Okay, so I'm working on a new mine, I have been putting a lot of work in to it. Almost more building than mining at this point. Basically I'm replacing the stone I remove with wood, fences and ladders and planks as I build and to traverse water.
So I built and removed stuff and redirected water to make a bunch of water falls in this huge cave all come together in the "middle".
I removed a block and that made a second water fall that was flowing on to one of my wood scaffoldings on the opposite side of a water fall that I redirected and wanted to keep. So I plugged the new hole I made with a piece of cobble stone and my other waterfall went bye-bye! This really bites because I used a lot coal and cobble stone to make smooth stone to keep the inside of this mine from looking like it wasn't mined when I redirected the waterfall on the other side.
So IS THERE A WAY O FIX THIS! AND WHAT HAPPENED!
really bummed, I took four waterfalls and made them all come together in the middle of a wood scaffolding/ bridge....
Okay, so I'm working on a new mine, I have been putting a lot of work in to it. Almost more building than mining at this point. Basically I'm replacing the stone I remove with wood, fences and ladders and planks as I build and to traverse water.
So I built and removed stuff and redirected water to make a bunch of water falls in this huge cave all come together in the "middle".
I removed a block and that made a second water fall that was flowing on to one of my wood scaffoldings on the opposite side of a water fall that I redirected and wanted to keep. So I plugged the new hole I made with a piece of cobble stone and my other waterfall went bye-bye! This really bites because I used a lot coal and cobble stone to make smooth stone to keep the inside of this mine from looking like it wasn't mined when I redirected the waterfall on the other side.
So IS THERE A WAY O FIX THIS! AND WHAT HAPPENED!
really bummed, I took four waterfalls and made them all come together in the middle of a wood scaffolding/ bridge....
HELP?
No problem. You can easily "trick" the water into doing what you want. Using dirt and additional water source blocks to extend the flow from the original water source block, you can recreate the flow you lost.
Experiment with it a little and you will see what i mean. For example, find a cliff of some kind and place a water source block somewhere upon it to create a waterfall. Then find the bottom end of the flow, and add another water source block to it. Then remove the water you just placed and, depending on the terrain, it will have extended the original flow. Like i said, play with it a bit and youll find that water can be manipulated pretty easily.
No problem. You can easily "trick" the water into doing what you want. Using dirt and additional water source blocks to extend the flow from the original water source block, you can recreate the flow you lost.
Experiment with it a little and you will see what i mean. For example, find a cliff of some kind and place a water source block somewhere upon it to create a waterfall. Then find the bottom end of the flow, and add another water source block to it. Then remove the water you just placed and, depending on the terrain, it will have extended the original flow. Like i said, play with it a bit and youll find that water can be manipulated pretty easily.
Thanks, but now for the noob question on my part, what an how do I find a "water source block?"
Normally when you place a block such as stone, the stone takes up that single cubic space. Same thing goes for water. When you place a bucket of water in a single cubic space [water source block] (it doesn't look like a cube because it's water and it flows) it acts the same as taking up that space with stone. However, the difference is that you can place a block into a water source block and it essentially deletes that water source block so you have to go get a new bucket of water.
Not sure how much of that you did/didn't know, but I thought better to explain all of it than leave you hanging on something.
If you get four buckets and fill all of them with water you can then make a hole that is 2 blocks by 2 blocks and only one block deep. Put a bucket of water in each of those blocks and it will go from flowing water to standing water. When water is only one block deep and standing you have an infinite source for water.
If you get four buckets and fill all of them with water you can then make a hole that is 2 blocks by 2 blocks and only one block deep. Put a bucket of water in each of those blocks and it will go from flowing water to standing water. When water is only one block deep and standing you have an infinite source for water.
You don`t need 4 buckets of water. Two buckets work just the same... just empty them in two corners that are diagonal to each other. If you`ve done it right, there will be no current and the water source will be infinite.
