Empty minecarts slow down too quickly when they are no longer being powered. It's unrealistic (not that realism is a good argument, since Minecraft is unrealistic) and consumes a lot of excess resources that shouldn't be necessary. It takes at least double the resources to make a track that can transport empty minecarts as it does to make a track that will transport full minecarts. I sort of knew this before, but really noticed it when I made a slope with over 20 booster rails (2/3 of the slope) and an empty minecart didn't make it to the top...
No ****. I used to use those before booster rails existed. But I am trying to play the game legitimately. I assume that side-by-side boosters working is a physics bug that will be removed eventually.
Your video is too dark. Also, did you place your boosters at strategic points, like so?
Your monitor is too dark.
I positioned them in sets of 3 (after the video, it sort of works now). If there was more than one block between them, the cart would not make it. Or if there were larger sets of boosters with more normal rail between them. But it's not only boosters, a cart that goes down a hill of 20 blocks will only travel horizontally for 10 or so. That makes no sense. A minecart with wheels, especially one made of iron, should be able to roll farther than that...
But it's not only boosters, a cart that goes down a hill of 20 blocks will only travel horizontally for 10 or so. That makes no sense. A minecart with wheels, especially one made of iron, should be able to roll farther than that...
Not necessarily. Just because the wheels are made of iron, does not mean they have low friction.
But it's not only boosters, a cart that goes down a hill of 20 blocks will only travel horizontally for 10 or so. That makes no sense. A minecart with wheels, especially one made of iron, should be able to roll farther than that...
Not necessarily. Just because the wheels are made of iron, does not mean they have low friction.
That's not the point. They might have high friction, but the cart is going to be heavy. There would have to be a huge amount of resistance to slow a solid iron cart with wheels down in half the distance that it was going downhill, when the slope was 45 degrees. Anyway, if a person being in the minecart (I'm sure a person would weigh less) gives it so much more momentum, it doesn't make sense anyway. The cart seems like it's made of plastic...
This is your only other option.
No ****. I used to use those before booster rails existed. But I am trying to play the game legitimately. I assume that side-by-side boosters working is a physics bug that will be removed eventually.
Nice name by the way.
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Your monitor is too dark.
I positioned them in sets of 3 (after the video, it sort of works now). If there was more than one block between them, the cart would not make it. Or if there were larger sets of boosters with more normal rail between them. But it's not only boosters, a cart that goes down a hill of 20 blocks will only travel horizontally for 10 or so. That makes no sense. A minecart with wheels, especially one made of iron, should be able to roll farther than that...
Not necessarily. Just because the wheels are made of iron, does not mean they have low friction.
That's not the point. They might have high friction, but the cart is going to be heavy. There would have to be a huge amount of resistance to slow a solid iron cart with wheels down in half the distance that it was going downhill, when the slope was 45 degrees. Anyway, if a person being in the minecart (I'm sure a person would weigh less) gives it so much more momentum, it doesn't make sense anyway. The cart seems like it's made of plastic...
Anyway, this isn't about realism either...