[MCPE-1212] Torch placement is incorrect

When you place a torch on the floor if there is a wall next to the floor block, the torch will go onto the wall.

I expected the torch to place on the floor.

The torch placed on the wall.

How to reproduce
1. Build a tower 1 block wide and 2 blocks high.

2. Build the same tower 1 block away from it

3. Build on more tower the same size so that the corners of the towers are touching. Aerial view:
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4. Place a torch on the floor between the towers.

Linked issues

is duplicated by 40

MCPE-1794 When you try to place a torch on top of a block and if there is a block next to it, the torch will be placed on the side of the block that was next to it. Resolved

MCPE-2449 Torch placement bug Resolved

MCPE-1958 Torches don't place right Resolved

MCPE-1773 Torches placed move to wrong position Resolved

MCPE-1727 If in a corner, torches do not always place on the selected surface Resolved

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Comments 29

Patrick Andersen 2013-01-30T18:37:43Z

Confirmed. Also, if you build the towers and try to place the torch on any of the walls, it will default to one wall in particular, no matter which one you tried to place it on.

Patrick Andersen 2013-01-30T18:41:45Z

I added some screenshots. They were taken right in a row. The crosshair was not moved, all I did was place the torch.

Ben Decker 2013-01-31T02:38:55Z

I've seen that bug too. So annoying!

Benjamin Aprile 2013-02-01T17:42:38Z

I noticed it as well, the torch seems to pick a wall and stick with it too. I've repeatedly tried to swap sides in a 1 block wide tunnel and it always placed on the left.

Patrick Andersen 2013-02-01T17:49:15Z

It's because they have a heirarchy of sides, and they try to attach to sides in that order. Usually, your cursor overrides the hierarchy, and it only changes sides if you try to place it on a block it can't be placed on.

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Mint 2013-02-01T22:52:14Z

This annoys the freaking CRAP out of me! It will only place in one direction! WHY! I can literally completely face the wall and place it there and it will place it BEHIND me! >:o

mhz snt 2013-02-02T13:45:01Z

Confirmed on 0.6.1 and Android. I can't place now torches on ground as I'm usually digging in a 1 block wide space and waiting for bedrock to place a torch. Also, something is wrong with placing torches on dirt, most of the times digging in a 1 block wide space I can place only on stone. Please fix that in 0.6.2 or something...

Joan Sheldon 2013-02-02T19:58:54Z

Just updated to 0.6.1. Cannot get torches in a 1-block-wide tunnel to stick to the wall side I place them on. I usually put torches on the right side going into a tunnel for orientation, but they end up in front or on the left even though the right wall was tapped.

Zach Hammitt 2013-02-02T21:01:13Z

I am having this same glitch on android.

ayden1232 2013-02-03T14:15:25Z

This is a very weird bug, I get it on all my devices with Minecraft PE. But I seem to have found a temporary fix.

What you do is: Break the block you want to put the torch on, then replace it, now try placing the torch.

Sadly, this only works when your trying to place it on a WALL at a corner and it moves to the other wall.

ayden1232 2013-02-03T14:16:15Z

It is weird how it comes now. Did they even change torches?

Scott Webster 2013-02-04T00:14:22Z

There are two different issues with torch placement. One is with placing them in corners, the other is with placing them in one block wide spaces. Both are directional. I'm judging direction by the 2x2 light colored block on the top of a stone block being toward the west. In corners, the torches will only go on north or south facing surfaces. In one block wide spaces, torches will only go on east and north facing surfaces. If you attempt to place one on one of the surfaces they won't go on, they will sort of ricochet off and land on the other surface. I'm attaching screen shots.

Richard Perry 2013-02-04T04:37:36Z

I also experience this bug. It seems as though anytime there is an additional block surface within 1 block distance then torch placement is unpredictable.

Scott Webster 2013-02-04T13:02:43Z

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The one block wide space issue: The torches were attempted to be placed on the west and north facing surfaces, but went to the opposite facing surfaces.

Scott Webster 2013-02-04T13:03:50Z

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The one block wide space issue again: The torches were attempted to be placed on the west and north facing surfaces, but landed on the opposite sides.

Scott Webster 2013-02-04T13:05:40Z

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The corner issue: The torches were attempted to be placed on the east facing surface, but landed on on the north and south facing surfaces instead.

Scott Webster 2013-02-04T13:07:12Z

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The corner issue again: Torches were attempted to be placed on the west facing surfaces, but landed on the north and south facing surfaces instead.

Scott Webster 2013-02-04T13:16:36Z

Some form of this bug has existed for a long time. It used to be rare and unpredictable, but starting with 0.6.0 it has become much more common and predictable.

John Robert Strebeck 2013-02-07T22:54:29Z

When I make stairs to my mine its the same 😞

Isaiah Baltzer 2013-02-18T15:31:00Z

This bug is a real pain when it comes to building your house, and you cant place torches where you want.

Guido van Rossum 2013-02-19T16:03:39Z

Another example: in a narrow corridor, place a torch on a wall. Half the time it is placed on the other wall.

Ethan Smith 2013-02-27T01:08:19Z

I really hope they are fixing this! It happens on my DROID 4 and DROID RAZR and iPod Touch 5G

kevin chau 2013-03-01T10:39:41Z

to fix it all u have to do is destroy the block next to where u want to place the torch and it will be all goods and then put the block back i think its just because of the signs or something i dunno i hope it will get fixed in next update

Don Milton 2013-03-12T19:40:19Z

This BUG happens consistantly in any mode (Creative or Survival) and happens on any Android OS version (I have personally confirmed this on Android OS 2.3, 4.0, and 4.1.2) on any device Phone or Tablet. This bug did not exist in 0.5.0. This bug only affects torch placement. Ladders and signs are NOT affected in the same way at all. This needs to be fixed. I have (in previous versions) been able to place torches in a single block corridor on alternate wall sides and on the top of blocks and now it does not work. Why are we paying $6.99 for a product that is still in Alpha Testing? Mojang has borked software developement for everyone! I am sorry that I do not have to pay for updates. But still keep the improvements coming. It is unacceptable that bugs like this happen and you release it. New players are expected to pay for THIS? Why should they? If it was possible, I would ask for a refund! Or you can pay me to Alpha test this and give me a free version when it is out of Beta!

Patrick Andersen 2013-03-12T19:44:41Z

Don, PC Edition was done the same way. If you don't like playing an alpha version, don't play it. But don't bash on the Mojang team. Making a mobile app this complex takes a lot of work, especially with so many devices to support.

zach 2013-04-04T00:04:19Z

Mojang, can you PLEASE fix this in 7.0?

kevin chau 2013-04-11T07:00:00Z

worst bug i can possibly find

Tyler 2013-04-15T23:34:23Z

I hate this bug, it just gives me TOTAL OCD when I light up a tunnel or light up a tight space

AbdulMageeD 2013-06-06T16:32:32Z

Please fix abugs of buckets