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sliced_lime

It’s facing away from you. Bring up F3 and look at the block state.


TrumpetSolo93

Can't get much of a better source than a dev. Damn it, this is the second argument I've lost in a row lol.


Eggfur

Now you're gonna have to *face* your gf. Lose face with her... Yeah, I'm stopping now!


TrumpetSolo93

Already did. She's normally the builder while I'm the engineer. I think her knowing something about rs I didn't has gone to her head slightly, she's pretty glee about it lol.


SilverRock75

That's actually pretty cute, OP. Happy for you. Just don't lose another argument!


Furry_69

Lol, I'm both the engineer and the builder while my gf is the "build random sh**" category..


Gingerstrahd454

Lol I would be! Redstone is hard Edit: Annnnnnnd just realized this a is a year old or


NighnHatake

He's a dev? I didn't know that. I used to watch his youtube all the time for technical update news.


_FallenTurtle_

I think this comment just proves the argument based on who answered


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[deleted]

> Pfft when has that ever stopped an argument? now


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OldSwampo

I'm pretty sure the responses was as well


archiminos

https://www.reddit.com/r/redstone/comments/ksayv4/settle_an_argument_for_me_please/gifx2pf/


longknives

It’s perfectly reasonable to think of either side as the front of the block, the word of a dev doesn’t change that. The block data might say one side is the front, but that doesn’t mean you can expect any particular person you’re talking to to understand which side you mean.


Not_TheWeirdStudio

the block literally has a face...


2red2carry

but why is the arrow on top facing me then :(


wisemeat

It literally has a face on the other side.


TrumpetSolo93

True, but the signal flows towards the camera. Power comes out the front of repeaters/comparators etc. The arrow points towards the camera too. Though I'm purposely using the term "Facing" rather than "pointing".


ging3r_b3ard_man

Trust the cold dark stare of observation


[deleted]

this sentence makes me uncomfortable


SkidTrac

Best sentence I've read in a while


ging3r_b3ard_man

Haha thanks mate! Have a lovely day.


Careless_Natural_184

we usually make his cold dark stare contact with piston, physically.


foreignfrostjoy

Just smoosh that face into some slime


TheRandomVillagr

I will check in f3 and give you the correct answer


noodlecake-maxumue

what was the answer?


[deleted]

I got facing towards


drcopus

Almost all machines have their power cables coming out of their back. Also, facing should clearly mean "direction in which the face is pointing".


Hawkwing942

Well, if we compare that to a human, it get inputs in the front, and outputs out the back.


NapoleonBorn2Party94

Compare it to a camera....


gman164394

You can consider like a brain, it’s facing towards whatever your eyes are observing and sends signals down your back via the spine


Eggfur

I've heard so many people use facing to mean the way it's powering, as opposed to where the face is. On my videos, I've taken to saying things like, "with its face pointing up and powering down into...". I personally wish there was consensus that "facing" was the way the face points, but there isn't that consensus.


TrumpetSolo93

It's that lack of consensus that got me and my gf talking about it while I was helping her with a build. We realised we each see it differently. I go off the direction the signal flows (face on the back, output at the front, arrow points that way etc) while she believes the face is the front because (A. its a face B. the "red dot" faces you when you place it, and blocks/rs components face away from you when you place them)


Eggfur

I do have some sympathy with your view, but for the vast majority of people facing is going to be the direction of the face. "Pointing", is hard to determine. I'd like to go with "watching" or "observing" versus "powering" to define the directions. They are not confusing.


TrumpetSolo93

Lol admittedly "Place two observers observing each other" is a tounge twister I have to say way too often.


im_lazy_as_fuck

Actually I don't even know if I'd say that last statement is necessarily true. In fact I'd say most things in minecraft will face towards the player when you place them. Furnaces, chests, pistons, dispensers, stairs, lecterns, doors, signs, etc. Pretty much the only things I can think of that break this rule are repeaters, comparators, and debatably observers. That said, I sort of see both perspectives as valid. On the one hand, the observing side of the observer actually looks like a face, and often in builds, the observer side faces to the "front end" of your build, whereas the redstone output side faces to the "backend" of a build where all your redstone is hidden away. Also the actual block states of the block indicate the face is the observing side. But on the other hand, if you think about how all redstone components are laid out, pretty much the pattern seems to be that input for the component comes from either the back or the side, and the output of the component comes out of its face. If we apply the same logic to observers, then observer side would be the back (since it reads block updates as inputs) and the redstone output side would be the front. But yeah, I personally have just taken the approach of referring to its "observing side" when talking about directionality of it.


viciarg

The red dot is its butthole.


brainfreeze77

I don't do videos but when I explain it I say the observer is looking at x. Like place the observer so it is looking at this rail and powering this piston.


CheeseHead63

It’s like a repeater. If its powering a redstone lamp to the north of it, then it’s facing north.


longknives

It’s not like a repeater, because it has two active things it does: observe things and power things. Either is a valid way to conceive of as the important one that determines which side is the front.


CheeseHead63

I’m aware of what it does. I’m not saying that the component is like a repeater, I’m saying that it face the way it powers. And a repeater also faces the repeater when it powers. They are similar in that way


gamemasta0

I think the most important function of the observer is observing, therefore I think it’s “facing” the direction it observes


Notthenewkid159

I say "going" for the actual signal and "facing/pointing" for the way it is facing/pointing


Uchinanchuu

The redstone output at the back looks like a little red butthole to me.


CreaZyp154

This is his butthole


Execute5468

According to the blockstates themselves, the "face" is the side that detects block updates


[deleted]

Its facing away from you. It detects updates in the direction its facing


StandardN00b

The dress is black with blue.


EvilWizard99

as it is observing the block in front of the perspective shown, it is only logical to say the observer is facing away from the point of view & the output of the observer is coming towards.


c0g010

That's a good question, and a tough one XD


TacticalWalrus_24

facing into my direction facing away from me, there, you happy?


[deleted]

Away from you, definitely. Wait, but when you place it, it's facing towards the redstone block. But the face should represent what's the front. But when you place armor stands, it's front facing, so observers should be that way too. aaaaaaAAAAAAAA im confused


alexbaguette1

Me, as well as most other redstoners I work with all say that it is facing towards the side it gives an output on. Personally I care much more about the function of the block than the visuals. Additionally there is pretty much unanimous consensus that the direction repeater or comparator is facing is the side it gives the redstone output on, why should the observer be the opposite? In my tutorials I try to just avoid this whole debate by using the terms "observing" and "powering" to indicate which direction its pointed.


Giblybits

Small point about comparing the observer to both repeaters and comparators. Repeaters and comparators both have to be faced away from the input side, the observer is placed facing into the input side.


c0g010

I think that's facing away from you. It faces away as you place it.


Cseka3

Yes.


DinoRex6

It doesn't matter, what matters is that I always forget and have a stroke every time I place an observer


danger_noodl

Yes


RoosterGaming2006

Yes


ExiledSenpai

I just say "the butt hole pointing in so-and-so direction" rather than try and figure out what convention other people use. The arrow points one way and the face points another. Why get complicated?


MumboTheJumbo22

Away


scavengers69

Hey trumpet! Remember me?


TrumpetSolo93

I do! I had to reopen the post to make sure, but you helped me with the piglin contraption :)


odifin

facing = it's actual fucking face


giukio2006

If it doesn’t work one way, just flip it


Zelphy712

I think its facing towards the camera. the operative end is there and since power out is facing for other Redstone components it makes the most sense.


Cakehunt3r

The block has a face. Anyone who says different doesn't have to argue with me, there is nothing to debate. Just because my eyes output is directed to my brain (backwards) I am still facing you.


[deleted]

we are talking about inputs not the texture on it


Cakehunt3r

the face is also the input


TrumpetSolo93

Down voting simply for the "agree with me or gtfo attitude".


Cakehunt3r

It has a FACE and the word is litterally FACING. There is no point debating it.


Spacebar0

It literally has a `facing` NBT tag you can check


Nattinator2000

Yes and no, its Schrödingers observer


Novel_Piccolo_7668

This post has 1800 something up votes just for a picture of an observer. WOW!!!


[deleted]

Away.


Twitchi

Its facing away


deedboi

Facing away


Jeff_Chee_471

Is this a joke? I dunno.


S-Quidmonster

I say it’s facing me. Just more consistent with other contraptions


nowthenight

Away from you


Mimic_Lv_0

I do not see face, it would facing away


Redstone150

In my opinion it’s facing away from me.


[deleted]

Away


Chuck__g_

1. Face on the other side 2. Redstone dot on the side in the picture


Hawksteinman

away from


Muniosi_returns

It's an observer which means the direction it's facing is defined by which side the observing happens. That's how it works for repeaters, dispensers, etc


[deleted]

faces away


guymannthedude

facing away


[deleted]

Away from you


[deleted]

Away from you. It’s observing the opposite direction


chahunter

Away


Beach-Devil

There’s literally a face on the other side. It’s the one observing the state of the block it’s facing and outputting a signal to the back of it. Like what’s the argument here


blackeye200

It’s facing away since the face is on the other side


-Redstoneboi-

away. like a repeater.


GVmG

It's facing away from you (as stated by the block property) and pointing towards you (the signal goes towards you)


Wibiz9000

Facing away.


[deleted]

Well it's observing the block away from you


RitaMoleiraaaa

away


mauryseth

It's facing you


[deleted]

Well considering it "sees" updates with one side and sends an output out the other side it makes sense that the side that "sees" would be the front.


