The Automatic Digging Machine! A Tutorial for Minecraft Create

[@Demon-ft1th]

I've been wondering if you can dig down with the drills, but finally I know, I'm gonna use the drills to make a hole going straight down to the deep dark so I can make an elevator. Thank you for making this video 👍

[@TutorialsByLarry]

You’re welcome, I’m really glad it helped out. Thanks for watching!

[@russellperdomo4972]

That’s funny. I’m using it for that too

[@Cretaelx]

This contraption is absolutely a MONSTER! Thanks a lot!

[@TutorialsByLarry]

You’re very welcome! Glad it was helpful.

[@IsaiahStuart]

Just found your Chanel man but wow u are the definition of underrated you have great explanations and clear audio thank you for your help and I hope you keep making more videos

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Thanks a lot, I really appreciate that! I hope the tutorials helped you out.

[@xx7834]

Im just starting out on create and this helped me a bunch, thank you so much!!

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Awesome, I’m really glad this helped out. Thanks for watching!

[@nitosarchive]

Thank you for the tutorial! It was really helpful as a I'm a beginner in the create mod :)

[@TutorialsByLarry]

You’re very welcome, I’m glad it helped! Thanks for checking it out.

[@shoarmabacon]

i got this problem where the drill goes up and down correctly, UNTIL it reaches bedrock and at that point it stops pulling the drill up, its been really frustrating me since i cant figure out why. do you know what the problem is?

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Unfortunately I’ve had this happen to me too. What’s crazy is that sometimes it can hit bedrock and it’s fine though. What I ended up doing was just watching it carefully as the drill drops (I use FreeCam to watch it) and I raise it when it’s around level -50, just to not risk getting trapped in the bedrock. One of my viewers said he was able to solve this by picking up the contraption, raising the place where you originally put the contraption by a couple of blocks, then placing it back down, a few blocks higher than it was. Then you should be able to raise the pulley again.

[@Zlyde007]

is there a part where its getting glued to bedrock?

[@TutorialsByLarry]

@@Zlyde007 I don't think it's actually getting glued to the bedrock, I just think part of the contraption is getting wedged under some pieces of bedrock. One of my viewers had an awesome suggestion, if it gets stuck just pick up the whole mining rig as a contraption, then add a couple of blocks above where it was sitting, then place it back down and it will no longer be stuck because it will be above the bedrock.

[@shoarmabacon]

@@Zlyde007 yeah

[@nicolaistrauss5395]

nice tutorial, btw u have a really calm and nice voice:D

[@TutorialsByLarry]

I appreciate that! And thanks for watching, I hope it was helpful.

[@sletmuis3031]

Loving the videos, just started with create. Hope you keep the uploads coming!

[@TutorialsByLarry]

I appreciate that! And yes, more videos coming soon!

[@somethinginventive153]

I'm pretty sure you can substitute the rotational speed controller with a few gear shifts if you glue them correctly.

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Absolutely. It’s definitely slower, but it does work.

[@vampiregoat69]

LOVE how these say easy or portable and you need 5 million parts and it is HUGE

[@TutorialsByLarry]

I get that, and I think it’s always a challenge to do any automation in Minecraft in a compact design, even with a mod like Create. BUT, this design actually doesn’t have a huge footprint, you could actually go smaller on the width and length. Where it takes up more room is vertically, because of the windmill requirement. But for an automatic digging machine, I think you’ll be hard-pressed to find a more compact design than this.

[@DISBAND_Kriry]

Are you Saul Goodman just secretly playing Minecraft Create in prison?

[@TutorialsByLarry]

😁 it’s all good, man! Kinda funny but that’s not the first time I’ve heard that comparison made before. Thanks a bunch for checking out the video!

[@Tropius_Fan]

very helpful and to the point and explains it like its your 9 which makes it esay for my brain so thanks

[@TutorialsByLarry]

I’m glad it helped! Thanks for checking it out.

