Minecraft Wiki:Issues/Weekly 12w26a

Crashing/System
Bugs !! Publishing a world to LAN results in the game crashing for me. --Nathan2055 18:59, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * No Java crash log. The world returned the published message, but Java stopped responding. --Nathan2055 19:02, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Try launching Minecraft from command prompt.  Maybe command prompt shows something. Use   if you have java 1.6. if you have x64 os and 32bit java, then use   instead.  --188.238.133.80 20:21, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Not sure if this is the right place: Minecraft will not load at all under jre7. I get the launcher, log in, then black screen forever. I have to right click the jar then choose to open it with jre6. I'm on Ubuntu 11.04. 208.107.42.228 20:55, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Ran ubuntu 11.10 x64 live. Installed oracle jre7. Ran minecraft from terminal. Created world. Opened for LAN. Friend with could not join. Host was seen on lan search. IP join did not help. Independent server however worked perfectly on ubuntu. --93.106.18.81 23:53, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefinedWhenever you try to connect to a LAN world running on a PC, you get a message saying "Unknown Host". If you connect to a MAC from a PC, it works fine, so it can't be that they just are not compatible. 76.119.224.99 14:46, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Upgraded issue -- Mustek 14:48, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Someone test it to see if you can connect to one PC from another PC, if you can, then it is an issue in the MAC version, if not, it is an issue in the PC version. --Stephen82298 15:27, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, connecting from MAC to PC don't work. PC to PC works.

undefinedsp7 64bit Minecraft now and then freezes a few seconds and then again runs normal. I don't know if this happens in MP. I couldn't detect a schema. I start minecraft with the normal launcher. Java is 7u5 64bit and my computer has 8GB Ram. This happened in 12w25a too. --reptile311

! sp In some computers, Minecraft may save your character's position and items, but will NOT save world changes, making hours of work gone to waste. --Manuelschi 00:06, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Annoyances a! From the moment you start playing Minecraft, you memory usage starts going up. The more you move around and load more chunks, the faster it goes up. So you basically have a time limit before the game begins to lag out and crash. It sometimes (not often) goes down a bit, but then starts going right back up, so sooner or later your game will crash. 76.119.224.99 15:07, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Seems normal to me. --66.133.216.4
 * Ok, you lost me there with all that code. Stephen82298 15:15, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Assigned 1 gig of ram, goes up to around 600MB, then drops to 250MB. -- Mustek 15:33, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * How do you give it one GB of RAM? --76.119.224.99 17:55, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

a This snapshot gives me around 23 fps which is half of what I got in last week's snapshot (anywhere from 45-60). 208.107.42.228 16:45, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Please disregard. Turns out firefox had a memory leak. --208.107.42.228 21:52, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Fixed/Skipped Pausing doesnt work

Gameplay
Bugs

undefined Mining coal (not tested on other ores) provides experience points whilst on a LAN server.

undefinedwhen a zombie is following you and you walk into a house and close the door. he looks at you for 3 seconds and then he walks of.--League 16:54, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefinedPistons have lost their full ability to push since SP and MP have merged. because of that these piston elevators notch retweeted don't work anymore. I did found out that it works with sheep and cows. but only if you place them exactly in the middle.--League 16:43, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined Drinking a potion and then entering the nether removes the potion effects.
 * This has been reported before. Are you sure it removes the effects for you, or does it just remove the swirly bubbles even though the potion is still working? --82.69.54.207 16:48, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

