The Bug
Cave spiders will sometimes spin whilst walking.
Mob types:
Cave spider(Issues still in after the version 1.9.4)
Spider(Fixed in 15w51a)Iron golem(Fixed in 15w51a)Wither(Fixed in 15w51a)Horse(Fixed in 15w51a)
Steps to Reproduce
Summon a relatively large platform.
/fill ~ ~-1 ~ ~30 ~-1 ~30 minecraft:stoneSummon multiple cave spiders on the platform.
Wait for them to start walking around.
→ ❌ Notice how cave spiders will sometimes spin whilst walking.
Expected Behavior
The expected behavior would be that cave spiders would not spin whilst walking.
Linked issues
is duplicated by 5
relates to 2
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According to this Forge issue, this is a problem in WallClimberNavigation (ClimberPathNavigator in their mappings), which spiders and cave spiders use in pathfinding, when the spider's width is smaller than one block (which cave spiders are). They have a hack-fix linked here.
This issue has been fixed in 15w51a