A Tour of My Minecart Rail Network
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- Опубліковано 3 тра 2024
- This one is admittedly a bit out of left field, but a few months back I thought that making something of a railroad network in my single player world in Minecraft would be a fun project.
The development has come along quite nicely, and I figured now that I have a decent sized network put together, now might be a good time to show it off a bit, as well as share a few things I learned about project management while playing in this world.
LINKS:
ImpulseSV Villager Breeder: • Easy Infinite Villager...
(I know I said in the video the farm was designed by LogicalGeekBoy, but after rewatching these videos, I'm convinced this is the tutorial I followed)
Redstone Jazz Flushing Mob Farm: Missing
(it looks like redstone jazz deleted his channel, I'll update this if I ever find a reupload)
Ilmango Cobblestone Generator: • Simple Automatic Stone...
My Semi-Automatic Junction: • Semi-Automatic Minecar...
My Discord: / discord
My Patreon: / n00b_asaurus
MUSIC USED:
Various tracks from the Minecraft OST:
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A very special thanks to Didas72 and Edragon13 for helping pick some background music, even though I ended up just going with C418 tracks :)
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction: Why I'm making this video and what I plan on showing
1:26 The questions I want to answer
1:54 The rail alert system
2:22 How The Plastic Beach got me into Minecraft
3:37 Why only focusing on one grand project was a problem
4:18 The villager breeder
5:31 One small issue with a rail system
5:59 Why I thought working on one project was a good idea
6:51 The villager trading hall
7:54 Learning to accept working on multiple projects
8:28 The semi-automatic junction
9:17 Why having a master plan was a problem
10:46 The mob farm
12:58 Addressing the two big problems
13:54 Why I felt I needed a rail network
15:06 The Spawn Town project
17:14 The advantages of rail travel
18:06 The sand quarry
18:39 How rails help you progress through the mid and late game
19:01 Why I decentralized my network
19:44 A brief history of my base
20:10 Another pet project of mine :)
20:39 The plan to automate navigation
23:22 Dealing with incomplete projects
26:05 The end stronghold
26:38 Does a patchwork approach really work?
27:25 The joys of software
27:39 The parallels between Minecraft and the real world
28:24 The terracotta quarry
29:11 Minecraft might be able to teach you how to enjoy life again
30:31 Please take some time to just enjoy the moment :)
31:52 Building tracks like a real railroad
32:33 Extending the decision of following my enjoyment to Let's Plays
35:05 The beginning of The Caves and Cliffs
37:04 If it's about bridges, forget it. I dig canals.
39:21 Why this branch line is so long
40:39 The nether fortress farm
41:08 Outro & Thanks to my patrons! - Наука та технологія
This isn't to discourage anyone or to belittle railways but I was a fan of using a boat on ice (when that was added) and if done in the nether, you can go really long distances in a short period of time. I have done both in the nether and in the overworld. If done in the overworld, i found it best to do it either in the air or underground.
The railways are definetly nostalgic, though, and do offer some benefits. With minecart/railway mods, it would probably have even more benefits.
Great video.
I've had a few people shit on this idea because "ice roads in the nether is faster and more efficient"
I want to thank you for recognizing everyone has different tastes and different needs that call for different solutions.
I am quite happy with my rail system. Though while chatting with someone about elytras, I'm beginning to realize having options can give your world a bit more je ne sais quoi.
All of this to say, I think you have a great point about ice roads, and now I'm beginning to consider placing some ice-road viaducts around my world too XP
@@n00b_asaurus Well, as you point out, railways can have many benefits over other methods.
One of the things I liked about your video was when you went up high and was able to look upon your world from that vantage point. Moving vertically is not something iceways can achieve, at least not in vanilla. I know you wanted a more natural feel for the railway but have you considered making the railway go up high to view your creations? I did not see a natural way to achieve this, like by going up a mountain, so a twisted tower may have to be used. I don't know if there is fall damage for minecarts but if there isn't, you could also shoot yourself down on to your lower railway too.
Anyway, just spewing ideas.
Thanks for the reply and good luck.
@@n00b_asaurus I certainly think when it comes to transportation in your world, diversity will become a massive strength.
Flying around the world in an elytra, or ice boats through the nether, would be an excellent method to transport yourself and a relatively light amount of resources/single entity at extreme speed, in contrast to the rather slow rail network.
However, what the rail does away with speed, it gains in capacity, as you have mentioned.
If you can get minecart chains to play along, you can move an insane amount of resources AND entities all at once, which would eventually surpass the other methods in speed depending on the quantity of things being moved. Future automation would possibly even open up pathways to diverting specific resources to specific places simultaneously. It isn't fast, but that doesn't mean it isn't efficient.
There's no need to have all your eggs in one basket. Travelling the world becomes so much more convenient and satisfying when the mode becomes a choice of what you want, and how effective it is at achieving the current goal.
This video reminds me of old Minecraft videos for some reason, thanks man!
Both could exist in a world! I like regular rail as a sort of commuter rail for local purposes, and nether ice highways as high speed rail
I really like how chill and informative this video is compared to the overhyped trend of Minecraft videos. It’s a really great to see a small youtuber with genuine interest in sharing what they’ve made
Thanks for picking up on that. That was one of the reasons I felt I needed to upload this.
there's a comment exactly like this in every chill minecraft video
it's true tho
@@n00b_asaurusWE NEED A LETSPLAY NOW
Hard same
Reminds me of Bennet Foddy, subscribed within a few seconds. It's like listening to my own stream of thought but without all the cumbersome thinking. I can let go of my body and relax for a little while before I take control again and trundle on to the next "thing". Lots of metaphors for life in here and it's a gem, beats all the ADHD tiktok style stuff where one always has to be reeling with their nerves constantly exposed to stimuli. TLDR chill time
"Man in his 40s enjoying minecraft" and "super chill guy with lots to say" are my two favorite genre of dude
Not only is the "commentary after gameplay" style a good and underused one, but it's the style the people who got me into Minecraft used to use.