! You can make your world unplayable by going to the Nether and using a portal back to the Overworld with an X or Z coordinate of at least 4,000,000. This is because it will take you to an X or Z coordinate of past 32,000,000, which is considered an illegal position by the game, and you will be disconnected. Normally, when you relog after an illegal position disconnect, the game will move you to a valid position. However, since you warped there from the Nether, it will just put you back where you warped in from the Nether. So, whenever you log on you will be immediately disconnected for your illegal position, and although it doesn't outright crash the game, it renders the world unplayable for that player. If I were the one who had to think of a way to fix this, (besides making places after X/Z 4,000,000 in the Nether an illegal position which would cause complications since you could use /tp to send someone past there) I would make the Nether Portal take you to the End past X/Z 3,750,000 in the Nether. The reason I thought of this number rather than 4,000,000 is because of the bug below. TorchicBlaziken 22:02, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined If you use a Nether Portal in the Nether with an X/Z coordinate between 3,750,000 and 3,999,999, you will fall into the void and die upon warping to the Overworld. This happens because you will be warped to X/Z coordinates between past 30,000,000 and 31,999,992. These coordinates are in the Far Lands, where block physics do not work, so an exit portal will not be created. So, since there is no clipping, you will just fall into the void, unless you are in Creative and start flying before you hit the Void. TorchicBlaziken 22:02, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined While the /tp command cannot be used to teleport someone past X/Z 30,000,000 because of the Far Lands, the server will not disconnect you until you are past X/Z 32,000,000, so you can just walk right past 30,000,000 and enter the Far Lands, falling into the Void if you're not flying. It would make more sense for there to either be an invisible wall like in Xbox 360 Edition, or it would disconnect you past 30,000,000 instead of 32,000,000. TorchicBlaziken 22:02, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined If you get caught on fire in The Nether and use a portal to get to the Overworld, you will still take damage but you won't see the "on-fire" animation in the first and third-person view. Gingerpain 15:49, 27 June 2012 (EDT)

Annoyances

Fixed/Skipped

Blocks
Bugs !! Placing and removing a piece of string on the sandstone slab in this setup will crash the game with "Disconnected by Server - Internal server error". Redstonehelper 15:27, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined When buckets are stacked and you hold right click to fill them with water some of the buckets disappear. -- nefabe99 !sp Some blocks display incorrectly when revealed. Revealed blocks often display as stone but when punched/broken change to the block they "really" are and drop accordingly -- Ellbristow 14:42, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * (Merged Duplicate) Placing some blocks intermittently places the wrong thing (i.e. dirt block places long grass) -- Ellbristow 14:13, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Can't reproduce, are you sure it's dirt you're placing? -- Mustek  14:08, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * It's intermittent and I'm having trouble finding steps to reproduce, but it's definitely dirt blocks.. it seems to be linked to placing on grass blocks -- Ellbristow 14:13, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * This is possibly linked to the bug above. Blocks are being incorrectly reported between "server" and client in SP mode
 * It is, merged it. -- Mustek  14:20, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Altered the original bug report to be more accurate -- Ellbristow 14:42, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Very old bug. See this video
 * Yes but this is in SP, not SMP! -- Ellbristow 15:19, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Doesn't matter. SSP is now basically SMP under the hood. --66.133.216.4
 * I think this issue has been happening more often since the SP/SMP merger. There's always a variation of this report on every bug list --Mattrition 15:26, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

! Thin glass, fence, ironfence do not connect correctly to stairs and steps. See here. --Freakedenough 20:19, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

!mp(possibly sp) In some cases (it seems to be random) just-planted seeds on farmland disappear, and you can't fix this (apparently) even if you destroy the farmland block and then put it back (using dirt + hoe). Also, this effect extends itself, tagged as major because this. --Asmcsl 14:40, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * In some cases the planted seed could take a few time to dissapear. Also, the seed can stay, but never grows. --Asmcsl 15:26, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined Occasionally, placing signs with text results in a blank sign. -- Robertoccu 15:51, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * This happens for about 1 in 20 signs for me. Edited report to reflect this --Mattrition 14:14, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

uundefinedcr? Pick block cannot be used on End Portal block. -- Robertoccu 15:51, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Are you 100% sure you're on 12w26a? Dinnerbone 14:24, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Seems to work for me. -- Mustek  14:28, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Excuse me, I referred to the block 'End Portal', no to 'End Portal Frame' -- Robertoccu 15:51, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * You can't 'pick' the netherportal either because you can't place them down. -- Mustek 16:36, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * You can place single netherportal, just not a 3x2 region. --151.193.220.28

undefined Snow Layers cannot be placed on Upside-down slabs/stairs. -- Robertoccu 15:51, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined Beds cannot be placed on snow

