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[Urist McCat]

I'm trying to figure out how to make impulse ramps and am failing! I've tried to follow different threads - but I think I learn best from watching youtube tutorials. This is the closest I've come to making any sense the system I'd like to build:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsHq82wWfZQ

Unfortunately I have no clue how he did it! Are there any resources on youtube for building impulse ramps?

[jcochran]

I'm trying to figure out how to make impulse ramps and am failing! I've tried to follow different threads - but I think I learn best from watching youtube tutorials. This is the closest I've come to making any sense the system I'd like to build:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsHq82wWfZQ

Unfortunately I have no clue how he did it! Are there any resources on youtube for building impulse ramps?

Well, here are some nice simple instructions for you.

1. Dig an E/W tunnel.
2. Now 'Construct' some NE track ramps.  (B C T .. scroll down to pick the ramp).

And presto! You now have some impulse ramps that will accelerate a minecart to the east.

In a nutshell, the easiest way of making an impulse ramp is to construct it. You can instead use a dug ramp and designations, but in doing so, you take 2 Z levels and have to use the rather .. ugly ... designation method. If you construct it instead, it's rather trivial. Basically, you construct a two direction ramp with one of the directions immediately blocked off by a wall (either dug out, or constructed). The direction you didn't block will be the direction the minecart is accelerated.