Comments on: Occupied Minecart Detector Using Fence Gates

By: tr9000

tr9000 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:33:46 +0000

If it’s sideways there is only enough time for one cart to go through, thus this would be perfect if people use the pez dispenser method for carts and railways.

By: pwntzilla

pwntzilla — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:32:25 +0000

so does this work in smp? because hatches wont hold carts on a slope in smp. At least not for longer than about 5 seconds. Then the cart magically goes through the hatches.

By: mea852456

mea852456 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:29:38 +0000

Sethbling was just passing by and dropped me off here

By: TheRealKai099

TheRealKai099 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:28:54 +0000

I’m guessing it goes slower because sideways, the fence gates are larger, so it stops you before the powered rail, whereas straight on, you land on the edge of it

By: bloodyfool100

bloodyfool100 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:22:52 +0000

you should try to make a storage and normal cart sorter with glass panes ore something

By: MrFroZen23

MrFroZen23 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:22:04 +0000

The sloped detector rail is already a player detector.
Just saying :D

By: Nightelfcov

Nightelfcov — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:21:03 +0000

This is a lifesaver..I was going nuts trying to wire a pistol gate for my rollarcoaster and this works perfectly! Thank you so much for sharing this!!!!

By: Mikemc

Mikemc — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:18:07 +0000

@MrFroZen23
This can give your dispenser a more ‘walled in’ look rather than an open powered rail hole.

By: Mikemc

Mikemc — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:17:02 +0000

You could have the cart show down to give the user time to activate a switch track that takes them off of the main route.

By: nikobroo

nikobroo — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:15:44 +0000

the collision mask on the fence gate is not square, but rectangular. Hence the minecart is stopped further from the power rail than when it is placed sideways. When then opening the fence gate the minecart only has the natural acceleration due to the angle of the slope for the first split second, before it travels onto the detector rail, making it a slower system.