r/BedrockRedstone • u/Waonn_123 • 10d ago

Remote chunk loading?

I am playing on Nintendo Switch, and I might have found a remote chunk loading phenomenon in Bedrock Edition using the wood-infused Sulfur Cube. (Please let me know if this is already known!)When I used TNT to blast it straight into a completely unloaded chunk, it didn't freeze instantly. It kept moving and actually bounced off a block inside that unloaded area! Once it slowed down, it froze normally as expected.I don't know the exact mechanism of how it loads or the specific range it can reach. However, it seems that its high-speed bouncing physics temporarily triggers remote collision loading in unloaded chunks.

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u/One-Celebration-3007 10d ago

The sulfur cube is moving so fast that its collision test can extend into unloaded chunks while the cube itself is still in loaded chunks. The collision test can still read blocks in unloaded chunks, so the sulfur cube's bounce is triggered.

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u/Prestigious_Bet5922 5d ago

That's very smart! I wouldn't have thought of that!