Minecraft Wiki:Issues/Weekly 12w16a

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Crashing/System
Bugs !! ? all modes: When I push the Button Open Texturepack Folder Minecraft crashes. My System is Win 7 64bit, java 7u3 64bit, lwjgl2.8.3. It is a fresh Minecraft installation and a newly installed java.
 * Can confirm with the same specs. Game does not crash, but freezes without an error. 22:14, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah you are right, I used the wrong words. It freezes without an error.
 * The button works fine on my system. Win 7 64bit, java 1.6.0_24. Maybe its a problem with java 7? :/ -- 20:23, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

!! On SMP, updating from 12w15a to 12w16a (Java 1.5, PowerMac G5 Quad) the following error is displayed in the console when players try to log in (client also updated to 12w16a):

Additional detail: the player remains connected according to the server, even though the client gets an error also. Also seeing the following error when players are eventually disconnected:

Fixed/Skipped f !! Changing the GUI scale still crashes the game. NetherrackCreeper (talk) 16:42, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * THANK YOU MOJANG!!!!! NetherrackCreeper (talk) 20:24, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * 12w16a: I still have this problem. I can recreate it over and over again.  -- 01:34, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * A fixed tag from Mojang means the bug is fixed for the next release, not fixed within this release (which would be pretty hard without updating anything...)-- 08:01, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Gameplay
Bugs ! Same error as in 1.2.5., Minecraft runs fine for exactly one minute until major lag and a crash. 8 gb of ram, 64 bit, Win 7 PC. 19:03, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Please try and post a for your issue. Without that, this bug report is almost useless. -- 10:55, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

undefined More info on a long-standing bug: I was stationary (or possibly still moving very slowly) in a boat. Had traveled by boat for several days. One of my tame wolves, which had also been swimming for some time, teleported near to me then swam closer and 'bumped' the boat. Which instantly killed me. I was aware that you colliding with a mob in a boat could be fatal, but I didn't appreciate that mobs touching you when you were stationary could have the same effect. Flagging as major as this bug can kill instantly without warning. 21:39, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I did some experimenting and couldn't get any pets to collide with my boat in a way that would kill me. However, on one occasion I was damaged by half a heart from a collision. It seems really random, but if fatal collisions happen they don't happen often. It's not game breaking and doesn't happen regularly, so I'm downgrading it for now. -- 20:44, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

undefined The player's directional arrow on s is not properly aligned, and is off 22.5 degrees clockwise. When facing north, the arrow will point north-northeast. 20:54, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

undefined Sometimes loading a world causes you to spawn at underground when you were above ground or vice versa. Presumably, the horizontal co-ordinates are the same.

undefined If the player saves and exits a world while in a boat or minecart, when they reload the world, they will fall out. Not tested in multiplayer.
 * This happens in multiplayer too -- 21:12, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

undefined mp ? When there is a thunderstorm in multiplayer the visual effect of thunder is absent.
 * What does this mean? You can tell its a thunderstorm by the thunder... -- 10:55, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, but the visual effect is not there in multiplayer, unlike in singleplayer 19:40, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, right. I'll expand the report to make that clear. -- 10:40, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * What ? "visual effect of thunder" ? In SMP as well the flashes can be seen and the thunders can be heared. 11:01, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Do you mean how the sky is different for Thunderstorms compared to normal storms? -- 15:35, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I mean exactly that, when it is raining the sky turns dark, when the rain is accompanied with thunder the sky is even darker. 21:04, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

undefined mp When rain/snow starts on a server, then no starting animation is done. For reference, in single player downfall starts by slowly fading in. The same applies when weather stops.

undefined The spawn point in superflat worlds are reset to a new location at every respawn. -- 23:09, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

undefined sp When the Bonus Chest is enabled, if Minecraft populates that block space with another block, the chest is destroyed and the items in it become drops. This is especially susceptible to snow cover and jungle undergrowth. -- 22:20, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
 * In snow-covered areas, there are no Bonus Chest, nor the items from it. 13:12, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * As a reproducible example noted elsewhere, the seed "walruswalruswalrus" spawns you in a lovely snow biome without a chest. -- 16:31, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * This can't be intentional. Upgraded to a bug -- 10:40, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

undefined sp Even with "Allow Cheats" turned off in Single Player, you can still use the commands. -- 16:28, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

undefined ? redstone torches seems to burn out more easily or for no apparent reason
 * When repeatedly powering a block with a redstone torch on it the torch will burn out. Every torch you place in that spot later will burn out when powered.-- 17:59, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Annoyances

