[SPIGOT-4988] Setting "mob-spawn-range" in spigot.yml also effects random block ticks Created: 26/May/19  Updated: 01/Jun/19  Resolved: 29/May/19

Status: Resolved
Project: Spigot
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug Priority: Minor
Reporter: Tyler Schrock Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 0
Labels: 1.14, 1.14.1, mobspawning, spigot, spigot.yml, ticking
Environment:

OS

Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic)

Java

openjdk version "1.8.0_212"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_212-8u212-b03-0ubuntu1.18.10.1-b03)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.212-b03, mixed mode)

BuildTools

git-BuildTools-096cd96-101 (#101)

Spigot

git-Spigot-03bd4b0-17da342 (MC: 1.14.1) (Implementing API version 1.14.1-R0.1-SNAPSHOT)

 

Version: git-Spigot-03bd4b0-17da342 (MC: 1.14.1) (Implementing API version 1.14.1-R0.1-SNAPSHOT)
Guidelines Read: Yes

 Description   

 It looks like the mob-spawn-range configuration option is also effecting the range of random block ticks.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Create a new server
  2. Set mob-spawn-range: 0 in spigot.yml
  3. Try making a farm or cutting down a tree

Expected behavior:

  • Crops grow and leaves decay as they normally  would.

Actual Behavior:

  • Grass doesn't spread, crops and trees don't grow, farmland doesn't hydrate or turn to dirt, leaves don't decay, etc.

 Comments   
Comment by PseudoKnight [ 01/Jun/19 ]

I can confirm that block ticking still uses mob-spawn-range, and it looks like based on the commit that mob spawning now doesn't use mob-spawn-range? It's not clear to me how that commit was supposed to fix the effect on block ticking if it's only contained in that one patch, but I think something accidentally went wrong here.

Reproduced by creating a long line of bamboo to view distance and modifying the mob-spawn-range over multiple starts to measure the chunk distance growth occurred to see if it matched mob-spawn-range.

Well this is embarrassing. I see what it's doing now. I did more tests and it appears this is an issue in other software. Forgive me. I was helping someone track down this issue. Probably should slow down a bit when I'm sick.

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