undefined The birch/spruce/junglewood stairs do not burn. -- Mustek  14:26, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefinedThis (Don't Know how to describe) -- AndyPala 14:40, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Tested in Multiplayer an Singleplayer -- AndyPala 15:12, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined Piston at head-level doesn't push the player if standing against it. -- Mustek 14:42, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined cr? Using the pick block key on grass blocks gives you dirt. Stephen82298 15:14, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * It gives grass, you sure that you're in the snapshot? -- Mustek 15:31, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined Tripwire hooks can activate and change data values on non-string blocks from wires that are not connected to them, see this comment on reddit. Redstonehelper 15:20, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined If you use piston to break redstone signal that powers another piston, signal goes away but piston does not retrac. --188.238.133.80 16:53, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined Normal-sized mushrooms can't be planted outside at night. This is because the skylight level is always 15, even at night, and the reason for this is so crops and flowers don't uproot themselves every night. Perhaps there could be a workaround for this. TorchicBlaziken 16:31, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * If I recall correctly, this was an intentional change for balance purposes. It was too easy to use a red mushroom and bone meal to make an instant shelter. So you're options have changed to keeping mushrooms underground, or planting a mushroom on a Mycelium block (obtainable via Creative and/or using a Silk Touch shovel on a Mycelium block). Techokami 00:25, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Think about that. Is it really easier to kill a skeleton and make bonemeal, then find a red mushroom and grow it then to just mine a few dirt blocks and build a shack? It's an obvious bug, however it is a feature that they are not able to be placed in daylight.
 * Yeah, I cannot imagine that this was done for balance purposes. If you want fast shelter, it's just as quick and easy to punch a hole in the side of a hill. Quick mushroom houses were not winning the game for anybody. --Rifflesby 23:22, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * (Merged duplicate) Mushroom growing still has issues. They were supposed to be gowing in dark areas, but now the game only deicides if it is in touch of skylight and ignores blocklight completely. And even if it is night you still cannot place mushrooms. 58.153.143.203

undefined When collecting Mushroom blocks with Silk Touch it will not preserve the damage value. TorchicBlaziken 23:49, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Confirmed as still not working --Nebetsu 23:20, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Annoyances should go in the Annoyances subsection. --177.3.48.101
 * Isn't this a little more than an annoyance? If making smooth stone suddenly stopped working, it would be a bug. This removes access to certain blocks entirely. --Nebetsu 04:49, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I think this is a bug (probably related to the mushroom placement bug). I vote for upgrade. --IntKecsk 10:41, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Corrected to bug rather than 'upgraded'. See the Classifying_bugs guidelines for more info on why. --Simons Mith 23:06, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined When placing Mushroom blocks of a damage value greater than 0, it will revert to 0 upon placing. This used to happen with Monster Eggs, before they were tweaked in 12w17a to prepare them for inclusion in the Creative Mode inventory. This should be changed because the damage values of mushroom blocks are now available using cheats. TorchicBlaziken 23:59, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined When using bonemeal on grass in a dark room, nothing spawns (and if there already is tall grass/flowers in the room before it gets dark, they do not drop to items). This breaks seed-farms. Tested on Windows, SMP and SSP (in creative).

Annoyances a What about Obsidian and Stone stairs/steps? Don't forget to include them with the next release! --Freakedenough 20:19, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * This is a feature request and does not belong on this page. --Kumasasa 23:01, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

a cr While water and lava don't slow you down while flying anymore, cobwebs still do. TorchicBlaziken 23:28, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

a cr There are a few lines of code in the class for the End Portal block (the actual portal itself, not the frame) that prevent the creation of End Portals in the Nether or End except for like a split second after the Ender Dragon dies, even though this doesn't matter because you can't even make them in Survival. This only serves to prevent the player from replacing an End Portal in the End after a player in Creative destroys them. TorchicBlaziken 22:39, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

a Its not possible to place torches onto the backside of stairs. --Freakedenough 20:39, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

a Can't place lever on bottom of normal slabs. -- Mustek  14:27, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * It was never possible to place levers on the bottom of blocks. --F1lmboy
 * It is possible. Sice 12w24a or 12w25a I believe. --☺ Sven ? ! 19:55, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

acr When the hotbar is full of tools or weapons, the pick block doesn't work on any block -- AndyPala 14:58, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Probably to avoid accidentally getting rid of a tool. -- Mustek 14:59, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Yep, it's clearly intentional and a good feature. Changed to annoyance --Mattrition 15:02, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Fixed/Skipped