Fixed/Skipped F undefined cr When using raw fish to tame ocelots, or dyes on sheep, or saddles on pigs, it is depleted, even in Creative. 18:31, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Blocks
Bugs undefined Glass panes do not drop themselves when harvested, even when using silk touch tools.
 * They shouldn't do normally, just like glass blocks. I wonder if you can harvest glass blocks using silk touch? -- 10:55, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
 * You can harvest glass blocks with silk touch, so I see no good reason you shouldnt be able to harvest glass

panes.
 * yay its fixed now :)

N undefined Redstone Ore activates (glows) when it is right-clicked (WITH ANYTHING IN HAND). -- 00:00, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I've split your bug into two for clarity purposes. This portion of your bug report is working as intended. Is there any reason you feel it is a bug? -- 04:33, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Is this an intended feature? I mean, it doesn't have to be, because in terms of functionality it does not hinder gameplay really at all.  But I do find it annoying.  Especially when I'm placing blocks and I place a block on top of the redstone.  I just turns on.  If that is supposed to happen, well.  I wouldn't mind if it at least turned off.-- 11:46, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * It is intended for to glow when right clicked

U undefined Redstone Ore does not stop glowing after it is activated by right clicking on it. (12w16a) -- 00:00, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * This is a video in which I describe the bug: Redstone Ore Block BUD problem
 * I've split your bug into two for clarity purposes. I am unable to reproduce this issue, the block returns to its unpowered state just fine, regardless of how it is activated. -- 04:33, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm, maybe it's just me being impatient. However, I DO notice that, if the ore should return to unpowered state, that the ore does definitely stay on longer than if activated by walking on it.  If you are having trouble reproducing, I recommend doing EXACTLY what I did when I first noticed it.  I was placing rails on top of the block, and it turned off.  Upon removing the rails, the ore seems to stay on forever.  I have to break it to make it stop glowing.  Try that maybe and see if it works then?  It might be a flag problem somewhere in the code.-- 11:46, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Annoyances a! cr If the End Portal blocks in the End are broken, there is no way to replace them, not even with the new cheats. 18:25, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Can't you give yourself portal blocks? /give 119?
 * You can, but they will not place if you do so outside of the Overworld. There's a flag that says that if the Ender Dragon's defeated, End Portals won't decay, but this only affects End Portals in the world, and it does not enable you to place them. I suppose this could be fixed by allowing the placement of End Portals in any dimension, like you can with the Nether Portal block. 00:47, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

a Grass blocks under upside-down stairs become dirt.

a cr If a block is broken under a placeable item, such as a redstone torch, the item will yield a drop. This has happened since creative mode was introduced.

Fixed/Skipped F undefined When pressing the Pick Block button on a Huge Mushroom block of any kind, top or stem, it will give you a stem block, unlike shears would.

Items
Bugs undefined Boats can be placed on land. They act as if they are in water, complete with blue spray particles, but will only move very slowly. -- 21:09, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

undefined Mushrooms can't be placed in moonlight. It's probably worth mentioning that in moonlight the debug menu says that sl is 15.
 * Downgrading to minor bug as this is not game breaking behavior. 07:01, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

undefined Entering or exiting a minecart or boat with a full bucket selected causes the bucket's contents to be emptied onto the block you are targeting. -- 23:15, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
 * This also happens when feeding wolves or ocelots. 00:08, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * So much stupidity... Either you are saying that you have both food and lava selected at once which is impossible or are trying to feed your ocelot lava... --

0 18:07, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I think he means that when you are feeding your pets, you are trying to eat the food as well. This bug has been in the game since alpha

