Minecraft Redstone For Dummies, Portable Edition

Chapter 9

Combining Commands

In This Chapter

Applying command blocks together to produce interesting results

Integrating command blocks into redstone circuits

Designing generalized commands

The commands detailed in Chapter 7 can help you accomplish many interesting tasks — however, many people combine these commands with circuits or other command blocks to produce the effects they want. This chapter is all about implementing command blocks in machines, in order to discover new and limitless innovations.

Discovering the Applications of Combined Commands

Every command block is associated with a single function — however, you are by no means limited to one function at a time. Many programs (redstone or otherwise) use multiple functions at a time, sometimes putting many functions together in large circuits.

Figure 9-1 shows a simple example of using multiple commands at one time: when the lever is flipped, a platform is created, a powerful mob appears on top of the platform, and the mob begins periodically producing particle effects and throwing splash potions in all directions.

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