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**Vulkan_He'stan**

cool thx for that
will subscribe to you and the next one is being uploaded as i speak
and im going to do a quad commentary tomorow
also whoo i got someone to join youtube!

also i'm going to make someone get annoyed as I do quite a good seananners impression
and on ps3 iI did that and someone said "seananners has ps3?"
thats how im opening the video

**shrike**

Vulkan_He'stan wrote:will subscribe to you

good luck, no vids as of yet

**legoburner**

I've just set up a minecraft server on dakka's (massively overpowered) backup server. The first 3 people to respond here with their minecraft username can help test it and build the initial stuff. Once it has been running for a few days I'll open it up to dakka users with a sticky thread in this forum.

**shrike**

cheesus309!

**Samus_aran115**

I installed Single Player Commands... The whole game is ruined for me. It's no fun to play anymore.

It's like when you played pokemon, and some kid with a gameshark gave you 999 masterballs and rare candies....

**mondo80**

mondo80

**Avatar 720**

Avatar720 (Imaginative, I know

)

**Runer60000**

Darn, too late.

Ah well, I also have the super creative name of runer60000.

**Melissia**

Good luck you guys

I don't have access to multiplayer yet (I've had to save up money for something else), but when I get it I'll certainly play on the server.

**Murray**

I'd love to help out lego.

Username: Ausfriend

**SagesStone**

Deathklaat wrote:
n0t_u wrote:
Deathklaat wrote:is there any good place to find info about minecarts?

im still trying to figure out if you can use a minecart train with boosters without any flying off the tracks if/when they bump eachother.

im thinking if i make a single rail with boosters for going in both directions and i have a water channel for them to land in so they dont bump and then they drop onto a track loop and the powered minecart just pushes them around into a holding area and then into another water channel to space them out for re-launch

What booster are you using?

Try using this one:
TT------------------------TT
TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
TT------------------------TT

T= Track of course
- = empty

I haven't tested it for trains but it allows both carts to act as transport and booster at the same time allowing two people to move at once. When it reaches the end they loop back and go back along the track again, indefinitely even by themselves. I'm not sure if anyone has come up with it yet, but I originally made it for bridges. Courners seem to work as well so perhaps it can be developed into a loop and allow a train. They also seem to build up enough momentum so that if one cart stops the other could continue on. I have not had an issue with one flying off the track yet, but I think the shorter the track the more likely it will be.

well i had bit of a breakthrough experimenting and learning how to make boosters. i started with a simple oval loop with a booster in the middle to boost me as i went down each straight track. then i tried the single direction auto-return. i found out that powered minecarts cannot be boosted at all while storage minecarts can be boosted.

it was at this point that i started testing multiple carts on the same track going in the same direction so i made my auto-return booster shorter. the issue i started to have was the timing of when to get the second cart going to hit the booster before the first hit the booster. apparently my loop was too short and the carts started bouncing off eachother and then it happened. i took my boster cart off and i noticed the other 2 carts were still going around all on their own.

they were not linked up like in the super-collider booster, there was a visible space between them. i added my booster cart to the mix and it kept working. it wasnt untill i started bouncing into the carts did they link like the super-collider.

i think im going to use the supercollider as my actual engine for my minecart train, i figure if i have a switch at the stations then the engine can go into its own closed loop untill it is needed again.

Sometimes they just build up enough momentum to keep going for ages. Sounds like it will be cool. I'm guessing you'll be using wood pressure plates then for the switch, maybe having a button at the station itself to bring it back out to the cart. Also might be worth looking up some of the failsafes people have made for their minecart systems. If I remember it correctly, using a stone plate at the end of the station. If someone is in the cart it will be enough to push it down and the cart would continue along the track, but if it's empty it just goes back into the pool waiting to be called out again. Being in single player the whole time I haven't really needed to make something that complex. I just have a dispenser filled with minecarts and a cart or two in my inventory.

legoburner wrote:I've just set up a minecraft server on dakka's (massively overpowered) backup server. The first 3 people to respond here with their minecraft username can help test it and build the initial stuff. Once it has been running for a few days I'll open it up to dakka users with a sticky thread in this forum.

