The bug
The class /Client/src/net/minecraft/block/BlockDragonEgg.java (MCP 1.8 name) does not extend the class /Client/src/net/minecraft/block/BlockFalling.java. However similar code from the BlockFalling class was used but the block placing for lazy chunks is incorrect. Currently it starts at the same position to test (for BlockFalling it starts one block below) and once it found a block beneath it, it places itself at that position (instead of one block above).
How to reproduce
Use the following command, replace
[x]with:renderDistance * 16(For example your render distance is 8:8 * 16 = 128)/setblock ~[x] ~1 ~ dragon_eggGo to where the dragon egg was placed
It is one block in the ground instead of above the ground
Linked issues
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Comments 5
No I meant "minimum" because I thought there was one report about the radius of loaded chunks being always 8, but it seems like I remembered this wrong. I will change the description
Yes, then it will always be at least 8, but higher if you have a higher render distance. max() would have been the appropriate choice.
Don't you mean max() instead of min()?