Anyway to Send the Minecart Back?

[D.A.R.K.]

So... I'm having a little bit of an issue here... I use minecarts to travel across the map, but when I go back to my base, I just teleport... The thing is, eventually, I gather a lot of minecarts in one side of the track, and none at the other side, so I keep crafting more and more, and keep getting them piling on and on at the other side. Those who uses minecart 100% knows what I'm talking about.

Ok... That's my question, is there a way to send the minecart rolling without me on it so I can send them back and have a proper thing going on?

[Infern]

Benefit of having team mates that are obsessed about that stuff. They'd move all the carts back.

Though later on you'll get portals which get rid of the need of the tracks late game.

[Avstah]

Originally posted by D.A.R.K.:

That's my question, is there a way to send the minecart rolling without me on it so I can send them back and have a proper thing going on?

I don't think there is, unfortunately. As a workaround, if you know you're going to warp home, I'd recommend just picking up the minecart so it doesn't stay at the end of the track.

[Tsi Aileron]

While not the most useful feature in the grand scheme of the game since there are portals, waypoints, and recalling. It would be nice to be able to send carts with no one in them and also have carts with chests in them as well!

[D.A.R.K.]

The problem is that we can only get out by stopping the cart, so we can't speed it up and bail it to send back =(
In order to do that, would require electric and mechanical rails that moves the cart automatically.

[glass zebra]

Picking it up when you are finished riding is pretty much the easiest way. That blocks 1 inventory slot until you are finished and want to teleport of course.

[Noop]

I also think it would be cool to have that solved otherwise, but good news is that you only use them in early and start of midgame, afterwards you can easily craft portals and set them on the map.

[Blake]

I've seen messages asking for this feature dating back to 2022