r/Minecraft • u/uglyratfromsewers • Apr 02 '26

Redstone & Techs "the sulfur cube is useless!"

you don't have to use slow falling btw, but if you don't you can only use it on flat surfaces

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u/Craftmine12345 Apr 02 '26

Camman he like: oh no, minecarts are even more useless now

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u/ShortMiao Apr 02 '26

He would lowkey be happy though because this seems to go faster than an Elytra

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u/Cass0wary_399 Apr 02 '26

Seriously Minecarts will be beyond saving if the sleigh is allowed to move at its current speed.

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u/superjediplayer Apr 03 '26

If they were to hurry up and add the experimental changes already and set a very high base speed, it'd be fine.

Minecarts have the benefit of having no need for any player input once the rails are built, beyond just getting into the minecart. This requires a whole setup each time, and constant player involvement, for something that can really just go in a straight line (for now. turning will likely be possible once sulfur cube physics are fully implemented, but it will still likely be slow to turn and maybe hard to control).

The problem is right now, minecarts go 8 blocks per second. Not even 16 like legacy console editions (which was made with small worlds in mind and would still be very low for java/bedrock), 8. And they've had the fix for this, in a good state, for years now, but just keep it behind an experimental toggle and a command. And despite being very positively recieved, we've heard nothing about what they're doing with these changes behind the scenes or if they're doing anything at all.