[MC-3631] Creepers float one-eighth of a block above the ground. Created: 21/Nov/12  Updated: 08/Nov/22  Resolved: 29/Apr/14

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.4.5, Minecraft 1.4.6, Minecraft 1.4.7, Snapshot 13w02a, Snapshot 13w02b, Minecraft 1.5, Minecraft 1.5.1, Minecraft 1.5.2, Snapshot 13w18b, Snapshot 13w18c, Snapshot 13w26a, Minecraft 1.6, Minecraft 1.6.1, Minecraft 1.6.2, Minecraft 1.6.4, Minecraft 13w39b, Minecraft 13w41a, Minecraft 1.7.4, Minecraft 14w02c, Minecraft 14w03b, Minecraft 14w04a, Minecraft 14w04b, Minecraft 14w05b, Minecraft 14w06b, Minecraft 14w07a, Minecraft 14w08a, Minecraft 1.7.5, Minecraft 14w10b, Minecraft 14w10c, Minecraft 14w11b, Minecraft 14w17a
Fix Version/s: Minecraft 14w18a

Type: Bug
Reporter: TS Assignee: Mog (Ryan Holtz)
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 9
Labels: creeper, float, floating
Environment:

Windows 7, Java 7


Attachments: PNG File 2012-11-21_18.14.35.png     PNG File 2012-11-24_10.39.04.png     PNG File 2014-02-15_18.03.31.png     PNG File 2014-03-06_22.05.40.png     JPEG File screenshot-1.jpg    
Issue Links:
Bonfire Testing
testing discovered MC-54120 Wrong Creeper Hitbox & Eye Level Resolved
Duplicate
is duplicated by MC-6694 Levitating Creepers Resolved
is duplicated by MC-7567 Graphical bugs. There are 3 graphical... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-15221 Creepers visually float Resolved
is duplicated by MC-19128 Creeper floats above the ground Resolved
is duplicated by MC-34773 Creepers are hovering above the groun... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-46289 Floating creepers Resolved
is duplicated by MC-48674 Creepers Still "Hover" In Latest Snap... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-49745 Creeper is Floating Resolved
is duplicated by MC-50372 Creeper Model Bug Resolved
is duplicated by MC-54802 Mandei Resolved
is duplicated by MC-4880 Creepers don't touch the ground Resolved
Relates
relates to MC-63923 creepers have Incorrect height...? Or... Resolved
relates to MC-104955 Enderman rendering position is too lo... Resolved
relates to MC-203648 The armour stand model floats above i... Resolved
relates to MC-256488 Bamboo Raft and Raft with Chest model... Resolved
CHK:
Confirmation Status: Confirmed

 Description   

Creepers float above the ground, see the image below.



 Comments   
Comment by Ashley5478 [ 31/Oct/15 ]

I think This had changed from Minecraft 1.8 that now creepers no longer floats.

Comment by Paul Smith [ 02/May/14 ]

Well good

Comment by Kumasasa [ 02/May/14 ]

Yes, seeeing that

Comment by Paul Smith [ 02/May/14 ]

Yes, I reported that.

Comment by Kumasasa [ 02/May/14 ]

Brickman350, this is MC-54120

Comment by Paul Smith [ 02/May/14 ]

Well whatever the case, the creepers are technically shorter now, which means their hitbox needs to be adjusted. In fact they are noticably shorter now, and if you look at their hitbox size and eye level with F3+b, you can see their hitbox & eye level are also noticably shorter. This of course will make them even sneakier, being that they can possibly bypass soul sand doors and other traps in the future.

Comment by UncleMion [ 02/May/14 ]

I always assumed the floating was a representation of "creeping", since sneaking players also "float" 0.125m over the ground like that. Not clear to me why it required "fixing".

EDIT: Ah, it looks like the player floating while sneaking also got "fixed" in a recent snapshot. No worries since at least that's being consistent, but I wonder if anyone asked Notch if the floating while creeping/sneaking was on purpose.

Comment by branza [ 30/Apr/14 ]

It was fixed in the latest snapshot.

Comment by bucksnort2 [ 30/Apr/14 ]

This has actually been around for a while, Dinnerbone has just noticed it about when 1.7.2 was released. I don't think that they are going to change that. It'd be a cool "bug"

Comment by Itouch2 [ 26/Apr/14 ]

Confirmed for 14w17a

Comment by Itouch2 [ 15/Mar/14 ]

Confirmed for 14w11b

Comment by Itouch2 [ 06/Mar/14 ]

Still in 1.7.5 and 14w10b

Comment by Itouch2 [ 15/Feb/14 ]

Affects 07a

Comment by crazyman [ 14/Aug/13 ]

Reproduced in 1.6.2.

LEVITATING CREEPERRZ!

Comment by [Mod] Ezekiel (ezfe) [ 29/Jun/13 ]

Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version? 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 Anon Ymus [ 02/Jun/13 ]

Pixels in a block = 16; 2/16 = 1/8.

Comment by richard johnsey [ 02/Jun/13 ]

on the minecraft wiki page they say creepers float 2 pixels above the ground.

Comment by TS [ 26/Nov/12 ]

It's two block pixels Talven, which is 1/8th of a block.

Comment by Talven81 [ 24/Nov/12 ]

LOL TS it's far more than two pixels. Closer to 1/8th slab.

Comment by Kumasasa [ 24/Nov/12 ]

The Creepers are walking always as they were walking on a layer of snow, whereas other mobs are sinking in the snow and thus walking normally on non-snow-covered blocks.

Comment by TS [ 22/Nov/12 ]

Gabe it has nothing to do with lag. Try it yourself and see. Get down to ground level and see they are floating two pixels above the ground.

Comment by Talven81 [ 21/Nov/12 ]

Confirmed and able to reproduce on 1.4.5

Comment by GABE NALE [ 21/Nov/12 ]

Ive played and no creepers have done that. I would guess that this bug is due to lag.

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