User:Kpreid

My Minecraft user name is. I read the wiki and the Minecraft subreddit, but not Minecraft Forums.


 * My web site
 * My Minecraft notes and links

I monitor [Special:RecentChanges the wiki changes] to watch for vandalism and make improvements. I generally do not concern myself with changes to pages about mods (since they are out of my expertise) and tutorials (since they are so subjective) except for obvious vandalism.

Server
I run a SMP server at. Every day, the world is reset to be a copy of my single-player world. There is no protection (or any other mod), so you can do whatever you like in the world, but it doesn't stick around.


 * Listing at MCServerlist.net with some info on the features of the world.

Wikistuff
I have contributed to or created several pages which focus on cataloging properties of objects in the Minecraft world:


 * Entities and /Block property index
 * Renewable resource and /Non-movable blocks
 * Item (entity)
 * Drops

Some of these pages are in my userspace because I created them and have doubts about whether they are of general interest.

Bugs
As of this writing, the scheme on the wiki has been to create new bug-list pages for each version. I fear that this will lead to loss of records of bugs, or simply extra work. I am therefore recording here all of the extant bugs in Minecraft that I care about; not that I expect anyone to read them on this page, but so that I can make sure they are on the bug list.

Gameplay
undefinedcr In creative mode, using coal on a Minecart with Furnace consumes the coal. kpreid

Specific blocks/items
undefined Minecarts and Primed TNT are no longer pushed by water streams. kpreid

! If water flows downward onto a block that is washed away by water (such as Redstone Dust or Torches), then it is lost permanently, rather than dropped as a resource. kpreid

! If you walk over Redstone Repeaters or Soul Sand (probably any block of unusual height) under a two-block-high ceiling, you may be abruptly shoved downward through the floor (leading to fall damage or death depending on what is below). World designed to reproduce the bug. Demo video (not mine). kpreid

undefined Lily Pads can be placed on water intersecting the player (e.g. in 1-block deep water you are standing in), unlike other blocks which cannot be placed if they would intersect the player. kpreid

Appearance
undefined When sleeping, particles and the sunset sky are displayed as if facing the player's normal view direction (controllable while sleeping), not the view from the bed. kpreid

undefined With smooth lighting on, solid blocks behind glass have excessive shadows on them. kpreid

undefinedsu The block breaking animation does not appear on signs or chests. kpreid

a With smooth lighting on, narrow spaces are excessively dark even if they are directly lit; for example, a 1-block hole with a torch in it. kpreid

Items/Inventory
a Right-clicking on the brewing stand's input slot while an item is in it picks up the entire stack rather than splitting it. kpreid

a In inventory screens, clicking on an item to swap items doesn't work if they are tools differing only in damage. kpreid

User interface/Client
! When the Minecraft window is clicked on to bring it to the front, this will cause a click on any button that was under the previous location of the cursor when Minecraft was not the foreground application. For example, if the window size is such that the "Save and Quit to Title" button is at the center of the window, then Cmd-Tabbing away from Minecraft (causing an auto-pause) and then clicking anywhere on the window will result in an immediate quit to title. kpreid

! Launching Minecraft, moving the window to another monitor and enlarging it, entering the game, and then pausing the game will cause an immediate crash, unless the game was paused at least once before the window was repositioned. This appears to have something to do with the detection of the mouse cursor position, based on an exception report I saw on an old version. kpreid

! When Minecraft crashes (encounters an exception) such that it goes to ‘Saving chunks’, the exception-report text screen appears very briefly and then the window goes black, thus making it impossible to view or copy the exception report and thus preventing Mojang from getting good bug reports. kpreid

Fixed?
undefined Minecarts do not push each other successfully, instead abruptly stopping, but only in one direction. (This may be mostly fixed in 1.1.)

!cr In creative mode, you can interact with entities through blocks. For example, you can right-click to enter a minecart that is on the other side of a wall. This interferes with placing blocks near entities. kpreid
 * Appears to be fixed in 12w08a.