[MC-1428] Arrows bouncing off mobs. Created: 31/Oct/12  Updated: 13/Dec/18  Resolved: 25/Oct/14

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.4.2, Minecraft 1.4.6, Snapshot 13w05b, Minecraft 1.5.1, Minecraft 1.5.2, Snapshot 13w18b, Snapshot 13w18c, Minecraft 1.6.2, Minecraft 1.6.4, Minecraft 13w38a, Minecraft 13w38b, Minecraft 13w38c, Minecraft 1.7.4, Minecraft 14w05b, Minecraft 14w06b, Minecraft 14w07a, Minecraft 14w08a, Minecraft 14w20b, Minecraft 14w25a, Minecraft 14w30c, Minecraft 1.13.2
Fix Version/s: Minecraft 1.8

Type: Bug
Reporter: Orion Humphrey Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 8
Labels: arrow, bounce, kill, slime
Environment:

Windows 7 32bit, Java 7 Update 9


Attachments: File My Movie.wmv     File Reupload.mp4     JPEG File Step 1.jpg     JPEG File Step 2.jpg     JPEG File Step 3.jpg     JPEG File Step 4.jpg    
Issue Links:
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Relates
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CHK:
Confirmation Status: Confirmed

 Description   

This especially happens with slimes. When I kill a big slime and then shoot in the the group of little slimes, it bounces off an invisible mob. It doesn't happen every time so it might be hard to reproduce.



 Comments   
Comment by Fabian Röling [ 10/Dec/18 ]

Confirmed. It seems to be much more rare than before.

Comment by Shourin [ 10/Dec/18 ]

Bug is back in 1.13.2

Comment by [Mod] redstonehelper [ 28/May/16 ]

Probably a separate issue.

Comment by Fabian Röling [ 27/May/16 ]

I don't know if this is the same bug, but it happens to me in 1.9er versions and 16w21a. It seems to me like it was new when shields were introduced and for some reason the arrows sometimes bounce off of entities even though they don't have shields (e.g. just happened to me with a bat). Is this still the same bug or a new one?

Comment by Dlawso the Really Lucky Rabbit [ 23/Dec/14 ]

Its still invalid as you are using NBT tags, as well as teleporting the zombies every gametick. Does it occur without the teleportation and without the use of NBT tags?

Comment by mineRaptor [ 23/Dec/14 ]

So I rerecreated the video with normal Minecraft 1.8.1 no Mods, just normal Mineccraft. And there you go it the arrows still bounce off the Zombies. I also tested Skeletons and Pigmen, same result, about 50% of the arrows bounce back.
The rest of the build is the same as last time, the Zombies get teleported every gametick by 0.3.

Comment by Galaxy_2Alex [ 20/Dec/14 ]

@Joel Henning: Invalid since you are using unsupported modifications.

Comment by mineRaptor [ 06/Dec/14 ]

I produced this "resolved" bug and attached a video of the bug, I was running the 1.8.1 release. If a mob, in my case a zombie, gets moved in one direction and you shoot arrows at him from a 90° angle the arrow will bounce quite frequently off him, with different angles it happens less often. I teleport the zombies by 0.3 every gametick with:/tp @e[type=Zombie] ~ ~ ~0.3. The zombies get spawned in with NoAI: /summon Zombie ~ 40 ~ {NoAI:1,PersistanceRequired:1,Silent:1,Attributes:[

{Name:generic.maxHealth,Base:1}

]}.

So this Bug is still around and it is quite annoying when you try building a shooting range with moving Zombies.

Comment by Galaxy_2Alex [ 25/Oct/14 ]

Resolving it as such, thanks.
If someone else can still reproduce this, please leave a comment and request a reopen.

Comment by Orion Humphrey [ 25/Oct/14 ]

Resolved as far as I can tell.

Comment by Galaxy_2Alex [ 24/Oct/14 ]

Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version 1.8.1 Prerelease 3 / Launcher version 1.5.3 or later? 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 Alban Dalin [ 23/Feb/14 ]

Confirmed on the two last snapshot (at least) (One time, i saw my arrow turn back during its fly)

Comment by nate_dawww [ 25/Dec/12 ]

This one still occurs for me in 1.4.6 in both single- and multi-player, though more often in multi. Possibly due to a client/server communication problem regarding arrows' current coordinates? Will try to also get video; it's very bizarre.

Comment by Tails [ 19/Nov/12 ]

Related to MC-1246

Comment by Orion Humphrey [ 03/Nov/12 ]

Sorry for the lag. You can kind of see the arrows bouncing off air in this video though.

Comment by Sid Ben [ 02/Nov/12 ]

I managed to reliable reproduce this bug, uploaded screenshots.

Step 1 - create a machine like that. It's a clock linked to a dispenser. The machine is high enought that the zombies will die of fall damage.

Step 2 - Fill the dispenser with zombie eggs

Step 3 - Start the machine (lever starts the clock)

Step 4 - Shoot the zombies as soon as they die. Use a flame bow to make easier to see the arrows bouncing.

Comment by Sid Ben [ 31/Oct/12 ]

I have this kind of problem with other mobs, mostly skeletons. Sometimes I shoot them and my arrow bounces and hit me.

I know that it's my arrow that hit me and not the skeleton because I have a Flame I bow and the skeleton have a regular bow. Looks like if I shoot when the mob is about to die, my arrow bounces. Also happens sometimes when I try to hit a cave spider behind a fence.

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