[MC-1120] Mobs and players in minecarts take falling damage when falling through water Created: 29/Oct/12  Updated: 22/Jan/14  Resolved: 22/Jan/14

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.4.2, Minecraft 1.4.6, Minecraft 1.4.7, Snapshot 13w07a, Minecraft 1.5, Snapshot 13w11a, Minecraft 1.5.1
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Jesse H Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Incomplete Votes: 0
Labels: None

Issue Links:
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is duplicated by MC-5165 When in a minecartt falling down a wa... Resolved
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Confirmation Status: Confirmed

 Description   

If an animal (in my case a cow) is riding in a minecart, and the minecart is dropped into water (in my case, ~20 blocks of ocean) - the mob will take falling damage as if they fell outside a minecart, while falling through air.



 Comments   
Comment by [Mod] Ezekiel (ezfe) [ 22/Jan/14 ]

This ticket is incomplete without the requested information, no response has been received within a reasonable time and we are assuming the issue has been resolved. If you are still experiencing this issue, we can reopen it at your request.
Please review the guidelines before reporting issues.

Comment by [Mod] CubeTheThird [ 26/Sep/13 ]

Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version 1.6.4 / Launcher version 1.2.5 ? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.

Comment by Andy W. Desplenter [ 07/Jan/13 ]

If that explanation were valid then the bug would be that you do not take damage falling into webs while riding a cart.
Either way, the behavior is not self consistent and suggests that there is a bug.

Comment by MisterSanderson [ 06/Jan/13 ]

Doesn't appears to be a bug. If you fall in a liquid, you take no damage, but if you fall in the iron floor of the minecart you should take it.

Comment by Tails [ 15/Dec/12 ]

That's why I'm suggesting to use cobwebs - they slow down everything, even particles. Not speaking here for Mojang, to me it makes sense that vines have no effect on minecarts, while cobwebs do. Not sure about water, that's why this ticket is still open.

Comment by Andy W. Desplenter [ 14/Dec/12 ]

Further to my previous comment, falling damage is not reset by water or vines when in a minecart, but downward motion does get reduced to cobweb speeds when falling into a cobweb while riding in a minecart.

Is this expected behaviour or a bug?

Comment by Tails [ 14/Dec/12 ]

I never saw a minecart climbing vines IRL. I suggest to use cobwebs.

Comment by Andy W. Desplenter [ 14/Dec/12 ]

I just ran a test for something that may be related. I arranged a minecart track to have the cart fall into a one block wide channel that had vines in it.
I can jump into the channel and take no damage no matter what height I jump from, but if I ride a cart into the channel I take damage as though there were no vines.

It seems that falling carts are not affected by things that reset your fall damage.

Is this expected behaviour or a bug?

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