Question to the boat-crafters

Apokh · June 7, 2018

Hi,

sure - it may be an appropiate question, why i did not try myself.
The answer is - i dont know how but more than that I forgot and need my rare spare time to play

No, honestly I´d try when I have no quest to do with my mates. But perhaps someone already knows.

I wonder, if it is possible to lift a ship from the water surface, build a box of glass under it and lowerr the ship - without having water in the box *cough* submarine*cough*

Would that work? Or will it leak and run full of water ? Did anyone try?

Thanks in advance.

Indomitus · June 7, 2018

The way water currently behaves, I don't think building materials are really "waterproof". I tried building a small glass box off the side of one of my ships a couple months ago to test exactly that. I was in Creative mode, and assembled the entire ship in the air before dropping it. As soon as it hit the water, the glass box filled up. I had a glass-bottom pool.

The water simulation at the moment doesn't do real displacement. I'm not sure if there are any plans to change the way water behaves in some future update. It would be really nice to be able to create glass-bottom ships, or even just small extended areas over the sides.

bojo2736 · June 7, 2018

Caves aren't waterproof yet, so...

Apokh · June 7, 2018

humm, okay so at least it will be okay to inspect the ground of the ocean with a scuba mask out of the glass box then i guess.

WijkagentAdrie · June 7, 2018

I've made a "submarine" before, but indeed you need a scuba mask or underwater breathing potions This isn't legit craftable in survival but it did the job for me:

On 10-10-2017 at 11:04 PM, WijkagentAdrie said:

Hey all! Today's build is dedicated to @kimbuck and her fight against the sharks!

I wanted to research the issue and study the sharks behavior, so I had to find a way to observe them and follow them underwater, safe and fast!

This is my yellow submarine! It's built after the submarine on the cover for the Beatles' song "the Yellow Submarine".

Let's start off with the technical side! It's actually built on a large car chassis instead of a boat chassis, to be able to get under water and drive over the sea bottom. To prevent the engines from stalling they are located on a huuuuge periscope. This can be done using a technique I discussed in another topic:

The problem with having such a long mast is that the car wanted to tip over, but the chassis tries to keep it upright. The car kept moving like a pendulum on the bottom of the sea and every time the engines submerge the car loses all it's power. To prevent this, I've added a load of engines in the bottom of the submarine. In every engine you see are 2 more engines to put in more weight! The driving underwater finally becomes doable, sort of. I've tested it with shorter snorkels and driving under water is funny in general, no matter the car's balance.

The inside of the submarine is very cramped as most space is reserved for the ballast. I could've used a rope ladder and put some more seats in, but I might do that at a later time For now, let's see a short test of how it works and look for some sharks!

I've first tried to reach the island, which went perfect! Next was a short depth test:

At this depth the periscope still sticks out a lot above the surface, so I can go a lot deeper still! When driving on the surface the car does wiggle, so when you go deeper the engine occasionally drowns for a few seconds. The handbrake stabilizes the car and if on flat terrain, raises the engine above the water again. Now let's investigate some sharks!

It only took me less than a minute to find a shark! However it seemed to show no interest in me, instead the shark tried to flee! I've tried to throw some bait in the water, keep it in the sub, but to no effect. After chasing it, more and more sharks joined it and they all went in the same direction. Where they taking me somewhere?

Unfortunately my chase had to stop early as my submarine got stuck in a ditch I managed to get it out a few minutes later but the sharks were gone. Were they playing me or did they want to show me something? This story will be continued!

Adrie