Talk:Tutorials/Minecarts

How does this work?
So I haven't used a wiki in years. This probably isn't the right place, but heyho. Setup the top one, tried with both wooden and stone plates - the wiring is such that if both plates are pressed down, then the cart track should change. But the cart doesn't press either plate [stone] or one of the plates [wood]. What am I doing wrong? It's exactly as in the first diagram :o Ossidi 15:08, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

I also have tested "Solution A" with both wood and stone plates and it does not work (v:1.1_02) --DeathRx 01:58, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

I hear there are changes for 1.8....
I haven't been playing with minecarts for a while, but someone was telling me that powered rails got buffed in 1.8. It'd be nice to see some notes on the new behavior. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 12:21, 29 November 2014 (UTC)


 * It was reverted back shortly afterwards. --Naista2002 ♦ Grid Book and Quill.png Grid Iron Pickaxe.png 12:24, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

How to synchronize minecart movement and powered rail placement?
The wiki says:

"An optimal use requires the synchronization of minecart movement and powered rail placement; moving a powered rail a single block forward or back along a track can make a significant difference. This is because the momentum of a minecart is increased per tick (=1/20 of a second) the cart spends on a powered rail (by 0.9 m/s for occupied carts). When a cart travels at the maximum 8 m/s on a straight track, it alternately spends either 2 or 3 ticks on each block. For an optimal placement, the powered rail must be put where the cart spends 3 ticks, otherwise one third of the boost is wasted."

However: How do I do that? How do I detect, whether my powered rail is a 2 tick or 3 tick block (assuming a minecart at max speed (8 m/s) at the start)? -- 188.106.217.30 11:42, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Small Note On Diagonal Cart Speed
On a diagonal track they move at 11.312 m/s. This reason is simply that the speed along the N-S and E-W directions remain constant. The diagonal distance is 1.414 (square root of 2) longer. In order for the cart to maintain a constant speed along the compass axis, the diagonal speed needs to be 1.414 times faster, or 8*1.414 = 11.312. The result is that trip time from one place to another remains constant regardless of the path travelled. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 50.143.226.144 (talk) at 16:30, 19 September 2015 (UTC). Please sign your posts with
 * The BlobsPaper.png 17:29, 19 September 2015 (UTC)