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[TheHomeChicken]

As we all know, 1.5 is going to be The Redstone Update. Well, Mojang tweeted these images, depicting 3 new types of Minecarts!




That image shows the TNT cart in the bottom left, as well as the village. Maybe some changes to villages?

And then there is this image,



Spawner Minecarts and Dispenser Minecarts! Awesome! The spawner minecarts add a lot of possibilities to new structures, or changes to current ones.



Discuss these new minecarts!

EDIT: Also, guys, keep in mind: There may be more to these things then we are seeing. Maybe these spawner carts are naturally spawning. We don't know yet.

MOAR EDIT: There is also a chance that we can just put whatever blocks we want in Minecarts now. Not sure how to go about getting spawners, lol, but who knows.

12w32a EDIT: We now have TNT carts and Activator Rails, as discussed down below. Still no sight of Dispenser Carts or Spawner Carts, however.

[haxjagarn]

Will they be able to spawn more than pigs?

That moving dispenser looks really interesting. Perfect for turrets in movement

[TheHomeChicken]

haxjagarn, on 07 January 2013 - 10:10 PM, said:

Will they be able to spawn more than pigs?

I'm sure :]
I don't see a lot of use for it if it's limited to pigs.

EDIT: To clarify, i'm pretty sure it will work like any other minecart/block. It does exactly what the block does but it's mobile.

[Kholdstare]

I hope the dispenser carts can have an orientation (e.g. the cart moves forward but the dispenser faces the side). That would make for an interesting trap; you step on a pressure plate and a minecart shoots you before you can react.

[TheHomeChicken]

Kholdstare, on 07 January 2013 - 10:14 PM, said:

I hope the dispenser carts can have an orientation (e.g. the cart moves forward but the dispenser faces the side). That would make for an interesting trap; you step on a pressure plate and a minecart shoots you before you can react.

Yeah, i agree.
Honestly, I don't even care about redstone, but this update is shaping out to be really cool. Partly because it's adding so much potential.

[haxjagarn]

Kholdstare, on 07 January 2013 - 10:14 PM, said:

I hope the dispenser carts can have an orientation (e.g. the cart moves forward but the dispenser faces the side). That would make for an interesting trap; you step on a pressure plate and a minecart shoots you before you can react.

Oh yes! Maybe they could solve that by having the exit of the dispenser facing you when you place it down on the rail, regardless of the rails orientation?

[Kholdstare]

TheHomeChicken, on 07 January 2013 - 10:15 PM, said:

Yeah, i agree.
Honestly, I don't even care about redstone, but this update is shaping out to be really cool. Partly because it's adding so much potential.

That's what I was thinking. Normally I didn't use redstone much at all (at most, I made a piston door for some castle walls and left it at that) but now i'm creating some pretty interesting things. I'm planning on building an adventure map now with all the new things I can make.

haxjagarn, on 07 January 2013 - 10:16 PM, said:

Oh yes! Maybe they could solve that by having the exit of the dispenser facing you when you place it down on the rail, regardless of the rails orientation?

That seems like the easiest way to do it. It would be awesome if the placement was done like how mob heads are placed, so you could have the dispenser shoot at an angle.

[Blues27Xx]

I wonder how they are going to make the TNT carts worth it, if it destroys the cart and only has the explosive radius of regular TNT, then why wouldn't you just place the TNT down instead of wasting the iron? Even if it gives you the cart back, you would have to manually go get it, in which case why not just go place it manually?

Spawner carts are also interesting. Are we going to be able to use these to move spawners?

[TheHomeChicken]

Blues27Xx, on 07 January 2013 - 10:32 PM, said:

I wonder how they are going to make the TNT carts worth it, if it destroys the cart and only has the explosive radius of regular TNT, then why wouldn't you just place the TNT down instead of wasting the iron? Even if it gives you the cart back, you would have to manually go get it, in which case why not just go place it manually?

Spawner carts are also interesting. Are we going to be able to use these to move spawners?

As for the spawner carts, that's a good point, I hadn't thought of that. When i saw them my first thought was Cave Spider spawners in minecarts, rolling around the tracks of the Abandoned Mineshaft and spawning stuff wherever it went.

And as for the TNT carts, i hadn't thought of that either. It would reduce the need for TNT cannons, really. Maybe they would add some kind of launcher track, that shoots it upwards? Alongside that, maybe a primer track as well, so you can light the TNT in the cart without having to use a flint and steel. (I assume you can still flint and steel a TNT in the cart)

[Alizona]

so wait...  we're gonna be able to put a spawner in a minecart and move em around...  but we can't move em at all with a piston?

i don't get it.

i haven't read the tweet but aren't these images just showing stuff placed into a minecart?  Is there really gonna be different minecarts called "dispenser cart", "TNT cart", "spawner cart", etc.?   That's a total mess, if so.

[Jalorda]

Castle walls with moving potion turrets.....

[TheHomeChicken]

Alizona, on 07 January 2013 - 10:47 PM, said:

so wait...  we're gonna be able to put a spawner in a minecart and move em around...  but we can't move em at all with a piston?

i don't get it.

i haven't read the tweet but aren't these images just showing stuff placed into a minecart?  Is there really gonna be different minecarts called "dispenser cart", "TNT cart", "spawner cart", etc.?   That's a total mess, if so.

There isn't any confirmation on whether or not we can put them in or not.

[NJM1564]

What if they aren't really new carts but a general change to the cart system. Basically you would be able to place anything in the carts.
Glowstone. Crafting tables. Whatever.

[TheHomeChicken]

NJM1564, on 07 January 2013 - 10:57 PM, said:

What if they aren't really new carts but a general change to the cart system. Basically you would be able to place anything in the carts.
Glowstone. Crafting tables. Whatever.

That would be cool as well :]

[sajuuk17]

I must admit I didn't notice the new minecarts when I saw the pics.

Maybe there will just be only one new type of minecart, allowing any block to be placed inside it (like a dispenser or a spawner, or a TNT block) ?

Anyway, i'm a little skeptical about these new minecarts utility (excluding TNT Minecart). Spawner Minecart would imply there will be a legitimate way of obtaining Spawner Blocks ? What about igniting TNT Minecart and Dispenser Minecart activation ?

[Alizona]

TheHomeChicken, on 07 January 2013 - 09:51 PM, said:

As we all know, 1.5 is going to be The Redstone Update. Well, Mojang tweeted these images, depicting 3 new types of Minecarts!

where is the tweet?  does it say anything or is it just the images?

its not here  http://twitter.com/MojangTeam

[Fortanono]

Wait! If there are spawner minecarts, does that mean spawners are craftable now?

[Kholdstare]

sajuuk17, on 07 January 2013 - 11:07 PM, said:

I must admit I didn't notice the new minecarts when I saw the pics.

Maybe there will just be only one new type of minecart, allowing any block to be placed inside it (like a dispenser or a spawner, or a TNT block) ?

Anyway, i'm a little skeptical about these new minecarts utility (excluding TNT Minecart). Spawner Minecart would imply there will be a legitimate way of obtaining Spawner Blocks ? What about igniting TNT Minecart and Dispenser Minecart activation ?

Fortanono, on 07 January 2013 - 11:11 PM, said:

Wait! If there are spawner minecarts, does that mean spawners are craftable now?

I would hope not. Hopefully spawners and these would be added to the creative menu and you could change what they spawn when you place them.

[TheHomeChicken]

sajuuk17, on 07 January 2013 - 11:07 PM, said:

I must admit I didn't notice the new minecarts when I saw the pics.

Maybe there will just be only one new type of minecart, allowing any block to be placed inside it (like a dispenser or a spawner, or a TNT block) ?

Anyway, i'm a little skeptical about these new minecarts utility (excluding TNT Minecart). Spawner Minecart would imply there will be a legitimate way of obtaining Spawner Blocks ? What about igniting TNT Minecart and Dispenser Minecart activation ?

Keep in mind, that maybe their planning on having structures where spawners roam around in the tracks. A mobile way to spawn mobs i guess :3

And i was thinking that maybe you'd still be able to ignite the TNT in the cart with the flint and steel, but a primer track maybe..? Like, they roll over it and it will ignite, or prime, whatever is in the cart.

[TheHomeChicken]

Alizona, on 07 January 2013 - 11:07 PM, said:

where is the tweet?  does it say anything or is it just the images?

its not here  http://twitter.com/MojangTeam

https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone
Somewhere on there. CBA to find it at the moment.