Bats fly away from players in creative mode. This is easiest to reproduce when approaching sleeping bats.
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Bats fly away from players in creative mode. This is easiest to reproduce when approaching sleeping bats.
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ai, bat
Minecraft 1.8.8, Minecraft 15w47c, Minecraft 15w49a, Minecraft 15w49b, Minecraft 15w50a
Minecraft 15w51a
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This should be fixed due to MC-75471 being fixed. Confirmed.