[MC-96138] Skeletons do not rotate when shooting but only when moving

The Bug:

Skeletons do not rotate when they shoot an arrow but instead appear to only rotate when moving. This makes skeletons with a high slowness effect or with an generic.movementSpeed attribute value of 0 not rotate when they shoot an arrow.

Steps to Reproduce:

Summon a skeleton with a generic.movement_speed attribute value of 0.

/summon skeleton ~ ~ ~ {HandItems:[{id:"minecraft:bow",Count:1b},{}],Invulnerable:1b,Attributes:[{Name:generic.movement_speed,Base:0}]}

Switch to survival mode and circle around the skeleton.

Expected & Observed Behavior:

❌ → While the skeleton is stuck, it will still fire at the player despite not looking at them.
✔ → The skeleton would properly face the player while they shoot at them.

Screenshots / Videos:

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Notes:

Related to: MC-258794 MC-268588

Linked issues

relates to 1

MC-268588 Skeletons, strays, wither skeletons, boggeds and illusioners sliding on the ground Open

Attachments

SkeletonFire.mp4

Comments 26

marcono1234 2016-02-10T16:43:49Z

Can confirm something similar for 16w06a:
While the Skeleton is strafing it does not rotate in the correct direction

[Mod] redstonehelper 2016-02-10T18:11:35Z

If that's a separate issue you should create a new ticket.

Spake Miner 2016-02-11T07:27:29Z

Nah, that's the same issue. Thanks for letting me know though.
EDIT: Nevermind, redstonehelper already updated it.

marcono1234 2016-02-11T22:55:29Z

@unknown you are right, that seems to be MC-96821

Please remove the affected version if it was only added because of my comment

Spake Miner 2016-02-13T14:00:17Z

Wait... Kumasasa, what does blocked mean?

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marcono1234 2016-02-13T14:48:47Z

That you currently cannot experience it because of another bug

Spake Miner 2016-02-13T14:50:11Z

That's not exactly the case with this bug. I'd say related.

user-f2760 2016-02-13T15:08:36Z

as of this snapshot it's blocked by MC-96821 as the issue is about the head not rotating correctly for skeletons who stand still, the other is about mobs not rotating their head at all.

you can't confirm if this is still a issue in 16w06a because of MC-96821, that's why it's blocked by it

Spake Miner 2016-02-13T15:28:32Z

Ah, OK.

kumasasa 2016-02-15T20:30:30Z

@unknown: Is this still in 16w07a ?

Spake Miner 2016-02-16T12:37:36Z

I'll test it. Most likely though.

Spake Miner 2016-02-16T12:40:12Z

Yep. Still in 16w07a.

marcono1234 2016-02-18T16:06:54Z

@unknown pointed out on MC-96837 , that this report is rather a duplicate of MC-96821

user-f2760 2016-02-18T16:16:23Z

this:

Affects Version/s:
Minecraft 16w03a, Minecraft 16w07a

MC-96821:

Fix Version/s:
Minecraft 16w07a

not the same issue as this one still occures and that one doesn't

Spake Miner 2016-02-26T15:25:10Z

How is this a duplicate of MC-96821 if MC-96821 was posted AFTER this?

[Mod] redstonehelper 2016-02-26T19:52:15Z

It goes by best description/most activity first.

marcono1234 2016-02-26T20:00:04Z

Sorry for the confusion, I meant that MC-96837 is probably a duplicate of MC-96821

SunCat 2016-03-07T21:04:41Z

Confirmed for 1.9

marcono1234 2017-02-19T17:23:47Z

@unknown, I changed the description, I hope it describes the bug still well enough and you are fine with it.

Oval 2018-09-16T16:34:18Z

Confirmed for 1.13.1.

j_p_smith 2020-06-29T19:40:33Z

Confirmed in 1.16.1.

j_p_smith 2020-06-30T12:09:44Z

Related to MC-81655.

user-189af 2020-08-19T21:38:48Z

They also rotate too slow when in an confined area, like a 1-Wide 2-High gap, they rotate like they are looking at a player whilst at idle, instead of like bedrock where they rotate facing the player almost instantly if aggroed in that type of space.

Avoma 2020-12-16T16:55:07Z

Can confirm in 20w49a.

Avoma 2021-02-06T20:38:21Z

Can confirm in 21w05b.

[Mod] Jingy 2024-02-17T18:45:07Z

Can confirm in 24w07a. Since the issue hasn't been maintained, and the /summon command doesn't work properly anymore, I'd like to request ownership of this issue to keep it up to date.