Why Use Inverted Lights
Project Red Illumination adds inverted versions of every lamp, lantern, and fixture. Inverted lights respond to redstone in the opposite way from normal lights: they are on when unpowered and switch off when they receive a signal (or the reverse, depending on the specific block). This makes them perfect for automated lighting systems, alarms, and mood lighting.
Basic Setup
1. Place your chosen Inverted Lamp, Inverted Lantern, or Inverted Fixture Light where you want it.
2. Run redstone to the block. You can use vanilla redstone dust, or better, Project Red's own red alloy wire, which can run along walls and ceilings and won't pop off.
3. Attach a lever, button, pressure plate, or redstone torch as the trigger.
4. Test the toggle: flip the lever and watch the light change state.
Building a Room-Wide System
- Connect multiple inverted lights to a single red alloy wire line so one switch controls the whole room.
- Use a redstone torch as an always-on signal to keep inverted lights off during the day, then break the circuit at night.
- Combine with a daylight sensor (vanilla) feeding through Project Red logic gates for automatic dusk-to-dawn lighting.
Design Ideas
- Cinema rooms: inverted lights on, then flip a switch to darken the room.
- Emergency lighting: inverted lights stay off until a redstone signal from a button turns them on.
- Indicator strips: a row of inverted lamps showing machine state.