World Generator
Bugs undefined World generation is often creating very large amounts of chunk errors. (cheats and chest enabled, vanilla)
 * http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp293/Kittani1977/2012-04-20_013048.png -- Kittani1977
 * http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp293/Kittani1977/2012-04-20_015635.png -- Kittani1977
 * looks like the old worldgen-version-difference problem, you took an old world and loaded it with the new version. but the the worldgen wasn't modified it shouldn't appear. -- 16:39, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * These were fresh vanilla generated worlds. I always generate a few dozen random ones every time.  It's possible some of the unmentioned "minor bugfixes" could have introduced a chunk load error, or generation error. -- Kittani1977
 * Another important thing to note is that if you take the seed and re-generate the world it will often come up correctly. This was after several times generating a world, looking around for a minute, then deleting and making a new one.  My guess is save file handling issues.  -- Kittani1977

Mobs & NPCs & Animals
Bugs ! mp Mob movements are glitchy in SMP, leading to the following issues:
 * 1) In a pen farm animals will appear to jump over their fences, and wander out. If the server does not shut down, they will be pulled back into their pen eventually. They can also "jump" onto the top of the fence. 08:24, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Captured animals (also mobs) seemingly appears outside 1 block thick 2-3 block high room, mainly the roof (like they were getting out). If there is no roof they appear top of 2-3 block high wall. You can collide with these glitching animals. (pics from 12w04a) --
 * http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/1505/20120130230107normalsta.png
 * http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/2277/20120130230104onwall.png
 * http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/5627/20120130230419gettingto.png
 * http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/4544/20120130230420onroof.png
 * I've moved and merged what I reckon is the best representation of the glitchy mob prediction in SMP. -- 15:52, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

undefined mp Chickens occasionally spawn inside ground leaves in jungle biomes and are stuck there until you dig them out. So far, this has only been an issue with chickens. -- 17:59, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

undefined Wolves and cats will walk into cacti. For me this has resulted in the deaths of my poor wolves and cats when I take them through deserts. 00:45, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Most definitely not a major bug, and is possibly even not a minor one, just a little annoyance. I'll change it down to minor for now. -- 15:20, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

undefined Wolves and cats teleport into bottom slabs instead of onto them. 00:45, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Similarly, I have seen tame wolves seen teleporting into chests as they arrive. 14:59, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

N undefined Spawn eggs spawn adult villagers again rather than the recently added baby ones.

Annoyances a Ocelots don't eat raw fish.
 * This annoys me, but its not a bug. Therefore I made it an annoyance. -- 11:07, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

a Snow golems do not produce snow in plains, swamps or mushroom biomes.

Main Menu/GUI
Bugs ! When you try to reset the demo world in demo mode, you can't return to the main menu by clicking "Cancel". -- 16:13, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Annoyances a! The Debug Menu does not display the coordinates by chunk. 02:43, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

a! Update Launcher. So you can choose a folder to start minecraft from. It's a pain always to copy minecraft, every snapshot or when you want to play on a server with a different version, from one folder to another. Not to mention the mods and so on. Thanks for reading. reptile311


 * Use the magic launcher for this. It's from the same guy that made optifine. Check out the mods section of minecraft wiki. --

a In More World Options (when creating a new world), if fullscreen is entered (or windowed mode), the buttons for structure generation, allow cheats, etc. disappear and 'Done' is replaced with 'More World Options.'

a The launcher buttons are black text on brown background if you're using Windows Classic (http://i.imgur.com/jb8vk.png). This has been like this for years, of course, but it didn't stop being irritating.


 * Just as reptile311's post, use the magic launcher for this until they fix it. Check out the mods section of minecraft wiki. --

Crafting/Interface
Bugs undefined ? Enchanting tables do not go above enchantment level 13, no matter the number of bookshelves. -- 17:09, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Tried with iron pickaxe, aswell as with stone pickaxe with 30 bookshelves and got ~45 lvl to show up. Are you sure you aren't just placing them the wrong way? 03:40, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

undefined You can only shift click 2 of the 3 slots in the Brewing Stand, the third must be manually placed. -- 23:56, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Was able to reproduce, rightmost don't take water bottle when other two are occupied. 03:40, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

undefined Right-clicking items when there are more than 1 piece of ingredients in Brewing Stand don't pick up half of the items. Instead, it picks up the whole stack causing brewing process to stop. 14:55, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Annoyances

