I've seen a lot of posts about dragons or griffons and other living mounts for air, land, and sea. Now I personally love all those ideas but what im suggesting is an entirely craftable machine of a mount. Now as any kind of mount is monumentally game changing, especially when involving flying mounts you have to find a way to balance out the good and the bad of it. ( also since Search is down ATM i did a manual search of the first 7 pages of topics nothing there like this)
*edit* i deleted the tank as it was kind of a stupid idea in the first place*
Pros of Mechanical Mounts:
1: Easy travel across land, sea, and air
2: Not entirely game breaking
3: Doesn't replace/eliminate anything from vanilla
Cons of Mechanical Mounts
1: Very expensive and taxing on resources to make
2: After obtaining may make some other items in vanilla obsolete
3: I'm no modder I would need plenty of help on this
The Mounts
Land travel:
The Bike:
Pros:
maxium speed 1.5 player speed
cheapest of all Mechanical Mounts
smooth travel over flat surfaces
Can climb "stair" blocks automatically
Cons:
No jumping ability, for flat areas like roads ONLY
offers 0 extra protection from monsters
prone to breaking if taken into rough terrain such as off a cliff
Dimensions: the model for a bike would be most likely be a, 3 long , 2 high , 1 deep device that would replace the player.
Crafting: ( im no genius here for the design here so im working with what the forums has to give me )
= Iron BLOCKS :Red:= redstone dust
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Usage: to actually use the bike after crafting you would receive an item called Bike in your inventory, then you just place it like a block where you want to use it. Interact with the bike and you board it similar to how you would board a mount from many other mods/suggestions. The bike's health would then replace the player's HP bar meaning while the bike is active the player can take NO damage until the bike is destroyed. The bike has a max HP of 3 hearts, bike hearts MAY NOT be restored at all if you break your bike you have to make a new one. 45 total iron ingots, 1 total redstone required to assemble.
Land travel cont:
Gold bike:
Pros:
faster than the normal bike
Slightly more health
a use for gold!
Cons:
more expensive
still can't handle rough terrain
still no jumping
Dimensions:
same thing as normal Bike only the model is gold instead of steel colored
Crafting: = again Gold BLOCKS = Redstone
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Usage:
Placed and boarded as well as ridden in the same way as the normal bike.
moves at 2.5 the player's normal speed. Has a total of 6 HP still may not be repaired. Can still "climb" stair blocks.
Requires 45 gold ingots , 1 redstone.
Water Travel:
Boat ( already exists in Vanilla!!)
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its a wooden minecart! lols I lie, it is the default game's boat congrats! yay? anyway.
Armored Boat:
Has a much higher hit tolerance than the normal boat
is exactly 90% the speed of the original boat ( due to armor! durgha durr)
serves the same function as the normal boat.
= wow ingots! not blocks!
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Im unsure of how much "health" the normal boat has but if it had 2 hearts the armored boat has 6 the armored boat has 3x the amount of damage soak.
Speed Boat: ( thats the one you want eh?)
= still ingots! i know right?
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has 2x the amount of HP as the Normal boat but is twice as fast as well. ( may have a more complex Engine block designed later to make it more expensive.)
The Sub: The ultimate in naval warfare
Those pesky water spiders getting you down? well then blow them up!
is capable of hovering about mid water level in the ocean.
capable of launching active TNT straight up above it for as many as 10-30 blocks! ( depending on Depth, id also like to make this Aimable to you can fire it whereever you are looking, again not sure if this is possible.)
quite sneaky and good for blowing anyone out of your ocean!
naval warfare is now a viable option with the sneaky sub!
must be launched at least a 6 block deep bed of water.
allows for actual underwater exploration. ( possible ferrying of troops/ goods to and from your secret underwater base?)
Crafting: = back to blocks sorry!
Body shell:
[] [] [] = 1 x body shell = ( cannot be placed in the world INV only item)
Sub body: ( can be done on any row of the crafting grid)
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[] [] [] = sub body = ( cannot be placed in the world INV only item)
Gun port:
[] [] [] = = gun port ( cannot be placed in the world INV only item)
Power house / Engine: = = powerhouse / engine ( cannot be placed in the world INV only item)
Finished Sub: = the sub
total item requirements:1 gunpowder, 1 dispenser, 72 gold ingots, 549 iron ingots.
I believe every single one of these have been suggested, and the bike may have been the only one with any support whatsoever. No, only the bike gains my support. Vehicles don't really belong in minecraft it's been said MANY times.
i can understand that you dislike the tank i barely like it as it is, it was just the original idea that made me come up with the rest of the ideas which is why it is there. even if i could mod worth a crap i wouldn't implement the tank.
I already have a mechanical mount, it's called a mine cart. It gets me everywhere I need to go incredibly quickly, providing I make it a track to travel on. It takes a little bit of effort, but the reward is worth it.