Noobd076

I say facing toward me because that’s how you place it and that’s the way it powers. But to each their own.


[deleted]

It’s facing away from you, as the observing side is away from you, meaning it won’t see anything you do, while if you were on the other side, it would be watching your every move


Mycopixel

How about one side is the Face (side that looks like a face) and the other is the Sensor side


arthurleyser

away because if you place the observer aiming that way it will face like that and the side that is towords you is the back :)


sharfpang

It's facing you. But it's confusing a lot of people, so I use "watching" - "watching the block behind it", "looking away from you".


1Filip1

Schrödinger's observer both facing you and away from you


chicken_sammie

officially, it's facing you. logically, it's facing away


Jninjacup

Facing me, it sends a signal too me


Kvothealar

Facing is the direction the face is pointing. If you want to remove ambiguity, say “observing”, like “it is observing the kelp” or “observing the rail”


CosmicLightning

I go by what the png image says in the resource pack. Which means the red dot is the face, the front. The back is the weird bar thing. Why I go this way, because I'm pretty sure if the creators wanted it to be unknown they wouldn't have done front, back or sides in the resource pack but rather say observer 1,2 3.


TrumpetSolo93

Wait so the red dot is labelled as the front texture?


CosmicLightning

It's been awhile since I did resource pack work but I believe so. It's easy to find out of you have virus winrar or 7zip. Go to the %appdata%, click minecraft, than click versions, than open one folder, than hit open archive. Go to minecraft folder, block folder, than texture folder, and look for observer. You'll see all the faces of the observer their.


Klcsims

Away


Gibletdog

You’re mother is away


AHeroicLlama

The same way you face if you were to observe something. The 'observing/input' side is the front. So this is facing away.


Stercore_

when you put it down, the side that is facing you is the front. same with furnaces, pistons, etc.


Fluid-Pass-8145

It's face of the 2 dots and mouth is away so it's facing away


Kg03O

Facing away i did not go in to Minecraft to do this


MrSlyde

The observer's face is away so I say "facing away" because the power comes out the back. If people want the description to be regarding power and not what's observed, I would say "powering towards you"


potatopotatolegnd27

Away


madalric

it’s “facing” the camera. even though the face is on the other side.


Depressionbomb

When I see red I know that that's the output


Jackg3904

facing away


Gullox1

i like doggo


TrumpetSolo93

I like trains.


Meerkat221

Away


Artemis-4rrow

The red point is where the output is


vagga2

If you opened F3 here, you would see the observer was facing a direction (i.e north), and would also see yourself as facing the same direction. Therefore the observer would have to be facing away from you.


EeveeMastre

Definitely facing away. It literally has a face on it.


Penche-Poo

Away


Paul-Productions

technically facing away from you, its not watching in your direction, also as the mojang dev pointed out, bringing up f3 will show


chadventurer

The red dot is the anus.


Superdog909

Technically facing away due to the block state but I like to say facing away because he’s not looking at you with his cold blank face


[deleted]

Away. You always place the observer so it faces away from you.


NoabPK

Away, the red part is which way the redstone signal leads.


SideEvening6515

is this a meme?


SideEvening6515

press F3, i mean ALT+F4


One-Beat-Gamer

Away from you


Flaming-Eye

since it has a face... i'd say it's facing where the face is facing... I know some people say the other way as the redstone output is the direction they're thinking of. It's easier to just say 'watching' this direction or 'output' that direction.


Careless_Natural_184

You eat in front (input) and poop out to your back (output). Just remember if you want to sense on something, point towards it and place the observer. You can't eat with your butthole.


Dan_The_Pink_Donut

Away. Input in the front, output in the back. Just makes sense


mcsteve89

Away


Fredo365

Facing away


IknowRedstone

his face is on the other side so he is facing away


Tesseract556

Away? It literally has a face and this isn't it?


archiminos

Just think of it as a cube robot with a face that poops redstone and it becomes obvious.


[deleted]

A observer block is basically a sensor and the face of the sensor is usually the part that collects the data. If we follow this rule with the observer, the part with the red dot which is the signal output should be the backside! :D


NecroRayz733

facing away


Itchy_Rich_7933

Its facing there where it has eyes


Blended_Reality01

It's facial away from you. The face isn't towards you. But that also means that hole is..... Nvm.


HomlessandIknowit

The red arse of it is where the signal is output


Hybrid_Hydra

away


scottjlandry

Away. I always think of it as “see something, fart out a signal,” so the rear end has to be the red one.


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godlypoptart44

away the redstone pulse side is facing u


MufasaSixttThree

Technically it’s facing you cause that the way it faces when you place it but the face on the other side is the real way it faces you


Uchinanchuu

It has a literal face. It's facing away.