Peak efficiency with powered rail

Some more tests of minecart behavior in Minecraft version 1.6.

For the raw data from the efficiency tests, see this spreadsheet and chart: http://tinyurl.com/453zpk3 or download it as a spreadsheet: http://tinyurl.com/3mp8yy2

To download the World of Science, see this post on the Minecraft Forums: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/366339-taviriders-world-of-science/

Mods and tools used: Single Player Commands, TooManyItems, Fraps, Windows Live Movie Maker.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Minecraft
• science
• minecart
• minecart science
• 1.6
• powered
• rail
• powered rail
• best practices
• booster
• carts
• efficiency
• bug
• collision

[KillerBeeLFC]

@TaviRide I have no idea how you have the payience to create this but i salute you for doing it :)

[TaviRider]

@KillerBeeLFC I have some patience, but MCEdit did most of the work.

[Foodoff527]

what do you do for a living? you sound very intelligent and educated. Are you a science or engineering major in college? or are you an actual engineer or researcher? just wondering.

[TaviRider]

@Foodoff527 I had some computer science education at Cornell University, and now I'm a programmer for a living.

[Foodoff527]

@TaviRider hah thats kinda funny i just finished my cornell app yesterday! goin for bio at CALS (pre med track most likely), but engineering was another path i was considering. what years did you go to cornell? and who do you program for and how do you like doing that for a living?

[TaviRider]

@Foodoff527 Good luck with your application! I was amazed when I got in. College was EXPENSIVE though... couldn't afford to finish my bachelors. I was there...a very long time ago. :) Had I graduated I would've been class of '94. Now I'm working for a company called MobileIron and really enjoying it.

[TaviRider]

@ghgfhsh2 It's certainly not the largest thing anyone's built. I just think it's an exceptionally large science experiment.

[TaviRider]

@MrUrbackup No need to apologize. You're right that clouds move from north to south. Clowns move in whatever direction they like.

[unholyraviel1]

not to sound rude, but could you clear your throat? lol

[misterZalli]

The powered rails will raise the speed of minecart up to some limit, so it's better if the powered rails are scattered so that the minecart will have some boost all the time.

[michielvdbos]

At ~6:52 you make a slight mistake by saying "the difference between the slowest and the fastest". Instead of compairing distance you compared speed which is not the same. But it could as well be the fastest. :)

Great vid

[Bojl95]

@adz556 everyone who plays minecraft is interested in minecraft, not everyone who plays minecraft is interested in redstone