Really? I don't think I've ever seen anyone post that style of video before. Can I get some channel names? I'd love to check them out :)
@@n00b_asaurus it's wasn't obvious when the yogscast was doing it for updates and spotlights because they did a mix of both, but they are the one I was familiar with. (They don't do much of than anymore, though).
That being said, it's a proven style, and as shown in the above video it still works even today.
@@n00b_asaurusThe «I survived 100 days in minecraft» style and such often uses this, and narrativizes in ways that make them very gripping sometimes. This was a great video!
@@fromeveryting29 true, but I do prefer the more relaxing and laid back style @n00b_asaurus presented in the above video.
I think coestar, x(david64yt), and seananners all did commentary but eventually switched to live commentary. @n00b_asaurus
This gives me classic 2012-2015 Minecraft vibes and I’m all for it, always wanted to make a rail network like this and you nailed it. Keep up the work!
“classic”
@@JackH2254??
good times
@@keeIieLook up minecraft classic. This is nothing like it 😂
That was a fascinating listen, a lot of what you said really echoed my own thoughts and experiences about work and personal projects.
Thanks! I was a little hesitant to upload this one, but I'm glad to hear people are finding it useful :)
Wow this is fascinating! I've often had the urge to have a long-lasting world like this, but have never had something like it. My Minecraft play revolves around creating worlds with one purpose (like collecting every armor trim). Once they're done, I tend to abandon the worlds and start a new one. I've grown up watching etho's lets play and it's hard not to want a world like his, but I've come to accept my gameplay. it's okay to not have a long running worlds.
All of that to say this video really makes me want to have a long running world xD. I found your commentary on what this world is/represents super insightful. I especially liked your comment on let's plays and how the very nature of real time recording forces one to think about making the video rather than playing.
I'm not sure where my thoughts are going, but I wanted to say thank you for the very entertaining and thought provoking video! Hope all goes well with your world!
P.S. I loved the binary counter to control your mob farm. might not be the most efficient, but that's not the point. It's creative, interesting and I loved it. Man I really liked how this made me think about life!
Your life is just your hardcore survival world bro you gotta build as much as you can before your hearts run out!!
You know, I hadn't thought about that. I suppose it's not bad either to just make a world for one purpose and abandon it when you're done :)
I guess then it all depends on what you want as an outcome. As I stated, I really want to make my Plastic Beach in survival. That's going to take quite a long time to achieve, so I needed to adopt strategies that made playing in one world for a long time enjoyable.
If you just plan on playing in a world for a few months, you don't need to consider such things, do you? XP
Thanks!
The algorithm strikes again
The most fun part is before you get elytra and a set of mending tools. After that can be fun too but it's up to you to come up with new goals regularly. You have to really want to see results if you set a big goal to stay motivated through the grind
ibxtoycat, i forget the dude with the decade?+ old superflat world username... and the lot of the 3K + days hardcore creators ... everyone says the same thing.... if yu want a new world .... minecraft worlds are huge.... it's easy to reset in an existing world.... welp i agree with this dude so much - i'm too centralized.... but i mine everything to sea level and build on grids..... and oh shit - this is @rekrap2 . dude i didn't notice till i read my comment back for spell and sanity checking... unexpected.
This doesn't seem like it would be entertaining compared to other mc vids, but this is actually very entertaining, almost like a podcast but with visuals
Local man discovers what a video is
@@SirLiamTheGreat idk about you, but not all vids are like podcasts lol
i like the laid back style that feels like he's just rambling away
feels comfy
@@NonJohns Yea! That's exactly what I meant. Thx.
@@CubedCanine I was going into expecting a methodical talk about how to layout a rail network but ended up getting a very comforting and especially thought provoking video. I definitely echo your sentiment.
Dr. K once said something interesting about not finishing projects. Since he constantly has a bunch of half finished ones lying around, whenever someone asks about something he can go "Oh, i already have that in the works. Let's go take a closer look."
I did see that one, yes! That was one of the reasons I stopped worrying about finishing things :)
I absolutely love the railroad map in the bottom left of the screen. It really reminds me of the London tube map with its straight, clean lines
Is the minimap a mod? I love it.
16:30
Yes!!! Hardly anyone interacts with the Villiage mechanics in an "honest" way that isn't just exploiting it all for farms and that's pretty sad, because they way it's _meant_ to work is pretty neat, too. I love watching villages grow as I add on to them.
I'm 14 minutes in right now, and I just had to pause to say
- this is a breath of fresh air compared to basically every other Minecraft video where it always has to be fast-paced
- your rail network is inspiring to me, and I want to figure out how to use those junctions
- your discussions on projects and starting/abandoning worlds reminds me a lot of my past, and what I've done to try to stop myself from continuing that trend
- this whole video is inspiring both to continue playing, and just to acknowledge that similar feeling of a history as a Minecraft player and how to continue without getting too bored or abandoning more worlds
Gosh, I do wish I had a backup of all the worlds I've abandoned. It would be nice to look at them one last time, or maybe copy some builds into a newer version.
I watched this about a week ago, but I'm coming back to talk about one of the remarks you made. I think it was more in the latter half, but you talked about your playstyle that I am finding to be a genius idea. I've found myself in Minecraft servers and even when video editing feeling the same thing, if I work on it for a while with the project being "complete" looming mysteriously ahead, I'll burn out. So the coding idea of Perpetually Completing a project, even if it not may be actually ready to ship a great method for motivation.
I've applied it to a Beta Minecraft world where I've wanted to build the Monte Palace from Portugal, but never stated. I had gathered materials, but never place anything down. But then hearing this, I built the bridge that is in the palace area. Now is the palace ready to be shown off? No, but now I have this bridge, completely done, that I can say is complete and get that satisfaction from.
Thank you for this idea, I've even applied it to video editing as well where I now start my day just fully finishing a segment of a video. Yes, the video is not done, but that one minute segment is fully complete, and I can look back at it as motivation to keep up the edit.
