Well, a chainsaw isn't really a sword, despite its excellent damage against mobs. I'd mark it as intentional. Also, get Railcraft, use crowbar 
i was feature in vanilla 145 for creative only.
dont play creative...
i was feature in vanilla 145 for creative only.
dont play creative...
I'm not playing creative... a diamond sword breaks a minecart on a single hit in 1.4.5 as well as 1.4.2. It is the 1.4.2 version of IC2 I have tested the chainsaw in, but I have experienced the problems breaking minecarts with chainsaws since 1.2.5 I think...
I'm not playing creative... a diamond sword breaks a minecart on a single hit in 1.4.5 as well as 1.4.2. It is the 1.4.2 version of IC2 I have tested the chainsaw in, but I have experienced the problems breaking minecarts with chainsaws since 1.2.5 I think...
Stone and Iron swords break minecarts in 1 hit as well, so I assume it's a generic 'sword' attribute (haven't tried wooden or golden). I don't recall exactly when I first noticed the 1-hit sword breaking, but I think it was sometime between the Halloween Update (Alpha 1.2.0) and Beta 1.2_02, so it's been around for a long while.
(so to be clear, swords breaking minecarts in 1 hit is a vanilla survival thing, not creative or mod-related)
I'd suspect that Chainsaws not insta-breaking carts is intentional - chainsaws may make for excellent weapons, but in principle they're still axe/shears, not axe/shear/swords - the nanosaber takes the 'sword' duties. As is, chainsaws seem to be about the same as bare hands for breaking a minecart.
If a nanosaber doesn't break a minecart in 1 hit, that'd I'd hope was a bug :p
The nano saber works as expected with minecarts so it is probably intended.
