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New way to redstone things: Is copper useful?

I had an excellent idea to implement a mechanic that brings the real ability of copper wires to conduct electricity into the game. NO, WE WON'T MAKE COPPER WIRES, WE'LL USE WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE, COPPER BLOCKS. This idea is specifically for sending the redstone signal vertically. To send redstone signals vertically, you'll need "Conductive Copper Blocks." To make this block, you'll need 8 copper blocks (only the oxidized variants are valid, the decorative block variants are not valid) and 1 repeater. Place the repeater in the center and the 8 copper blocks around it on the crafting table to create 8 conductive copper blocks. The texture of the conductive copper block is the standard copper texture with some reddish pixels scattered across the block. When the block is powered, reddish particles occasionally come out of it, and the reddish pixels become lighter. You just need to keep connecting these blocks and the redstone will be transmitted normally (Considering the redstone signal strength, of course, it decreases by 1 with each block the signal passes through, as usual), but energizing these conductor blocks doesn’t mean energizing just any copper conductor block, you need a “Gold Conductor Source.” To create them, you need 1 gold block, 1 comparator, and 7 copper bars (Put the comparator in the center, the gold block at the bottom middle, and fill the rest with copper bars on the crafting table). Done! Now just place this conductor source block and power it normally

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    CONTINUING PART I

    (CONTINUING BECAUSE IT DIDN'T FIT)...

    connect the Gold Conductive Source block to a copper conductive block and that's it, the conductive blocks will now transmit redstone between their connections.
    (NOTE: NO MATTER HOW STRONG THE SIGNAL THE SOURCE RECEIVES, IT STARTS TRANSMITTING EXACTLY 9 REDSTONE SIGNALS TO THE COPPER CONDUCTORS)

    "Ah, but the signal died at the 8th block." For that, create a 'Gold Conduction Repeater,' similarly to the source, just replace the comparator with a repeater, so... 1 repeater, 1 gold block, and 7 copper bars (Place the repeater in the center, the gold block in the middle bottom, and cover the rest with the copper bars). Now, when you connect this block to an energized conductive copper block, it will do the same job as the repeater.

    Now to avoid confusion like 'Where does the golden conductor repeater get power from? Where does it transmit?' One face of this block has a special texture (the texture that covers the golden part), and it is positioned toward where your player is aiming (just like with observers). It transmits the renewed energy to the other 5 remaining sides. The energy transmitted by this block is exactly 9 redstone signals, with the 9th one being on itself)

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    CONTINUING PART II

    Now some curiosities and information about my idea.

    The conductive copper blocks and the Golden Conduction Repeater block are affected by oxidation. For the Copper Conductor Blocks, at each stage of oxidation the signal transmission decreases by 2 (Clean Copper: -1 signal per block, Exposed: -2 signals per block, Worn: -4 signals per block, and Oxidized: -6 signals per block). For the Golden Conduction Repeater block, each stage of oxidation will affect the energy transmission tick in the way the repeater works.

    Para avançar 1 nivel de oxidação nesses blocos poderia ser usado uma farinha de ossos neles, para reverter use o machado

     

    These blocks naturally oxidize and can mess with the player's system. Use a honeycomb on them to lock their abilities at that stage (USING A HONEYCOMB MAKES THE BLOCK ISOLATED, MEANING IT WON'T ENERGIZE ANYTHING AROUND IT, YOU'D NEED TO USE ANOTHER CONNECTED, NON-ISOLATED BLOCK ON THEM)

    You don't need to change the name of the waxed conductive blocks to 'ISOLATED', it can stay as 'waxed'

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    CONTINUING PART III

    Now some answers...

    "There's no need to create this, redstone already does that job"  ->  This system is especially suitable for vertical or mixed routes (creating systems similar to tubes)

    "This will remove the use of redstone, the comparator, and the repeater"  ->  No, it won't. Its exclusive use prevents the player from creating these blocks recklessly because of their materials (with gold being the most expensive), since to make a tube out of conductive copper blocks you need a gold source as discussed in the idea. If the idea is to use a simple redstone system, why spend a lot of materials on such a system? Why would you go fishing for enchanted books if you already have a library and villagers at your disposal?

    "This system will make me want to mine gold, have bone meal and honeycomb? To manage the operation of my system?" -> Definitely!

    "Could this system revolutionize the redstone system, allowing great players to create incredible systems considering the stages of oxidation, the insulating capacity of conductors?" -> Who knows...

     

    CURIOSITIES:

    Ejectors can apply bone meal and honeycomb to the blocks, and they can also move the stage back with an axe. Observers pick up changes in their oxidation stages and whether they are powered or not. Piglins collect the blocks from this gold system but don’t trade any items, HE STOLE FROM ME!!!!!

     

    HOPE YOU LIKE IT :)