MINECRAFT BUILDSBUILDING A ROLLERCOASTER LARGER THAN THE EIFFEL TOWER
造个比埃菲尔铁塔还大的过山车

Looking for a new building project? An epic rollercoaster is sure to spark the imagination!
在找新建筑项目吗？一个史诗级过山车肯定能激发想象力的灵感火花！


Real-life rollercoasters are pretty good, I suppose, but can you ride one that starts above the clouds and spirals down through one of the most famous landmarks on Earth? I think not! That’s why I’ve challenged myself to build the ultimate tourist attraction: a rollercoaster bigger than the iconic Eiffel Tower.
现实的过山车都挺棒，但你想，坐一个始于云巅之上，盘旋而下，穿越地球上最知名地标之一的过山车呢？不存在的！这就是什么我向自己发出挑战，打造一个极致旅游景点：一个比埃菲尔铁塔地标更大的过山车。

First, I need an Eiffel Tower. Since I don’t have the money for a physical replica, nor a permit for covering the original in rail, I simply have to build it in Minecraft instead. There are amazing maps of Paris available on the Minecraft Marketplace, as well as blueprints online that you can follow to build your own. On the Marketplace I opt for Immersion: Paris by Shapescape, a magnificent Paris map with a huge Eiffel Tower, complete with night lighting, detailed restaurants, and great views of the city.
那首先，肯定要个埃菲尔铁塔本身。但我没钱买实物复制品（天都城），也没在原物上铺铁轨的许可，那就只能在游戏里造了。游戏市场中可以找到惊艳的巴黎地图，网上也有可让你自己按部就班搭建的蓝图。我选了市场中Shapescape的Immersion: Paris这张图，一张宏伟的巴黎地图，带有巨大的埃菲尔铁塔的同时，还有夜光，餐馆细节，和都市美景。

I want to let my imagination run wild, so I type ‘/gamemode creative’ to activate creative mode. I double-tap jump, fly to the very top of the tower, and then have to take a breath for a moment when I accidentally look down.
我想让想象力尽情飞翔，所以输入了“/gamemode creative”切换创造模式。双击空格跳跃，飞行到塔尖，然而不小心往下看了，害自己喘了好一会气。


Don’t look down… don’t look down. Uh oh, too late!
别往下看……别看。擦，迟了。








I start my rollercoaster with a couple of powered rails, linked to a switch by redstone dust. Redstone is one of Minecraft’s most miraculous materials. You can use it to create electrical circuits that control doors, traps, and – in this case – a launchpad for a daring rollercoaster ride down to the very streets of Paris.
过山车先从几条动力铁轨出发，用红石粉连到开关。红石是游戏中最奇妙的材料之一。可以用它走线来控制门和陷阱。在本文中是控制发射台，可以让你坐上惊险的过山车呼啸而下，跌在巴黎的街道。

Once I’ve surrounded the launch rails with blocks to secure the minecart in place, I hop in, hit the switch, and promptly sail over the edge and plunge hundreds of feet to the streets below. It works! Sort of. Now I need to place some tracks to make this a proper ride rather than a terrifying death drop.
把发射铁轨用方块围起来。确保矿车不会乱跑后，我跳上了车，拉动开关，结果立刻从边上冲下去了，跌落几百英尺砸在街上。成了！勉强算是吧。现在我需要铺些轨道，把它做成个合适的旅途，而不是一个恐怖死亡跳楼。

Sat on the ground in my fallen minecart, as confused-looking pedestrians pass by, I start to plan the track’s route. First, I use wood blocks to build a plunging descent circling around the peak of the Eiffel Tower. Every rollercoaster needs a good drop at the start, but can I make it even scarier?
我坐在砸地的矿车里，看着行人一脸茫然的路过，然后开始规划轨道路线。首先，我用木头造了个环绕埃菲尔铁塔尖的急速跃降。每段起点都需要合适的落差，但我能让它更恐怖吗？

I chip away a few blocks of my track to create a sudden cliff edge, and then build a platform a storey or two beneath. I test the ride again and cross my fingers as the cart soars over the edge of the track, and falls…
我砍掉了轨道上的几块，做了个扑面而来的悬崖边，然后在下面两格再造一个平台。当于是我再度测试了一遍，手指十字交叉祈祷，看着矿车飞出轨道边坠落......



