Talk:Sand

[edit] Quicksand?

What's the deal with what I've taken to calling quicksand? Basically, there are certain areas of sand -- seemingly unrelated to anything else in an otherwise "normal" world -- where you can't stack anything in that spot. You can't even attach things to the edges of said spot, to try to make a bridge over it.

Is this a bug? Special block type? Special conditions? How does that work?! Chum 21:58, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Are you playing on Survival Multiplayer? That sounds like what happens when there's a protected area, such as areas near the Spawn. I've never encountered this in Alpha single player. -JC 22:09, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Minecarts & sand

minecarts do not stop sand from falling once removed. the minecart tracks do this. try it! :) --Nahere 23:37, 19 August 2010 (PDT)

[edit] Trivia

Could someone who understands this sentence fragment, "By very slightly covering the edge your player with sand using the manipulation of gravity" rewrite it to make sense?

I've removed it because it affects both sand and gravel. If you are curious, look here: Suffocation. No Images there, although I plan to add some there later. --Scykei 01:32, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Starting point?

Is it true that your starting point is always on a beach somewhere, more specifically on a sand block? If so, it's probably worth mentioning. Retodon8 13:32, 24 October 2010 (CDT)

Well, I'VE always spawned on sand. Jaeil 20:50, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

I once spawned on top of a mountain... but spawning on beaches is particularly common.--Funkadacious

I haven't heard of there being any coding to make sure/likely you spawn on sand, but now that you say it, I must admit it happens too me quite often. Not always, but usually there just about always water near the spawn... --TheKax 16:18, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Floating

has anyone else had floating sand on new maps since the update? Two of the times, I destroyed one of the blocks and all the others fell. I haven't seen it before the update. --Oneshot. 13:17, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Very old. –ultradude25 ^(T|C) at 14:26, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

I still have been seeing it... It's called a Sand Cave if there's a cave underneath. Floating sand is not very rare, however players can not create floating sand (Correct if I'm wrong). –The preceding unsigned comment was added by LeopardStar ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 22:29, 28 March 2011. Please sign your posts with ~~~~!

I looked into it some yesterday; according to what I've read, the closest you can come (short of map editing) is faking floating sand by placing it above minecart tracks, torches, etc. 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{? · ☎ Dinoguy1000} 01:50, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Multiplayer annoyane

Should we add a sub-section in Power-mining about how it can destroy beaches ? It's very common you see big trenches in natural beaches whit just one sand wall holding the water, and it annoys the hell out of the admins in most servers because it looks very unnatural. Instead you can just cut one couch of sand, and then cut the one undernearth it so it still looks natural whit like 3 blocks of difference at each couch. Dylanstrategie 10:44, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Nope, you can't do it anything vs it. Calinou - talk × contribs » 10:51, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Glitch

One time, I just loaded my world. My walls were made of sand. I didn't remove anything. And I walked through the wall.