Carousel Movement

Numeric Settings

Run in game with carousel.setting:

/carousel setting <id> <setting> <value>

Setting	New-ride default	Meaning
ticks	1	Ticks between updates; integer input is clamped to at least 1.
degreeIncrease	2	Degrees added per update; negative values reverse rotation.
radius	4	Horizontal center-to-horse distance; clamped to zero or greater.
stepHeight	0.05	Vertical distance advanced per update.
maxHeight	1	Vertical turning height relative to the center.

Use finite values and non-negative vertical settings. Commands do not cap extreme inputs. A vertical step can overshoot the turning height before the next update changes direction; keep it small relative to the intended range.

Changes save immediately and restart an already running ride. A stopped ride stays stopped until started, reloaded or rebuilt by an editor action.

Timing and Shape

At nominal 20 TPS, update rate is 20 / ticks and angular speed is approximately degreeIncrease × 20 / ticks degrees per second. The default revolution takes about nine seconds. Increasing ticks slows rotation and vertical movement for the same step values; server lag also slows wall-clock movement.

/carousel setting spawn ticks 1
/carousel setting spawn degreeIncrease 1
/carousel setting spawn radius 5

Horses follow a horizontal circle with alternating initial vertical offsets. Carousel does not generate a vertical wheel, track blocks or terrain structures. Build decorations around the ride separately.

Version Boundaries

Direct server-internal position updates have a Bukkit teleport fallback. Passenger behavior and smoothness depend on exact server mappings. Leash holders follow their own radial offset and height; versions before Minecraft 1.21 limit the editor’s height to ten blocks.