I have another mount, it's called a boat. It gets me everywhere I need to go, providing the place I'm traveling is accessible by water.
I have a third mount, it's called my legs. They get me everywhere I need to go. Period.
I have a fourth mount, it's called Mount Awesome and it provides a great vantage point to view my Minecraft base...
*edit* i deleted the tank as it was kind of a stupid idea in the first place*
Pros of Mechanical Mounts:
1: Easy travel across land, sea, and air
2: Not entirely game breaking
3: Doesn't replace/eliminate anything from vanilla
Cons of Mechanical Mounts
1: Very expensive and taxing on resources to make
2: After obtaining may make some other items in vanilla obsolete
3: I'm no modder I would need plenty of help on this
The Mounts
Land travel:
The Bike:
Pros:
maxium speed 1.5 player speed
cheapest of all Mechanical Mounts
smooth travel over flat surfaces
Can climb "stair" blocks automatically
Cons:
No jumping ability, for flat areas like roads ONLY
offers 0 extra protection from monsters
prone to breaking if taken into rough terrain such as off a cliff
Dimensions: the model for a bike would be most likely be a, 3 long , 2 high , 1 deep device that would replace the player.
Crafting: ( im no genius here for the design here so im working with what the forums has to give me )
[] [] []
Usage: to actually use the bike after crafting you would receive an item called Bike in your inventory, then you just place it like a block where you want to use it. Interact with the bike and you board it similar to how you would board a mount from many other mods/suggestions. The bike's health would then replace the player's HP bar meaning while the bike is active the player can take NO damage until the bike is destroyed. The bike has a max HP of 3 hearts, bike hearts MAY NOT be restored at all if you break your bike you have to make a new one. 45 total iron ingots, 1 total redstone required to assemble.
Land travel cont:
Gold bike:
Pros:
faster than the normal bike
Slightly more health
a use for gold!
Cons:
more expensive
still can't handle rough terrain
still no jumping
Dimensions:
same thing as normal Bike only the model is gold instead of steel colored
Crafting:
[] [] []
Usage:
Placed and boarded as well as ridden in the same way as the normal bike.
moves at 2.5 the player's normal speed. Has a total of 6 HP still may not be repaired. Can still "climb" stair blocks.
Requires 45 gold ingots , 1 redstone.
Boat ( already exists in Vanilla!!)
[] [] []
its a wooden minecart! lols I lie, it is the default game's boat congrats! yay? anyway.
Armored Boat:
Has a much higher hit tolerance than the normal boat
is exactly 90% the speed of the original boat ( due to armor! durgha durr)
serves the same function as the normal boat.
Im unsure of how much "health" the normal boat has but if it had 2 hearts the armored boat has 6 the armored boat has 3x the amount of damage soak.
Speed Boat: ( thats the one you want eh?)
[] []
has 2x the amount of HP as the Normal boat but is twice as fast as well. ( may have a more complex Engine block designed later to make it more expensive.)
The Sub: The ultimate in naval warfare
Those pesky water spiders getting you down? well then blow them up!
is capable of hovering about mid water level in the ocean.
capable of launching active TNT straight up above it for as many as 10-30 blocks! ( depending on Depth, id also like to make this Aimable to you can fire it whereever you are looking, again not sure if this is possible.)
quite sneaky and good for blowing anyone out of your ocean!
naval warfare is now a viable option with the sneaky sub!
must be launched at least a 6 block deep bed of water.
allows for actual underwater exploration. ( possible ferrying of troops/ goods to and from your secret underwater base?)
Crafting:
Body shell:
[] [] []
Sub body: ( can be done on any row of the crafting grid)
[] [] []
[] [] [] = sub body =
Gun port:
[] [] [] =
Power house / Engine:
Finished Sub:
total item requirements:1 gunpowder, 1 dispenser, 72 gold ingots, 549 iron ingots.
Air travel: ( will come soon i need food!)
WAY
TOO
GAME
BREAKING!
A TANK, SERIOUSLY?! A TANK IN MINECRAFT!?
This idea won't get support from me.
I dislike this.
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Sometimes, you just need a little more cave.
I must also say that the tank is overpowered and unnecessary.
In conclusion. No support except for perhaps the heavy boat. Many a facepalm have been made from boat crashes.
i can understand that you dislike the tank i barely like it as it is, it was just the original idea that made me come up with the rest of the ideas which is why it is there. even if i could mod worth a crap i wouldn't implement the tank.
I have another mount, it's called a boat. It gets me everywhere I need to go, providing the place I'm traveling is accessible by water.
I have a third mount, it's called my legs. They get me everywhere I need to go. Period.
I have a fourth mount, it's called Mount Awesome and it provides a great vantage point to view my Minecraft base...
Boat is listed already, im well aware it exists.
I'm glad I could inform you about the existence of mine carts, walking, and Mount Awesome then. :-)