OP: You can easily re-establish the waterfall from the hole it was coming from before. Just empty a full bucket of water into that hole and the flow will start up again as before. Next time, don`t spend a lot of time and effort trying to redirect water that is already there. Just dry it up to start with by plugging the source hole with another block. Rearrange the blocks beneath it so that the waterfall will flow the way you want. Then, unplug the hole and empty a bucket of water into it. It`s much easier to build a waterfall when you`re not fighting the current of an existing one.
Normally when you place a block such as stone, the stone takes up that single cubic space. Same thing goes for water. When you place a bucket of water in a single cubic space [water source block] (it doesn't look like a cube because it's water and it flows) it acts the same as taking up that space with stone. However, the difference is that you can place a block into a water source block and it essentially deletes that water source block so you have to go get a new bucket of water.
Thanks a lot, I did not know this, I'm pretty new and spend most of mu time building off of what I see is happening in the map/ world.
Not sure how much of that you did/didn't know, but I thought better to explain all of it than leave you hanging on something.
^^ did not know this, very new to the minecraft world and this helps me a lot and has given lots of things to try that would be cool builds!
If you get four buckets and fill all of them with water you can then make a hole that is 2 blocks by 2 blocks and only one block deep. Put a bucket of water in each of those blocks and it will go from flowing water to standing water. When water is only one block deep and standing you have an infinite source for water.
You don`t need 4 buckets of water. Two buckets work just the same... just empty them in two corners that are diagonal to each other. If you`ve done it right, there will be no current and the water source will be infinite.
Thanks, my son showed me this last night when he was making a garden for the bakery.
OP: You can easily re-establish the waterfall from the hole it was coming from before. Just empty a full bucket of water into that hole and the flow will start up again as before. Next time, don`t spend a lot of time and effort trying to redirect water that is already there. Just dry it up to start with by plugging the source hole with another block. Rearrange the blocks beneath it so that the waterfall will flow the way you want. Then, unplug the hole and empty a bucket of water into it. It`s much easier to build a waterfall when you`re not fighting the current of an existing one.
So I guess it was a good thing that I did not "fill" that hole.. Thanks a bunch, when I get back into the mine I will bring a bucket of water!
So I built and removed stuff and redirected water to make a bunch of water falls in this huge cave all come together in the "middle".
I removed a block and that made a second water fall that was flowing on to one of my wood scaffoldings on the opposite side of a water fall that I redirected and wanted to keep. So I plugged the new hole I made with a piece of cobble stone and my other waterfall went bye-bye! This really bites because I used a lot coal and cobble stone to make smooth stone to keep the inside of this mine from looking like it wasn't mined when I redirected the waterfall on the other side.
So IS THERE A WAY O FIX THIS! AND WHAT HAPPENED!
really bummed, I took four waterfalls and made them all come together in the middle of a wood scaffolding/ bridge....
HELP?
No problem. You can easily "trick" the water into doing what you want. Using dirt and additional water source blocks to extend the flow from the original water source block, you can recreate the flow you lost.
Experiment with it a little and you will see what i mean. For example, find a cliff of some kind and place a water source block somewhere upon it to create a waterfall. Then find the bottom end of the flow, and add another water source block to it. Then remove the water you just placed and, depending on the terrain, it will have extended the original flow. Like i said, play with it a bit and youll find that water can be manipulated pretty easily.
Thanks, but now for the noob question on my part, what an how do I find a "water source block?"
Not sure how much of that you did/didn't know, but I thought better to explain all of it than leave you hanging on something.
You don`t need 4 buckets of water. Two buckets work just the same... just empty them in two corners that are diagonal to each other. If you`ve done it right, there will be no current and the water source will be infinite.
^^ did not know this, very new to the minecraft world and this helps me a lot and has given lots of things to try that would be cool builds!
Thanks, my son showed me this last night when he was making a garden for the bakery.
So I guess it was a good thing that I did not "fill" that hole.. Thanks a bunch, when I get back into the mine I will bring a bucket of water!