[@reaperskyoki]

Any idea why the game might be crashing when doing large numbers of drills? I'm on a friends server and i have an 8x8 setup right now and it seems to crash every time I try to lift it up to wrench it. I also went into a solo world and did a 16x16 and the game freezes for almost a minuite after lifting it. I'm on forge 1.20.1

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Hmmmm I’m not totally sure on that one. Maybe a memory allocation setting on the server needs to be bumped up a little? I always setup my servers with Fabric so I’m not totally sure about anything specific with Forge. Sometimes this could even be another mod that is conflicting with Create.

[@reaperskyoki]

@@TutorialsByLarry Forgot to update my comment, but I actually already figured out the problem. For some reason, the "Zombie Awareness" mod by Corosus was causing it. After disabling that mod the drill worked perfectly fine, even after going to a 32x32 setup I had absolutely no delay when lifting it.

[@coryr.9234]

Probably an update since or perhaps because I am using sophisticated storage, but the machine doesn't keep the inventory when picked up. I have to empty it before I move it, else the inventory is voided, which is fine when I am digging for specific materials, but frustrating if I'm digging for a LOT of a specific material.

[@TutorialsByLarry]

You know I’ve seen a couple of folks with this exact same problem. 99% of the time this works just fine so I’m not totally sure what’s causing this. Are you supergluing your chests to the contraption or using slime to attach them? Not sure if that makes a difference but I’ve always had success with slime.

[@coryr.9234]

@@TutorialsByLarry Using slime. Ice used both with same results. Some stuff stays, but kost gets voided. It's weird.

[@danjustice1751]

Nice video, very informative. It would be helpful for us smartphone viewers if you increased your UI scale when recording though 😊

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Thank you! I’m glad it was helpful. And I appreciate the feedback too. I’m pretty guilty of keeping my UI scale pretty small when I’m playing. I’ll make sure and increase that in my future tutorials.

[@YayDragons]

Do the Linear Chassis send through rotation? Im confused as to how the drills are being powered

[@TutorialsByLarry]

That's an excellent question. This entire build is a"contraption" and when you bring power to the contraption, mechanical items that are attached, like drills, will automatically get power. The same idea works for mechanical saws and deployers too.

[@YayDragons]

@@TutorialsByLarry Wow. I need to remake a lot of my builds much more simply. How do you make something count as a contraption?

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Basically anything that’s attached to a movement anchor, like a windmill, rope pulley, gantry, mechanical piston, etc. When that movement anchor gets power, it transfers that power to the items attached to it. Not sure if you’ve seen my automatic crop harvester video, but that’s an example of a windmill (a movement anchor) transferring power to the mechanical harvesters attached to it.

[@mahonka-w1x]

Im palying on 1.20.1 and the chests arent collecting any resources what should i do?

[@TutorialsByLarry]

As long as they are properly glued to the contraption they *should* collect just fine. If they are, then I recommend you check you version of the create mod and make sure you’re on the latest version. Also; I’ve seen people with Forge have some problems with create (instead of Fabric)

[@thomasfernandez8459]

Hi! My contraption doesnt let me right click my windmill. Any idea what can be ? Thanks! Greetings from argentina

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Che, cómo andás? Saludos desde Estados Unidos. Try a couple of things here. First, make sure your hand is empty when right clicking on the windmill. Also, where you right-click is also important, you’ll want to aim for where the windmill bearing connects to the contraption. Good luck!

[@thomasfernandez8459]

@@TutorialsByLarry Thanks!!

[@koppa7900]

Would it be possible to add something on the platform itself which lets you control the direction and also pause it? Almost like a elevator.

[@TutorialsByLarry]

I’ve thought about this! I think there might actually be a solution for this but I haven’t tried it yet. The Create Mod has a remote control widget that will let you connect one end to a redstone signal, and you can use the remote to trigger the signal. I bet this would work.

