Minecraft: TNT Artillery with Variable Delay System

Thanks to David (DC010) for showing me the wonders of Minecraft artillery and how it is put together!

I made a cannon and delay circuits to start off, then made a couple of switches to use with it, but I was so far back from the action! I decided on making this awesome arty bunker with a control and loading room.

I took his cannon design, then added my own delay circuits onto either side of the command center underground. I used 18 inverters for the short delay and 28 inverters for the long delay, both sets arranged in a linear fashion.

The reason for this is to set the ammo off a set time after the charge so they don't all blow up together and quite literally blow the roof off the place! It allows the ammo to be propelled forward by the blast, which is channeled forward by the water flow. (You don't really need obsidian. Cobblestone will work fine, but one backfire in your testing stages and you'll be rebuilding it, I promise.)

The short delay gives you about 2 seconds after the main charges are lit. The long delay gives you about 4, or double the short. (My estimates could be off, but at least my point is illustrated.)

I tried push buttons at first, but the amount of time a flow of energy was needed exceeded the limits of the second-long push button. The only problem with levers is that you need to remember to flip them BACK once you're done. I learned that you can place TNT next to a live redstone wire and it won't go off until you shut the wire off which, for some reason, doesn't work like it does the original way. (Remember what I said about literally blowing the roof off the place?)

This was definitely an awesome way to kill an afternoon.

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[BigFishSmallPond666]

How did you make it delay?

[Wolf2131]

@BigFishSmallPond666

Aliens.

also, inverters.

[TheStoopad]

Could you possibly make a one where you can bomb people from far range? The point of artilery is to bomb people from far away so they don't know who or where you are... And so they can't get to you. There is this one guys dirt house of which I MUST destroy. It is ever so unsightly... But he has diamonds, and is always at his house. No idea why he still has a dirt house though.

[Wolf2131]

@TheStoopad

Hmm. I haven't been playing much since I posted these vids, so I'm not nearly as versed in redstone as I was beginning to be. Check my other vid titled "boomheadshot" for a better version than this one. Good luck!

[faykson]

it's easy to do it but you've done a good presentation :)

[Wolf2131]

@faykson

Sorry. :) I was saying "Thanks! I enjoy playing. I haven't played minecraft in a long time so there is more to learn about redstone than the last time I played."

[Wolfscar671]

1/10. Gay

[Wolf2131]

@davidpiksi

Iron. You gotta have a switch to open it though.

[faykson]

@Wolf2131

Thank you, i'm beginning english and it's a little bit hard :)

me, i've began to play minecraft there are 10 mounths ago ;)

[faykson]

@Wolf2131

Sorry i'm a student and i've just done 3 years of english, so i don't understand what you said in your comment'. and excuse me if I did a mistake.

[Wolf2131]

@faykson

Thanks. :) It's fun! I wish I'd kept up on top of all the updates, though, so I have tons to learn now.

[Somgosomgo]

tutorial please?