[MC-4661] Chickens (And small mobs) cannot path when standing in/next to fences Created: 14/Dec/12  Updated: 07/May/20  Resolved: 13/Jan/16

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Snapshot 12w50b, Minecraft 1.4.7, Snapshot 13w01a, Snapshot 13w02a, Snapshot 13w09a, Snapshot 13w09b, Minecraft 1.5, Snapshot 13w11a, Minecraft 1.5.1, Minecraft 1.5.2, Snapshot 13w19a, Snapshot 13w21a, Snapshot 13w26a, Minecraft 1.6.2, Minecraft 1.7.1, Minecraft 1.7.2, Minecraft 1.7.3, Minecraft 1.7.4, Minecraft 1.7.5, Minecraft 1.7.9, Minecraft 14w20b, Minecraft 14w28b, Minecraft 1.8.1-pre3
Fix Version/s: Minecraft 16w02a

Type: Bug
Reporter: Donald Granger Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 40
Labels: animal, chicken, fence, pathing
Environment:

Windows 7 Professional 64 bit, Java 1.7.0_51 (32 and 64 bit), 8 GB of RAM, 2.8GHz 8-Core CPU


Attachments: PNG File 2012-12-14_09.37.06.png     PNG File 2013-01-03_13.09.45.png     PNG File 2013-03-24_22.48.06.png     PNG File 2013-10-22_21.06.25.png     JPEG File NorthEast Corner.jpg     JPEG File NorthWest Corner.jpg     Zip Archive Snapshot Testing.zip     JPEG File SouthWest Corner.jpg    
Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MC-12228 Chickens stuck in cobblestone walls a... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-12352 Chicken movement bias Resolved
is duplicated by MC-12765 My animals get stuck on fences. Resolved
is duplicated by MC-14784 Chikens Are Cra ! Resolved
is duplicated by MC-16970 Chickens get stuck in fences Resolved
is duplicated by MC-18499 Chickens getting stuck in the corners... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-19202 Chickens get stuck in fence corners Resolved
is duplicated by MC-22213 Mobs get stuck in corner of iron bars... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-25746 Chickens get stuck in cobblestone walls Resolved
is duplicated by MC-44135 the chickens seem to like cobble wall... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-49514 Wooden Fence Resolved
is duplicated by MC-49646 Chickens getting stuck in fence corners Resolved
is duplicated by MC-52908 Chickens keep going to fencecorners Resolved
is duplicated by MC-55414 Chickens stuck in Fence Corners Resolved
is duplicated by MC-55443 Animals stuck in fence corners Resolved
is duplicated by MC-58001 Animals stuck in corners of fences Resolved
is duplicated by MC-59844 Rabbits get stuck at fences & blocks Resolved
is duplicated by MC-61001 Rabbit always stuck in glass Resolved
is duplicated by MC-62395 Rabbit stuck in glass Resolved
is duplicated by MC-62671 Rabbit & glass Resolved
is duplicated by MC-86885 Passive Mobs Get Stuck In Fence Blocks Resolved
is duplicated by MC-3288 Non-natural chick position Resolved
is duplicated by MC-5151 Chickens get stuck in all fences and ... Resolved
Relates
relates to MC-12427 Mobs get stuck in the North-West corn... Resolved
CHK:
Confirmation Status: Community Consensus

 Description   

I've noticed since the latest snapshots that small animals, when they are pressed up against say, a cobblestone wall, they won't ever move away from it, as if they think they're stuck inside of it with nowhere to 'path out of the block', even if they aren't actually stuck inside said block.

I've noticed this happening in 12w49a as well as the version tagged above. (This could also have been happening in 1.4.5, but I wasn't paying much attention to it at that point)

The screenshot below is just showing the chickens all crowded up in the walls, and have been like that... for in game weeks.

Edit: It seems to happen most frequently around the corners of wall blocks and fences.



 Comments   
Comment by Donald Granger [ 13/Jan/16 ]

I can no longer reproduce this issue in the latest version of PC minecraft (16w02a)

Comment by Jakub Ocwieja [ 19/Jan/15 ]

It is present in PlayStation 4 version.
Applies for at least adult chickens and cows.

Comment by Galaxy_2Alex [ 24/Oct/14 ]

Reopened, thanks.

