Sending minecarts through unloaded chunks

IMPORTANT UPDATE - as mentioned in the comments below, I was wrong about why the minecart didn't come back - I'll be making an updated video to take advantage of just pausing the minecart at the portals.
See correction here: • Correction to: Sending...
What can be done about sending minecarts long distance though potentially unloaded chunks? We can either load the chunks - which is well covered in by other content creators - or we can make sure that our carts will wait for the chunks to be loaded and continue without bouncing or getting stuck.
In this video I show how to send minecarts any distance and have confidence that they will get there as intended - even if it does mean that occasionally someone a player is expected to just "turn up and open the gate".
This is my second Project Cooper video, watch out for the next one where I'll be showing path and block signaling for minecarts.

[@pg5200]

Nice idea to use the block system :) IIrc entities have a cooldown time when they get through a portal, meaning they can't change dimensions right away. You can set a system up with you staying in the overworld, send a minecart into the nether which would trigger another minecart back into the overworld, this should work even if there's no player in the nether at all.

[@elhedran]

Well, that changes everything. Thanks for commenting, pausing a minecart is easy. I'll do some more testing.

[@elhedran]

Testing done, and you are right, just adding a delay time to the last gate gets the minecarts back into the overworld without a player in the nether.

[@elhedran]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6aUZ6CpppaFpZY

[@pg5200]

@@elhedran I think I saw that on an Ilmango video a while ago ^^ That's a very powerful system you got there, covering a very long distance using only 2 chunkloaders ! Neat :)

[@DCGaming001]

Thank you so much for the block system. This is exactly what I need for my game. Keep going, I love your stuff :)

[@elhedran]

Glad to help!

[@moneyraymondottv]

That's quite a cool setup. I think entities have a cool down before they can use a portal again

[@elhedran]

yes, you are right (I did not know this before posting this video). I'll be making an updated video that just pauses the minecart at the last gate rather than waiting for a player, and turning on the chunk loaders.

[@elhedran]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6aUZ6CpppaFpZY

[@markmanning2921]

this is a huge PITA. I go AFK 297562837954 blocks above my farm, mobs die and dump their stuff into my chests. my mine cart has to travel 2843775283475yy8472y43t87234879 chunks bak and forth transporting all the goodies from the farm to my base but..... the carts stop moving. they need to add a "active carts load unloaded chunks" rule

[@elhedran]

Roof of the nether maybe? Easy to spawn proof there.

[@markmanning2921]

@@elhedran yes but i consider that to be an exploit, an unintended use of unintended game mechanics - doable but questionable game play. Also, this is not a guaranteed to work because while you can always get onto the roof using an eye of ender there is no guarantee that you can then ALWAYS punch a hole in the ground to get back down.

[@inter7city452]

I’ve made a similar system for signaling but it couldn’t work correctly cuz I couldn’t keep the chunks loaded ahead so this might help me thanks!

[@darth_dub_]

That's cool

[@Robbie_Rohm]

Is rhis only an option for Java? Can I do this on Bedroxk?

[@elhedran]

I haven't tested it, but from what I know about bedrock it at least has a chance that it would work.

[@Tornado360E]

can you please show us the redstone for the quewing machine in the nether

[@elhedran]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGino2yqrLpkpdE this is what I use now, might not be quite the same as in this video though

[@Tornado360E]

@@elhedran Thank you