Don't take the thumbnail to seriously. It was a joke CraftyMasterman sent me and it amused me greatly! If you don't like the changes, leave feedback on the website! :-) Cheers!

I dislike the reason for changing the timing of the copper bulb. One of the major upsides to getting it was that it WAS different than the other redstone components. Putting it more inline with the other components rubs me the wrong way.

the initial heartbreak I had reading the changelog cannot be described with words man

I think it would be interesting to have a block that behaves like air does when interacting with water. The copper grate could be that block, because a grate is specifically designed to pass water. This might make the behavior of, say, iron bars or trapdoors etc a little strange, but it might be a cool feature to have access to. Imagine having a waterfall that falls through a copper grate later that you can walk on

The copper bulb nerf hurts. By the same logic they should change pistons since they have a 3 tick cycle, unlike other redstone components. Something similar happened with observers, which in the first snapshots had ZERO delay. That was unbalanced though, so it made sense to change it. The crafter change is fine, but if they were going for consistency, it should work like a dropper and have quasi-connectivity.

I think the tick speed nerf for the Crafter is understandable from a gameplay standpoint. I am disappointed that the Copper Bulb got nerfed tho, that seemed like a super useful feature that made the block stand out, especially to people who work a lot with Redstone.

When it comes to the crafter speed I don’t mind the change, it’s only fair. The crafter texture is definitely worse off in my opinion. As you said though, I don’t see the reason to remove the copper bulb’s unique timing, I hope they bring that back.

I wonder why they nerfed copper bulbs...it being not "aligned with other components" is one of the extremely useful things it had... just...why?

Mojang about to remove quasi-connectivity because "it's not consistent with other redstone components" Seriously, like so many people liked the one-tick copper bulbs, that would be such a cool feature for them to give them even more of a use

Those copper bulbs were the best thing in the update and it seems this has basically removed most of their use cases.

I hope they keep tweaking the copper grate’s functionality. I really thought they’d let water flow through them while letting the player stand on top of them. It would also be super cool if they let bubble columns go through them too.

I don't hate the crafter cooldown, that's probably for the best. But I feel like the copper bulb's 1 tick uniqueness made a lot more possible.

I think the crafter nerf might make it easier to make larger recipes more consistently without the fear of crafting something else by accident

Bulb didn’t need a nerf. I agree with the crafter.

The community: Wow this is great these copper bulbs are gonna revolutionize and help with redstone so much! Devs: No no.. we can't be having that now!

I think the crafter change might honestly be somewhat helpful, as now that there's a clear time between when it can and can't craft, it'll make it easier for your contraptions to not accidentally go through all your materials and lose the crafting recipe you placed in it. Can't say the same for the copper bulb change though. I hope that's one they reconsider.

The disappointment around the copper bulb change is understandable for sure. The crafter having a cooldown time of 4 ticks doesn't feel that much slower than before, so I don't see a problem with it personally, but that's just me

At 4:18 if you're viewing these in the windows image gallery viewer thing it's antialiasing making it a bit harder to see the actual texture, I recommend opening them in paint or upscaling them (without antialiasing) to make it easier to see the differences.

crafter cooldown is whatever, but I'm gutted by the change to copper bulbs, really hope they revert that

The scoreboard changes are incredible for us server devs! When previously we needed to do really complex stuff with Scoreboard Teams and invisible player names, we can now just set the score text ourselves! Also the number formatting allowing you to disable the numbers completely is SOOO nice, previously we've needed a resource pack and a vanilla shader to remove them, and now we don't need that at all! I'm so hyped for 1.20.3

The crafter and copper bulb changes are horrible. It removed so many features those components had before and now they are basically not that useful anymore.

Supposedly, the reason they changed the texture the first time was because you could make a shape that resembled a swasticka, if you rotated a few of them in certain ways. (This is kinda silly, because this is a sandbox game. You could easily make a larger one out of any other blocks, just by building the shape.) I think the reason they changed the texture the second time, was because many people liked the stone part. Although, its a bit to much stone now in my opinion. I think the original texture was the best one.

The first crafter texture is definitely the best one.

I like the first more as well, for me the wood and the new stone texture just looks kinda strange, maybe a bit flat.

