Rain Collector

In next update, you will can collect water (barrel and water trough will be filled by rain).

Red say update will be in very soon (less than 2 week).

Nice. But will we have flowing water (example: flowing water through a rainwater pipe) ?

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Nice. But will we have flowing water (example: flowing water through a rainwater pipe) ?

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Good question! I guess we will find out lol. If its not in the next update, it will probably be in the one after...

There already is flowing water in the game - you have to use creative modes static water blocks if you do not want it to flow. Regular water will already flood dungeon/caves if you get too aggro with your pickaxe next to a body of water.

What is missing is water sources. So far he only committed to rain filling the barrels next patch, but unwilling to make rain make streams flow or add natural spring water source - if it was ever done it would need to be distance limited and not possible to have mountain springs merging into rivers flowing to oceans.

My guess is the next step after water barrels is turn on irrigation sprinklers or soaker hoses connected to water barrels. So when it is not raining can flow the stored water into your garden - that is where a distant limit is reasonable. Of course then you look at california which has world record 82mi canal!

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My guess is the next step after water barrels is turn on irrigation sprinklers or soaker hoses connected to water barrels. So when it is not raining can flow the stored water into your garden - that is where a distant limit is reasonable. Of course then you look at california which has world record 82mi canal!

That will most likely come when we have a plumbing system, as intended by red.

Though I doubt we can expect that soon.

Electricity and plumbing would lift rising world on a whole new level. But it's difficult to implement, I assume

Waterfalls would be nice

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Waterfalls would be nice

You can fake it with creative static water blocks, but maybe wait for next patch where the area block placement is supposed to be rotatable like object blocks. I made one that has a pond flowing thru a S turn gulley then waterfalls into a lake - all underground - it looks really cool and the blockyness minecraft look is hard to see since water is transparent. But I will redo it with rotating blocks so it can better follow the channel.