[MC-731] Mobs showing shaky movement after hitting them (as if they're hesitant) Created: 26/Oct/12  Updated: 07/Sep/15  Resolved: 26/Oct/12

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

Type: Bug
Reporter: Tenebrae Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Duplicate Votes: 1
Labels: choppy, mob, movement, shaky
Environment:

Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit, Java 1.7.0_09


Issue Links:
Duplicate
duplicates MC-133 Mobs walking slow when you hit them Resolved
Confirmation Status: Unconfirmed
Game Mode: Survival

 Description   

This happens with most mobs. Confirmed ones are Creepers, Wither Skeletons, Skeletons and Zombies.

Whenever I hit a mob for the first time in combat, they start to move very slowly and shaky, almost as if they hesitate to come nearer, which makes it really easy to hit them again.

I don't know if this is part of the new AI, or just a bug, but it seemed more like a bug to me, as it makes no sense for melee mobs to hesitate about attacking; it just turns them into an easier prey.

Usually one out of two mobs show this behavior, so it's pretty easy to reproduce.



 Comments   
Comment by Gravity [ 26/Oct/12 ]

Duplicate of MC-133, closing.

Comment by Raphael [ 26/Oct/12 ]

Can confirm this, but it happens only for Creepers and Zombies here. Tested several aggresive mobs many times, it always happens with zombies and creepers and not anytime with others.
That bug was already in 1.3, but i didnt notice creepers were doing it too.

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