[@bowlosoup4638]

I’m a little confused on how to glue it since you cut it at where you did it correctly, is there any way you could show this is a short or through text? Thank you so much

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Yeah I guess I skipped over that part a little bit, sorry about that. Gluing this stuff together can sometimes be a little confusing, too. Basically I just glued all the parts of the contraption together, which would be the speed controller, the gearshift, the windmill chassis (and the gearbox connecting it), the rope pulley, and the first linear chassis that the rope pulley is connected to. Also the minecart contraption. That should be all that you need to glue together.

[@bowlosoup4638]

@@TutorialsByLarry Thank you so much

[@NuevoProgramador]

Hello, I have a problem when I go to transport the drill and I click it with the key, only the rotation controller and the gear are transported, how can I solve the problem?

[@TutorialsByLarry]

I would recommend just double checking that all of the main components are glued together and also glued to the minecart contraption. That usually causes problems like this.

[@monseftheman]

The drills aren’t turning on any idea why?

[@roxin687]

can u only use this scale of drills or can u double it up as an example?

[@dennis_ausema6485]

You can put on as many drills as you want

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Exactly, just extend this design to whatever dimension you want. The largest I've seen in a KZbin video had over 800 drills!

[@IvanIvan-nx3kg]

great video thank you

[@TutorialsByLarry]

You’re very welcome, I appreciate you checking it out!

[@jitterz0135]

Its an amazing tool however, when I tried to move it on my friends server it crashed it from lag. I did build it bigger than the one here. Any recommendations on how to not crash a server with this?

[@kakoi-toglek217]

Большое спасибо за этот замечательный гайд!

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Добро пожаловать! Спасибо за просмотр.

[@Magickss]

can u make a vid of like it going horizontal instead of up and down?

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Absolutely! That's actually my next video.

[@laniewoods3600]

when i try to click the windmill bearing it says unmovable block cart assembler and doesnt work. i follwed everything else exactly

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Ok, try this. Have you provided redstone power to your cart assembler? Put a regular lever on the minecart and turn it on to power the whole contraption.

[@laniewoods3600]

@@TutorialsByLarry thank you, i will try that

[@laniewoods3600]

so what you mean if i'm understanding correctly is a lever on the side of the cart assembler?

[@TheRokr85]

I'm trying to do this, but with a small cockpit (cobblestone room with a door, 2 double chests, seat, and wireless redstone switch, on top of the chassis, with a line of vertical chassis going up to meet the rope pulley at the back) I built it, tried it, it worked, I got excited and hopped in, thinking it would work again, threw the switch, it ticked a couple times, then destroyed my rope pulley. I don't guess it makes too big a difference, where once I throw the switch, it just brings it all back up to the top, but I thought it'd be cool to dig down to a level and have all the resources to stay down there for a bit, then throw a switch and come back up, but I don't know why it keeps deleting my rope pulley. I checked my glue, took stuff out, put it back, etc. any help is appreciated, I'm new to modded minecraft in general. thanks for the idea!

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Wow this sounds awesome! I love the idea of riding the contraption down. It would honestly be the best way to get a birds-eye view as you get to the depth level you want. So, without seeing how you have everything setup I can only throw out some things to look for. The glue is the first thing. I’ve actually had setups where I broke a block but the glue was kinda still working in the space where the block was. Not sure if that’s a feature or a bug but it’s caused me problems. The other thing, check your linear chassis setup. I would make sure the block range on those is exactly where you want them. I hope you get this figured out, sounds like a fantastic build.

[@TheRokr85]

Nice, I'll check it out again. thank you! awesome channel btw

[@TutorialsByLarry]

@@TheRokr85 I appreciate that, good luck to you and thanks for checking out the videos!

[@firelightmlpoc]

Wonderful creation, this is! Though, been having an issue with it (Which I'm 90% sure is Modpack related, but perhaps ye may have some insight) which is that it severely lags the world & sometimes crashes it when I pick up the contraption. Otherwise, wonderful thing it be!

