I would suggest stopping the player from creating custom superflat worlds that can crash the game, or allow double chests to be next to each other without crashing the game.
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I would suggest stopping the player from creating custom superflat worlds that can crash the game, or allow double chests to be next to each other without crashing the game.
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Minecraft 1.4.3
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Duplicate of MC-1510. Different block, same issue.