Items
Bugs undefined When shift click creating maps they count twice amount of made to the id counter. They should not anything to id counter. This happens: "map_0, map_1, (create 3 maps with shift click),map_8" This should happen: "map_0, map_1, (create 3 maps with shift click),map_2" --188.238.133.80 16:25, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined cr When drinking a potion in creative, it will not consume the potion, but it will still give you an empty bottle. This means it gives you an empty bottle when that code is intended for replacing the potion with one. TorchicBlaziken 22:34, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Annoyances acr Sponges does not suck up water.~Archus
 * Changed to annoyance. -- Mustek 16:22, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Confirmed on SP. 188.238.133.80 16:25, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Removed feature: MinecraftWiki Sponge article --Asmcsl 16:29, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Just to clarify, it has been removed for many updates now. The above update will tell you exactly when.

Fixed/Skipped

World Generator
Bugs undefined Old bug still applies. Chunk generation error, chunk seems flipped. Seed "bug" (without ") location 41x,-381z. I did further ivestigation and theres cave in 51.5,-369.5. This cave doesn't seem flipped. If you go corner of this error 72.5,-368.5, that is exactly at chunk change if my calculations are correct. PICTURE 188.238.133.80 16:36, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * This is not a bug. it's normal. see Generated structures --YellowMiner 18:34, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * That isn't just a basin. Look at the strong horizontal lines occurring at 16-block spacings. It looks to me like part of the world is flipped (grass/sand) and part isn't (stone/water). —kpreid 19:58, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

! Bonus Chests can't be opened in creative mode, and don't drop anything when broken. --Nathan2055 18:57, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Are you sure that it isn't lag? --Manuelschi 20:33, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined Just like abandoned mineshafts were before the floors were implemented, strongholds generate weirdly when they cross a ravine. The seed -623160645725253637 is a good example of this with a stronghold in a hole close to spawn which crosses an underground ravine. TorchicBlaziken 22:00, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Possible fix could be making strongholds have priority in intersecting spots. --Moxxy 03:31, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Annoyances

Fixed/Skipped

Mobs/NPCs/Animals
Bugs undefined Mobs/Animals can push each other through wall, then they seemingly appear where they actually aren't. You can boost this effect, by making small quarters, on animals wielding wheat, and on mobs aggravating them. Maybe it's caused by pushing speed value added after animals/mobs speed value has been clamped by walls, when pushing speed value should've been added before clamping. --188.238.133.80 16:09, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined One of my wolves is perpetually darker than her sisters under the same lighting conditions. The other wolves sometimes have lighting glitches too. I've had them running around in a desert temple and sometimes they are extremely dark other times more or less normal. This screen grab is the most extreme case I've seen so far.--Simons Mith 19:40, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined Mobs, including the player outside of Creative Mode, can breathe under lava. This is an oversight that has existed ever since Indev when the air meter was added to water, but Notch apparently forgot to add it to lava because back then it was impossible for any mob to survive under lava, which has changed since the addition of naturally fire-immune mobs in the Nether and potions of fire resistance. TorchicBlaziken 23:22, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined You can trade with a villager after killing him. TorchicBlaziken 00:44, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined The trading window will not close after the villager dies. TorchicBlaziken 22:44, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined Villagers are randomly disappearing. I had added some new, multi-door houses and added doors to others, built two Iron Golems and fenced the village, and had the village running smoothly, with 2-3 priests plus other assorted villagers - most of which I'd built up good trades with. I installed this snapshot and returned after a trip back to my home base, to find that all the priests are gone and a bunch of other villagers are missing. There also seem to be fewer of them, and no mating is happening (even after a restart). Sorry I can't be more specific :s --Bpdlr 23:42, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Update: one priest kid just spawned. Also, one of the Iron Golems is missing too :( --Bpdlr 23:54, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Annoyances a Ocelots don't run away from villagers.

