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Q: How do mine cart physics in Minecraft work?

Brant Assume a mine cart travels through a booster with a diagonal slope afterward. How high up will the cart travel for each tile it is boosted? For example, how long will my booster track have to be to send a cart from bedrock to cloud level? (strixvaria's answer to my previous question was informat...

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badp
badp
@Brant It's hard to resist commenting "OVER NINE THOUSAND"
Brant
Brant
I tried to work an "assume a spherical mine cart in a vacuum" joke in there.
StrixVaria
StrixVaria
@Brant that question is still a dupe of the old one. Reading the body text of the two is pretty much identical.
Even though my answer to your first one didn't exactly answer your question. I don't know the answer to your real question
Brant
Brant
Yeah... I know, it's kind of dupe-y
badp
badp
May I change the title to "How can I build enough momentum to get a minecart from bedrock to cloud level?"
@Brant
I've used the "be bold" editing policy so far but I've been grated for that recently
StrixVaria
StrixVaria
Nov 1, 2010 21:54
@badp Even if you do that it's still the same question. "How many squares up can I go per square of booster?"
Brant
Brant
@badp: That's a good idea, I'll do it
StrixVaria
StrixVaria
no matter which way you twist the math
it's the same problem
Brant
Brant
hmm, yeah.
badp
badp
@StrixVaria You're assuming you can build a single booster sufficiently long
StrixVaria
StrixVaria
You can.
badp
badp
Nov 1, 2010 21:55
Going up 128 meters, I'm not so sure.
Brant
Brant
@strix Really, what I should have done is just removed the first sentence of my original question, but that would have invalidated your entire answer
StrixVaria
StrixVaria
There is no cap to energy, just to velocity
you maintain maximum velocity longer for a longer booster
even after going up 128 squares
as i stated in the answer to the original question that i wrote
badp
badp
okay, so the problem is you didn't put a formula in there :)
StrixVaria
StrixVaria
I don't know the formula, only that one exists
I know the properties of the formula but not the constants
badp
badp
@StrixVaria Extrapolate one.
StrixVaria
StrixVaria
Nov 1, 2010 21:56
Way too lazy
badp
badp
Okay, fuck the reputation league then. Let's see if 250 rep can unlazy you.
StrixVaria
StrixVaria
I'll probably come up with an answer tonight
if you do that
badp
badp
Done.
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Q: How short can a minecart booster be while retaining its effectiveness?

Brant How many squares of "boost" does a minecart need to reach maximum momentum? How many vertical blocks can a cart climb per square of booster track, assuming the cart goes straight up after leaving the booster area?

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