Also, cool rails.
Glad you found value in this idea :) Enjoy your palace build. It'll be well worth the wait when done!
this is amazing. not only did you manage to make a detailed Minecraft railway network you managed to relate so much to what I have in my own head. the whole 40-minute video went by like it was nothing. yet I find myself relating to 90% of the talking points about life.
As someone currently on the path to treating undiagnosed ADHD, this video talks about the exact problems and solutions I’ve encountered while learning about myself and my condition. I too would strive for big goals and eventually lose all interest in said goal when I no longer enjoyed the preparation. The solution is to break tasks up into very manageable steps and to forgive yourself for becoming distracted. If it’s something you *need* to do, allow yourself small breaks mid-way through the task so that you can return refocused and more motivated.
Anyway, just sharing because I related to your video and was seeing a lot parallels to my recent journey of self-rediscovery
Thanks for sharing! I had a bit of doubt that what I'd stumbled upon was a good idea, but hearing you and others saying the same thing is reassuring :P
Screw that, forgo the castle/fortress on the mountain and go for a full Decked Out experience! :P
Silliness aside, I'd 100% watch whatever survival gameplay content you cook up, be it in a traditional let's play style or not. With that said, we both know that just about anything you come up with is enough to captivate me in particular
Thanks Ed :)
This is why I loved the older version of MC; I really wish they found a way to make minecarts relevant again. With shulker boxes and the elytra, transportation is so much faster now and so inexpensive in comparison but on the other hand, rail networks are so cool, lol.
It's funny you bring that up! Because after making this video, I got my first set of elytra... and then 2 more to boot.
Combine that with the mob farm and sugar cane farm I had at my base, I was ready to start flying around my world... and yet, I still use the rail network exclusively to get around.
I watch a lot of the channel "not just bikes", and one of the things he points out is that people tend to favor cars because that's the type of transportation being catered too. And his argument is that if other modes of transportation were to be made available, you'd find that more people may prefer other more relaxing modes of getting around.
I think the same effect is happening here. I think people tend to stick with elytras because they haven't given themselves any other options.
Which gives me an idea: I should make a road going around my world as well. That way I have the option to travel by horses, camels, or just walking if I wanted to :)
Alan Fisher is a good urbanist to look at considering their expertise in the topic, and also since they didn't abandon the US
I feel like theyre also the most “minecrafty” mode of transportation as well. Like theyre literal MINE carts and it does make me feel like a miner lol
I think Hermitcraft (a popular SMP, if you haven't heard of it then I'm sorry for your loss) used dirt roads and horses in season 7 or 8 (I don't remember which one), and it was probably the most homely and fun season to date.
I've been thinking of running my own Minecraft server where elytras are disabled (among other changes) to make the server's community tighter, and to give the server a more nostalgic feel while still using modern Minecraft. But, the work of running a server like that is quite a hassle, so unless someone pays me a to do it then it's not going to happen.
@@bluesillybeard
Hermitcraft Season 8 was dirt roads and horses.
Hermitcraft Season 6 was an extensive rail network which I’m not sure if it was 100% completed
In regards to your question on "would people be interested in an on-going format of videos like this one?" I say, on my behalf, absolutely. I have ADHD, a disorder where one of the most prime symptoms is that I have such a low attention span that it's almost comical. Many videos that are long-spanned like this I often click, listen in for a while, and leave once I feel as though I've been entertained enough and am now getting bored. This video, however, there was something, or multiple things for that matter, that kept me. There's something about your down-to-earth passion and knowledge that really kept me enticed. Of course, the railway was very entertaining and stimulating to experience, but your commentary really gave this video a very wonderful flavor. Your voice, tone, words, etc, it all just comes together really nicely.
In other words, yes, I'd be very supportive if you decided to make more videos akin to this where the *narrative* is what piques your interest or what's on your mind. Great video.
I second that Tibey! I have ADHD, OCD, BI-polar disorder, MDD, numerous anxiety disorders… I’m just a mess.YET, and yet… I was able to follow, stay interested, and get inspired by this video. In my world, that is no easy feat! Kudos man… please keep new ones coming while I peruse older videos!
@@ceekae1096 glad to hear I wasn't the only one!
Definitely not alone!!! 😊And now I see that my post WAS uploaded after all! I do not ever post on social media anymore, I have issues, I long-spell everything. I am a computer persons punching bag because there’s so much to make fun of (which I’m ok with by the way). I just don’t belong in this computer age but am very grateful to see that I’m not so “unique” in this world. Thanks Tibey You’ve encouraged me!
I really resonated with you when you spoke about the Analysis Paralysis. I hove had like a dozen worlds where I simply have a house and a farm and I want to automate all these different processes at once and then I get frustrated and stopped playing. A couple of weeks ago I started a survival world in beta 1.7.3 Its a very simple version so I have been relatively more productive and its really relaxing.
You know, I'm beginning to notice a pattern. Everyone seems to be enjoying the older versions of Minecraft more.
I wonder if maybe the simplicity is what gives Minecraft it's appeal.
Maybe that's why Mojang is so slow to release new features 🤔
@@n00b_asaurus Simplicity = restrictions. And restrictions force you to be more creative.That creativity is the appeal of a sandbox game and that made minecraft popular. For me nostalgia plays a huge factor as well 😅
This is why I tend to avoid modded Minecraft. As a generally redstone/automation oriented player, the simplicity and restrictions of the vanilla redstone systems has a lot of appeal. A lot of tech mods will condense an entire redstone machine into a single block that you just need to grind out a bunch of resources for and it takes away all the fun of designing/building it yourself.@@gnvinternationalambassador925
Thank you for helping me to realise that it's OK to temporarily abandon projects and work on something else for a bit. Focusing on only one thing is also something I find difficult.
I saw this idea of creating a wall with signs that have all your project ideas on them. like a big to-do list. keeps it all organised and you always have something to do, just work on whatever is interesting that day
@@nembutsu1045I like that idea a lot :D
I use red and green dye to mark which ones I finished. and glow dye to read it better 👍@@Shizaho
This is the most endearing Minecraft video I’ve seen in half a decade, it reminds me of the old charming UA-camrs with a nice modern twist to it. So calming and lovely to see someone talk about their survival world and why they’re so passionate about it.
Its been years since the last time i played just for fun and not getting overhelmed with giant projects and playing just creative. This video, as simple and kinda casual as it is for me, is what i needed. Really fresh sensation just hearing a guy talk about how much he likes his world. Kinda nostlgyc to when i trully enjoy this game just being casual and not that tryhard
Yeah, that's something that's all too easily forgotten, isn't it. We really have to try to not try :P
Here's hoping we can get back to just having fun, I think that's something we all need.
Despite only being able to understand half of what you said both in an intellectual way and a vocabulary way I'm looking forward to this rail system of yours. It looks cool and our right its nice to be hands off and just enjoy the scenery.
Always wanted to build a big rail network, love this! Excited to see your automatic switcher.
I'm excited too! I'd hoped there would be others out there with that same itch for a rail network in Minecraft as me. Hopefully this sparks some inspiration for those people!
I am very interested in watching how you developed your entire railway system. As well as setting up your world.
@@n00b_asaurus This has absolutely inspired me to make an overworld rail network in my current world! In fact I think i actually prefer the manual switches to an automatic system. if you added signs before each junction saying what was down that line it may be easier to find your way around.
On a side note, is there a reason you used path blocks with pistons instead of note blocks and observers?
@@n00b_asaurusRails has really been lost to time. Even back "then" you didn't really see rail networks though.
Only person I know who did this stuff was this swedish guy on youtube who made rail networks on his server. He came up with some cool stuff over the years and were able to hide the redstone underground and he didn't use pistons to push the rails.
Never actually seen anything like it outside of that server which is still up and running to this day to me knowledge.
@@n00b_asaurus the mine in abyss server reset is in 2-3 days and they always build a complicated rail network. The server is uniquely deep at over 7000 blocks deep and the railways become quite insane. They only reset every 2-3 years so I think I will be helping some of the builders build that rail network, I think it would be a lot of fun.
On my old private HC world I built a small network, but it ran fuel from my fuel farm to several other farms that needed fuel with an automatic redstone track switcher that would make sure to send the cart BACK to the fuel depot if the minecart was empty or send it to the next farm if it wasn't empty. It would proceed to fill up 3 or so farms before rolling back to the fuel station and going back out. All vanilla.
Very interesting video, I am quite surprised with how short this video made nearly 42 minutes feel; maybe it's a sign that this style of let's-play works well. Also, your juxtaposition of playing Minecraft and real life was quite insightful and when I do a bit of reflection I realize that my own experiences echo exactly what you said; in many ways I've subconsciously used a similar philosophy to approach tough projects and it has worked for me thus far.
TL;DR came for minecarts stayed for the ride
I realise that this video is not my usual watch, but I cannot help but marvel at the 'perfect-ness' of this idea. It's the most literal interpretation of following your 'train of thought' as you show off your minecraft world, like a story broken up by moments of tension and release, you balance out the long, self reflective story of how you deal with problems with breaks of individual creations, separate from one another, almost to a fault. Like a perfect illustration of the point you are trying to make in your story. Just sublime, fantastic work dude
This is so cool, I love seeing how different people develop their worlds organically. If I encountered the same minecart issues and the problems with a central station, I would probably make a network of stations that each served a set of termini and controlled the junctions. Arriving at a station, selecting a destination, and departing is to me one of the coolest parts of making long trips, but I also want to be able to completely disengage while moving. Different goals, different solutions. One thing I might suggest to go along with your idea of building the rails realistically is adding mile markers.
Oooh I like the mile marker idea! That might be a nice thing to have!
I’m so glad this got recommended to me. Watched the whole thing. It was interesting to hear you talk about different things, and pretty relaxing to be riding through the world with music and the sound of the minecart.
Thanks for watching, and I'm glad I could offer something worth watching :)
My friend, you have given me so much more than a tour of your minecart network. You've inspired me. I'm so glad I clicked this video.
The minecart ride and scenery made a pleasant, serene backdrop for hearing what you had to say. Thank you for sharing it with me. It's given me quite a bit to think about. 💙
I don't know if a 10hr video of Minecraft's theme with the rail sounds on top exists but it definitely should!
This video feels like Minecraft from 8/9 years ago in the best way possible. Without the talk of updates and that snowy mountain, I would have thought that. This is so refreshing and awesome
Came for a cool Minecart Rail Network, stayed for the introspection and insightful commentary.
this is so calming to watch and listen to, thank you.
I figured something calm was needed... not here specifically, but in general :)
Thanks for watching/listening
This was an unexpected gem of a video, I would gladly watch a lets-play in this style. Subbed.
I enjoyed the pauses in speaking and the breaks between points of interest so unfamiliar in modern UA-cam. Thank you for making an entertaining and informative video that surpassed the simple premise of its title. Much of what you touched on resonated with me and now I’m inspired to go have some fun playing Minecraft with my friends without worrying about losing interest or burnout. Thank you for the minecart ride, sorry for the long comment.
I built several rail lines in my beginner peaceful world, and it worked spectacularly, but I spent a LOT of time and resources building raised platforms, tunneling through mountains, and all while making sure the thing LOOKED good throughout.
This video has inspired me to build a railway in my current survival world. I especially love the junctions you've set up, and I'd be very interested in a tutorial if you have time/energy.
Keep up the great work, and I look forward to whatever you show off next!
9:46 'I was drawing up the perfect plans for the late game before the wheat in my starter farm had fully grown'. Damn. Why is this minecraft video making me contemplate life.
I very much have the the same problem of setting the goal of, and then exclusively focuing on, large projects. Followed by losing intrest, and stopping playing. And then later once I want to play agian, I come up with a new project, start a new world, abandoning the old world because I did not consider there to be enough in the old world to be worth keeping, compared to the "better" option of starting a new world. Though for me ive been playing Factorio rather than Minecraft, but the same observations apply. Some of the most fun ive had is when I let go of doing anything practical, and just explore the ideas of whatever I feel like building. On that note, try adding things like 270 and 360 degree turns (in other words, loop de loops) to your minecart track, they can be used to add variety (and therefore landmarks) to an otherwise direct path. For example, if you have a path that needs a sharp turn down and to the right, check if going to the left can be made to make sense. Or if you need to go down a steep incline or a cliff, do a zig zag or a spiral path down rather than having a momolithic ramp. Also, would it be possible to add alternative sceneic routes to your minecart network? On a seneic route you would have the option to play with whatever systems you can think of, which would then be designed to be ignorable, without being forgotten.
Those ideas aren't half bad :D
I like the zig-zag ides especially! I can think of a few spots that would benefit from that greatly!
This was my thought exactly! If I build a rail network like this I plan to add another restriction for realism, and that's a realistic grade. Real life trains can only really do a very shallow grade meaning a lot of the cutting and filling n00b was avoiding.
@@FridgidIdgit 100% On the idea of more realistic tracks. I built a railway in Beta 1.7.3 recently with large sweeping curves around the natural contours of the landscape, and I kept the grade at a steady 10%. Still very steep for real trains but it felt reasonable for what's effectively very light narrow-gauge rail. It looked great and felt amazing to walk along, but riding it in BETA was a huge mistake. The camera whips around and I got huge headaches! My current 1.20.2 world isn't currently compatible with Noob's philosophy in this video but I would like to try and implement some sort of rail in the future.
@@edragon1391 the camera whipping around is something I'd be testing first to avoid. Haven't done much rail work in 1.20 but it looks like the 45° tracks n00bs made keep the camera steady. If a realistic curve causes the camera to shake I may just approximate it using straight and 45° sections.
I was thinking of trying for 5% grade but that may end up being too shallow for a minecraft world
@@FridgidIdgit Yeah, the new terrain gen calls for a lot of bridging and tunneling and grading. 5% is a tough one! And I'm kinda glad the rail project in Beta failed, I tore the tracks up but left the road in place and expanded it into a big walking path. Thankfully in the more modern versions, the camera jittering around isn't an issue anymore.
and suddenly, I feel the urge to launch myself back into a Minecraft survival world and learn how to use Redstone and build all of the grand things I was too noncommittal or overwhelmed or [insert excuse] to build. Great video
28:20 “The game is only as fun as you make it.”
Honestly so true. I was never able to stick to singleplayer survival Minecraft, so instead I make survival maps for me and my friends to play. I found I liked doing this after we played through the Super Hostile maps by Vechs.
I normally don’t watch singleplayer survival commentary, but this had me hooked from start to finish. Maybe it’s just the minecart railway. I’m a sucker for minecart rides. But it’s also interesting hearing how people play Minecraft in singleplayer, since I’m mostly a multiplayer guy. How people are able to just… play. Build. No end goal, just a continuous cycle of small goals they set for themselves. Rather than me, who spends his time making something that others will play, maps that do have an ultimate end goal.
Reading the comments and getting just into the first few seconds of the video I'm already thoroughly enjoying it, I also have a fascination with long running world's with complex builds but I can never stick to it, and I always try to build complex rail systems (with no success) so I'm very intrigued to see where this goes!
I'm excited to see where it goes too.. Hopefully towards me finally having my plastic beach, but all in due time :)
recently I thought about starting a rail network for my world and this video is giving me more inspiration to actually do it. my favorite type of creative build is just infrastructure so I think doing that in survival would be fun. thanks for listening to me
Thanks for sharing :) I think you're right, there's something very satisfying about building infrastructure. Maybe It's because it's a repetitive task that's open to creative interpretation? I'm not too sure why, but you are right. It is enjoyable all the same.
I really love this decentralized view of Minecraft, for me my main goal was to keep everything super centralized into some sort of mega base that I would slowly but surely develop, I particularly enjoyed the aspect of sticking to realism in much of my building to which would allow me to stay motivated in playing. However I always never get to total completion, I for myself developed a lot of bad habits such as the idea of planning to which I would enjoy a lot but this would always land me in a new world with new chunks and resetting my progress, but also other implications like issues relating to time (coming back to a world after like 2 weeks and I forgot my main goal in the world), boredom, or pure laziness after hrs of what felt like work when Minecraft is suppose to be like an escape for me 😂😂
I don't know what changed in the algorithm for UA-cam to be recommending to me all these smaller creators all of a sudden, but I love it!
Edit: Also, if you feel like uploading this world at any point, I would love to explore it!
I like some of the talking points you have here about playing the same world for a long time.
I have a 4600 ingame day old world that I started around the time the Nether update came out and never saw a reason not to keep a world long term. Back in my xbox 360 days I had a creative world where I transformed a pretty sizeable part of the flat world into a city.
In my survial world I've seen basically everything the game has to offer, I have a central town with an unfinished castle that is basically just a sorting sytem for every non-stackable item except custom banners and the rarer mob heads. Other than that, I also have a few farms, but nothing crazy impressive.
I'm playing it sometimes with friends and we have around seven places that you could consider bases, and I dug two giant tunnels to two of them for a subway.
There also an extensive nether boat-highway network connecting every semi important location.
I like the world and I wish to keep it indefinitely.
I also said to myself that if newer terrain ever is too far away so that I "need" to create a new world I will just move maybe 20.000 blocks away in some arbitrary direction.
This would be a long way from home/spawn but I actually traveled beyond that a few times as the map size is around 16 GB on my SSD.
(Even though I found new terrain 1500 blocks from my base)
When I go on adventures I also carry a book with me, documenting the location and date of certain events. Like how I finished the digging of a tunnel from location X to location Y.
I also regularly leave signs behind with dates and descriptions and when I was really far away, looking for the last pottery sherd I was missing, I thought that I found an entirely new location but it I found that the temple was already plundered of its treasures and a sign saying that I was there 800 in game days ago.
Stuff like this makes me really appreciative of what I have.
That's really fun! I especially love the breadcrumbs you leave around the world. That tells a story, and I'm sure as the story continues to develop it will become more and more special!
The algorithm sent me here. Having the node map in the thumbnail, and noticing the length of the video, had me interested. I enjoy long-form content far more than tightly edited content.
A lot of what you talked about strongly resonated with me. I too have a difficult time buckling down and working on just one thing for a long time while hoping that burn-out doesn’t reach me. And when it does, I’m down for months at a time.
I’m second generation inattentive-type ADHD, and I’m pro-medication when it’s combined with therapy. I was diagnosed at a very young age, and have a two-generation support system of my parents and grandparents got me through American K-12 education with pretty good grades. I never wanted to be top of the class, but I felt the pressure from education authority figures. My brain is really, really good at rote memorization and regurgitation of information, and since American K-12 is all about that, I wasn’t the stereotypical story of someone with ADHD getting really low grades before finally being diagnosed. Unfortunately, this locked me out of a few state programs that help kids with ADHD work on organization and time-management skills. For some reason in my state at the time, you also needed to have an average grade of C or lower on top of an ADHD diagnosis in order to qualify for the program. I had an average of B+ at the time, and graduated compulsory education with a B- average. The grading scale had switched to one with a stricter percentage range starting 11th grade, and the last math class I had to take was a trigonometry course. I didn’t click with the teacher’s instructional methods nor the course material, and got a tutor to help me get my lowest grade in K-12: a C+.
The reason why I bring that up is because I… started to slide. I realized a few years later that I was holding myself to unrealistic standards: the very unhealthy side to perfectionism. I went into college right after high school, and I think I shouldn’t have. I had a grad student instructor that berated me privately and publicly my second semester; for a friggin’ mandatory composition class of all subjects. I reached out; found out that my college, at least for me, does seem to care about its students.
But college has been really difficult for me. My college dropped its associate degrees from all majors the semester I started, so I’m locked into a bachelor’s for a hands-on, programming-heavy technology major. The instructors and professors, although few, and not the most socially adept people, have revitalized my interest in teaching and my passion for helping people who are genuine. Being stuck with online courses for two years and change really slowed down my pace right when I was at my best physical and mental health in over a decade, but I’m getting more involved to stick through with it, as all the friends I made have either graduated and found online jobs, dropped out, or continued into grad school where they’re in classes when I’m going to bed. I’ll be the first person on my dad’s side of the family to get a Bachelor’s degree.
Anyways, I found that my passion, focus, and drive for a narrow, yet broad goal - passing a few classes in a semester - starts to die out and put me in a mental block about 3 months into things… right when the length it takes to finish course work doubles. And I stupidly thought it was a lack of discipline, as I was naively following the advice from some very different life experiences of a close family member who had a buffer of working and a stable romantic relationship while taking night classes to get two associate’s degrees (which were done so long ago that today they do not total in credit hours to a bachelor’s program). With the assistance of my therapist, and my own research from academic papers, I found out that no, it’s not a lack of discipline: it’s how my brain is wired when I’m only going to and from school. Lack of wanting to date and regional businesses having the worrying reputation of pushing college employees into a state of “40-hour work week or else we’ll fire you since this is a right-to-work state where laws have extended to employers having the right to fire employees without the requirement of stating a reason for doing so, as well as part-time positions legally not provided with full-time benefits for working 40+ hour weeks as long as it does not go on past six consecutive weeks” aside, I found that going to a few meetings of two clubs have extended my burnout point from 3 months to three-and-a-half months.
I’m on a life journey right now to find out where the sweet spot is in variety to prevent burnout. It already has tangible effects on my mental and physical health, and I’m still pretty young.
Geez, what a read XP
My story is pretty similar, though I was able to get through college just fine... it was work that seemed to cause me the most stress, and was the reason why I reevaluated a lot of the standards I was holding myself up to.
Glad to see I'm not the only one who came to this conclusion! Best of luck to you, I hope you can find a nice balance!
I think you are an interesting enough person that a let’s play from you would be enjoyable
That's all I needed to hear :P
This popped up randomly in my recommended, and I'm glad it did.
I too struggle with perpetually starting/never completing projects. I really like the statements you made about your minecraft world and how you are the one who gives value to the things that you want to do.
Your commentary really resonated with me. You completed a lot of half thoughts for me and I genuinely appreciate that. I've found starting new Minecraft worlds to be so daunting, but hearing about your experiences has really energized my motivation. Thank you for making and sharing this video!
This person is a professional. No hotbar full of totems or fireworks, no full netherite, and they use minecarts. This is true minecraft content. I really hope content like this will rise again instead of those definitely legit hardcore series
Such a pleasant video to watch/listen to. I didn't even realise it was 40 minutes long, keep it up.
How did I just sit through 30:00 and not notice?
Minecraft Rail Network with podcast is a vibe I didn't know I could enjoy.
This is such a lovely video to wind down to after some stressful days of my own, your narrative style is cogent, interesting, and well-paced when paired with the moments of quietly taking in the scenery with some of the best in-game music tracks on this minecart journey
I didn’t know what I was stepping into when starting this video, but I am very happy that I clicked
this is the greatest thing I've ever seen in Minecraft, thank you so much for showing it. actually ingenious design.
not only that but an amazingly well made video too. I'm genuinely impressed!
did not expect to see this in my recommended, but holy crap its such a nice break from the current trend of minecraft videos. absolutely amazing to be able to listen to someone who genuinely cares about the work they've done. amazing video
bruh i didn't expect to be rethinking both my minecraft world and my entire life by the end of this vid. love this style of video
On my last major Minecraft world, I had two major railways that spanned the entire continent.
Minecarts are an underrated way to travel, especially for moving animals across long distances.
I've been working on another once since June 2023 but this one is significantly longer and I haven't laid tracks yet, just the wood markers.
