[MC-3709] Boats and Dispensers are wonky

Boats that are dispensed into moving water don't follow the current.

(I'm reporting bugs I find while trying to build crazy stuff.)

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is duplicated by 2

MC-12530 Boats Coming out of Dispensers on top of the Dispenser. Resolved

MC-54569 Dispenser boat shoot point is incorrect/offset Resolved

relates to 1

MC-1310 Dispensed boats and rafts get stuck inside of dispensers used to place them Resolved

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Anon Ymus 2012-11-22T19:28:10Z

I have seen this too.

Tails 2012-11-22T19:30:27Z

Duplicate of MC-1310 , please use the search function to see if your bug has already been submitted. Currently over 30% of tickets are being closed as duplicate.

Anon Ymus 2012-11-22T19:32:15Z

No, very different. This bug is about BOATS NOT MOVING AFTER BEING DISPENSED while the other is about the placement being wrong.

Tails 2012-11-22T19:45:01Z

Yes it's not moving, because it's stuck on the dispenser.

Anon Ymus 2012-11-22T19:45:49Z

No, this happens when the boat falls in the water.

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Tails 2012-11-22T20:00:57Z

OK, after proper testing I got it. Even after breaking the dispenser the boat is still not moving.

FireHunterX 2012-11-22T23:01:46Z

Sometimes they ignore currents anyways, but this is the only way of reproducing it every time.

Corgano Wade 2012-11-28T01:17:14Z

they seem to ignore current when empty, but follow it when a person is in the boat. This suggests that while currents push most entities, boats are somehow "immune" to them. when you're in the boat, the current pushes YOU and YOU push the boat!

Anon Ymus 2012-11-28T02:37:45Z

This is what I have observed too.

FireHunterX 2012-12-14T12:41:06Z

Yes, getting in the boat does make it move.

But it should move anyways, it was put into moving water.

Corgano Wade 2012-12-14T15:06:47Z

This was rather annoying, I made a dock system based off currents keeping boats in the stalls, but it was useless because it didn't bloody work - the boats were free to drift up current

FireHunterX 2013-03-11T12:05:34Z

It should also be noted that dispensed boats do have a tendency to ignore current, as stated above, allowing them to be pushed upstream like it was flat water.

Ezekiel 2014-01-26T15:45:28Z

Is this still a concern in the latest Minecraft version 14w04b? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.

kazblox 2014-05-04T14:57:14Z

Confirmed in 14w18b

kazblox 2014-05-25T16:43:15Z

Confirmed for 14w21a/b

galaxy_2alex 2014-10-24T21:17:25Z

Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version 1.8.1 Prerelease 3 / Launcher version 1.5.3 or later? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.

user-f2760 2016-03-17T15:24:53Z

No response for over a year.