Looking forward to it Lego.

**Cyporiean**

legoburner wrote:I've just set up a minecraft server on dakka's (massively overpowered) backup server. The first 3 people to respond here with their minecraft username can help test it and build the initial stuff. Once it has been running for a few days I'll open it up to dakka users with a sticky thread in this forum.

If ya need more, myself and the rest of the OTLG crew are willing to help test things.

User: Cyporiean

**legoburner**

everyone who has posted their username so far is now added. You can get in with the multiplayer address: web2.dakkadakka.com

If you've not played multiplayer before, you cant change the spawn area.

Please no griefing, but feel free to organise death fights, etc. Press T to talk on the server.

**SagesStone**

I guess I should post my username as well.

It's Iustis

My net's capped so I'm not quite sure if I can join in yet.

**Murray**

Won't let me connect, am i doing anything wrong? (i just click MP and copy and paste the web address)

**legoburner**

what error does it give?

**ghosty**

Ooh this'll be exciting!

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Yeah, I cant connect. I'm assuming I'm not added to the server. My username is ghostyfish.

**Doctadeth**

Doctadeth for the record.

Just gunna enjoy it.

**Wolf**

Silverlegion is my username if you're looking for more people to help out.

**ghosty**

Knew a dakka minecraft server would be popular! xD

**legoburner**

All are added. No more limits to users, hop on in and post your username here if you want to get added.

web2.dakkadakka.com

No griefing. backups will happen periodically but are not scheduled at the moment. No traps unless you clearly label your house as private.

**ghosty**

Cheers Lego.

**Wolf**

Nah not letting me connect says it's an unrecognised host ?

*Edit*
Nevermind

**Deathklaat**

n0t_u wrote:
Sometimes they just build up enough momentum to keep going for ages. Sounds like it will be cool. I'm guessing you'll be using wood pressure plates then for the switch, maybe having a button at the station itself to bring it back out to the cart. Also might be worth looking up some of the failsafes people have made for their minecart systems. If I remember it correctly, using a stone plate at the end of the station. If someone is in the cart it will be enough to push it down and the cart would continue along the track, but if it's empty it just goes back into the pool waiting to be called out again. Being in single player the whole time I haven't really needed to make something that complex. I just have a dispenser filled with minecarts and a cart or two in my inventory.

im thinking of using a stone pressure plate for the switch. if i put an empty cart for me to ride in as the last cart before the pusher carts my weight would activate the switch, i would use a button to call the pushers again when i am ready to leave. i have to see if storage carts do anything to stone pressure plates. i am also thinking of making a track switching area so i can move my train off of the main track so if need be i can call up an empty cart to go from base to base.

**Murray**

"failed to connect to the server - "Unknown host: web2.dakkadakka.com" "

EDIT: nvm, i was copying and pasting, wrote it in normally and its fine

**ghosty**

So our Dakka seed dakka world is progressing nicely, we have a floating house, an underground tunnel system, a floating island (Seriously, so many floating areas on the dakka seed) and my mountain top castle known as the ghosticle. I have to say, anyone who isn't on it yet, has to get on- madness and fun is to be had.

**Corpsesarefun**

Username: Corpsesarefun

shocking I'm sure

**yakface**

Spent all night making my own flying island castle when there are plenty of floating islands already in this world...because that's just how I like to do it, apparently!

Tomorrow it will be all about adding waterfalls to my floating island castle!

**Melissia**

Man, I really wish I hadn't had to pay for stuff for my kitten now :( Have fun guys! Ill hopefully be able to join you on the server in a few months.

**Chowderhead**

ShogunFelsi is my name, Minecraft is my game!