When it comes down to it, most of Minecraft is really about moving blocks around. You pick up a resource in one place, maybe convert it into a new substance with a crafting bench, and put it down somewhere else.
说到底,Minecraft 的大多数内容就是到处移动方块。你在某个地方捡起一块资源,也许会用工作台把它做成新物品,然后把它放在其他地方。
But what if I told you that there was a magic way that you can set up machines to move blocks around for you? You’d be free! Free to spend your time doing other things, like exploring or potion brewing or enchanting or pig riding. Our block of the month is the sticky piston, and it’s gonna make your dreams come true.
但如果我告诉你有这么个神奇的方式,你能设置机器去移动你周围的方块呢?你会更自由的!自由地去花时间做别的事情,像是探索、或是酿造药水、或是附魔、抑或是来个骑猪旅途。咱们的本月方块便是黏性活塞,它能助你美梦成真。
Here’s how it works. First, make a piston with some wood, iron, cobble and redstone. Second, squish a slime ball on the top of it to make the surface sticky. Third, put it on the ground, facing the block you want to move. Fourth, apply a redstone signal. Then boom! Your block will move all on its own. Flip the redstone signal and it’ll move right back where it came from.
以下是它的运作原理。第一,用一些木板、铁、圆石和红石制作一个活塞。第二,在活塞顶上压一个黏液球来合成出黏性活塞。第三,把它放在地上,且对准你想移动的方块。第四,激活红石信号。然后砰!你的方块便会自己移动了。改变红石信号,它就会回到原来的位置。
There’s just one catch. Sticky pistons can only move things a distance of a single block. Should have led with that? Maybe. But that doesn’t mean they’re not useful! Au contraire, my friend. Sticky pistons can be used to make hidden doors, or traps. To automate crop harvesting or water flow on farms. To swap between decorative blocks in creative builds. Or to hide a chest full of your most valuable possessions.
只有一个问题。黏性活塞只能移动单个方块的距离。这应该主导话题吗?也许吧。但这也并不意味着他们就没用!正相反,我的朋友。黏性活塞可以用于制作隐藏门,或是陷阱。它可以使农场上的作物收割或水流动自动化,可以在富有创意的建筑里彼此调换几个装饰性方块,又可以隐藏一个装满了你珍贵物品的箱子。
To be extra advanced, try pushing more than one block at once. You can use slime or honey blocks to glue things together up to a limit of 12 blocks, allowing you to move large structures with a single piston. Play around with them a bit and you’ll no doubt come up with zillions more ideas.
为了更加高级,试着一次推动多个方块。你可以用黏液块或者蜂蜜块把方块黏在一起,上限为12个方块,这样你就可以用单个活塞去移动一个巨大的结构。再多把玩一下它们,你无疑能有更多奇思妙想。
Be aware that there are a few blocks which can’t be pushed or pulled by sticky pistons. I’m not sure why. It might be something to do with quantum physics. You won’t be able to move bedrock, obsidian, spawners, jukeboxes, portal frames, or anything made of sculk. Most fragile things – like plants, eggs, and redstone circuitry – will just break when pushed.
要注意有一部分方块不能被黏性活塞推拉。我不确定为什么。这可能与量子力学有关。你不能用活塞移动基岩、黑曜石、刷怪笼、唱片机、末地传送门框架、或是任何幽匿系列的方块。更多易碎的东西 – 像是植物、各种蛋(龙蛋、海龟蛋等,嗅探兽蛋可被推动,译者注)、红石电路 – 推动时将会被破坏。
Also, we need to give credit where it’s due: pistons originally started off as a mod created for Java Minecraft by Hippoplatimus. There was also some work done on the same problem by DiEvAl. They both offered their code to Jeb, who rewrote itand brought it into the game in Beta 1.7, released in June 2011.
与此同时,我们也要给予值得的荣誉:活塞原先作为 Hippoplatimus 制作的模组加入到 Java 版 Minecraft 中。DiEvAl 也针对同一问题进行了工作。两人都将代码提供给了 Jeb ,他于 Beta 1.7 将活塞重写进了游戏,并在2011年7月发行。
Today, sticky pistons remain the perfect tool for moving things in Minecraft. As long as you only need to move them a distance of one block. More than that, and it’s probably best to just do it yourself.
今天,黏性活塞仍然是 Minecraft 中移动方块的极佳工具。只要你移动方块一个单位距离。超过这个距离,那最好还是你亲自去做。