[MC-62552] FallingSand shows alternate block textures while falling

Fix note

@unknown's comment:

Now the block remembers its 'shape' when it started falling. When it lands it will take the final shape it will get as if it was placed there.

The bug

When FallingSand falls, it changes its texture for every block position it passes instead of using the texture from the block where it started and then only changing it once it landed.

How to reproduce

Use the following command to summon FallingSand above you and watch it fall

/summon FallingSand ~ ~20 ~ {Time:1b}

Linked issues

Attachments

2015-11-28-1327-07.mp4

Comments 22

user-f2760 2014-07-18T20:01:50Z

please provide screenshots

kumasasa 2014-07-18T20:03:08Z

Does MC-59996 describe your issue ?

user-f2760 2014-07-18T20:08:44Z

I don't think so, this one talks about alternative blocks, who got added last snapshot

marcono1234 2014-07-18T20:50:57Z

No it doesn't, it is hard (impossible) to make a screenshot of it, it should be rather a gif but I have no clue how to make one.

But you can just try it, fly on a 1x1 tower and place a sand block on one of the sides and then watch it fall 🙂

kumasasa 2014-07-19T00:23:23Z

Confirmed.

12 more comments

kumasasa 2014-07-23T19:51:35Z

This is mostly fixed in 14w30b. Only in the transition from solid sand -> falling sand the texture changes.

Noproct 2014-09-02T22:43:25Z

This probably won't get fixed although it looks very weird. The problem is that the texture rotation depends on the location of the block. When sand starts falling, the texture turns to default rotation and to the new rotation when it lands. If this bothers you, disable alternate blocks in video settings.

marcono1234 2014-10-05T11:52:26Z

First alternate textures has nothing to do with the "rotation" of a block... second, the falling sand had also the alternate texture in an earlier version, so this is definitely not the problem

Noproct 2014-10-05T12:03:55Z

Marcono1234, you do not understand how the alternate blocks work. For example: the texture will ALWAYS be rotated the same on the same coordinate. Lets say you have a sand block on x100/y100/z100. If you then break it and place it again, it will still have the same rotation.Thats the reason why the texture rotation often changes when sand falls/lands, because the starting position has a fixed rotation and the landing position has a different fixed texture rotation.

marcono1234 2014-11-07T18:32:56Z

Well I didn't know so much about the alternate textures option, but it I guess this needs to be improved... (maybe)

Bentroen 2014-12-06T16:21:28Z

Hey, if MC-74128 was resolved as 'Works As Intended', this one should be also. Both of them are related to moving blocks changing texture rotation, so both of them should receive the same resolution. As @unknown said, each block position has a predefined rotation for each block that is placed on it. So, if the other related ticket, that treats about the same problem, was resolved this way, this one should be 'Works As Intended' also, because both of them are caused by the same thing: blocks having different rotations when being moved from one spot to another. If it works this way, there's nothing we can do about it: it's related to the world and not to the blocks.

kumasasa 2014-12-07T09:37:53Z

@unknown, you're right.

user-f2760 2015-07-30T13:15:17Z

this has been resolved as intended, no need to update the effected versions

ZuzuTyp 2015-07-31T18:21:47Z

Though this is not in 1.8.8

marcono1234 2015-11-15T20:47:08Z

I have cleaned up the report, now it is only about the fact that it changes the texture while it is falling which seems in my opinion no to be intended

marcono1234 2015-11-15T21:05:27Z

Please reopen the report

[Mod] redstonehelper 2015-11-15T22:23:54Z

Reopened, but I don't think I understand the issue - are you talking about randomized block models?

marcono1234 2015-11-16T15:22:31Z

Yes, just let sand fall above you and watch it from below. You will see the changing texture while it is falling