Those grates are gonna be used as fluid tanks and i think thats kinda neat. If they allow it to hold lava too, that would be cool

I thought it would be interesting if the copper grate was a solid block that water would just flow through completely but I don’t know if it would be a popular feature. I just think they should have newer blocks have different features than just being a copy/paste of other blocks where the only difference is the texture

Please revert the copper bulb change. It was incredibly exciting and lots of people were crazy for its uses

Okay, the crafter nerf I feel is kinda whatever, it's good to not have to make a clock that updates super fast to be at peak efficiency and to also have it be consistent with other item-dropping items But the copper bulb?? WHY

I wonder if the change to the bulb tickrate has to do with parity with Bedrock. We already know that redstone is programmed slightly differently, they might have been having trouble with the 1/2 redstone tick. I didn't personally check the tickrate on Bedrock though and I don't see anyone testing the tickrate outside of Java, so maybe it's something else entirely

honestly seeing the copper grates being waterlogable really makes me wish glass blocks could be too, think of all the decorations you could do with it and maybe they could let you put fish in it to make fish tanks

there's a guy going around in the comment section saying that copper bulbs are being "nerfed" because it can "cause seizures" Okay. I can definitely see Mojang having THAT as their reason. Here's how *I* would change that. Just... make the texture not as flashy. Really. There's a reason Observers have very little animation.

Scoreboard formatting is really interesting, it'll be exciting to see all the cool things people make with it!

Always have to remember that community feedback is a big influence on the experimental updates. I'm sure they're constantly observing channels that experiment with these blocks and are looking for the best ways to optimize the functionality while keeping it reasonably balanced.

The copper bulb one I don't really get. The crafter one I get though.

*You have me inspired to start making vids.* Much love and major props to you pall! ❤

4:09 xisuma I'm not sure if you did it on purpose, but you can scale up a pixel art image while maintaining the pixel look by selecting "Nearest Neighbor" when resizing

They really had the gall to say, "Enjoy!" right below these changes. The bulb opened a whole new door in the redstone world, something this game desperately needs to all of its systems. The item flow into the crafter was slow enough; the crafting speed may still be fast, but when the items flow in slower than a snail, the cooldown doesn't even matter.

I can see these structures becoming a natural base for many, renovate it and have a place without the need to light spamming, you can even have light switches bc having the lights off doesn't mean being blown by creepers 😅

Really appreciate your showcases! Thx X

I definitely dislike the copper bulb change. It feels entirely unnecessary and removes a huge part of its versatility. The auto crafter change on the other hand I think is fine. It's a clear nerf so I'm sure many people will dislike it but I don't think it's a massive deal. In reality 99% of players would not be able to supply enough materials for a crafter to run at full speed long enough to be that big of a problem. It'd be a minor inconvenience at most. I also think it would be cool if they make the copper grates work as air blocks for liquids allowing them to flow through them freely since that would make the most sense for a grate. I also still want them to be able to allow at least xp orbs to pass through them. Maybe even make small items or drops be able to pass through but bigger ones not be able to. For example a sword wouldn't go through but a nugget and xp orbs could. It might be a bit too technical to implement a feature like that but at least liquids and xp orbs should pass through as if it wasn't there

The new scoreboard changes are incredible. I'm not super into datapacks and command blocks but I know how incredibly useful those changes will be, specifically being able to store text in a scoreboard.

I hope the copper grate works that way on Bedrock too. Bedrock players don’t currently have a block that can completely contain water like that. NO WAY DOES THIS MEAN THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BIOME? CAN STRUCTURES HAVE THEIR OWN BIOMES??? I’M ACTUALLY SO EXCITED TO FORMAT THE SCOREBOARD WE COULD DO SO MUCH COOL STUFF WITH THAT :DDDD

the technical change to the crafter certainly makes sense, but i don't like the new texture or the change to the copper bulb. the new texture is too gray, and i don't see how the copper bulb being unique in its timing could possibly hinder any other features they have planned for it, so changing it only really serves to make it worse. there's a difference between enforcing consistency, something mojang has a questionable track record with anyways *cough cough* parity inconsistencies *cough cough*, and making everything boring n samey

U re really fas with doing these Snapshot videos! I love them! :D

Tuff bricks is a nice variant of grey and I can see it working well with cyan blocks like warped wood

Crafter change is reasonable, it was basically impossible to keep up, but the copper bulb change is a bit unfortunate because it was such an exciting difference.