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Hmmm, not really sure what would cause a lag spike when you pick up the contraption unless it’s an incompatibility with something in your modpack like you suggested. Are you using shaders at all? And are you using Create through Fabric or Forge? There’s a new version of Create Fabric that was just released that seems to fix some issues with shaders but honestly I would suggest making sure all your mods are up to date, including the fabric launcher and fabric API (if you’re using that).

[@firelightmlpoc]

@@TutorialsByLarry No shaders from what I can tell, Create through Forge. I'll check to see if the Modpack be using out of date mods within it though! Once again, wonderful build, just an odd occurrence I ran into. (DeceasedCraft be the Modpack in question).

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Best of luck to you, hope it's a simple fix.@@firelightmlpoc

[@clipstorage-cp6pr]

the create mod is cool but its very complicated but its also very helpful in survival if i had not seen this video i would've probably still been screaming "why is this so complicated"

[@TutorialsByLarry]

I’m glad it helped out. And yeah, the Create Mod isn’t something that makes everything easier, just different. It’s a great new way to enjoy the automation and farming aspects of Minecraft.

[@psheno86]

when size of this is 256 drills and size of item storage around 144 blocks, it will crush idk why

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Ok, let me try to understand what’s happening here, you’re saying that with 256 drills it will start to work but only hold 144 blocks before the mechanism fails?

[@psheno86]

@@TutorialsByLarry i mean 144 blocks that can be used as storage(chest, barrels, sophisticated storage mod and other mods for storage). I solved that problem by replacing chest/barrels with 1 or 2 max size item vault, its crashing when i try assemble it to contraption from minecart assembler, seems it's some add-on for create that cause minecraft to crash or it's some optimisation mod that couldn't withstand big amount of chest that can be opened when it assembles or when using sails from add-ons. Now it works, good design😁 thx

[@TutorialsByLarry]

@@psheno86 ok I gotcha! I’m glad you were able to debug the design and get it working. Honestly that’s gutsy going for a drill that big, that would be perfect for digging a perimeter.

[@psheno86]

@@TutorialsByLarry if you don't mind i want to see gantry shaft design for mining drills ;))

[@MintJoker9578]

Ah im having the same exact problem, i think its the nbt for the cart is too large

[@agathaia8628]

Master Mod Create❤

[@kevoxs]

Can I use a vault and not a chest ?

[@TutorialsByLarry]

I don’t see any reason why not, the only catch is you are limited to the issues of using a vault, you’d have to have some way to get the items out of there.

[@kevoxs]

Yeah I've tried and It just takes too much time to get the items out @@TutorialsByLarry

[@marcellotallarico2540]

i tried using this while on the moon and it got demolished lol

[@TutorialsByLarry]

😂

[@tubach1082]

Lol why

[@marcellotallarico2540]

@tubach1082 no idea I was so mad I left the world

[@chuteminao7126]

idk if its just me but when i use ur awesome creation it doesnt seem to be picking up items afterwards idk if i did anything wrong doesnt seem like it

[@TutorialsByLarry]

I appreciate you checking out the tutorial! And I’ve gotta say I’ve never seen this exact behavior before. Curious, did you attach your chests with superglue or slime balls? It shouldn’t matter but I’ve seen superglue do some really weird things before. Also, are the items just piling up around the base of the drills or totally disappearing? Also, you may want to check that your version of the create mod is completely up to date. There does seem to be a bug with an older version that would not allow contraptions to collect items into chests.

[@frostiexz]

The chests don't pick up the items that drop

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Every now and then I’ve seen someone with this problem. Sometimes you just need to break the chests then re-glue them back to the contraption.

[@jessebiedl]

Everything works, drills drill, pullu moves drills down, windmill spins, lever raises every part, but when i right click with my wrench on the cart, it doesnt pick it up =(

[@jessebiedl]

Nevermind, I didn't push the cart out before clicking...

