Is there a command that forces falling sand to stay on the ground as a ghost block forever, and to never break?
The result would be something like the one in this video:
Minecraft – ny command that makes fallen sand permanent
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Rather than trying to do it in-game, you can use MCEdit to achieve the same effect. In MCedit, select an area of air and use the Fill & Replace tool to select sand. Save your world, and voila: floating sand.
Apparently, sand doesn't start falling until it's interacted with.
There's also a weird interaction between sand and torches, in that sand will float above a torch:
Minecraft physics is the best kind of physics.
It is not as easy as before but it is still possible with dispensers. Just put boat in dispenser and place water block where dispenser faces. It is possible with flowing water so when you make vertically you only need 1 source block at top. Example :
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Best Answer
You can force a FallingSand entity to ride an armor stand to prevent it from falling.
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However, FallingSand will not exist forever. Once its internal timer ticks to 600 while it's within the boundaries of the world, it will despawn. The preventative for that is to periodically set the
Timetag back to 1, which will reset the internal timer.Alternatively, you can summon an armor stand that is wearing the desired block on its head without the need for FallingSand, though it will be slightly smaller than a full block.
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