often get tied to the one we understand the best which may not be the best understanding for someone else.

[@ltkstudious1196]

I uh built a big stick made of wings once. But this is really impressive! Can’t wait to see how this goes

[@remus4792]

That XOR gate is really cool! By flipping one of the springs upside-down, you're making a neat variant of your AND gate, where instead of the two things having to be the SAME height to yield a 1, they have to be DIFFERENT. Which is just XOR!

[@michaelrotchell6164]

Wow epic

[@ottertvmtg6229]

idk if this helps with the build limit, but dragon scales being attached to something prevent it from de-loading

[@stolenmonkey7477]

Crazy stuff like this is why totk is already my favorite game ever. You can just do so so much

[@lmarioza]

Hey, your first video gave me some inspirations and figure it out another way of doing logical gates, and it end ups being quite similar to the transistor approach you brought to this video. I was also using the motor + fan from the shrine, but instead of using the spring transistor, I'm working with sail + zonai fan. The idea behind it is that the zonai fan sets an "off" direction, so, since the shrine fan is stronger than the zonai fan, turning the shrine fan "on" would force the sail to turn to a different direction. In that way I can attach any conducting material or a shock emitter to the sail tissue and it will turn to the direction I need. I can even use more than one shrine fan so depending on the position of them and the position I attached the shock emitter to the sail, I get different logical gates. I don't have my switch with me right now but if anyone is interested I can record my progress and share.

[@tonyhinderman]

That sounds really interesting! The idea of a turning sail introduces a really useful dynamic, might be helpful for stringing together gates. Where did you get the sail?

[@lmarioza]

@@tonyhinderman You can find it near the Dueling Peaks Stable, there is one behind the construction materials located at the big twin bridge.

[@final_catalyst]

Capacitor, can be used as a timer, as well as an actual capacitor to smooth out the imput of pulse

[@bb_lou]

can't offer much help because I'm dumb as bricks but I shall cheer you on! amazing work, making me understand concepts I've heard of but never grasped before in a video game all the while being funny is quite an achievement in my book

[@mrbraudichoei]

I could watch a whole series of you making logic gates in TOTK. I thank the YT algorithm gods that I discovered your videos.

[@Doubleaa500]

Lol you should thank the hylean and zonai gods instead! Lol

[@Thanatos2996]

You could use the capacitor to debounce the fan xor gate, if you don’t want those pulses going through a circuit. Adding the cap to the output would keep it high until the wall settles and the cap can discharge.

[@clover4ourleaves58]

I was wondering what use there might be for that. Is it anywhere other than the shrine under Zora's Domain?

[@Ethan-gw6mi]

Nice video!

[@DarthGardens]

I love this series! It feels like were all learning together

[@n4t3py13]

Love your style, editing, and content. Keep it up.

[@len518]

Keep it up Man, you said you where stupid before but I haven’t seen anyone else do this stuff. Smart as hell

[@plasmasupremacy9321]

PART OF THE SHIP PART OF THE CREW 🏴‍☠

[@UberDragon99]

This is fantastic to see, love to see how far this community has come always

[@SHABAD0O]

Really high quality editing, and great charisma and confidence on the mic. Keep the great work up!

[@GTRichardson7]

something that might help with the build limit is that you can replace a shock emitter with an electric enemy (Chew chew, Keese, whatever... you get the idea) in a metal cage. The cage doesn't have to be connected to anything, but by placing the Battery (from the Mogawak Shrine) in proximity to the caged enemy it will charge up and release at a steady rate turning the enemy's electric attacks into a constant stream of electricity.

[@sararaleigh8900]

Turing complete for small values of "complete" Love the series keep this up 💖

[@darkseraph2009]

I know it's not going to have practical application, due to the build limits and physical limitations, but I realized that attaching a conductive rod or plate to a motor or the outside of a large wheel would allow you to build a timing clock for this hypothetical computer. The speed of rotation would set a base timing (and the big wheel could be operated with a steering stick to gice it 3 speeds; normal, boosted, and reverse), the number of evenly spaced conductive spokes would determine the pulse multiplier, and you could even put condictive "brushes" orthogonally on the ends of the spokes to increase the length of every "on" pulse.