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Awesome, glad you got it squared away! Yeah the whole idea of making sure your minecart contraption is “engaged” before you can pick it up - got me the first time too.

[@notoriginal1115]

I did just like the tutorial said. But item not storage to chest

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Ok, I actually had another viewer with the exact same problem, and it looks like it was related to a bug that the Create Mod had. It’s been fixed apparently so I recommend upgrading your version if you can. The latest is 0.5.1f I believe.

[@esrafilhaque7546]

This is op Its working

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Really glad it’s working for you! Thanks for checking out the tutorial.

[@whytho6969]

I made the fucking chunk gobbler 9000💀💀

[@TutorialsByLarry]

😁 I’m happy it helped out! Thanks a lot for watching.

[@ordek5751]

does glue work or do we have to use slime?

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Absolutely, superglue works perfectly. Slime is cheap, that’s why I use it when I can!

[@ordek5751]

@@TutorialsByLarry thanks for the info!

[@thirdpierce2]

what version of minecraft is this?

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Minecraft 1.20.1 - using the Create Mod version 0.5.1.f

[@thirdpierce2]

@@TutorialsByLarry thank you

[@Gaming911-v2w]

I tried it but it dosent pull back up it stayed down

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Unfortunately, I've seen this behavior before too. But, I've only seen it get stuck if you drill all the way down to bedrock and part of the contraption gets embedded into the bedrock. And honestly it's just bad luck for where parts of the contraption are located, and if the drill goes down too far. Honestly for this style of a drill I usually try to stop it when it gets right to the bedrock level and bring it back up. It's not easy to see when you are way up at the top though but if you use something like FreeCam you can get a better view of things.

gooddd!!!

[@TutorialsByLarry]

😁

[@krutoi2006]

6:10 i heard it right? 🙏🏻

[@PigeonFlyingThroughSky]

i cant get it to work

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Hmmm…. Are you getting rotation on your windmills working and is the power going to your speed controller? If that’s the case, does your gearshift seem to be working too? Another thing to check, make sure your contraption is turned to the on position to make sure the whole thing is enabled. And also you want to be sure everything is glued together properly. Lots of ways this can go sideways, but the key is to make sure the power is traveling from the windmills to the gearshift and the drills.

[@tiffanypronk4312]

​​@@TutorialsByLarryI have done all that the windmill is going the right way, all gears line up, all blocks are glued the way you did it in the video. Editing this I had the sails for windmill wrong. Nvm

[@TutorialsByLarry]

@@tiffanypronk4312 ok awesome, glad you got it working!

[@ThePringels09]

"Automatic"

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Automatic™️ 😎

[@Xines_s]

no work

[@TutorialsByLarry]

How can I help, what sort of issues are you seeing?

[@Nemesis-crest]

My first attempt noclipped throuth blocks unto backrooms

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Ahhhh ok, was it in bedrock? I intended to make a point of that in my video but may not have mentioned that bedrock is the one place where you can have problems with a drill like this. Because part of the drill gets jammed in bedrock and other parts are still working (since the bedrock layer is not flat).

[@Nemesis-crest]

@@TutorialsByLarry java Furst attempt was without watching any guide so i had a lot of glued chain drives that were attached to drills and a windmill When i turned thst horror on it just noclipped (funni) Thanks to alt f4 for saving mats for normall guided build (thanks for guide

[@TutorialsByLarry]

@@Nemesis-crest Yeah, Superglue can cause some pains if you use it all over the place, I've glued plenty of things to my contraptions that I didn't want to!. It's no fun trying to go back clean all of that up.

[@kierzilla3495]

everything moves but the drill doesnt spin or go down? can you help me?

[@TutorialsByLarry]

Hmmm, do you have the entire contraption turned on? Basically you need a lever on your minecart, then turn it on to activate the contraption. That should make the windmill engage with everything else. Then flip the switch on your pulley and it should start drilling.

[@kierzilla3495]

@@TutorialsByLarry thank you so much!