UPDATE: An awesome youtuber named PS360 Gamers has made a video showcasing my invention:
For a slower firing version that will almost never need to be reloaded, see the "Testificate Terrifier" Section below.
NOTE: This uses no redstone, pistons or new-age fancy pants trickery of any kid. It is powered solely by entities (cows). This will work for most mobs/entities, with a few adjustments.
NOTE 2: This requires the player to be in Creative, or to be extremely inventive with their cow breeding and moving.
Premise: After watching a video by Game Chap and Bertie titled "Cow Cannon" (found here: ) and being extremely disappointed that it launched the player instead of cows, I decided to play around with the invention anyway. While doing this I acidentally shot several cows, and set about trying to figure out what I did to do that. I worked it out, and decided to bring the burger-belting fun to the Minecraft Forums.
TL;DR: I figured out how to launch cows.
First of all, we are going to need a 3x3 platform, preferably high up, like so:
After we have built this, place a ring of blocks around the edge:
Now place a second ring, excluding one block on any side:
Now, place 2 blocks so that the hole in the middle is covered, just like this:
Now place a half slab or any other block that doesn't take up the whole 1x1 space, such as a ladder or trap door:
Now to "load" our machine gun. It is recommended that you do not attempt this on a lower-end computer, as I have recorded drops as extreme as 250 FPS to 120 FPS. To "load" the contraption, take your cow egg and right click one of the top corners of the inside box, like this (you will need A LOT):
Now destroy the block over your middle hole, as well as your half-slab (or other block):
And now we let the cows fly:
Once the stream of cows slows down, to "reload" simply replace the blocks that you destroyed earlier and re-fill with cows.
This projection of the cows is caused by the pushing that happens when 2 entities attempt to occupy the same spot, which you will have noticed when you walk in to a mob. The cows fly so far because of the sheer amount of entities, pushing it out at extremely high speeds.
If you want to make a video of this, please credit me and link to this thread. Make sure to post your video here and I will put it in the main topic.
The Testificate Terrifier: This one is reeeaally simple. All you need to do is build the normal player launcher (can be found in the youtube link near the top of the page) and a tube with a dispenser filled with zombie/skeleton/creeper/whatever eggs so that when activated by redstone, the creature falls down the tube and gets shot out.
Pros: Almost never needs to be reloaded Can shoot out any over world mob.
Cons: Slower firing than regular version.
Similar Inventions:
The Bacon-Biffer 2000:
The Chicken-Chucker 7000:
And the one, the only, the Perpetual Motion Cow Cart!:
If you like these inventions please click the rep button, and/or leave a post. Rep makes me feel good, and posts make me feel good too keep this thread alive and let more people discover the magic that is launching hundreds of cows to their death.
I can't wait to try it! Great job! This will be fun on a creative server...
Do you have to destroy all 3 blocks in quick succession, or can you take your time with the half slab?
Could you give us a link to the original player cow launcher?
I can't wait to try it! Great job! This will be fun on a creative server...
Do you have to destroy all 3 blocks in quick succession, or can you take your time with the half slab?
Could you give us a link to the original player cow launcher?
You only need to destroy the block directly covering the hole, not the one behind it. And you can take your time, but leave it for too long and expect to have a lot of cows roaming around, they do get out. And I did link to the player launcher in the thread, under "Premise".
I'm gonna make a zombie launcher in the daytime. BURNING PEOPLE FLYING IN THE AIR!!!
Make sure to post it here, i wanna see that Also guys, I made some other fun-ish inventions, like a machine that throws you violently back and forth on-rails. Should I post them here?
Couldn't get zombies to launch (Invisible Zombies bug strikes again :|), but I made some machines for other animals. None work as well as the Burger-Belter, but they work. There is now a "Similar Inventions" Section in the thread. Post your machines here and I will put them there and credit you for them.
Can you provide us more info on your... Testificate Terrifier??? I would love to see how it works! If you break the side to your cow cannon, the cows just come spilling out in one huge wave, and if you break only the top layer of blocks on the cannon, it fires in all directions!
Also guys, I made some other fun-ish inventions, like a machine that throws you violently back and forth on-rails. Should I post them here?
Go ahead, I would love to see it!
