[MC-3601] Beacon Blocks not providing correct power ups Created: 21/Nov/12  Updated: 04/May/15  Resolved: 21/Nov/12

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.4.5
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Brian Chew Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Works As Intended Votes: 0
Labels: beacon-block
Environment:

OSX


Confirmation Status: Unconfirmed
Game Mode: Survival

 Description   

I was playing survival after updating when I placed a 4 layered beacon with Diamond blocks for the bottom middle and top layers. When I right clicked the beacon I selected Jump speed II as my powerup and inserted a diamond. The beacon then gave me speed I instead of speed II and did not give me the regeneration effect. Finding this odd I tried each of the other powerups and none of them were able to provide anything other than a level 1 powerup.
This problem did not effect beacons from older versions of the game, only newly created beacons.

I was expecting the beacon to give me speed II and regeneration because it was what I had selected.

The beacon gave me speed I only and didn't give me regeneration

Steps to reproduce:
1. create a 9x9 diamond block layer,
2. create a 7x7 diamod layer
3. create a 5x5 diamond layer on top of the 7x7 diamond block layer
4. create a 3x3 diamond block layer on top of the 5x5 diamond block layer
5. place a beacon over the center of the top layer
6. right click the beacon
7. select any powerup and insert a diamond, confirm your powerup
8. exit the beacon GUI and open inventory
9. The active effects will show you that you are receiving a lvl 1 upgrade whilst the beacon will show you have a lvl 2 upgrade and you will not be given a regenerative effect



 Comments   
Comment by Brian Chew [ 24/Nov/12 ]

OOH, so tier 2 effects count as secondaries now. Thank you for clearing that up.

Comment by Tails [ 24/Nov/12 ]

Always worked like that: 1. Right click beacon. 2. Select primary power (e.g. speed). 3. Select secondary power (here: Regeneration OR speed II). 4. Put in 1 diamond OR emerald OR gold ingot OR iron ingot. 5. Click done. 6. Wait 5 seconds for beacon to activate.

Comment by Brian Chew [ 24/Nov/12 ]

Do you need to select the secondary? In past versions all you had to do was select the primary and the secondary would be automatic because it's the only secondary ability. You CAN get the regeneration effect at the moment, but it requires an entirely separate beacon, as a secondary power regeneration isn't supposed to take an entire beacon, but rather come with the primary.

The biggest problem in my mind however is that we still cannot get tier 2 abilities. I have now tried with 4 layers and just to be safe 5 layers as well and tier 2 abilities still could not be obtained.

Comment by Tails [ 22/Nov/12 ]

Unable to reproduce, are you sure you have selected the secondary power after selecting the primary one?

Comment by Brian Chew [ 22/Nov/12 ]

Tested it and even with 4 layers tier II effects still cannot be acheived with beacons created after the update.

Comment by Tails [ 21/Nov/12 ]

To get the tear II effects the pyramid needs to be consisting of 4 layers: 3*3, 5*5, 7*7 and 9*9

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