MC-144124Some mobs move very slowly in water
So I was playing 19w07a, and noticed a fox hunting fish. However, they were extremely slow in the water, and the hunting looked extremely awkward since they were moving at a snail's pace.
I remembered this old bug (MC-48616) that caused mobs to move slowly in water, and started to research this, and so I tested it in different versions.
14w05b (before the bug) : Zombie: 9.5 seconds to swim to the player. (14w06a actually introduced it)
15w45a ("fix version"): Zombie: 18 seconds to swim to the player. That's about TWO TIMES slower than before.
Latest version: Zombie/Creeper: about ~15 seconds to the player in water (Zombies now sink to the bottom so I tried to test it with Creepers too)
But Foxes are the easiest mob proof that this bug still exists. I also think fish are surprisingly sluggish for a water mob, so they might be affected by this bug as well.
How to reproduce:
Make a mob chase another/player mob in water, for example:
Zombie chase a player or a villager
Wolf chase a sheep
Drowned chase a player of villager, but in 1-block high water
Notice how slowly they move.
You can compare this to any version before 14w05b to see how much faster the mobs were in water.
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Some mobs move very slowly in water
So I was playing 19w07a, and noticed a fox hunting fish. However, they were extremely slow in the water, and the hunting looked extremely awkward since they were moving at a snail's pace.
I remembered this old bug (
MC-48616) that caused mobs to move slowly in water, and started to research this, and so I tested it in different versions.14w05b (before the bug) : Zombie: 9.5 seconds to swim to the player. (14w06a actually introduced it)
15w45a ("fix version"): Zombie: 18 seconds to swim to the player
Latest version: Zombie/Creeper: about ~15 seconds to the player in water (Zombies now sink to the bottom so I tried to test it with Creepers too)
But Foxes are the easiest mob proof that this bug still exists. I also think fish are surprisingly sluggish for a water mob, so they might be affected by this bug as well.
Related to
MC-48616
So I was playing 19w07a, and noticed a fox hunting fish. However, they were extremely slow in the water, and the hunting looked extremely awkward since they were moving at a snail's pace.
I remembered this old bug (
MC-48616) that caused mobs to move slowly in water, and started to research this, and so I tested it in different versions.14w05b (before the bug) : Zombie: 9.5 seconds to swim to the player. (14w06a actually introduced it)
15w45a ("fix version"): Zombie: 18 seconds to swim to the player. That's about TWO TIMES slower than before.
Latest version: Zombie/Creeper: about ~15 seconds to the player in water (Zombies now sink to the bottom so I tried to test it with Creepers too)
But Foxes are the easiest mob proof that this bug still exists. I also think fish are surprisingly sluggish for a water mob, so they might be affected by this bug as well.
Related to
MC-48616
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So I was playing 19w07a, and noticed a fox hunting fish. However, they were extremely slow in the water, and the hunting looked extremely awkward since they were moving at a snail's pace.
I remembered this old bug (
MC-48616) that caused mobs to move slowly in water, and started to research this, and so I tested it in different versions.14w05b (before the bug) : Zombie: 9.5 seconds to swim to the player. (14w06a actually introduced it)
15w45a ("fix version"): Zombie: 18 seconds to swim to the player. That's about TWO TIMES slower than before.
Latest version: Zombie/Creeper: about ~15 seconds to the player in water (Zombies now sink to the bottom so I tried to test it with Creepers too)
But Foxes are the easiest mob proof that this bug still exists. I also think fish are surprisingly sluggish for a water mob, so they might be affected by this bug as well.
Related to
MC-48616
So I was playing 19w07a, and noticed a fox hunting fish. However, they were extremely slow in the water, and the hunting looked extremely awkward since they were moving at a snail's pace.
I remembered this old bug (
MC-48616) that caused mobs to move slowly in water, and started to research this, and so I tested it in different versions.14w05b (before the bug) : Zombie: 9.5 seconds to swim to the player. (14w06a actually introduced it)
15w45a ("fix version"): Zombie: 18 seconds to swim to the player. That's about TWO TIMES slower than before.
Latest version: Zombie/Creeper: about ~15 seconds to the player in water (Zombies now sink to the bottom so I tried to test it with Creepers too)
But Foxes are the easiest mob proof that this bug still exists. I also think fish are surprisingly
sluggish for a water mob, so they might be affected by this bug as well.
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So I was playing 19w07a, and noticed a fox hunting fish. However, they were extremely slow in the water, and the hunting looked extremely awkward since they were moving at a snail's pace.
I remembered this old bug (
MC-48616) that caused mobs to move slowly in water, and started to research this, and so I tested it in different versions.14w05b (before the bug) : Zombie: 9.5 seconds to swim to the player. (14w06a actually introduced it)
15w45a ("fix version"): Zombie: 18 seconds to swim to the player. That's about TWO TIMES slower than before.
Latest version: Zombie/Creeper: about ~15 seconds to the player in water (Zombies now sink to the bottom so I tried to test it with Creepers too)
But Foxes are the easiest mob proof that this bug still exists. I also think fish are surprisingly sluggish for a water mob, so they might be affected by this bug as well.
How to reproduce:
Make a mob chase another/player mob in water, for example:
Zombie chase a player or a villager
Wolf chase a sheep
Notice how slowly they move.
You can compare this to any version before 14w05b to see how much faster the mobs were in water.
So I was playing 19w07a, and noticed a fox hunting fish. However, they were extremely slow in the water, and the hunting looked extremely awkward since they were moving at a snail's pace.
I remembered this old bug (
MC-48616) that caused mobs to move slowly in water, and started to research this, and so I tested it in different versions.14w05b (before the bug) : Zombie: 9.5 seconds to swim to the player. (14w06a actually introduced it)
15w45a ("fix version"): Zombie: 18 seconds to swim to the player. That's about TWO TIMES slower than before.
Latest version: Zombie/Creeper: about ~15 seconds to the player in water (Zombies now sink to the bottom so I tried to test it with Creepers too)
But Foxes are the easiest mob proof that this bug still exists. I also think fish are surprisingly sluggish for a water mob, so they might be affected by this bug as well.
How to reproduce:
Make a mob chase another/player mob in water, for example:
Zombie chase a player or a villager
Wolf chase a sheep
Notice how slowly they move.
You can compare this to any version before 14w05b to see how much faster the mobs were in water.
So I was playing 19w07a, and noticed a fox hunting fish. However, they were extremely slow in the water, and the hunting looked extremely awkward since they were moving at a snail's pace.
I remembered this old bug (
MC-48616) that caused mobs to move slowly in water, and started to research this, and so I tested it in different versions.14w05b (before the bug) : Zombie: 9.5 seconds to swim to the player. (14w06a actually introduced it)
15w45a ("fix version"): Zombie: 18 seconds to swim to the player. That's about TWO TIMES slower than before.
Latest version: Zombie/Creeper: about ~15 seconds to the player in water (Zombies now sink to the bottom so I tried to test it with Creepers too)
But Foxes are the easiest mob proof that this bug still exists. I also think fish are surprisingly sluggish for a water mob, so they might be affected by this bug as well.
How to reproduce:
Make a mob chase another/player mob in water, for example:
Zombie chase a player or a villager
Wolf chase a sheep
Drowned chase a player of villager, but in 1-block high water
Notice how slowly they move.
You can compare this to any version before 14w05b to see how much faster the mobs were in water.
Please check if that's still an issue for you in the latest 1.14.4 stable release or the latest 1.15 development snapshot.
Please check if this is still an issue for you in 1.16 Release Candidate 1 or later.