Light source-based blocks are great to highlight landing pads and other important sections of your ride!
光源方块可以很明显地表示着陆点，和旅途的其他重要部分。


The track below catches the minecart, and the ride continues – success! I’m full of ideas now. What if I built the next section out of glass to make the ride seem even more precarious? What if each section of the rollercoaster was made out of different blocks? What if the rollercoaster glowed in the dark?
下方的轨道托住了矿车，旅途继续——搞定！我脑海中现在全是点子。如果用玻璃造下一段，让旅途看着更加惊险如何？每一段过山车都用不同方块又会如何？让过山车在黑暗段发光又是怎样的效果？

I get straight to work. I build the next sections out of blue warped planks and place Glowstone at regular intervals. This part of the track goes inside the structure of the Eiffel Tower and coils around its central pillar. I add some tunnel sections and a few bumps, twists and turns to keep things exciting.
我直接开干了。用蓝色的诡异木板造了下一部分，每隔一小段放一块荧石。这段轨道会进入埃菲尔铁塔内部，随中心柱盘旋环绕。我还修了部分隧道路段和一些跌撞、急转的路段，保证旅途丰富。


Minecarts gain momentum in downhill sections that you can use to speed up the ride.
矿车可在下坡段获得动能，你可以用其提速。






Don’t tell anyone, but I may have chipped away a few blocks of the Eiffel Tower to make room for a burning shroomlight tunnel. I'm sure the Parisian authorities will forgive me when they see how awesome it looks; if not, I’ve used /summon to spawn a donkey I can hop on to make a quick escape.
别说漏嘴了，为了给炽亮的蘑菇光隧道腾出空间，我砍掉了埃菲尔铁塔的几个方块。相信巴黎当局会因它的惊艳而原谅我的；就算没有，我也用/summon生成了一头驴，可以骑上它逃之夭夭。

Towards the end of the ride, I decide to slow things down to give the passenger a moment to breathe. I create some speed boosts to move the cart along these flat sections. Speed boosts are really easy to build; place a redstone torch next to a couple of powered rails and the rails automatically propel the minecart forwards. I weave the track through two fancy restaurants for the ultimate drive-through dining experience. I’ll take a filet mignon to go, please!
接近旅途终点段中，我选择减速，给游客片刻缓缓。我还造做了几个提速器，来让矿车在平路段上行驶。造提速器非常简单，把红石火把放在几条动力铁轨边，铁轨就能自动推动矿车前进了。我弯扭轨道，让它穿过两家高级餐馆，来提供终极途中用餐体验！来份菲力牛排打包，谢了！

Now for the finale. I create one last plunging drop to ground level. The ride wouldn’t work at all without redstone, so to honour this amazing material I surround the final descent with rows of redstone torches. But where should the ride end? I look around, and the perfect finishing spot presents itself. I lay down a few final track sections to send the cart straight into the gift shop.
最后一段到了。我设计了个最终会跌到地面的落差。因为旅途没红石根本走不起来，所以我在最后的下坡段左右放都了一排红石火把，为的是赞美此种惊艳的材料。但是旅途在哪结束比较好呢？我四处看了看，完美的终点就来了。我铺完最后几段轨道，把矿车直接送进了礼品店。


Crimson planks give the final section a different feel to the rest of the ride. You can pick any blocks you like in Creative mode.
绯红木板为最终段提供的观感，都与其余段不尽相同。你可以在创造模式中任选喜欢的方块。


It has been a satisfying build, but I could have done so much more. I’m thinking about lava tunnels, waterfalls, maybe even a jungle section. What if I went even bigger? I could pick another famous landmark, but that’s not enough for me now. I’m taking my tracks and redstone blocks to Mount Everest!
这次建筑足以让我满意，但再建几段也是没问题的。我在考虑修熔岩隧道，或者瀑布，甚至丛林段也行。那要做得更大又该怎么搞？我可以选另一个知名地标，但对现今的我来说不够。我正带着轨道和红石方块，踏上珠穆朗玛峰的路了！

As I don my winter gear to trek into the Himalayas, be sure to send your best rollercoaster ideas, and your favourite builds, to scoops [a]minecraft.net. We’d love to get some inspiration for our next build!
在我穿着冬装，跋涉于喜马拉雅时，一定要把最棒的过山车点子，和你喜欢的建筑发送到[email protected]。我们很乐意为下一波建筑汲取些灵感！



【zyjking 译自官网 2023 年 12 月 01 日发布的 Rollercoaster larger than the Eiffel Tower；原作者 Tom Senior】
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