Comment by Donald Granger [ 24/Oct/14 ]

This is still a concern in the latest version. They are still getting stuck in the corners of fences.

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 Donald Granger [ 11/Aug/14 ]

The intent of the NoAI tag is to stop all AI ticks from affecting that mob. That includes movement.

Comment by Bentroen [ 09/Aug/14 ]

This can be clearly seen with the new NoAI tag from 14w32:
http://i.imgur.com/weHYRWG.png

Comment by Ezer'Arch [ 12/Jul/14 ]

Surely not fixed in 14w28b: http://www.twitch.tv/ezerarch/b/546712944 (bug occurs after 1:00)

EDIT: http://redd.it/2af8m3

Comment by Donald Granger [ 01/Apr/14 ]

This issue seems fixed in 14w11b.

Comment by Andrio Celos [ 14/Jan/14 ]

It's possible to hit/interact with chickens when they're stuck like this, but it's hard to. F3+B reveals that there's a very specific angle from which you can aim at its hitbox without hitting that of the fence.
Please fix.

Comment by Manuel [ 27/Oct/13 ]

also in 1.7.2

Comment by MisterSanderson [ 23/Oct/13 ]

It happened to me in 1.6.4.

Comment by Jozsef Koller [ 18/Sep/13 ]

Okay, this issue affects the gameplay in 1.6.2 and the latest snapshot (13w37b) as well. (My spec: Asus N55SL, NVidia 635m (2 GB vram), 8GB ram, Java 1.7.0_15-b03, Win 7 64-bit (with latest updates) )

Comment by Jonathon [ 15/Jul/13 ]

I have 1.6.2 and it's still happening. You can either push them to a gate and they get free or you can dig out the dirt from beneath them. Or kill them.

Comment by Anon Imos [ 25/Jun/13 ]

this also works with creepers. if a creeper is against a cobblestone wall he will not chase you.

Comment by Donald Granger [ 19/May/13 ]

You can test this yourself in the world attached. Fly above the chickens with seeds and watch them follow you, (or bug out and just stand in the walls). (if they're not in their pens, then that's another bug...)

Comment by Adam Sturdevant [ 12/May/13 ]

I am having this problem as well. Only way to fix it is kill the mob or break the fence block and push them out. At least, that is the only way I have figured out so far.

Comment by Donald Granger [ 11/May/13 ]

It's not just corner walls they get stuck in, they can get stuck anywhere along the walls, but strangely not in fence gates.

Comment by Kate Kyi [ 10/Apr/13 ]

This is still happening in 1.5.1. Chicken can be fed seed in the wall and produce eggs and chicks but they never move out of the corner even when enticed with seeds. They can be killed and will drop feathers and chicken.

Comment by Mark Dykstra [ 25/Mar/13 ]

I believe it is due to the fact that the corner fences visual hitbox doesn't match up with its physical hitbox. The chickens can walk into the corner because the physical hitbox allows them to, then they don't move out because they are inside the visual hitbox. Note in the screenshot I just attached that I am not looking at the fence's physical hitbox but its visual hitbox is still visible. I presume this happened in 13W06A when the physical hitbox of the corner fence was revised.

Comment by Donald Granger [ 28/Feb/13 ]

As a temporary solution, you can throw snowballs or eggs at the chickens just over the fences (Thier hitboxes are taller) to dislodge them

Comment by D Morrison [ 22/Feb/13 ]

I'd just like to add that while in this state the player cannot interact with the mob, at least when stuck in the "corner" of a fenced area.

eg. If you try to feed a "stuck" chicken, you can't, and if you try to attack it, you will hit the wall instead of the mob.

It really seems like the mob is stuck inside the wall block from more than just a pathing perspective.

Comment by Kyle Mason [ 21/Feb/13 ]

Still occurring in snapshot 13w07a.

Comment by renaud gargantua [ 06/Feb/13 ]

I also have this problem in 1.4.7, chickens glitch into the cobblestone walls when they go between the wall and a chest.

Comment by Donald Granger [ 03/Jan/13 ]

A better view, you can see the chickens stuck next to the corner blocks of the walls, and watching me, as if they're trying to get to the seeds, but can't. (The second picture)

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