(To Moderators: I was not sure where to put this, as there is no Minecraft bugs/glitches forum. Please let me know if this the wrong place to put this)
So, I was derping around in creative mode with mine-carts and animals when I discovered something amazing. I put a pig w/saddle in a mine-cart, pushed the mine-cart, and sat on the pig. This caused the mine-cart to speed up tremendously, without slowing down. This burst of speed seems to last infinitely(I have not thoroughly tested it to make sure that it does not keep this speed infinitely, however.), but if you get off the pig, the cart will eventually slow down and stop.
I also discovered that if you used this and sent the mine-cart w/pig off of a mine-cart track, the cart would keep moving as long as you were on it, but at a slow rate. (Again, I have not tested to find out if this is infinite or not.)
This glitch (If it is not purposeful, and for all we know it might be.) seems to amount to 2 uses:
-Pushing a mine-cart w/chest in front of you, creating a sort of backwards derp train, and
-Practically eliminating the need for powered mine-cart rails.
I can see this being used as a sort of crazy analog for a horse in adventure maps, or just a way to move lots of ore or yourself up the track of your mine.
This bug has been in the game for a LONG time, it isn't really anything new. However,since 1.8 it does add the possibility of rail systems without powered rails, and gives saddles a use. this bug probably won't be fixed anytime soon, so it is definitely worth exploiting.
So, I was derping around in creative mode with mine-carts and animals when I discovered something amazing. I put a pig w/saddle in a mine-cart, pushed the mine-cart, and sat on the pig. This caused the mine-cart to speed up tremendously, without slowing down. This burst of speed seems to last infinitely(I have not thoroughly tested it to make sure that it does not keep this speed infinitely, however.), but if you get off the pig, the cart will eventually slow down and stop.
I also discovered that if you used this and sent the mine-cart w/pig off of a mine-cart track, the cart would keep moving as long as you were on it, but at a slow rate. (Again, I have not tested to find out if this is infinite or not.)
This glitch (If it is not purposeful, and for all we know it might be.) seems to amount to 2 uses:
-Pushing a mine-cart w/chest in front of you, creating a sort of backwards derp train, and
-Practically eliminating the need for powered mine-cart rails.
I can see this being used as a sort of crazy analog for a horse in adventure maps, or just a way to move lots of ore or yourself up the track of your mine.
Screenshot of Setup: