what i would like to see is a platform that you could move or move on its own kinda like the coal powered mine cart. it would move in one direction and could have blocks placed on it. adding a drilling head or more would allow to mine threw areas, dont get me wrong mining by hand is fun but honestly i dont want to have to mine threw a mountain by hand. I know that this is kinda vague but i will flesh it out as i think about it. If i knew how to mod the game id work on it myself but im not much of a coder.
Idea like this have been suggested at least the drill thing has. I think the drills take to much from the accomplishment of getting through a mountain and make getting resources to easy. I also don't see much point in have a moving platform.
Idea like this have been suggested at least the drill thing has. I think the drills take to much from the accomplishment of getting through a mountain and make getting resources to easy. I also don't see much point in have a moving platform.
the accomplishment aspect sure i get that but honestly why would i want to spend 3+hrs digging a 6x13 hole threw a mountain
and seriously most the time when im tired of tick tick tick ticking my way threw i just use the cheat way and delete it, using the mods. but that takes away from the game.
moving platforms for building on would add a new element to the game and i think it would work well. im not talking about cars or stuff like that im talking about being able to set up a drilling system that takes work to make its not something you can do right away unless your cheating, and if your cheating who cares about accomplishment anyway, how it would work is you craft the drills set it up and then wire it with Redstone to make the drills work, kinda like the pistons. the Redstone would power the platform and the drills causing it to move forward, the drills would turn and chew threw the stone slower then mining but with the ability to hit more then one block at a time as you would have multiple drills.
other uses for the platform would be moving arrow dispensers or stuff like that. the platform would move slowly and stop at drop offs and walls when adding the drills the walls would crumble and the platform would resume moving again.
you could build off of the platform using anything you want.
I cant tell you how many times i have been mining something and though sheesh man i would love to do this faster.
I agree mining a tunnel can be the most boring thing in the world. I remember mining my 5x5 tunnel it took forever. Now that I read you point here are some other questions would the movable platforms work with minecart tracks or would they have no tracks. The reason why I bring this up is that if they use minecart tracks wouldn't it be easier to just mine then have to just stand there and put tracks down.
Also, how many blocks would the drill break. Tnt can break a 3x3x3 hole in completely stone areas. Building on moving platforms could be quite cool though but it would probably look ugly.
I agree mining a tunnel can be the most boring thing in the world. I remember mining my 5x5 tunnel it took forever. Now that I read you point here are some other questions would the movable platforms work with minecart tracks or would they have no tracks. The reason why I bring this up is that if they use minecart tracks wouldn't it be easier to just mine then have to just stand there and put tracks down.
Also, how many blocks would the drill break. Tnt can break a 3x3x3 hole in completely stone areas. Building on moving platforms could be quite cool though but it would probably look ugly.
my idea would be that they break one block at a time, the platform would not use tracks but instead wheels or something like that. the platform would be modular meaning you could build it at any size using special blocks that link together around a core block. it only moves one direction but can be turned using directional commands on the core kinda like how the pistons work. the platform can hold any block and use redstone from the core to a switch to power it.
the drills would be a fence post with with teeth and the same size as a block and spin when active. they would work pretty close to the piston except instead of pushing the block they would crumble the block like normal mineing.
which brings up an intresting idea in itself, vacume chests. something that when placed it would collect the items off of the ground around it.
of course this would be something for later at least in any large size. a larger drill with 5x5 blocks would be expencive to make but worth it as this allows you to build as you go. starting out with the picks and then moving to the drill bits one at a time till you finishe your massive drill. you could have a world leveler lol. i was also thinking that the platform should only move left right forward and back, with a switchable forward and backward motion which brings up another idea. this idea is almost already implemented in the repeater blocks im thinking a 3 way switch. left right and center. this would allow you to switch the thing forward backward and stopped.
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the accomplishment aspect sure i get that but honestly why would i want to spend 3+hrs digging a 6x13 hole threw a mountain
and seriously most the time when im tired of tick tick tick ticking my way threw i just use the cheat way and delete it, using the mods. but that takes away from the game.
moving platforms for building on would add a new element to the game and i think it would work well. im not talking about cars or stuff like that im talking about being able to set up a drilling system that takes work to make its not something you can do right away unless your cheating, and if your cheating who cares about accomplishment anyway, how it would work is you craft the drills set it up and then wire it with Redstone to make the drills work, kinda like the pistons. the Redstone would power the platform and the drills causing it to move forward, the drills would turn and chew threw the stone slower then mining but with the ability to hit more then one block at a time as you would have multiple drills.
other uses for the platform would be moving arrow dispensers or stuff like that. the platform would move slowly and stop at drop offs and walls when adding the drills the walls would crumble and the platform would resume moving again.
you could build off of the platform using anything you want.
I cant tell you how many times i have been mining something and though sheesh man i would love to do this faster.
Also, how many blocks would the drill break. Tnt can break a 3x3x3 hole in completely stone areas. Building on moving platforms could be quite cool though but it would probably look ugly.
my idea would be that they break one block at a time, the platform would not use tracks but instead wheels or something like that. the platform would be modular meaning you could build it at any size using special blocks that link together around a core block. it only moves one direction but can be turned using directional commands on the core kinda like how the pistons work. the platform can hold any block and use redstone from the core to a switch to power it.
the drills would be a fence post with with teeth and the same size as a block and spin when active. they would work pretty close to the piston except instead of pushing the block they would crumble the block like normal mineing.
which brings up an intresting idea in itself, vacume chests. something that when placed it would collect the items off of the ground around it.
of course this would be something for later at least in any large size. a larger drill with 5x5 blocks would be expencive to make but worth it as this allows you to build as you go. starting out with the picks and then moving to the drill bits one at a time till you finishe your massive drill. you could have a world leveler lol. i was also thinking that the platform should only move left right forward and back, with a switchable forward and backward motion which brings up another idea. this idea is almost already implemented in the repeater blocks im thinking a 3 way switch. left right and center. this would allow you to switch the thing forward backward and stopped.