Hey X, quick tip for displaying textures in a high res video: Since they're tiny images (as far as pixels) they get murdered by editing software when blown up. Instead toss the texture into a vector program like Inkscape (free) or Illistator and export it back out at like 1000 pixels wide. It takes about 30 seconds, literally just drag in and export out, and the result is a high res texture like in game! Love these videos, thanks for all you do!

BTW part of the reason why they changed the block's texture from the first time was because due to the orientation, it was easy to make a Swastika. This was posted a bit after the first snapshot on social media to bring awareness about such and was changed directly after.

This snapshot legit just made both the bulb and the crafter worse lol

Thats a real shame about the copper bulb, saw plenty of people exicted for the ease of 1 tick delays

I feel like it would make sense for water to flow through the copper grate. a block you can walk on that doesn't stop fluids seems cool.

I think it's funny that KZfaq chose to show me an ad for Nerf guns to go with this video about blocks being nerfed.

People, you must see these changes from mojangs perspective. Their priority when adding new features is longevity and forethought! It’s probably for the best that the copper bulbs previous behavior can be moved to another block in the future, do we really want our redstone making that many lighting updates?

Guys there’s already a request gaining votes on minecraft feedback to put the copper bulb back the way it was. KZfaq won’t let me link it b/c of course 🙄 but please add your vote if you want it back too! 🙏🏼🥺

Ah! That waterlogged grate though! ✨ Saw this news, and jumped up and down with excitement seeing this change blooming right before my eyes!

9:01 Bold and gold my beloved 😊

2:58 well said! the copper bulb should stay the way it was in 23w45a. i also agree that the crafter texture was the best the first time around.

The change to the copper bulb is absolutely devasting to the technical minecraft community. I would be extremely disappointed if they don't revert it.

interesting shape you built there with the vertical waterlogged copper grates

Yeah original crafter texture was the best imo. I don’t mind the crafter speed changes since for most purposes it doesn’t really matter. The copper bulb change is a little silly but whatever.

I will never understand the obsession that developers have with introducing something cool to generate hype just to immediately butcher it.

No question the copper bulb is getting reverted, just due to the sheer backlash of keeping this super unique & useful feature. Like seriously, if they wanted to keep redstone consistent, they'd've patched leafstone years ago

scoreboard command finally getting some love!

been commenting here about waterlogged grates for a while now glad to see it implemented

When it comes to the Crafter texture, the reason they changed it is the same as the Cyan Glazed Terracotta, in that it could make a certain shape when rotated.

I feel like it’d make more sense, and in general be cooler, if grates didn’t affect flowing water or lava unless a side is waxed, and then that side obstructs the flow. A grate that is waxed on every side minus the north side, for example, would only flow to the north freely

I like how copper grates can be water log-able I did see a suggestion that it could be used like a fishing net I.E. leave it in 3x3x3 pool of water and it can “catch” fish Personally I think if such a feature was added then I would add it to a new “fish net” block which could be given a UI interface

Thank you for the feedback link, even if it took some time to find the 1.21 category^^

rip copper bulb 😭😭

I'd like to see liquids being able to pass through the gates

Very much LOVE the waterlogged copper grate obsidian creating mechanism.

Love these videos, I do also think the copper bulb was better in the previous revision. One thing I do want to say is that with these videos, when you are showing the textures, you seem to use the standard windows image viewer "Photos". This when zoomed in doesn't upscale low resolution pictures using a pixel perfect format, e.g. nearest neighbour. I'd suggest using a different program such as an image editor or even paint, as these when zoomed in won't be fuzzy. This would also better show off the pixel changes to the textures. Once again, Love these videos and I make sure to watch them as soon as they come out!

4:09 Ah, yes, showing a texture in Minecraft with interpolated pixels, just how we always see textures in this game!

I think a little cooldown for the crafter is fair (since it's now the same as a dropper). But for the copper bulb, while I agree single tick feature may be incoherent (and thus I'm ok with its removal) I still think this was an unique and interested feature. Maybe they should add a new redstone block that does it, sort like a repeater, but only delay by 1 tick... a delayer.

With the first texture of the crafter you could make a swastika. i think that is why they changed it

It would be soooo cool if the player could gain the attack abilities of the breeze in the game, that would be so cool for survival or adventure maps. Maybe even the blaze attack too. That would be amazing but Im not sure what mechanic could be used to give the attack to the player, probably some kind of weapon or maybe a status effect of some kind that applies it to your attacks. Im sure someone could come up with something. I just think it would be so cool to be able to activate levers from a distance and things like that, its such a cool attack I want there to be more with it

I think the cop flop should change back but the crafter still is too fast.

