I am trying to grow a large oak tree using the "force" method described here: https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Tree#Oak_tree
The method is:
A large tree can be forced to be grown if a "brace" of non-solid blocks (e.g. glass, or slabs) is placed around where the trunk would be, one block off the ground.
I did just that... glass blocks... 1 block off the ground (even on the ground 3x3x3 leaving the centre hollow made no difference) ... any new map in 1.16 Release Candidate 1.
Basically, the tree can sometimes be large, but more often is small... i.e. no branches (where the definition of "large" oak variant indicates there will be branches)
This is normal growth behaviour when there is no brace around the trunk ... so I can't "force" a large oak tree to grow :/
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Thanks for the help 🙂
Apologies for more questions, but what I don't know is, what are the new "rules" to force the large tree? Your image has torches... but light level is already 15 during the day .... it has dirt in a stack of 3 high 1 block away from the sapling? are there block types that would make the configuration invalid — sorry to bother, but I don't want to update the wiki with what would essentially be guesswork on my part 🙂 .
The torches aren't there to provide light - to be honest, I am not exactly sure why this method works, but it does.
Sorry Galaxy, I'm afraid you may need to re-open this ticket, though based on the attached picture, and the following, you can let me know what the consensus is 🙂
I tested numerous times with the method you described ... and for the most part, the new method makes it definitely more likely you will get a large tree.... but I see there are not-so-rare occasions, that it does spawn as a normal oak tree...
My question at this stage is .... has the feature of "forcing" a large oak tree to grow simply been removed? - Then this ticket would count as invalid, no problem, I can remove the section in the wiki.
OR...
Is the feature still expected to be there, just behave differently than the wiki indicates (e.g. Do this action... and there's a "higher likelihood" if large trees, as opposed to "always") ...
In the case of the latter... who can I ask to find out the new rules... so the Wiki can be updated accordingly? – is bugs.mojang still the wrong platform, because it counts as a bug either here or on the wiki... because there's a mismatch of information (i.e game does not behave as "expected")?
Oh yes, if this is the wrong platform - I am sorry to be bothering, it's just a great feature I would like to have available, so would like to find out if it's still valid and how to use it 😛 — Tks for your patience!
The wiki seems to be outdated - to force a large tree to grow, there are other tricks than a "brace", see my example screenshot.