I was wondering if someone could make (or point me to) a plugin that will load chunks around minecarts in a similar fashon as it would for players. This would allow minecarts to travel long distances without needing somebody to be riding, an essential part of something we have planned on my server. I've found similar plugins before, but none work on the newer updates.
This could hit server performance pretty hard, especially if you have hundreds of minecarts. You would have "marked" minecarts, only the ones that are marked (with command or something) will have the affect.
You can use CraftBook. It loads chunks near signs that have written [Chunk] in their second line. Sorry for my bad English. \(^^)/
Minecart Mania does exactly this (keep minecarts chunks loaded) last time i checked the outdated version still loaded and ran fine on 1.4.4 craft bukkit ( i was using spigot fork if you do have any problems)