Mojang removing the "one game tick of delay" feature from a block they accidentally added it to so they can purposefully add a block that does the same thing later in an attempt to drip feed us cool features instead of adding them any time:

They could make the bulb work with different delays depending on how corroded they are maybe.

A little tip for next time you show textures, if you want to show something with low resolution without the pixels being interpolated, I'd recommend using GIMP. It has tabs on the top which makes comparing two textures easier, or you can use the layer functionality if you don't want to play with zoom levels. It's pretty simple, and it makes viewing pixel art easy.

Leave it to Mojang to nerf exciting new stuff

Those scoreboard changes are actually HUGE for custom minigames! You can add so much flair and contextual info to things, and being able to use strings instead of just numbers is a game-changer

I think the grates should not block water/lava at all as opposed to water logging, it'd be cool for making secret bridge entrances in waterfalls, also would be nice if you could place them on top of magma and soul sand blocks and allow the bubbles to still work, without having to deal with the block effects at the bottom of the bubble elevator.

cant wait to see the changes

I really like the scoreboard changes. I always thought there could be done more with them and that seems like a big step that way. Although there is still rooms for some cool stuff.

I like the Crafter's old design. That bottom texture with both the stone and wood would allow for more creativity. If you place them upside-down you can make plates on a table.

I really hope a water logged copper grate still allows for a source block to go through. So you can put Soul sand or Magma under it for better bubblevators.

I think the changes to the copper bulb could be useful if you are using them for contraption with specific timing. If I understand correctly a normal operation takes 2 game ticks where the bulb only took 1. That would mean an odd number of copper bulbs in series could unintentionally throw off timings. But I think the 1 tick is better as a new mechanic that gives more versatility. My ideal solution however would take advantage of the fact that the bulbs can oxidize. Simply have an oxidized bulb take 2 ticks, and an unoxidized take 1. I think this would make for an even more interesting component. That said, there definitely needs to be a way to accelerate oxidation. My suggestion would be cooking the copper on a soul flame campfire, but I’m sure there is a better way to handle that.

I think the copper bulb change should be reverted, as the single tick delay is fantastic for timing in redstone contraptions, but I actually like the crafter change. To quote Soren Johnson and Sid Meier, the Civ devs: "Given the opportunity, players will optimize the fun out of a game. One of the responsibilities of designers is to protect the player from themselves." If the crafter is capable of crafting an item every single game tick, that will make people want to reach that maximum output, biggering their farms and adding more and more droppers, which is just a bit too stressful and frantic for a sandbox game, in my opinion. Limiting it to only a few times a second (still very fast!) lets people reach the maximum output of a crafter more easily, and if their farms are too large for a single crafter, they can just make more.

That's the unfortunate thing about snapshots/experimental things. They're free to be changed, whether for worse or for better, because they're not TECHINCALLY in the game. If they were implemented in a major release version, and then got changed later, there would be far more backlash I think

i agree with xisuma here. the crafter kind of makes sense, but the copper bulb change did not need to happen. Unless they're planning to add another block with that specific functionality this is a terrible decision.

that redstone clock in the beginning was cool

feels like the bug tracker just got supreme court power. quick lets tell them that phantoms spawning is a bug, its supposed to look like a firefly and be passive and spawn in swamp biomes occasionally.

37 seconds her he ubloadet it! like ur content and hyped for the 1.21 ubdate!!!

One thing I can think of for changing the copper bulb is that if you were to pull a signal from it that signal would be de-synced with the entire rest of your redstone by one tick unless you added another bulb.

I would love to see running water being able to pass trough grates. I don't think we have a block that allows the player to walk on but also for water to pass trough.

I’m glad xisuma left that link to give feedback. Now I can tell Mojang to please revert the changes they made to these redstone blocks.

gotta love that the feedback site is broken for me as right when I sign in it goes "signing you in..." "hold on a moment while we sign you out" WHYYYYYYY LETS ME IIIIIIINNNNN

They should give each bulb a different delay, with the not weathered on having 1 tick, then slight weathered has 2, etc.

I could definitely see possible performance issues if they left the crafter and copper bulb as they were.