[MC-179531] honey_level in Beehive/nest has different datatype dependent on gamemode.

The bug

This bug report has to do with the BlockDataTag of the beenest or beehive item.

When the nest is broken in Survival via Silk Touch, the BlockDataTag.honey_level tag has type String

However, when broken in Creative (the nest drops as an item if there are bees inside), the tag has type int.

How to reproduce

Place beehive/nest (doesn't matter)
Let bees enter the block (don't need to wait until honey produced, and necessary so that a block is dropped in creative)
Breaking the block in Creative yields a int type
Pick block with NBT in Creative yields a int type
Breaking the block in Survival with silk touch yields an String type.

Comments 5

marcono1234 2020-04-20T14:24:31Z

Can confirm for 20w16a, but I am seeing the reverse:

Creative: int
Survival: String

The reason for this is that for Creative this is a special case in the playerWillDestroy method, while for Survival it uses the loot table function copy_state which always serializes properties as String.

Howard 2020-04-20T20:13:56Z

Thanks for verifying. Just checked, breaking in creative has type int. (this discrepancy makes modding very tricky).

Francielly 2021-02-10T00:45:14Z

affects 21w05b

Howard 2021-11-30T08:47:23Z

Affects 1.17.1 and 1.18-rc4

user-f2760 2021-11-30T09:22:48Z

You don't need to comment to confirm for versions on your own report.