Can't trade with villager when they are treading water
If a villager is treading and bouncing in water and you select to trade with them, at some point in the bouncing the trade window exits out. It typically will exit quickly, though sometimes it might not happen for a few seconds
Reproduce:
- Push a villager into water that forces them to swim (or just find one bouncing in water).
- Select the Villager to open the trade window
- Do nothing more, just wait
Expected: Like previous versions, once you select a villager to trade with, the trade window is available until you choose to exit, barring nothing horrible happens to the villager whilst trading (e.g. on fire, killed by a zombie, falls from a high place, etc.).
Actual: Trade window exits when villager is bouncing in water.
Environment
OSX High Sierra on Macbook Pro.
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Can't trade with Villager when they are treading water
If a Villager is treading and bouncing in water and you select to trade with them, at some point in the bouncing the trade window exits out. It typically will exit quickly, though sometimes it might not happen for a few seconds
Reproduce:
- Push a Villager into water that forces them to swim (or just find one bouncing in water).
- Select the Villager to open the trade window
- Do nothing more, just wait
Expected: Like previous versions, once you select a Villager to trade with, the trade window is available until you choose to exit, barring nothing horrible happens to the villager whilst trading (e.g. on fire, killed by a zombie, falls from a high place, etc.).
Actual: Trade window exits when Villager is bouncing in water.
Environment
OSX High Sierra on Macbook Pro.
Can't trade withVillager when they are treading waterCan't trade with villager when they are treading water
If a
Villager is treading and bouncing in water and you select to trade with them, at some point in the bouncing the trade window exits out. It typically will exit quickly, though sometimes it might not happen for a few secondsReproduce:
- Push a
Villager into water that forces them to swim (or just find one bouncing in water).- Select the Villager to open the trade window
- Do nothing more, just wait
Expected: Like previous versions, once you select a
Villager to trade with, the trade window is available until you choose to exit, barring nothing horrible happens to the villager whilst trading (e.g. on fire, killed by a zombie, falls from a high place, etc.).
Actual: Trade window exits when
Villager is bouncing in water.If a villager is treading and bouncing in water and you select to trade with them, at some point in the bouncing the trade window exits out. It typically will exit quickly, though sometimes it might not happen for a few seconds
Reproduce:
- Push a villager into water that forces them to swim (or just find one bouncing in water).
- Select the Villager to open the trade window
- Do nothing more, just wait
Expected: Like previous versions, once you select a villager to trade with, the trade window is available until you choose to exit, barring nothing horrible happens to the villager whilst trading (e.g. on fire, killed by a zombie, falls from a high place, etc.).
Actual: Trade window exits when villager is bouncing in water.
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I am unable to reproduce this issue in 20w51a. I was able to trade with a villager, whilst it was in water without any problems.
Please check if that's still an issue for you in the latest 1.16.4 stable release or the latest 1.17 development snapshot.