Issue regarding: brewing stand charge level (from blaze powder)
Description:
Brewing charge from blaze powder is used when an item is placed in the ingredient slot, rather than when an action successfully completes.
Reproduction:
1. Place brewable bottles in a brewing stand
2. Pick up an ingredient in the inventory
3. Place it in the ingredient slot in the brewing stand and remove it before it completes the brewing process
4. Repeat (3) 19 times
5. All charges will be depleted without any result
Suggestion to resolve:
Brewing charge is either slowly depleted while a brewing action is in progress,
OR
Brewing charge depletes only when the brew action completes, and checks before beginning that it still has at least one charge in order to start the action.
Linked issues
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Comments 10
@unknown, it only mentions "Brewing Stand now requires Blaze Powder to activate" but unlike furnaces, these instantly power the brewing stand, even if the ingredient isn't being used, which is inconsistent, which can be considered a bug. Read the report carefully, you'll see what it addresses.
I did indeed read it carefully, and it matched what I had read in the update notes. If such information is, in fact, wrong, so be it.
And which update log would that be, the launcher and mojang makes the mention I said above, if you talk about the minecraft wiki, that is owned by the community and just describes the current state of the game.
From the launcher:
Brewing Stand now requires Blaze Powder to activate
From the wiki:
"Each blaze powder used as fuel provides 20 fuel points. It costs 1 fuel point to start brewing one ingredient; this fuel point is not recovered if the brewing is halted due to removing the ingredient or the potions being brewed into."
The original edit was done by http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/User:Anomie_x, who is a user. Remember also that the job of wiki editors is to describe details about the game, not to relay information from developers or suggest changes.
Whether it is a bug or not that it is used before the brewing action finishes, destroying the charge doesn't seem consistent. As FVbico has said, furnaces use a similar mechanic, yet function differently as explained in the report.
I would assume it was created like a furnace (adds fuel and constantly decreases it regardless of contents) and changed later when it was realized that encouraging 20 action batches (<=60, >=12 potions) would be a bit strange.
@unknown gave the ticket to you since the original reporter makes no sign of keeping his ticket updated.
This doesn't sound consistent with how furnaces handle fuel. I agree, this could be considered a bug.