Better Furnace Minecarts
Give the Furnace Minecart a second life! Control your ride with a custom GUI, parking brakes, and directional boosts.
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About this Mod
🚂 Better Furnace Minecarts
Better Furnace Minecarts transforms the often-ignored vanilla furnace minecart into a fully controllable, miniature steam locomotive. Stop throwing coal at a wooden box and start managing your rail system like a real engineer!
✨ Features
Custom GUI: No more accidental fueling! Right-click any furnace minecart to open its control panel and manage its internal inventory.
Parking Brake: Use the integrated Brake system to lock your minecart in place. Perfect for parking at stations or loading resources without the cart rolling away.
Directional Boost: Forget unpredictable movement. Face the direction you want to travel and hit the BOOST! button to launch your locomotive exactly where you need it to go.
Auto-Refuel System: The cart features a dedicated fuel slot. It will automatically "consume" coal or charcoal from its internal inventory as long as the brake is released.
Immersive Experience:
Visuals: A working furnace flame animation in the GUI shows you exactly when your engine is running.
Sound: Custom sound effects including steam hisses, fire crackling, and rhythmic rail-riding sounds for that authentic steam train vibe.
⚙️ Compatibility & Technicals
Fabric 1.20.1: Designed specifically for modern Fabric setups.
Multiplayer / Server Ready: Fully synchronized. Multiple players can view the GUI, see fuel levels, and hear the sounds simultaneously.
Modpack & Create Friendly:
The Shift-Bypass: Need to use a Create Mod Wrench or attach a Coupler? Simply Sneak (Shift) + Right-click to bypass the custom GUI and interact with the minecart using other mods' tools.
Physics: Works alongside other rail mods without crashing.
📖 How to use
- Place a Furnace Minecart on a rail.
- Right-click it to open the menu.
- Place Coal or Charcoal into the fuel slot.
- Toggle the Brake to "Ready".
- Look in your desired direction and press BOOST!.
- Optional: To use Create Mod couplings or wrenches, hold Shift while right-clicking.
🛠 Installation
- Make sure you have the Fabric Loader and Fabric API installed.
- Drop the .jar file into your mods folder.
- Enjoy your new locomotive!
Available Versions
How to Install Better Furnace Minecarts on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set fabric Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.20.6).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Better Furnace Minecarts". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.20.6, 1.20.5, 1.20.4 (+3 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Better Furnace Minecarts server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong fabric version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.20.6). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Better Furnace Minecarts compatible with fabric?
Better Furnace Minecarts officially supports fabric for Minecraft 1.20.6, 1.20.5, 1.20.4. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Better Furnace Minecarts – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Better Furnace Minecarts consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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