[MC-2887] Fire doesn't spread :( Created: 12/Nov/12  Updated: 05/May/15  Resolved: 13/Nov/12

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.4.2
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Nick Bennett Smith Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Invalid Votes: 0
Labels: None
Environment:

Windows 7


Issue Links:
Bonfire Testing
testing discovered MC-2911 Gamerule commands allow parameters ot... Resolved
CHK:
Confirmation Status: Unconfirmed
Game Mode: Survival

 Description   

I tried to set a large forest on fire in my Minecraft world, but when I lit the trees the fire would just linger and not do anything.



 Comments   
Comment by YoYoYonnY [ 07/Aug/14 ]

Or maybe you should just reboot your computer now

Comment by Nick Bennett Smith [ 13/Nov/12 ]

Guess what? I went into my .minecraft and tried to delete all the folders/files, and guess what stayed? The screenshots folder. I deleted all the screenshots in the folder successfully, but the folder still remained. That makes me think that someone or something is scanning that folder.

Comment by Mustek [ 13/Nov/12 ]

In processes, yes. It shouldn't give any problems.

Comment by Nick Bennett Smith [ 13/Nov/12 ]

Like, in the processes tab? Isn't that dangerous?

Comment by Mustek [ 13/Nov/12 ]

go to you task manager (ctrl+shift+escape) and kill any running instances of java(w).exe

Comment by Nick Bennett Smith [ 13/Nov/12 ]

Wait! When I force updated to show you my game without mods, and I tried to change my .minecraft back to the one I copied so I wouldn't loose anything, it said that it can't do that because the folder was in use. I didn't have my game running, either.

Comment by Mustek [ 13/Nov/12 ]

Glad to be able to help.

Comment by Nick Bennett Smith [ 13/Nov/12 ]

It's beautiful! Thank you!

Comment by Nick Bennett Smith [ 13/Nov/12 ]

It worked!

Comment by Mustek [ 13/Nov/12 ]

Can you please do "/gamerule doFireTick true" without the quote symbols.
You've set it to on instead of true, and the game doesn't recognize that.

Comment by Nick Bennett Smith [ 13/Nov/12 ]

I uploaded it

Comment by Mustek [ 13/Nov/12 ]

Okay, let's try this again:

do this command exactly as typed below:
/gamerule doFireTick

and take a screenshot of the response.

Comment by Nick Bennett Smith [ 13/Nov/12 ]

It didn't work! I uploaded a screenshot.

Comment by Nick Bennett Smith [ 13/Nov/12 ]

Nevermind

Comment by Nick Bennett Smith [ 13/Nov/12 ]

Wait... I have Rei's minimap. I set a lot of waypoints. I don't know if I can risk loosing them.

Comment by Nick Bennett Smith [ 13/Nov/12 ]

Uggg. Ok. I spend a lot of time downloading mods, but ok.

Comment by Mustek [ 13/Nov/12 ]

Can you try without any mods? Otherwise I have to mark this issue as invalid.

Comment by Nick Bennett Smith [ 13/Nov/12 ]

Nope. My own world.

Comment by Nick Bennett Smith [ 13/Nov/12 ]

It was originally off, so that was what I thought the problem was, until I tried to set a tree on fire again.

Comment by Mustek [ 13/Nov/12 ]

Are you on a server?

Comment by Nick Bennett Smith [ 13/Nov/12 ]

I mean /gamerule doFireTick

Comment by Mustek [ 12/Nov/12 ]

sorry, /gamerule doFireTick

Comment by Nick Bennett Smith [ 12/Nov/12 ]

I tried the /doFireTick command. That didn't work.

Comment by Nick Bennett Smith [ 12/Nov/12 ]

As you can see, it's not spreading. (in picture)

Comment by Tails [ 12/Nov/12 ]

Works fine for me, did you by chance disabled fire spread through /gamerule doFireTick false?
Any mods installed?

Comment by Mustek [ 12/Nov/12 ]

can you type /doFireTick and tell me whether it returns true or false.

Comment by Nick Bennett Smith [ 12/Nov/12 ]

If someone could downgrade to 1.4.2 and see if it happens to them, then that would help.

Comment by Nick Bennett Smith [ 12/Nov/12 ]

I've also been seeing "ghost fires" on random trees in the swamp biome near my island.

Comment by Nick Bennett Smith [ 12/Nov/12 ]

I was playing on hard mode because I thought that would make the fire worse. Then I turned it to peaceful just to see what would happen, and it was the same.

Comment by Tails [ 12/Nov/12 ]

What difficulty are you playing on? Fire spreads differently on each difficulty setting

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