MC-198930Creepers do not strafe the player when triggering
Created Issue:
Creepers do not strafe the player when triggering
Before 1.2, creepers would walk to the side of the player as they started to hiss. I don't know if this change is intentional.
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Added Category: Mob behaviour
Removed Category: (Unassigned)
Added Affects Versions: 1.16.3
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Added Affects Versions: 21w13a
Added Affects Versions: 21w14a
Added Affects Versions: 21w15a
Added Affects Versions: 21w17a
Added Affects Versions: 21w18a
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Added Affects Versions: 1.17
Added Affects Versions: 1.17.1
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Added Affects Versions: 22w05a
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Added Affects Versions: 1.21.1
Might be intended that they don't walk while exploding as
MCPE-29454has been fixed.Hi there!
I can confirm.
Can confirm in 20w48a.
Pretty sure the old behaviour was a bug now - animals did the same things when the player was holding their wanted food.
It's pretty hard to say if it's intentional, however I don't think it was due to farm animals. Creeper strafing predates farm animals even following you with food in the first place, it was its own thing. The farm animal situation seems separate, or at least perhaps it was reusing creeper code. There's no way to tell for sure..
This does of course affect the latest version, 21w11a, if it really is is an ancient forgotten bug. Here's a video of creeper strafing in a version of Beta before farm animals followed you.
Creeper Strafe beta_Trim.mp4
Here's another video of a Creeper doing it in the 1.0 full release of Minecraft
Creeper Strafe 1.0_Trim.mp4
In 21w13a
In 21w14a
In 21w15a
In 21w17a
In 21w18a
In 1.17
Can confirm in 1.17.1.
In 22w05a
Even if it WAS a bug, I'd like to have it back; it makes it seem the Creeper's trying to flank you, & also it helps it not just walk into your sword repeatedly, making it a little more challenging to kill it (smarter behavior).
Can confirm in 1.21.1.