Using a custom translation on the Y-axis to counteract the change of item entities on the ground being related to their size does not work — the item’s position remains visually unchanged, the Y translation has no effect at all. The x and z translations work as expected.
Attached resource pack applies a model to cookie demonstrating this issue.
Steps to reproduce:
Create a custom model file for an item (or use the attached resource pack)
assets/minecraft/models/item/cookie.jsonUse the following model JSON:
{ "parent": "minecraft:item/generated", "textures": { "layer0": "item/cookie" }, "display": { "ground": { "translation": [0, -30, 0], "scale": [3, 3, 3] } } }Drop the item (cookie) on the ground
Expected Result:
The item should appear only larger (due to scaling) and not positioned high above the ground.
The
translationon the Y-axis should visibly move it downward.
Observed Result:
The item scales up correctly but floats significantly above the ground. The Y-axis translation has no visible effect (while X and Z translations do).
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Thank you for the clarification — I hadn’t noticed that change.
That said, I still believe there’s a separate issue here: the Y-axis translation value appears to have no effect at all. Even if the base hover height is auto-adjusted, I’d expect translation to act as an additional offset, not be completely ignored.
Please attach a datapack and provide the commands needed to reproduce this issue using that datapack
Thank you for your response!
Just to clarify, this issue is related specifically to resource packs, not datapacks. It’s a visual/rendering issue with how item models behave when using the display.ground transformation in the item model JSON.
I’ve already attached a resource pack that demonstrates the issue and included reproduction steps (just dropping the cookie item on the ground is enough). No datapack or commands are involved in reproducing it. Please let me know if you’d like me to reattach the pack or provide any additional details.
I reworded the description a bit to reflect the summary / title of the report better – as others pointed out the change that a scaled item will appear higher now is an intentional change.
Thank you for your report!
After consideration, the issue is being closed as Working as Intended.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, this is intended as per the 25w07a changelog:
Item entity
When on ground, model size is now taken into account when determining hovering motion
That means that models should never clip into the block below, no matter what size they are