[MC-12173] Hostile mobs spawning in light >7 at bedrock level. Created: 17/Mar/13  Updated: 17/Mar/13  Resolved: 17/Mar/13

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.5
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Aaron Hunt Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Works As Intended Votes: 0
Labels: None
Environment:

Windows 7


Attachments: PNG File 2013-03-16_21.41.50.png    
Confirmation Status: Unconfirmed
Game Mode: Survival

 Description   

Prior to 1.5 mobs were not spawning in my mines where all blocks have a light level of 8+. Since the update mobs are now spawning in these mines. The behavior is similar to void fog reducing light levels in Alpha 1.2. I have found 3 hostile mobs (2 creepers, 1 skeleton) in ~ 1.5 hours of gameplay.



 Comments   
Comment by Aaron Hunt [ 17/Mar/13 ]

You guys are great. I'll move stuff around and see how it goes. Thanks for taking the time to educate me.

Comment by Tails [ 17/Mar/13 ]

There it is: BL of 8 on head level means 7 on ground level since torches are placed on the wall.

Comment by Aaron Hunt [ 17/Mar/13 ]

Thanks for the tip Tails. If I understand you correctly, the debug value shown is for the head level light, not the light level of the block I'm standing on?

Comment by Aaron Hunt [ 17/Mar/13 ]

I don't use any mods, so I assume my jar is un-modded. Not sure how I can prove the light level is >7 everywhere, but I walked the entire level where mobs are spawning looking for any torches endermen might have moved and verifying that I had at least a BL of 8 everywhere. Any chance a copy of the world might fix my issue?

Comment by Tails [ 17/Mar/13 ]

Seeing as your torches are placed on the wall and not on the ground I would say you misread the block light value in debug to display the value for the ground not the head hight.

Comment by Aaron Hunt [ 17/Mar/13 ]

Screenshot of mob

Comment by The Uknown [ 17/Mar/13 ]

Hm this is unusual. I will check up on this. This may be a rare case of a glitch that is unfixable, but I don't know. Could you post screen shots and supply and info if you have a modded jar or not?

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