[MC-7360] Zombie cant get villager if the villager is in a window or standing in a corner of fences Created: 13/Jan/13  Updated: 04/May/17  Resolved: 17/Mar/16

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.4.7, Minecraft 1.5
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: William B. Davison Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Incomplete Votes: 0
Labels: fence, hitbox, iron_bars, mob, pathfinding
Environment:

Mac


Attachments: PNG File 2013-01-12_22.41.27.png    
Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MC-10649 Mobs not attacking players standing o... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-11565 Hidden from monster pathfinding near ... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-18610 Zombies stop attacking villagers that... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-24723 Bug Hitbox Resolved
is duplicated by MC-27021 Zombies can't damage a villager for m... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-44444 Zombie wont follow player next to fen... Resolved
Relates
relates to MC-21109 Pathfinding is fundamentally flawed (... Resolved
CHK:
Confirmation Status: Community Consensus
Game Mode: Survival

 Comments   
Comment by user-f2760 (Inactive) [ 17/Mar/16 ]

No response for over a year.

Comment by Galaxy_2Alex [ 25/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 BoxFigs [ 25/Jul/13 ]

About the new title: It's not just the corners of fences, but whenever the villager is up against a fence (doesn't have to be a corner).
I have some screenshots of this.

Comment by BoxFigs [ 27/Jun/13 ]

It happens with fences, too.

@Joss Eden:
When I tested it, I was able to hit the villagers. So were the zombies, but they would just stare at the villagers for a while and sometimes began/resumed attacking. That means they can hit the villager's hitbox, but the zombies just think they can't (probably because they think the fences/glass panes/iron bars are full blocks).

Other affected versions are 1.5.2 and presumably 1.5.1.

Here's some more information from my duplicate issue (MC-18610):
Sometimes if the villager moves or is bumped, the zombie would start attacking again. Strangely, if you hit the villager then bump the zombie, the zombie will attack again. Sometimes the zombie would start attacking again on its own, but that was rare.

Comment by Joss Eden [ 14/Jan/13 ]

Also happens with iron bars, but it may be due to the Zombies not being able to hit their hit-box. If I try to attack a Villager in a window/iron bars, I can't hit them either.

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