In 1.6.4 I was able to place torches on the back part of the stair blocks. the back part was always treated as a full. In the attached image you will see I like to use stair blocks to create decorative houses. It is nice to decorate inside properly. Top left of the image you will see a torch placed successfully on a stair block. Top right image shows me attempting to place a torch on the stair block in 1.7.4. It will not let me, and in this example the torch popped to an adjacent full block. I hope this is a glitch that can be fixed and not an intentional update. Please let me know if you can fix this? If intentional, explain why as I don't see any negative consequences for allowing a player flexibility in their builds.
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It was never possible to place torches on the backside of stairs. But:
Duplicate of MC-8345 - If you have not, please use the search function in the future, to see if your bug has already been submitted. If you could not find the original report, please comment with the keywords you searched for.
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then how could this person do it if it was impossible!!!????
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By looking at the screenshot through 3rd party modifications.
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Your first response Yesterday made me relook at my saved file; however, your 2nd response just cleared up the issue. I only have one mod installed on 1.6.4 and that was to allow me to view recipes and blocks as I hover over them with the cursor. I did not realize that the mod also changed torch placement ability. There was no reference to this in the mod download page itself. Actually, there is no reference anywhere except for the fact I uninstalled the mod and now I can't place torches anywhere on steps. This should be an ability as the back of the stairs is the same as a full block.
I did not find the original report you provided the link for. Here were the keyword searches I used found in the prefill. There were more, but can't remember.
"Can't place torch on back of Stairs"
"Torch Placement"
"Torch issues"
"Torch Bug"
"Torch Glitch"
"Can't place torch"
"Torch on Stairs"
Thank you for your response. Consider this resolved.
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Just one more comment. I read in the post you provided above that the reason given is as follows.
Game is unable to do so because it is a transparent block.
I just want to point out that the mod somehow gives game ability. Is there a way to find out how? You said that there was a modification? Unless that modification can lead to other possible unknown issues or bugs so you haven't pursued it.