Turtle Lift

When turtle moves up it cannot lift me :(/>/>
Can you change behavior to allow it to lift items, mobs, players… ?

Sebra, on 25 February 2012 - 07:26 PM said:

When turtle moves up it cannot lift me :D/>/>
Can you change behavior to allow it to lift items, mobs, players… ?

Its a minecraft problem not computer craft. Similar thing sometimes happens with pistons shifting blocks.

If blocks are moving then that which is moving is not not actually the block itself, but an entity-version of it.
So essentially if a block seems to be moving from A to B, what is actually happening is that it vanishes from point A, then an entity-version of that block moves from A to B and vanishes, then at point B a block is being placed.

You can learn more about blocks and entities in the following article from the minecraft wiki:
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Entity#Sand_and_Gravel

Espen, on 26 February 2012 - 12:16 PM said:

what is actually happening is that it vanishes from point A, then an entity-version of that block moves from A to B and vanishes, then at point B a block is being placed.

Hence why you fall through it during the time it takes for the object to get from a to b.

I understand it, but Dynamic Elevator do not have this problem.

Turtles are unable to push players atm ;)/>/> This could change in a future update, therefor an "easy" turtle lift will not be possible.

I hope it will be changed, because descending works good.
Thanks for answer.

as a stopgap you can program them to automatically build and destroy stairwells, towers and ladders, or to work in formation to make a staircase out of turtles(no diamonds required) (if your clever this could be done with a minimum of 4 turtles)