[MCPE-161377] Cannot place pressure plate within a specific X, Z range of 0, 0 when there is an entity at 0,0,0

Can't place pressure plates a few hundred blocks near spawn(0,0) in my world. Found that the problem disappeared after killing the entity at 0,0,0.

Steps to Reproduce:

Place a block at 0,-1,0
Summon an entity at 0,0,0 (Creeper, Boat, etc.)
Try to place pressure plates near 0,0

Observed Results:
Pressure plate cannot be placed

Expected Results:
Pressure plate can be placed

Notes:
The same issue occured in BDS-17496
This is the reason why players cannot place pressure plates while standing at 0,0,0: MCPE-153184
and is related to MCPE-149558
I think this isuue is a unification of the above issues, so I opened a new issue

Linked issues

is duplicated by

BDS-17496 Can't place pressure plates

MCPE-159712 Can't place pressure plates after entering an area

relates to

MCPE-112459 Looking at a mob will create an outline of the current block at x=0, y=0, z=0

MCPE-161563 Boats sent through a nether portal go to 0 0 0

Attachments

Crazy 0 0 0 entity + player XZ 144 pressure plate placement bug.mp4

Comments

GoldenHelmet 2022-08-26T15:15:19Z

This also relates to the player's position. With a chest boat at Y 0 0 0 I could not place pressure plates within -144 < X < 144 and -144 < Z < 144 if I am also within -144 < X < 144 and -144 < Z < 144, but I could place pressure plates inside that region if I stood outside of it.

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Duplicate reports give different values for the affected X, Z ranges, so it seems to vary world to world.

A player could trigger this issue by sending a boat through a nether portal due to MCPE-161563, which is exactly what happened to the player reported BDS-17496 and likely what happened to the player reporting MCPE-159712 as well.