[MC-3973] Silk Touch, pre-lit Redstone Lamps Created: 29/Nov/12  Updated: 06/Sep/15  Resolved: 20/Sep/13

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.4.5, Minecraft 1.4.7, Minecraft 1.5, Snapshot 13w11a, Minecraft 1.5.1, Minecraft 1.5.2, Minecraft 1.6.1, Minecraft 1.6.2, Minecraft 13w36b, Minecraft 13w37a
Fix Version/s: Minecraft 13w38c

Type: Bug
Reporter: Jonah Dewar Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 12
Labels: SilkTouch, redstonelamp
Environment:

windows 7 home premium


Attachments: Text File crash-2013-09-12_23.03.12-client.txt     JPEG File screenshot-1.jpg    
Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MC-6270 Silk Touch Pickaxe Resolved
is duplicated by MC-6427 Red stone lamp-silk touch Resolved
is duplicated by MC-6517 Silk Touch can pick up Powered Redsto... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-15898 Redstone lamps stay lit when breaking... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-2775 Silk Touch on Redstone Lamps Resolved
CHK:
Confirmation Status: Confirmed
Game Mode: Survival

 Description   

Not sure if this is intended or not, but when you use Silk Touch tools on a redstone lamp that is lit, it occupies a separate inventory slot, with a lit-up graphic.



 Comments   
Comment by Kumasasa [ 20/Sep/13 ]

Fix confirmed.

Comment by Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) [ 20/Sep/13 ]

Looks like this is fixed in 13w38c.

Comment by Kumasasa [ 16/Sep/13 ]

@Dustin Held: MC-30940

Comment by Dustin Held [ 16/Sep/13 ]

Should this be a new ticket containing the crash??

Comment by Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) [ 13/Sep/13 ]

Affects 13w37b. For me, the server didn't crash, but instead kicked me with “end of stream”. The other players were fine. I could not reconnect, receiving “end of stream” on each attempt. Restarting the server resolved this. The lamp seems to be missing, although it could have despawned naturally.

Comment by John [ 12/Sep/13 ]

Silk-touched, lit lamps are useful for placing in item frames. For example, they can be used to indicate an on switch for lighting.

I hope that Mojang chooses to leave these in the game. If the crash is fixed, I see no gameplay-related reasons for preventing them from being collected. This is one of the little things in the game that cause no harm but add to the fun and creative possibilities.

Comment by Tails [ 12/Sep/13 ]
Description: Rendering entity in world
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at zf.d(SourceFile:104)
	at bjq.a(SourceFile:148)
	at bjq.a(SourceFile:29)
	at bjg.b(SourceFile:35)
	at bjq.a(SourceFile:45)
	at bjq.a(SourceFile:29)
Comment by Tails [ 12/Sep/13 ]

Silk touching active redstone lamps crashes the game in 13w37a.

Comment by Kumasasa [ 16/Mar/13 ]

Well, yes.
Reopening for Mojang to decide.

Comment by branza [ 16/Mar/13 ]

This is even listed as a bug on the wiki, so it's clearly not working as intended.

Comment by Dustin Held [ 16/Mar/13 ]

Please revise. This is not a feature.

Comment by Ryan Curtis Combes [ 02/Feb/13 ]

I concur. This is not intended behavior. I cannot place the lit redstone lamp back down, without it reverting to it's proper state. It's much like when one spawns unlit redstone torches into the game. Once placed, they revert to their 'on' state.

Those unlit redstone torches and the pre-lit redstone lamps have no place in the normal gameplay environment. That's why they don't appear in the creative menu, even though they are blocks that exist in the game, accessibly by the /give command.

Comment by Minerdomera [ 05/Jan/13 ]

I highly doubt this is a feature. Lit redstone lamps are a technical block. if you place them down, they instantly become unlit. when redstone lamps were first introduced, they would drop lit lamps if mined while lit, and it was removed. the fact that they can be picked up by silk touch doesn't make sense.

Comment by [Mod] CubeTheThird [ 29/Nov/12 ]

This is a feature in minecraft, as far as I can tell. See wiki page here for info about enchantments. If you are uncertain about things in the future, consult the wiki first.

Comment by Jonah Dewar [ 29/Nov/12 ]

As you can see in the screenshot, a "lit up" lamp can be seen after being harvested with a Silk Touch tool.

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