With the new update, many blocks are beginning to see some use, or are having uses added. However, Gravel is really only good for flint. With the Halloween update we got slowsand (or whatever you want to call it.) which slows a person down by 30% or so. My suggestion is that the smelting of gravel creates a material that boosts speed by 30%.
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Roads made of this material would have the original intention of roads: to speed travel time. SMP towns would be able to quickly come to the aid of their neighbors, or use them for tactical advantages. This makes sense that a road would provide a faster method of transportation than simply walking across the grass.
Some will argue that mine carts provided this rapid transit, which is true; however, roads do not have the financial limitations that mine carts have, nor the complexity.
Yeah, it's definitely unrealistic. Placed gravel makes you slip, not speed up. It can take a long time before the gravel settles down and gives good traction.
How about if soulsand could be smelted/crafted into some sort of sticky oil which could then be combined with gravel to form...asphalt concrete. Which when walked on could provide a speed boost - maybe not much, but enough to be noticeable if traveling a long distance.
I say soulsand just because turning the compressed souls of the dead into something we use to pave our roads seems like a logical choice. Next we can use it to power the vehicles we use to travel our new roads.
I think this makes sense. Gravel needs some use, and the idea you're suggesting is a novel one that would add something new and useful to the game.
To all naysayers, gravel actually is used to surface roadways. It may not be as practical as the kinds of roads you usually see, but I think this kind of thing would fit perfectly into the minecraft world.
Asphalt pavement material is commonly composed of 5 percent asphalt cement and 95 percent aggregates (stone, sand, and gravel). Due to its highly viscous nature, asphalt cement must be heated so that it can be mixed with the aggregates at the asphalt mixing plant.
So some combination of ( ) could make asphalt.
I wouldn't be against smelting gravel to get asphalt as sand already has a few uses.
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I've been wanting to be able to smelt gravel into asphalt... It would make the whole 'roads of gravel' thing actually have a use then looking slightly realistic. :tongue.gif:
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Realism you say? Really? Really?
Any use for gravel would be welcome, since it is very common and accumulates quickly even when you're not trying to collect it. The idea of smelting gravel into something is not new of course - only thing is what you should get from it. Using it to make asphalt (functionally, black stone) is not a bad idea though it strikes me as more decorative than useful.
How about just using gravel as a drainage/flood block? If water is on top of gravel, it will not spread to neighboring blocks. A row of gravel in a floor could be used to effectively prevent flooding across that line since the water will flow onto in, but not beyond.
=Smidge=
Minecarts would be faster. With the suggested road block as is at 30%, your character will walk at 5.46 blocks per second. Minecarts travel at 8 and so do boats. Plus it would give gravel a use. I don't think sand or any other materials should be added though... Simplicity and style > realism. You can't smelt iron with tinder and sticks. and standing near lava irl will kill you. Plus sand is already pretty ridiculously needed. with the new sandstone blocks (buildings can take a lot of blocks to construct.) and with glass (everyone needs glass, and since it doesn't drop anything when broken you need even more.), sand is a very valuable resource.
Gravel has become one of my favorite spelunking tools. Not only can you drop it into pits to help you get down from cliffs. You can fill up lava lakes with it, and then dig it out and the lava is gone!
Gravel - don't leave home without it.
-Z-
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I'm not sure how different the textures of the new materials will be, so if you had concrete and asphalt next to each other, I'd like to be able to see a distinct difference between them.
+ = [Unnamed Material]
Roads made of this material would have the original intention of roads: to speed travel time. SMP towns would be able to quickly come to the aid of their neighbors, or use them for tactical advantages. This makes sense that a road would provide a faster method of transportation than simply walking across the grass.
Some will argue that mine carts provided this rapid transit, which is true; however, roads do not have the financial limitations that mine carts have, nor the complexity.
I'd love to hear comments.
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I say soulsand just because turning the compressed souls of the dead into something we use to pave our roads seems like a logical choice. Next we can use it to power the vehicles we use to travel our new roads.
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Then, + == ((Concrete))
Road gives a 5% speed boost, so it's not noticable really. Concrete, on the other hand, gives a 10% boost.
Also, + == ((Cement Mix))
Then, + 2 minecraft days of being exposed to air == ((Cement))
Cement gives a 20% boost, but Cement Mix acts like slow sand.
Good?
Un...real...istic...
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To all naysayers, gravel actually is used to surface roadways. It may not be as practical as the kinds of roads you usually see, but I think this kind of thing would fit perfectly into the minecraft world.
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Asphalt pavement material is commonly composed of 5 percent asphalt cement and 95 percent aggregates (stone, sand, and gravel). Due to its highly viscous nature, asphalt cement must be heated so that it can be mixed with the aggregates at the asphalt mixing plant.
So some combination of ( ) could make asphalt.
I wouldn't be against smelting gravel to get asphalt as sand already has a few uses.
I'm still looking for more feedback on my configurable Redstone Gate mod. All gates and common circuits (such as e.g. clocks, edge detectors, latches and Flip-Flops) in a single block.
You can carry 2,304 cubic meters of material, including dirt, stone or even solid gold (98 million pounds worth).
You can get within 1 meter of flowing lava and pick some up in a bucket.
You can chop down entire trees with your bare hands.
Realism you say? Really? Really?
Any use for gravel would be welcome, since it is very common and accumulates quickly even when you're not trying to collect it. The idea of smelting gravel into something is not new of course - only thing is what you should get from it. Using it to make asphalt (functionally, black stone) is not a bad idea though it strikes me as more decorative than useful.
How about just using gravel as a drainage/flood block? If water is on top of gravel, it will not spread to neighboring blocks. A row of gravel in a floor could be used to effectively prevent flooding across that line since the water will flow onto in, but not beyond.
=Smidge=
Gravel - don't leave home without it.
-Z-
Perhaps it is a bit overpowered. I'd like to keep it the balance between the cost/speed of minecarts versus a lower cost/lower speed alternative.
Unrealistic? I've seen plenty of gravel roads. It is still faster than grass.
But other than that, great idea :smile.gif: