Flowing water's influence

Ovis · 2019-07-23T10:35:15.145Z

I’m expecting an instant “this would stress the server too much” answer, but:

Would it be possible to have flowing water influence items, players and creatures. If I place throw an item into flowing water, it will travel along the stream. If I got in flowing water, it would slowly push me along (maybe push me faster if I was on ice).

This could open up some really inventive designs for transport, games and builds. But I’m super happy with even having placable water right now

NerArth · 2019-07-23T10:51:27.998Z

One of the devs has mentioned an interested in this recently, I forget who it was exactly.

Though, to be honest, I’m quite happy with water not moving us around. There have already been situations during building where if water/liquids would move me, they would throw me off my build while working on something.

Ovis · 2019-07-23T11:02:36.950Z

Oh that’s cool, wonder who it was. Yeh that’s unfortunate, but falling off a build is a small price to pay for having some amazing builds!

I have so many ideas if water moved us lol

Stretchious · 2019-07-23T11:33:40.795Z

I think it was Luca that mentioned it

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Flowimg water has no ‘push’ as it stands, though totally want to do it

shadowwraith · 2019-07-23T11:37:48.504Z

in minecraft you could set up flood gates that would flush the crops and have all the produce and seeds collected in a hopper with a chest connected to it, all at the pull of a connected lever or button.

Ovis · 2019-07-23T11:39:25.199Z

Oh sweet cheers

Ovis · 2019-07-23T11:41:08.826Z

Yeh not quite like that, would be too easy and if you made a farm 100 chunks wide, I guess it would be horrible for the server having all those entities moving - but I have 0 experience with that stuff

FlippityFloop · 2019-07-23T11:49:05.413Z

If they let water push mobs automated mob farms would be possible. It’s something I would personally like since I hate meteor hunting just to make glue for storage blocks. But I don’t feel it fits the game design.

bucfanpaka · 2019-07-23T11:52:32.400Z

I want it simply so I can build some giant flume slides.