MC-248709The gamerule doTileDrops still refers to blocks as "tiles"
The bug
The gamerule controlling whether blocks drop items is still named "doTileDrops". "Tile" is a deprecated technical term for "block" which has been mostly phased out (for example, 1.13 (17w47a) changed block translation strings from tile.XXXX.name to block.minecraft.YYYY), with this being one of the last remaining cases of it remaining in the game. As "tile" is used almost nowhere else (even the game rules menu refers to blocks as blocks as one would expect), this game rule should be renamed accordingly to something more fitting, such as doBlockDrops.
How to reproduce
- Begin to create a new world
- Enter the Game Rules menu
- Scroll to "Drops"
- Mouse over "Drop blocks"
Expected results
The associated game rule would be named something along the lines of "doBlockDrops".
Actual results
The name "doTileDrops", referring to blocks with the outdated "tile", is used instead.
Linked Issues
MCPE-21658Attachments1
Created Issue:
The gamerule doTileDrops still refers to blocks as "tiles"
The bug
The gamerule controlling whether blocks drop items is still named "doTileDrops". "Tile" is a deprecated technical term for "block" which has been mostly phased out (for example, 1.13 (17w47a) changed block translation strings from tile.XXXX.name to block.minecraft.YYYY), with this being one of the last remaining cases of it remaining in the game. As "tile" is used almost nowhere else (even the game rules menu refers to blocks as blocks as one would expect), this game rule should be renamed accordingly to something more fitting, such as doBlockDrops.
How to reproduce
- Begin to create a new world
- Enter the Game Rules menu
- Scroll to "Drops"
- Mouse over "Drop blocks"
Expected results
The associated game rule would be named something along the lines of "doBlockDrops".
Actual results
The name "doTileDrops", referring to blocks with the outdated "tile", is used instead.
Attachments1
This also affects some NBT tags, such as minecarts' displayCustomTile. Worth a separate report, or should this be generalized to "blocks sometimes still refereed to as tiles"?
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Brought to my attention in the closely-related MC-248709.
The bug
Falling blocks store information associated with block entities in a field named "TileEntityData". The term "tile entity" is a term which has long since been deprecated (I recall there being a push on the wiki around 2014-15 to replace "tile entity" with "block entity", although I'm not sure if this was due to anything Mojang said; nonetheless, almost all other parts of the game have since deprecated "tile entity" in favor of "block entity"). As such, it still being used in the modern game is an issue, and causes unnecessary confusion.
How to fix
This should be renamed to something along the lines of "BlockEntityData" to eliminate this term.
Brought to my attention in the closely-related MC-248709.
The bug
Minecarts which display a custom block store information associated with that block in a field named "CustomDisplayTile". The term "tile" is a term which has long since been deprecated; as such, it still being used in the modern game is an issue, and causes unnecessary confusion.
How to fix
This should be renamed to something along the lines of "CustomDisplayBlock" to eliminate this term.
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This also affects some NBT tags, such as minecarts' CustomDisplayTile. Worth a separate report, or should this be generalized to "blocks sometimes still referred to as tiles"?
Probably separate reports. Are there any other such cases?
Falling blocks' TileEntityData is the only other one.
Can confirm by the way, also in 1.18.1.