My last major world was created before the Caves and Cliffs part two update when iron was easier to come by and strip mining was the best way to get resources.
Also, the new track goes over mountains and I stuck with the straight line design so it's 1k blocks in one direction River and mountain be darned.
Once I secure a lot of iron I am going to finish this railway and then finish the small tramway I started in March 2023.
After that's done I have another plan to make a railway across the ocean to this other continent which I've settled.
I've mapped out the starting area and the ending area which is across the ocean.
It's the closest possible point to the other continent.
But for now, I just need iron and I love building me some railways.
Railways also help with exploration since you could build one in territories you haven't quite mapped out yet.
How fun is that XP
It's great to hear what others do in their worlds that they deem to be fun endeavors. It's given me loads of cool ideas :D
I really wish they'd nerf Elytras and rebalance transportation in general so people are more motivated to build rail networks. I've been working on a mod that does the following, and I think it'd fit nicely in vanilla.
1. Makes Elytra firework boosting damage Elytra, so you're discouraged from using fireworks to fly forever.
2. Increases the max speed of Minecarts from 4 (i think) m/s in vanilla to 16 m/s.
3. Makes gold powered rails much, much faster than before. A high end version of powered rails.
4. Adds copper powered rails. They're essentially the old powered rails, but much cheaper since they use copper.
5. Adds dispenser and dropper minecarts.
This is the MC videos I wanna see.
No over-edited, ADHD 10 minute burst of some zoomer kid yelling at you but some relaxing, long form content by someone just enjoying the game.
absolutely loved this entire video. somehow found myself losing 40 minutes to listening to your sentiments about life and projects, all things that I'm currently worrying about. It was nice to hear someone talking about simular issues while also doing something both awe-inspiring and realistic feeling rather than the massive minecraft projects you usually see on youtube.
this has genuinely changed my view on survival worlds as well as railroads. never knew there was this much effectiveness in railroads, thought it was becoming obsolete alongside the rest of the communities thoughts. now i know better.
I'm new to you and your channel but this has been an amazing after work relaxation video. If you decide to make more videos like this I will watch them.
I think being connected to far away rare biomes with "rare" materials like terracotta probably makes it easier for you to get said materials, and therefore could lead to more varied builds, rather than just oak houses in plains biomes, sand stone in dessert bioms acasia in savana bioms etc. I dunno, ive just noticed that my builds are getting kinda same-y since i dont travel my world much
That's a good point! I didn't even think of that!
@@n00b_asaurusthanks, also I'd like to say thanks for inspiring me to build my own monorail, mainly to get to interesting biomes and getting materials, and farms I think are too ugly to keep near my main base. Even though I have elytra.
this video was so good and cozy and thought provoking, correlating the software development methods/project management with minecraft is something i've always done mentally while playing and the similarity with real life is so obvious that someone talking about it in this way feels long overdue. kudos! excellent video!
im not sure ive ever felt before that a video like this could be so relieving! your "sprawling" style of project physically connected by a literal "train of thought" is organic and inspiring.
i would absolutely love seeing a letsplay in this retroactive style.
I wouldn't mind more videos like this. I related to your problems a lot
i honestly applaud your world, it looks like you had a lot of fun with it and you seem like a very creative person! any toughts on trying out the "Create" mod? maybe you like to keep things vanilla but honestly you are exactly the type of person i like seeing meddling with that one! i really recommend it, its a lot of down to earth fun
also this was a great "podcast" type video haha
I have played with create. It's fun, but I haven't spent too much time playing it.
I love this style of video. The pockets of near-philosophical discussion enveloped by silence, calming music, and the minecart noises is a fantastic combo imo
This video is amazing, i love fhe chill tone of it, barely feeling edited. Hearing somebody just talking about something they care about along with how they did it is just fascinating to me, thank you
Can we get a tutorial on how to make that railroad junction?
Yeah, I can put something together
I really like the the structure of this video, chill music and the slow casual tour while talking about your mindset with minecraft projects. It's a great format, I feel like I'd watch other things like this.
My wife and I play together very casually, so I find a lot of the in-depth tutorials that get into the weeds about data and farming very intimidating. This video was so relaxing, and it gave me the little bit of information I needed: I can build a railway over varied terrain and long distance, and it should be powered for convenience. I tend to wander and find locations I want bases in (I've filled out 6 or 7 full-sized maps so far), and a railway that showcases the vistas I've seen on those journeys is exactly what I want.
Thanks for making this video. The part where you talk about how you go about working on projects without losing interest was really insightful and made me reflect on my own experiences in relation to that.
I enjoyed this video way more than i thought i would when i read the title. It was so interesting to travel around your world, hearing the story of each stop and why it was where it was. I felt like i was being told a fantastical story and all i had to do is lay back and listen to it. This really was a great video. I've subbed and will share this with my MC friends. I always put an overland rail system in my worlds but i have to place a separate rail track between each destinations, which as you pointed out, gets tiring hopping in and out of each cart to get somewhere. I'm going to check out your design for the junctions.
i’ve been struggling with minecraft lately and I think you’ve given me much to reflect on with my own relationship with this game. wonderful world. thanks for sharing this with us!
huh, what an interesting suggestion from youtube.
People have already said that but this video has strong early 2010s minecraft vibes. Kinda brings me back to my teen years.
I like the way you speak, both the topics you bring up and the general way of speaking - clean concise sentences, no annoying mannerisms and filler words. That's a breath of fresh air.
I wasn't expecting to watch the whole thing but I did, and I enjoyed it quite much.
Kudos.
This has really gave me alot to think about in relation to my own approach to projects. I'm not going to ramble about all the details, mostly because I really don't feel up to it, but I want to say thank you. I suddenly found a new perspective when I wasn't even aware I needed to see one. Your commentary was inspiring and the video itself was quite enjoyable, too. It was a breath of fresh air in youtube's nature of rewarding people who abuse overstimulation and in your face tactics. Thanks for the enjoyable video all around
I love this kind of authentic Minecraft content. No hyper edited sensationalist stunts, just a random guy geeking out about something he built.
