Minecart Physics Control

The Minecart Physics Control mechanic allows you to control various fine-grained aspects of Minecart physics.

Empty Slowdown

By default in Minecraft, empty minecarts slow faster than occupied minecarts. This can be disabled with the slow-when-empty configuration option.

Fall Speed

The vertical-fall-speed and horizontal-fall-speed options allow configuring the vertical and horizontal velocities applied to falling minecarts.

This can be used to create carts that fall much quicker downwards than forwards, or minecarts that fall slower for more airtime. A common usecase is to create minecart rollercoasters.

This can be disabled and set to the Minecraft default by using -1 as the speed.

Note

Both the vertical and horizontal speeds must be set (not -1) for this to take affect.

Max Speed

The max-speed option allows configuring the maximum speed that a Minecart can reach.

This can be disabled and set to the Minecraft default of 0.4 by using -1 as the speed.

Note

Minecarts can become unstable when going around corners at very high speeds.

Off Rail Speed

The off-rail-speed option allows tweaking the speed at which minecarts travel when moving along blocks that aren’t rails.

This can be disabled and set to the Minecart default by using -1 as the speed.

Configuration

Node	Comment	Default
slow-when-empty	Whether Minecarts should slow faster when empty	true
vertical-fall-speed	Sets the vertical fall speed of the minecart	-1.0
horizontal-fall-speed	Sets the horizontal fall speed of the minecart	-1.0
max-speed	Sets the max speed modifier of carts. Normal Minecraft speed is 0.4	-1.0
off-rail-speed	Sets the off-rail speed modifier of carts	-1.0