How to make the ground light up beneath you! [Mini-Guide 🤏]

[TheCatIsCrazy]

Hello, Forumers!

Today I have a guide for you on how to make the ground light up when you step on it, like in the Billie Jean music video! ^[1]
Also, please don’t jump at me, I have searched and didn’t see any guides on this.

Disclaimer 1: This system gets less accurate the longer you have it going on for.

Disclaimer 2: This only works if you are all the way against the left side, unless you add onto the block code a bit.
It’s easy! Just swap out the x position block in the blocks of the player coordinates device to this:

Player's x Position - (however far you are from the edge)

Onto the Guide!

Ingredients

1 Player Coordinates device
x + 1 Barriers ^[2]

Steps

Prerequisites (Not Required)

Go to Editing Options in settings, then turn on grid snap to 64.

Also, turn on Show Grid.

Step 1: The Player Coordinates!

Grab a Player Coordinates Device, then keep every setting^[3] the exact same as it already was!

Then, go to Blocks and make a block that looks like this:

Now, you are done with this step! ^[4]

Step 2: the Barriers!

First, add a black barrier with an alpha of 1 and no border stretching up however many tiles up you want it to be.
I’m making mine 20 blocks tall and x blocks wide.

Add another barrier, with these settings:

The color can be whatever color you want your light block to be.
Put this barrier at this place in relation to the black barrier:

Now, copy that over as many times as you can on your black barrier!
When you copy it over, change the 1 in the Activate When Receiving On to 2, on the next 3, etc. etc., etc.
Also try to change the color you use on each one!

Credits

This post:
Pseudo Player Model - #8 by forberbeam
From @forberbeam that I used for the block code and main idea.

This is also possible in top-down!

I WILL ADD A GIF THIS WEEKEND!

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1. Michael Jackson, anybody? ↩︎

2. x is how many light-up squares you have ↩︎

3. Though, there is only two… ↩︎

4. I told you it was a mini-guide! ↩︎

[Zappy_Zaptos]

um, can you add a description of what you’re yapping about at the start
cuz I’m actually not sure what this guide is about

other than that, W guide!

@TheCatIsCrazy

I am making it so when a player steps on an area, a barrier lights up beneath them, like in Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean music video.

add that to the intro

[TheCatIsCrazy]

am making it so when a player steps on an area, a barrier lights up beneath them, like in Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean music video.

THIS IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN TOP-DOWN, I JUST MADE IT IN PLATFORMER

@Zappy_Zaptos

also, hear me out
if you used the full system from the original topic
and made a couple barriers make it look like the barrier just fades away

could you make a custom trail?

I guess you could… But, the problem is making the fading because that would take at least one trigger/wire repeater chain per block.

BUT, @ZAPPY_ZAPTOS, I CAN TRY TO MAKE IT!

@Zappy_Zaptos

@TheCatIsCrazy

BUT, @ZAPPY_ZAPTOS, I CAN TRY TO MAKE IT, btw, 67

good luck

grr… I don’t like your quote editing… here you go just for that…

@Zappy_Zaptos

If you think about it, a telephone makes sound travel faster than the speed of sound.
We’re all just stardust having a conversation with itself.
Do you think pickles have feelings?
My socks are plotting world domination, but only on Tuesdays.
Quick, hide the sentient toaster!

[Zappy_Zaptos]

also, hear me out
if you used the full system from the original topic
and made a couple barriers make it look like the barrier just fades away ^[1]

could you make a custom trail?

@TheCatIsCrazy

I guess you could… But, the problem is making the fading because that would take at least one trigger/wire repeater chain per block.

true

@TheCatIsCrazy

^[ She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene
I said, “Don’t mind, but what do you mean, I am the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round?”
She said I am the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round
She told me her name was Billie Jean as she caused a scene
Then every head turned with eyes that dreamed of bein’ the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round

People always told me, “Be careful of what you do
Don’t go around breakin’ young girls’ hearts” (hee-hee)
And mother always told me, “Be careful of who you love
And be careful of what you do (oh-oh)
'Cause the lie becomes the truth” (oh-oh), hey-ey

Billie Jean is not my lover
She’s just a girl who claims that I am the one (oh, baby)
But the kid is not my son (hoo)
She says I am the one (oh, baby)
But the kid is not my son (hee-hee-hee, no-no, hee-hee-hee, hoo)

For forty days and for forty nights, law was on her side
But who can stand when she’s in demand? Her schemes and plans
'Cause we danced on the floor in the round (hee)
So take my strong advice
Just remember to always think twice
(Do think twice) do think twice (ah-hoo)
She told my baby we’d danced ‘til three, then she looked at me
Then showed a photo of a baby cryin’, his eyes were like mine (oh, no)
Go and dance on the floor in the round, baby (ooh, hee-hee-hee)

People always told me, “Be careful of what you do
And don’t go around breakin’ young girls’ hearts” (don’t break no hearts, hee-hee)
But she came and stood right by me
Just the smell of sweet perfume
This happened much too soon
She called me to her room, hey-ey

Billie Jean is not my lover (hoo)
She’s just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
No-no-no, no-no, no-no-no (hoo)
Billie Jean is not my lover
She’s just a girl who claims that I am the one (oh, baby)
But the kid is not my son (no, no)
She says I am the one (oh, baby)
But the kid is not my son (no, hee-hee-ho, hee-hee-hee)

^[2]

@TheCatIsCrazy

BUT, @ZAPPY_ZAPTOS, I CAN TRY TO MAKE IT, btw, 67

good luck

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1. animation I guess ↩︎

2. yo footnote failed ↩︎

[Reaper_leviathan]

Wait, so it lights up in multiple colors or just white?

[TheCatIsCrazy]

you can make it whatever you want!
Thats the fun part, if you make all of them white its all white but you can change the color up
also I’ll join the padlet later I cant access it on my school computer

@Reaper_leviathan

how will you access it then?

family computer. I have my own account.

@Reaper_leviathan

Like can I make it so it turns a random color? and when it disappears can I make a different color there again?

if you have a ton of randomizers
@Reaper_leviathan don’t forget having to have a barrier for each color, on each square.

[Reaper_leviathan]

Like can I make it so it turns a random color? and when it disappears can I make a different color?

Oh. I’d run out of memo then. THX!