[MCPE-51164] Magma Cubes spawning in a 2 block height location

Link to video - https://youtu.be/7J-0tpTtF-8

Magma cubes are supposed to require a 3 x 2 1/2 x 3 block space to be able to spawn. My testing did not cover the X and the Z spawning requirements, and only the Y spawn requirements.

My tests show that a magma cube will spawn in a 2 block height 👍 location. This prevents the player from being able to eliminate magma cube spawns by placing a 2 height ceiling. Also, when spawning into the 2 block height space, sometimes (not all of the times) it will spawn with the bottom of the mob being level with the bottom of the floor block (mob is clipping into the floor). This has been seen to allow the mob to then pass through solid walls to get out of clipping with the floor as he pathfinds away from the location.

Related issues

duplicates

MCPE-46540 Large and medium sized magma cube spawn in less than 3x3x2 areas

Comments

migrated 2019-08-28T13:53:37Z

This is a duplicate of https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MCPE-46540

Your video link is private btw.

migrated 2019-08-28T13:59:25Z

Sorry about the link, video is going live right now, had to create the bug reports prior to making the video so I could reference them all.

Also did not see this other magma cube one, thanks! The info in it seems to only speak to the 3x3 floor area that should be required, not the height. His testing used a 3 height ceiling and magma cubes should require a 2.5 height to spawn.

migrated 2019-08-28T15:18:24Z

I regularly see large magma cubes in my 2x2 nether tunnels. I did not realize that they should not be there because they should require a 2.5 block height to spawn.

As noted in a previous comment, I think the spawn height issue is missing in the noted duplicate bug report and I hope that this can be logged as a new and unrelated report, or the block height concern added to the already logged report.

migrated 2019-08-28T19:02:34Z

I may be mistaken but this seems like a hitbox issue related to both magma cubes and slimes. Large slimes should have the same 2.5 height requirement, but I consistently have spawns on 2 block high gaps with the slime clipping into the floor.

[Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay) 2019-08-28T21:07:02Z

Thank you for your report!
We're actually already tracking this issue at MCPE-46540, so we will resolve and link this ticket as a duplicate.

If you would like to add a vote and any extra information to the main ticket it would be appreciated.

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