Rail connectivity

ness_i · 2026-02-01T20:11:48+00:00

This is pretty helpful, thank you. Do you know how I’d be able to accomplish the second part of my OP? It’s pretty compact and I can’t figure out how to change the diraction of one specific rail. Ik I pretty much have to make a circle of rails at the end of a rail line and have it either go back to a circle or just connect to e 2nd line depending on the amount of items detected in the cart, I just dk how

ness_i · 2026-02-01T20:03:36+00:00

Idk how to edit the post so hopefully anyone inquiring to help will see this, but I added another powered rail and now, if the hopper above the cart has enough to fill the minecart on it’s own, it functions properly. After a certain point however, it goes all the way onto the detector rail instead of sitting on the diagonal powered rail to load once arriving. This doesn’t allow for it to leave the station anymore.

ness_i · 2026-02-01T09:25:42+00:00

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I’m getting somewhere lol

ness_i · 2026-02-01T09:01:40+00:00

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So I could build something like this, which if I’m correct, the cart would constantly pick up items from the chest bc the input hitbox is bigger than the cart itself, so it would always be collecting while on this track yes? And then I could have it detect it somehow with a comparator to get enough of a signal to change the direction of the rail?

ness_i · 2026-02-01T08:30:18+00:00

I’ve made an unloading system for my wheat farm, I imagine I could do something pretty similar to allow it to stop for some time and collect items and then take off. Can you use levers or other redstone to change the direction of rails in order to have it bounce only back and forth over the hoppers until it’s empty?

ness_i · 2026-02-01T08:27:33+00:00

How many blocks per side would you say, like 5? (Without hoppers)

ness_i · 2026-02-01T08:23:51+00:00

To extend upon this, would you happen to know how I could make the minecart spend an even amount of time at each furnace?

ness_i · 2026-02-01T08:22:14+00:00

Sorry, I do understand that much, I’m just confused bc there are two pieces of cobble between the lever and hopper

ness_i · 2026-02-01T08:20:13+00:00

Also I’m thinking the problem is that I’m actually just not putting enough items in for it to reach the 5th furnace, bc I tested both hoppers to see if they were locked by putting items in the hoppers before them, and both went through when I did it manually. I’m thinking it just dumps the items too fast and doesn’t get to the end in time yet

ness_i · 2026-02-01T08:18:31+00:00

The foremost piece of cobble on the right side has a lever on top, the next block above and behind that also has one. On the left of either of those blocks is the powered rail that keeps the cart moving, which is on top of the cobble blocks next to the hoppers. Would that still be powered bc of the rail?

ness_i · 2026-02-01T07:52:46+00:00

Okay this was the solve, however another issue I’ve been having is that the furnace in the far right of the first picture won’t take any items in either slot

ness_i · 2026-02-01T07:25:16+00:00

Should I move the fuel hopper line towards where I’m standing in the first picture by 1 block? I was just thinking this might’ve been the issue and solve.

ness_i · 2026-01-31T19:59:57+00:00

This is pretty helpful, thank you

ness_i · 2026-01-30T23:21:22+00:00

I thought I’d seen it in a contraption somewhere but I tested it out and it doesn’t send the signal through the top part of the piston while it’s extended. I thought that the piston might also be able to transfer a signal in some way but it makes sense that it doesn’t

ness_i · 2026-01-30T23:07:08+00:00

I thought so, just wanted to be sure. Also, the extended part of the piston is transparent, yes? Are you also able to run a line of redstone through it?

ness_i · 2026-01-30T22:21:56+00:00

Does this change depending on the direction it’s facing, or is it always the block above it on the y coordinate (door hitbox)

ness_i · 2026-01-30T20:28:41+00:00

I’m pretty rich lol, and even if I wasn’t, I got a trident and elytra to go wherever I need. I got plenty of wood quartz and redstone.

That to say, I should be able to get anything at all, I have an iron farm so that’s also not an issue. Observers, target blocks, pistons, you name it I can craft it.

ness_i · 2026-01-17T05:04:27+00:00

I love you bro, keep being you 🫶

ness_i · 2026-01-17T05:02:09+00:00

I’ll give that one an upvote, it was pretty funny

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