Detector Rail

Detector Rail

Type	Detection
Stackable	Yes (64)
Damage	{{{damage}}}
Protection	{{{protection}}} x
Durability	{{{durability}}}
First Appearance	1.40
Filtering	{{{filters}}}
Buoyancy	{{{buoy}}}
Gravity	{{{gravity}}}
Flammable	{{{flammable}}}
Data Value	{{{data}}}

While the detector rails were a nice addition to the game, one common complaint in vanilla Minecraft is that they can't detect the contents of a minecart. These variations on the detector rail allow you to do just that.

These are two additional detector rails: wood and soulforged steel while the original stone detector rails are changed as follows.

• Wood detects any minecart passing over it (Same properties as stone detector rail when Minecraft is not modded)
• Stone detects any occupied minecart (furnance, chest, mob, player, ..)
• Soulforged Steel detects only a minecart which has a player inside.

These changes can be extremely useful in routing carts to various locations in an automated rail network.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Input » Output
Detector Rail	Iron Ingots, Redstone Dust, Wooden Pressure Plate
Detector Rail	Iron Ingots, Redstone Dust, Soulforged Steel Pressure Plate

Applications

• Automatic cart sorting station
• Minecart clock with different intervals/sequences on one track

Keep in Mind

• The changes to the stone (Vanilla MC) detector rail

Demonstration Video

Better Than Wolves Lab - Detector rails & Obsidian pressure plate

Note: Before version 4.85, the obsidian pressure plate was used instead of the soulforged steel pressure plate for the exact same purpose.

Would be great to update the item to block

Detector Rail

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Type	Non-Solid Block
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Pick
First Appearance	Beta 1.5
Gravity	No
Luminance	No
Flammable	{{{flammable}}}
Data Value	28