Pigs can be controlled without carrot on a stick when in a minecart
When you push a pig in a minecart and saddle it, you can ride the pig and use WASD to move it around.
/summon minecraft:minecart ~ ~ ~ {Passengers:[{id:"pig",Saddle:1b}]}
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Pigs can be controlled without carrot on a stick when in a minecart
When you push a pig in a minecart and saddle it, you can ride the pig and use WASD to move it around.
Added Affects Versions: 1.16.4-rc1
Added Affects Versions: 1.16.4
Added Affects Versions: 20w51a
Added Affects Versions: 21w03a
Added Affects Versions: 21w07a
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When you push a pig in a minecart and saddle it, you can ride the pig and use WASD to move it around.
/summon minecraft:minecart ~ ~ ~ {Passengers:[{id:"pig",Saddle:1b}]}
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Added Affects Versions: 21w08b
Added Affects Versions: 21w11a
Added Affects Versions: 21w13a
Added Affects Versions: 21w16a
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Added Affects Versions: 1.17
Added Affects Versions: 1.17.1
Added Affects Versions: 21w40a
Added Affects Versions: 22w43a
Added Affects Versions: 1.19.4-pre3
Added Affects Versions: 1.20.4
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I can confirm
Confirmed. The pig and minecart seem to face in random directions, but all the movement is based on where the player is looking. Also the controls are reversed (e.g. W moves you backwards).
EDIT: It also seems to gain momentum whilst off tracks. If you ride it around on the ground for a bit, then go back onto some rails, you start travelling forward at more or less full speed.
Controls being reversed is being tracked at MC-51632.
Can confirm in 20w51a.
Can confirm in 21w03a. You can use this following command to make this issue much easier to reproduce:
/summon minecraft:minecart ~ ~ ~ {Passengers:[{id:"pig",Saddle:1b}]}Can confirm in 21w07a.
Can confirm in 21w08b. Video attached.
Can confirm in 21w11a.
Can confirm in 21w13a.
Can confirm in 21w16a.
Can confirm in 1.17.
Can confirm in 1.17.1.
Affects 21w40a
Can confirm in 1.19 and 22w24a.
This issue has been fixed in 24w33a.