Hydraulic Platform
The Hydraulic Platform is an elevator, which moves the player to another platform above and below. The movement is smooth and realistic like an elevator - it is not a teleporter. It works just as well in low gravity or Space Station dimensions, making it an excellent way to move between different levels of your base in these dimensions. It can also make a handy way to enter and exit from underground bases on any world.
First appearance: Galacticraft 4 build 4.0.1.133 (February 2018).
Usage
When 4 Hydraulic Platform blocks are placed down in a square, they will join up to make one working platform.
Build a second platform directly above or below the first platform. All the blocks between the two platforms must be cleared.
When a player walks onto the central part of the platform, green indicator lights will show that it is ready to activate. Activate it by pressing JUMP to go up, or SNEAK to go down. The player will be lifted or lowered to the other platform.
If the indicator lights show red when a platform is activated, this tells you that the destination platform is blocked.
Tips
To work correctly, platforms must be not more than 16 blocks apart, vertically. They must also have at least 2 blocks spacing between them so that there is enough room for the player to stand.
You can have multiple platforms in a vertical stack - for example in your mining area you could have platforms at levels 1, 16, 32, 48 and 64, and you can move up and down between all of them.
If the player leaves the game while mid-way through moving between platforms, when he next rejoins the game he will fall back to the platform below. (He can take some fall damage if it was a long way).
The player can mine and can place blocks while standing on the moving platform. Be careful not to place blocks obstructing your own movement.
The player is semi-locked in position while the platform is moving - this means the player can walk but only extremely slowly (slower than sneaking even) and the player cannot jump.
If an explosion or other block damage destroys the destination platform while the player is moving, the player will still complete the motion.
(Build 134 issue) If the player is moving up to a platform above and there are leaves or other "non suffocating" blocks covering the destination platform, the platform will still move but the player will not be able to complete the motion. Either break all the blocks of leaves to clear the upper platform, or quit and rejoin the game (which will cause the player to fall back to the platform below).
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