I am building a gunpowder farm (Shulkercraft's design) and for some reason, the hopper minecart isn't pulling the items from the blocks above it. Does anyone know why this could be?
The minecart itself is picking up the blocks if i just throw it there, but it cannot pick it up through a block above it. i tested it many different times and it still isn't working
I'm on a Realm, and yeah the hopper minecart is going under every block the items are on. I tried moving the rail system a level up so it would be closer but that didn't work either. I built this exact farm in a realm like a month ago and it worked normally so I don't know what's going on here.
You don't have a space between the minecart and the floor do you?
Pretty sure it needs to be directly under, with just the floor between the items and minecart.
If that wasn't what you meant, you don't have the items in water do you?
That might keep them too far from the hopper minecart.
Perhaps post screenshots?
If the construction of the farm allows you could try making the floor out of (bottom) slabs so the distance is only 1/2 block, that should work even with plain hoppers.
The hopper minecart is pictured below - I meant I moved the whole thing a block up but then it was rubbing against the magma blocks and wasn't running. The 3x3 magma area in the second picture is where the items are supposed to be picked up. I can't replace it with slaps because the creepers wouldn't die that way.
I am building a gunpowder farm (Shulkercraft's design) and for some reason, the hopper minecart isn't pulling the items from the blocks above it. Does anyone know why this could be?
If the hopper minecart has driven over a powered activator rail it is disabled until it runs over an unpowered activator rail.
So check that you haven't used an activator rail instead of a power rail somewhere.
Or just add an unpowered activator rail before the pickup area.
https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Minecart_with_Hopper
Just testing.
The minecart itself is picking up the blocks if i just throw it there, but it cannot pick it up through a block above it. i tested it many different times and it still isn't working
Do you have the intervening block right above the hopper minecart?
And the items you want to pick up directly above the block above the minecart?
You need the minecart going under every block you want to have items picked up from, it won't pick up any from the blocks to the sides.
What version of Minecraft are you running?
Singleplayer or multiplayer?
Just testing.
I'm on a Realm, and yeah the hopper minecart is going under every block the items are on. I tried moving the rail system a level up so it would be closer but that didn't work either. I built this exact farm in a realm like a month ago and it worked normally so I don't know what's going on here.
Moving the rail system up?
You don't have a space between the minecart and the floor do you?
Pretty sure it needs to be directly under, with just the floor between the items and minecart.
If that wasn't what you meant, you don't have the items in water do you?
That might keep them too far from the hopper minecart.
Perhaps post screenshots?
If the construction of the farm allows you could try making the floor out of (bottom) slabs so the distance is only 1/2 block, that should work even with plain hoppers.
Just testing.
The hopper minecart is pictured below - I meant I moved the whole thing a block up but then it was rubbing against the magma blocks and wasn't running. The 3x3 magma area in the second picture is where the items are supposed to be picked up. I can't replace it with slaps because the creepers wouldn't die that way.
I don't know why it would stop but I don't think it will work unless it is moved up a block.
What version of Minecraft are you running?
Just testing.
That's much too low, it needs to be 1 block higher up as hexa said.
1.16.4
It's working just fine for me with the track directly under the ceiling.
1.16.4 though not on a Realm.
Just testing.
thank you so much, it works after I moved it up a block, I don't understand what I was doing wrong before
Maybe your redstone torch was locking the hopper? (Not the hopper minecart, the one that takes items from the minecart)
No, you were right earlier and I put it too low. Thank you though