Commands
Bugs undefined sp The "/give" command in the new single player cheats feature still requires you to type your Minecraft username as if you were on a server. This is not a problem with the "/gamemode" command. NetherrackCreeper (talk) 16:33, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * You can type in any text for name, so it's looks more like an annoyance to me. --
 * I've moved this to annoyance, as you can just type anything, even "a", and it will give it to you. 18:25, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * It still doesn't seem like the right behavior, even if you don't have to type your minecraft name again and again. NetherrackCreeper (talk) 18:39, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm upgrading this to minor bug. This is not intended behavior and the fact that you can enter anything in that space attests to that. 05:47, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

undefined mp The "/time set night" command sets the time to 12500 ticks in multiplayer. So it does not actually switch to night (18000 ticks/6PM) CasVg2012
 * /time set night is not a default server command, that's a mod one... 17:20, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Incorrect, "/time set night" is part of this snapshot. 13:45, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

undefined Resizing the game window wipes whatever you were typing into the talk box. -- 22:58, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Annoyances a! The were unusual. Why don't you use for help like in multiplayer?
 * I think you've misunderstood the use of tab. Its for autocompletion of long commands, just like in linux shells. -- 11:07, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

a! The is not recognized in Macintosh, hence making tabbing through commands useless

a New xp command is limited to 5000 xp at a time even though such limit is not connected to any level cap or similiar thing. --

a The "/" key for opening the chat/cheat box is still not working properly in some keyboard layouts such as Portuguese Brazilian, where it is triggered by the ";" key. -- 20:17, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Can confirm for QWERTZ hardware keyboard on OS X: no matter which software keylayout I use, the key that opens the ch(e)at box like this is always the one to the left of the right key (where  is on a US keyboard layout)  03:49, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

a The /gamemode command doesn't work in SMP if it is being used on someone other than yourself. For example; typing "/gamemode  1" does not work like it used to. It says " is not a valid number". This is annoying if I want to change the gamemode of one of the players on my own.
 * That is because the syntax has changed. It's /gamemode [player] instead of /gamemode  13:43, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Fixed/Skipped f undefined mp When using the "say" command in the server console, instead of displaying your message, it displays, "Usage: /say  even though the message is delivered.

Graphical & Lighting
Bugs ! At night entities such as the player, mobs, and items dropped on the floor are the only things that get darker. This leaves a night sky over a daytime landscape. Also torches, glowstone, lava, etc. don't provide any light so the only way to light up your home is to have the "sunlight", from night not working outside, shine in through a block marked as transparent. An example of this is being in a box full of torches and still being in complete darkness. This makes caves perpetually dark and impossible to light up without digging all the way back to the surface above what you want to see. The lighting has been this way since 1.8 at which point, in the version (snapshot/prerelease?) which allowed you to quickly cycle the sun and moon, I did so to see how it worked, the lighting worked great for the first night but it hasn't worked since. -- 01:27, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Does this happen on just one of your saves? -- 16:53, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
 * No it is on all of my saves even ones from other people. My computer specs are Mac OS 10.4.11 ppc G5. Pardon me if i did not reply to your question in the correct manner, as I'm new to this.-- 01:27, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

x Occasionally patches of water are crystal clear. I first thought this might be river biome related, and intentional, but then I found this patch of clear blue sea: 19:13, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

undefined Wolves appear black, or at least extremely shadowed, when swimming. They return to their normal colour after their "shaking" animation -- 20:47, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
 * This feature has been around before this snapshot, I think it's trying to indicate the fur of the wolves are wet. - 09:39, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, but the "wet" indication should be different to "painted completely black". 09:47, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

undefined Upside-down stairs and half-slabs inherit their light value from the block above them. Annoyances

Language / Text files
Bugs

Annoyances a Not every block has a tooltip, even though all of them are available if cheats are used. 15:31, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Like portal or end crystal blocks or whatever. 15:50, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

a The is only in English, rendering it meaningless to players who don't understand it. 18:27, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure Mojang is aware of this... -- 20:37, 19 April 2012 (UTC)