Blocked Dropper/Dispensers pointed UP always eject WEST
If a dropper or dispenser are placed facing up with a block then placed on the top/exit side of the dropper or dispenser, when activated, the item being ejected from the dropper/dispenser will always go in the WEST direction.
This behavior is NOT seen in 1.7.9. Instead the item will randomly eject in the N/S/E/W directions allowing for it to ALWAYS pass through 1 of 4 separate hoppers enabling the creation of Random Output circuit. I have chained the circuits together in other worlds, assigning each of them command blocks to create a random message generator which chooses from 16 different messages.
The latest snapshots break this behavior.
Attached is a flatworld that shows this behavior.
Environment
Any time a Dropper or Dispenser if placed pointing UP and is triggered with a block placed on top of it.
Linked Issues
Created Issue:
Blocked Dropper/Dispensers pointed UP always eject WEST
If a dropper or dispenser are placed facing up with a block then placed on the top/exit side of the dropper or dispenser, when activated, the item being ejected from the dropper/dispenser will always go in the WEST direction.
This behavior is NOT seen in 1.7.9. Instead the item will randomly eject in the N/S/E/W directions allowing for it to ALWAYS pass through 1 of 4 separate hoppers enabling the creation of Random Output circuit. I have chained the circuits together in other worlds, assigning each of them command blocks to create a random message generator which chooses from 16 different messages.
The latest snapshots break this behavior.
Attached is a flatworld that shows this behavior.
Environment
Any time a Dropper or Dispenser if placed pointing UP and is triggered with a block placed on top of it.
duplicates
Opened ticket for MC-58306, was marked as duplicate to this ticket, was asked to report findings here.
Here is a video showing what I said in the other ticket, the problem only appears to occur when the opening to the dispenser/dropper is blocked.


Able to reproduce (screenshot attached).
Regression of
MC-50572This was labeled as a duplicate of a ticket that does not specify that the exit side of the dropper/dispenser is blocked. Yet I'm unable to reproduce the WEST ONLY behavior when the dropper/dispenser is UNBLOCKED. Only when it is blocked. This is what is supposed to prevent the item from falling back onto the dropper/dispenser.
unable to reproduce
Please insert your findings in
MC-50572, apparently this was fixed but not completely.