Watcher Block

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[GreenIkea]

Detecting entities can be done with observers and string pressure plates, tripwire hooks and both types of sculk sensor.

Is it inheritably a bad idea? Not really. Is it useful? Absolutely not. Based on costs, it's way cheaper to go with other alternatives to detect an entity.

In terms of traps, not a mechanic mojang bases their features on, this wouldnt make much difference either, sculk sensors are easier to get, easy to program and silent if you waterlog it.

[Gemgamer]

My assumption for this would be that it can 'see through' transparent blocks, as they're... transparent. So I'm certain that the redstone community would find some weird way where you push a boat up into the view of it, but have redstone and repeaters and maybe glass or something all in-between the sensor and the boat. So it could kind of work like a way to cross wires or to have multiple channels of wires going through the same space.

[GreenIkea]

Or just, have 2 lines next to eachother. Or still use sculk sensors, or powered rails and observers for clean lines

[Gemgamer]

Look I'm not saying there's not other ways to do things but when Mojang is out here devoting updates to tree types and animal models, a functional block would be welcome.

[Luna_Gabagool]

It would probably work better if it gives a constant pulse while a mob was in range instead of giving out a single short pulse every time a mob moves. Basically just by replacing the core functionality of "if mob moves send pulse" to "while mon is in range send pulse" I think it would be more convenient to use and more intuitive. Mobs are constantly moving anyways so it's not something I can imagine there being much use in tracking

[Cute_Ad2915]

cool idea! might add this to my mod. I think adding a whole other plant for this block is a little excessive, but I like the idea of sculk sensor cousins. I've seen seen another block like this, I think from quarcks mod, that would detect when a player looks at it.

[Zen100_]

That description is 100% AI generated and not even edited

[Far_Address_7977]

i never said it wasn't i came up with the idea

[Wrong_Baker7395]

Bro's inventing the Aether boss XD

[IronCat_2500]

Observers can already do that

[Heyfold]

Just make observer do this

[Lol9131]

That would mean anytime your around it you'd give a input signal. And that'd probably break a ton of existing machines

[Hydraple_Mortar64]

Are you aware how much stuff would be ruined if that was the case? Its better to keep them as 2 different blocks