The bug
After the villager pathfinding "optimisations" in 1.14.4-pre2, they can no longer reach work stations in certain positions, breaking some designs of villages or iron farms. The only positions they can reach their work stations now are directly in front of them (feet level) or directly below them. Other positions, like diagonal sideways, above or below no longer work, same with work stations located directly in front or above their head.
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is duplicated by 4
MC-172313
villagers don't pick workstations if...
Resolved
MC-178670
Villagers find it hard to bond to brewing stands
Resolved
MC-179534
Villagers cannot use a brewing stand unless it is on ground level.
Resolved
MC-190847
unemployed villagers wont turn into a weaponsmith if a grindstone is on the wall/ceiling
Resolved
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Added a screenshot showing valid (green) and invalid (red) positions for workstations as of 1.14.4-pre2. Back in 1.14.3, villagers could reach almost all of the red positions too.
It seems to me that being unable to interact especially with a poi at eye level is a bug. Villagers should be able to interact at eye level. Diagonal may not be intended, but would be nice to have for design lee-way. At eye level seems like a normal location for several workstations, eg: blast furnace or smoker double stacked high, or grindstone mounted on a wall.
Can confirm this issue has been happening since the "optimizations" to Villagers from 1.14.1 Pre-Release 2 MC-151376
Despite Mojang adjusted some things this issue still affects naturally generated Villagers.
Unsure if this is a bug or a feature, but villagers will not use Brewing Stands if they are not on the floor.
I thought about creating a new report, but it seems this one is related to the case I'll present below:
Villagers can't get the job at the blast furnace; they stand in an incoherent position trying to reach the furnace
I've already witnessed the same situation in at least three villages. The villagers always stand in the same position, as shown in the following image:
[media]What I consider an error here is that you don't need to do anything out of the ordinary for this to happen, you just need to be in a village with this type of construction; those where there is a blast furnace, and see the behavior of a villager when detecting said workstation. It appears to be a malfunction on the part of the villager script
If required (location where I took the screepshot):
Seed: 8194608090637870598
Coordinates: -382, 65, -983
Couldn't find this anywhere reported here, hopefully not a dublicate this time 😛