Half slabs and stairs previously blocked light as opaque blocks. Now, they are transparent to light. Breaks previous ability to create mob traps with "viewing windows" made up of these "see-through but opaque" blocks.
Windows 7 x64 Java 1.8_51
This is an intended feature now, they are meant to be opaque
Correct. This was a bug that was fixed in 1.14, see MC-92 and MC-83277.
Reporter: MagboneD
Assignee: (Unassigned)
Created: 2019-05-12T01:24:11Z
Updated: 2026-09-07T14:23:17Z
Resolved: 2019-05-12T10:03:12Z
Confirmation Status: Unconfirmed
Affects Versions: Minecraft 1.14
Retrieved 2026-10-15T01:06:44Z
This is an intended feature now, they are meant to be opaque