This is a great video, appreciate your thoughts and the chill presentation. Great world you have there and I like the path block rail junctions along with those alarm bells notifying you of an upcoming junction. Thanks for sharing! Reminds me of how great Minecraft is in general.
This is an underrated gem of a video! Your outlook on Minecraft and life really resonated with me.
This is amazing! I really felt a lot of myself in your voice overs regarding handling projects and the like.
Ive been trying to plan my own rail system in my world and hope itd be as good
This was a great video, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I found it surprisingly relaxing and very thought-provoking. I'm intrigued. I would totally watch a Let's Play series in this style. By the way, awesome world so far!
Docm77 would release a lot of let's play videos kind of in this style. I remember when he responded to a common criticism of his videos ("You never build anymore!") with "Look at all the things I've built!"
He didn't realize that people wanted him to record himself building.
I would love to see you upload videos in this style; a retrospective Let's Play series would be fantastic.
Maybe you could do something similar to what Zisteau used to do and make a camera-man account, give it spectator mode, and have it watch you build things!
I used to be absolutely enamoured by railways in Minecraft back when it was pretty much the only way to get around; Stampy's Lovely World comes to mind whenever I think of this sort of stuff.
This takes me back to the sheer joy of crossing so many blocks in a short time while watching the world scroll by. Makes me wanna build my own again.
I use trapped chests for my rail junctions. Just place them directly on top of the rail you want to switch, then all you gotta do is hold down right-click as you approach to open the chest and switch the track. The chest will stay open until you’re out of range, and won’t cause any suffocation damage as you pass through it.
It works great, is simple, and self-contained.
I think I picked that up from Cubfan a few years ago. I love rail travel. I always have a railroad minecart in my worlds. I played on a friends’ server who had started their world back in alpha, and they had a 5000 square meter railroad that completely encircled their build area. It took about 45 minutes to make the loop, though theirs was elevated so it was a bit safer from mobs.
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Im subscribing with the hopes of many more lets play style videos in this world from you in the future. From someone who doesnt use a lot of redstone and doesnt like to automate in minecraft this was seriously inspiring just hearing how passionate you are about what youve built and created!
This is so much more than a tour of a rail system. Its a tour of the mind. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and experiences with us.
I found myself very captivated by this video and your style of presenting information. You brought up a lot of problems with solo worlds that I also deal with, and I loved the simple rail network. It gives such nostalgic vibes and made me feel oddly at peace.
Came to just look for cool minecart ideas and got blown away by a therapeutic delivery of showcasing, relatable introspection, and excitement. I could listen to your narrate microwaving a hot dog, it's so compelling.
Anyways, you have my own creative juices flowing for life and the craft so time to do something fun
i recently started playing again and became fascinated by farms. i had never built anything more than a crop farm that i would manually operate, but with bamboo, kelp, cactus farms openly available on youtube. i built an iron farm which took me three days to get right (started building a java iron farm in bedrock). the iron farm opened up my gameplay significantly and i had never been able to create so much. i earlier today built a small kelp farm that will become my fuel alternative while bamboo, hopefully, will become so abundant i can use that as my wood planks alternative
now about ancient cities, these are easier to find than i previously thought. just find a mountain biome, and look for a deep cave. time consuming, yes, but well worth it.
a minecart rail system i have also built, simply to get to an ocean 1000 blocks away to fish, except my rail cart is built at -49 and soon i will create an elevator system to quickly exit and enter the rail system
I really enjoy this retrospective format of content! Much better than other mc videos that practically push an agenda to your face. I thought you had some really interesting talking points relating Minecraft to real life and projects, and the pauses in between added an element of mindfulness that, I felt, connected really well to the whole vibe. Hope you continue to make videos like this, this was a super relaxing watch!
with the simpleness and the mic this is some og level content feels nostalgic even tho its new good shit bro i feel like a kid again.
i love how you discovered the concept of beeing in the eternal moment and "flowstate", how the internet people call it, just by sitting down with yourself. Impressive meditative skills
I didn't even realize that's what I was doing. Thanks for that!
this is like a documentary. nice to watch. soothing voice. PS: I'm currently building some train stations and was researched on how to build the junctions best and found your tutorial/channel. thanks for that.
Hi from Brazil!
It's comforting and very very fun to watch your ideas and world coming together
I've been playing for so many year and the game never lost it's fun, but the lack of will to keep playing always a thing that shows up after some time. Having a "reason" to keep playing isn't a easy thing and seen yours got me really really happy
First time i see one of your videos, new sub, hope to get to see another video of your journey soon!
Its acually really refreshing to see a "normal" survival world. Not to insult you, but all your builds (not teh farms) were really "normal". No fancy things, no shader ect. just a normal map. Very nice!
No insult taken :) It's my world, and I'm proud of it.
Thanks!
You are great at talking and this Rail network looks amazing, i love railways in minecraft and travel by them is weirdly satisfying to me. Great video!
I like the way these videos are made. I really appreciate how you make a tour of your world and describe it in this chill and calm tone unlike the 80% of Minecraft UA-camrs. I can't wait for you to upload more videos like this.
I rarely comment on videos here on youtube, but I had to come down and say that this video was an absolute treat to watch and a much welcome break from the typical minecraft video so common on this platform. I would absolutely watch more videos styled in this way!
Loved this video so much, so relaxing. I started playing around plastic beach too! It’s so nice to see just classic rail networks instead of all the 1000s of different ways to get about, makes me a bit nostalgic, and inspired to make my own. I really like your philosophy on letting yourself jump between projects, it ensures that minecraft remains a game and not a chore. Just discovered your channel now, gonna go binge all your other videos haha.
It's so refreshing seeing these builds that aren't necessarily built for looks but you're clearly having a lot of fun with them. I often struggle with making things too perfect and losing interest when I make something I don't like, so seeing a world like this where it's just about having a good time is a great thing for me