Sliding Platforms
by aquetick
Sliding Platforms turns wall blocks into sliding doors, elevator cabins and moving platforms that carry players and mobs along a chosen axis.
What it does
A wall block becomes a living platform when a player right-clicks it with the point controller. The platform glides along a set axis, and it settles back into ordinary blocks when the motion ends. Motion uses a smooth trapezoid profile with acceleration, cruise and braking, then docks cleanly. Collision works block by block, so a platform pushes players and mobs out of the way and carries anything standing on it.
Doors and elevators are configured through screens with sliders for the slide axis (X, Y or Z), travel distance, speed and size. Doors can span up to 12 by 12 by 3 blocks, and the limits are configurable live. Elevator screens plan real multi-floor trips, with a passenger menu that lists floor names and numbers. Calls are queued first in, first out, and rides persist across server restarts. The mod is server required, so the server must run it while clients may leave it out. It is released under the MIT License, and the source code is public.
Key features
Sliding doors and cabins
Walls can be built as sliding doors, elevator cabins or whole rail-free transit platforms that move real blocks.
Axis and travel settings
Each platform takes its slide axis, travel distance, speed and full size from sliders, and the shape can be picked by auto-scan or manual block picking.
Cascade mode
Rows of a door open one after another like a curtain, with a per-row delay that can run from the root row first or in reverse.
Elevator floor calls
Chained screens call the cabin to a floor through a master block, and the cabin parks at the destination's face once it finishes the ride.
Platform glow
Redstone lamps near a door light up automatically within a radius of 6 blocks, so the panel around the platform shows its state.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Builders who want working elevators, doors and moving platforms made from ordinary blocks, and server owners who run the mod for their players.
How it compares
Televator is server-side only, open source under the MIT License and published for 1.20.4 – 1.21.11. Elevator is also server-side only, but it is open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later and targets 1.21.11 – 26.3. OpenBlocks Elevator (Fabric) needs both client and server, is not open source, and covers 1.18 – 1.21.11 under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sliding Platforms | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-19 |
| Televator | Fabric | 1.20.4 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2025-12-29 |
| Elevator | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-15 |
| OpenBlocks Elevator (Fabric) | Fabric | 1.18 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-07-20 |
Questions
Does Sliding Platforms require Fabric API?
Does the server need the mod?
Which game versions have files?
In the catalog
Sliding Platforms is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Real sliding platforms built from any blocks — doors, elevator cabins, even whole rail-free transit lines. They actually move, you actually ride them. A standalone from-scratch take on the idea of Moving Elevators, for Minecraft 1.20.1 (Fabric). Point a controller at a wall of blocks, right-click — the wall becomes a…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sliding-platforms
- Owner
- aquetick
- Published
- 2026-08-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15