Can you provide us more info on your... Testificate Terrifier??? I would love to see how it works! If you break the side to your cow cannon, the cows just come spilling out in one huge wave, and if you break only the top layer of blocks on the cannon, it fires in all directions!
Also guys, I made some other fun-ish inventions, like a machine that throws you violently back and forth on-rails. Should I post them here?
Go ahead, I would love to see it!
The all directions thing was the basis of the Bacon-Biffer. Actually that leads to the second part of my answer. I did post my other inventions, under the "similar inventions section. Thanks for your continued interest, may I ask how you found this thread again?
For a slower firing version that will almost never need to be reloaded, see the "Testificate Terrifier" Section below.
NOTE: This uses no redstone, pistons or new-age fancy pants trickery of any kid. It is powered solely by entities (cows). This will work for most mobs/entities, with a few adjustments.
NOTE 2: This requires the player to be in Creative, or to be extremely inventive with their cow breeding and moving.
Premise: After watching a video by Game Chap and Bertie titled "Cow Cannon" (found here: ) and being extremely disappointed that it launched the player instead of cows, I decided to play around with the invention anyway. While doing this I acidentally shot several cows, and set about trying to figure out what I did to do that. I worked it out, and decided to bring the burger-belting fun to the Minecraft Forums.
TL;DR: I figured out how to launch cows.
First of all, we are going to need a 3x3 platform, preferably high up, like so:
After we have built this, place a ring of blocks around the edge:
Now place a second ring, excluding one block on any side:
Now, place 2 blocks so that the hole in the middle is covered, just like this:
Now place a half slab or any other block that doesn't take up the whole 1x1 space, such as a ladder or trap door:
Now to "load" our machine gun. It is recommended that you do not attempt this on a lower-end computer, as I have recorded drops as extreme as 250 FPS to 120 FPS. To "load" the contraption, take your cow egg and right click one of the top corners of the inside box, like this (you will need A LOT):
Now destroy the block over your middle hole, as well as your half-slab (or other block):
And now we let the cows fly:
Once the stream of cows slows down, to "reload" simply replace the blocks that you destroyed earlier and re-fill with cows.
This projection of the cows is caused by the pushing that happens when 2 entities attempt to occupy the same spot, which you will have noticed when you walk in to a mob. The cows fly so far because of the sheer amount of entities, pushing it out at extremely high speeds.
If you want to make a video of this, please credit me and link to this thread. Make sure to post your video here and I will put it in the main topic.
The Testificate Terrifier:
This one is reeeaally simple. All you need to do is build the normal player launcher (can be found in the youtube link near the top of the page) and a tube with a dispenser filled with zombie/skeleton/creeper/whatever eggs so that when activated by redstone, the creature falls down the tube and gets shot out.
Pros:
Almost never needs to be reloaded
Can shoot out any over world mob.
Cons:
Slower firing than regular version.
Similar Inventions:
The Bacon-Biffer 2000:
The Chicken-Chucker 7000:
And the one, the only, the Perpetual Motion Cow Cart!:
If you like these inventions please click the rep button, and/or leave a post. Rep makes me feel good, and posts
make me feel good tookeep this thread alive and let more people discover the magic that is launching hundreds of cows to their death.Thanks for the positive responses you two
...But that's just my opinion.
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And they said that cows can't fly...:)
Do you have to destroy all 3 blocks in quick succession, or can you take your time with the half slab?
Could you give us a link to the original player cow launcher?
You only need to destroy the block directly covering the hole, not the one behind it. And you can take your time, but leave it for too long and expect to have a lot of cows roaming around, they do get out. And I did link to the player launcher in the thread, under "Premise".
Make sure to post it here, i wanna see that
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Curse PremiumStill struggling with launching 2 block tall creatures sadly. Actually, I just had an idea of how to do just that.
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Can you provide us more info on your... Testificate Terrifier??? I would love to see how it works!If you break the side to your cow cannon, the cows just come spilling out in one huge wave, and if you break only the top layer of blocks on the cannon, it fires in all directions!Also guys, I made some other fun-ish inventions, like a machine that throws you violently back and forth on-rails. Should I post them here?
Go ahead, I would love to see it!
The all directions thing was the basis of the Bacon-Biffer. Actually that leads to the second part of my answer. I did post my other inventions, under the "similar inventions section. Thanks for your continued interest, may I ask how you found this thread again?