[@donaldmarcato7003]

Your videos are exactly what i was hoping to find after watching physics for the birds Awesome work and great editing! :)

[@birtwright]

These videos are reminding me of my electrical engineering courses I took in college. Fun to be reminded of these things and cool to see them building built in Zelda. Keep it up, man 👍

[@shadicnion500]

so I saw this a while back and i dont remember who was the first to make it but somone on either reddit or twitter made a calculator using light beams and mirrors. this may help cut down on the build limit though light as a resource isnt exactly that versatile. good luck with the future builds and thanks for teaching me about gates. I actually feel like i understood them.

[@alink2dfuture504]

can't wait to see that third bit :) good luck, man! Really nice follow-up

[@edwardnedharvey8019]

You can reduce the number of things you fuse together with ultrahand by stealing unique vehicle bodies from yiga. Metal plank that stands up without anything connected. The trick is you fuse something to a yiga vehicle, then you can autobuild a copy of it, and deconstruct the copy

[@DRKS4M]

this is so impressive like i tried to make some logic gates after the game came out might try to make a mod for infinite build limit and then the skys the limit

[@Kaldrin]

Damn seeing the half adder working in real time was amazing. What a clever XOR gate. Soon we'll run Zelda in Zelda.

[@Bigmiquimby]

I have no idea what's happening but you're a good presenter. It was funny that you time-stamped this video to skip the explanation process. That's what I did in the first video but wanted to go all the way with this one. Keep doing your thing man. Glad to be here before you blow up like crazy.

[@jblen]

Damn this is crazy. I'm excited to see when the first full adder is made. It's so close yet so far away.

[@umm0im0bad0at0names]

You should look into a trick called Fuse Entanglement that allows you to make remote controlled zonai contraptions. I'm not sure how this works with multiple contraptions, but it's a neat effect you might be able to abuse.

[@Wirgah]

Interesting video

[@technobeagle9598]

It’s quite parts inefficient but there’s ways to generate infinite electricity by attaching conductive weapons to a large fan/motor with an electric battery that keeps going even after no longer receiving zonai energy. I cannot find the build for it right now but the principles may be useful if they dont eat up too much of the build limit.

[@jlco]

You could probably do the motor only thing by attaching the rod off center... but since the motor itself conducts electricity, it probably won't actually work. Maybe that could be used as a toggle, since it would connect itself to power once activated, but I'm not really sure how you'd turn it off with an input. I don't think those motors have enough torque for an added insulation piece, and even if they do, it's probably still less attachment efficient than the fans... good luck, can't wait to see how this turns out.

[@nurat98]

For the XOR gate, staking down another vertical wall perpendicular to the swinging wall so that it touches the swinging wall (but isnt attached) could help dampen the swinging wall from oscillating back and forth (cause of the friction). I feel like this would work better than just making the swinging wall heavier cause youd still have oscillations (although smaller ones) with a heaver swinger. Dope video btw cant wait for the next one (im hooked).

[@AntyouXou]

I absolutely LOVE your Tears of the Kingdom's videos, I'll be there for the next ones

[@parkerking6410]

Just came across your first video earlier today. Nice to see an update so soon.

[@JP-mx3ri]

Great work! I think if your best bet to get TC is probably implementing a small universal turing machine using minecarts as a tape [1]. For that you'd need a bunch of minecarts (theoretically infinitely many but who's counting) on a rail and mechanisms to: * Store some form of state in each minecart, e.g. by having a metal ball either on the right or left side of it (this would also get you around the construction limit). * Push the whole tape one minecart to the left or right. * Read the current minecart state. * Change the current minecart state. * Store some internal state. The turing machine would then in each step read the current minecart state, and based on its state and the internal state: * potentially change its state * potentially move the tape * potentially change the internal state. The smallest known universal turing machine with two minecart state (symbols) has 19 internal states though. So I doubt that it's possible to build without hitting the game limits. But I think being able to move, read and write the tape would already be quite the achievement :D 1. dna.hamilton.ie/assets/dw/WoodsNearyTCS07-DRAFT.pdf

[@tonyhinderman]

Wow thanks for the info! There is a lot of interesting stuff in this paper, I am going to give it a read and hopefully implement what I learn in the next vid

[@ShiaraMoon]

So glad someone is looking into this! It's really cool and nerdy and I love it

[@Joseph125]

This is so cool! I’ve been thinking about this for the past week, and you’ve done better than any of the ideas I came up with. Damn that pesky build limit!

[@lilyofluck371]

I'm excited to see what this becomes in the future! (Also, can you make an and gate using 2 fans blowing a heavy slab upwards? Making it so that the weight requires both fans to be on to complete the circuit?)