a Mobs and players appear in front of moving vehicles -- Mustek 14:03, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

a Zombies sometimes break doors even when there is nobody in the building 80.223.159.19 18:31, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Fixed/Skipped

Graphical/Lighting
Bugs undefined Inverted slabs still have incorrect lighting... (IMG) -- Mustek 14:00, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined Pink sheep's wool has white wool clipping through it -- Mustek 14:00, 27 June 2012 (UTC) If you mean at the front that is true with all sheep, and is not a bug Gmanizer 21:18, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined The particles from sprinting on leaves are gray. The particles from sprinting on a cactus are from its bottom texture. TorchicBlaziken 01:13, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined Other player fishing line looks like it starts from from player feet. --188.238.133.80 19:51, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined The space with a torch in a 1-wide column is unlit. (IMG) -- Mustek 14:05, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * For clarity, the torch needs to be at the top of a closed-off column. -- Mustek 15:06, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I am upgrading this to a bug, because it is a bug, that never happened before Anvil. TorchicBlaziken 22:27, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Annoyances

a This is a long-standing bug: Shading is inconsistently rendered by the client. Blocks appear dark and update when you interact (or sometimes when you get close) -- Ellbristow 17:36, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Fixed/Skipped

Sounds
Bugs undefined Sounds seem broken to me, many of them only play the beginning (e.g. the Chest). --Galaxy_2Alex (Talk)

undefinedRain in Extreme Hills doesn't create sound. --Asmcsl 14:58, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Confirmed single player. Thunder does play. -- Mustek 15:02, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * This is odd, because it does rain, but the rain does not make a sound. TorchicBlaziken 22:28, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined Note blocks don't work while it is raining. If the rain particles are turned off, they do work. TorchicBlaziken 22:28, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefined Since it now says "Downloading Terrain" when traveling between dimensions, the portal sound does not play anymore. TorchicBlaziken 22:28, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

undefinedRain sound doesn't reproduce when particles setting is set to minimal. --Asmcsl 14:58, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Maybe intended? --Galaxy_2Alex (Talk)
 * Whops! I thought I wrote "(intended?)" also, but it seems I forgot. Yep, I think it's possibly intended, but it can also occur because the rain particles on the blocks aren't displayed, and the game "thinks" that it's not raining. I don't know really, if anyone can help here please... --Asmcsl 15:58, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Annoyances

Fixed/Skipped

Chat/Commands
Bugs undefined /tell command doesn't work. --QuAd205

Annoyances

Fixed/Skipped f undefined /kill Command doesn't work

Menus
Bugs

Annoyances

Fixed/Skipped

In-Game Interfaces/HUD
Bugs

undefined In the Creative inventory, unless on the survival inventory tab, the last hotbar slot is one pixel too short, as demonstrated here. Redstonehelper 15:13, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Annoyances

a You can't shift-click into villagers' trading slots. Redstonehelper 15:15, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

a Shift-clicking a pumpkin still does not equip it to the player's head like a helmet. --151.193.220.28
 * Maybe intended due to pumpkin being more of an item than a helmet and would make pumkins harder to move around the inventory slots.

a cr Even though we can now access our inv while in creative, shift-clicking deletes the item, not sends it to your inventory/hot-bar. Probably intended, but still an annoyance. --Stephen82298 15:24, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Maybe Destroy Item slot could function as toggle button between survival behavior and creative behavior. --188.238.133.80 17:32, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

a Maps show grey for chunks containing sandstone. Should really be yellow, shouldn't it? -- Ellbristow 17:38, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Fixed/Skipped

Language/Text Files
Bugs

Annoyances a In the french translation "Français(Français)", the "Done" buttons are still misspelled : it says "Terminén", where it should be just "Terminé". Just have to update the language file. -- Anadeidra, 27 June 2012 Fixed/Skipped