Strange as it sounds, slimes spawn on the surface of my survival world. I created the world in 1.4, but I also created the world in windows 7 pre-updating to windows 8 and the bug seems to have appeared after the upgrade. Screenie attached, with debug screen turned on (for further debug information). Mods installed are optifine and I launch with magic launcher, but as I started using those after the bug appeared I don't believe they are related.
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The attachment is very helpfull in showing its near/in a swamp biome. Never the less, good question! 🙂
Oh, I was not aware of this. Nevertheless it's annoying >.>
Why would slimes spawn on the surface? It undermines the rarity.
Yes, it is only in a spawn biome. Therefore it stops being a bug and starts being basically a bit of a complaint...
Also I don't see this in the 1.4 release notes...(I trust the community in that it's a feature but I wish it was listed).
It was changed in 12w40a on October 4, 2012 at seen on the minecraft wiki. I dont know what list u use, but its there. 🙂
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Version_history/Development_versions
The slimes spawn only at low light level therefore not during the day. Yes, it makes slimes less rare and i think that is intended.
This is a feature that was recently added.
"Slimes now spawn in Swamp biomes at low light level"