I just started playing the new snapshot and i was down mining on layer 12 and had just finished digging up some diamonds, it was underwater in a little lake thing and when i turned around there was a random block of grass in a pile of dirt and gravel, i dont think it was there when i first came in, im pretty sure it grew! So now im wondering if dirt and light, or maybe its dirt and water? can now become grass on its own without the need for spreading.
There was no other grass nearby and the other bits of dirt are in the wall, not flat so they can turn into grass.
Has anyone else heard about this? I looked but i couldnt see any mention of it. i hope its true! Ive always hated training grass down stairs when it want it underground (sheep farms etc)
Well, my understanding is that grass grows to any adjacent dirt block. So, was there a hole that reached to the suface?
no, i know all about how grass normally works. this is one lone piece of grass way underground, im trying right now to see if i can get another to grow underground (not touching the other, but so far its not happening, if it doesnt happen soon im gonna go remake this seed and see if maybe it was already there and is just a bug.
no, i know all about how grass normally works. this is one lone piece of grass way underground, im trying right now to see if i can get another to grow underground (not touching the other, but so far its not happening, if it doesnt happen soon im gonna go remake this seed and see if maybe it was already there and is just a bug.
The best I can come up with is that there was a glitch or something; possibly a chunk loading mistake. Sorry, I really don't know. :sad.gif:
I have seen something similar as well. About two days ago in 1.1 I saw an underground dirt block grow grass right before my eyes. I was not quite as far down as you (it was literally just below sea level) but there was no sky above the block, and negligible sunlight seeping in from the side of the cave. Is it supposed to grow only with sky above it, or will any sunlight leaking in convert it?
I have seen something similar as well. About two days ago in 1.1 I saw an underground dirt block grow grass right before my eyes. I was not quite as far down as you (it was literally just below sea level) but there was no sky above the block, and negligible sunlight seeping in from the side of the cave. Is it supposed to grow only with sky above it, or will any sunlight leaking in convert it?
well in the new snapshot the lighting in caves in very weird, it is bright as day when the sun is up, and dark as night when its night, even when theres no sun at all reaching in the caves, its like the sun is going through the stone, maybe that has something to do with it.
the seed is 5110522277969893459 and coords are x303 y15 z121 but you MUST be using the new snapshot or the map generation is different.
Grass will grow on dirt blocks where there is a certain light level. If there wasn't lava nearby, then I'm unsure.
Nope.
Grass will grow if there is sufficient light and grass blocks are nearby.
You don't see grass blocks at the bottom of ravines, do you? Dirt at the bottom of ravines is exposed to sunlight but it doesn't grow there (unless you get some kind of freaky one-of-a-kind generation where a cave has enough dirt pockets and natural lava flows for grass to spread from the surface to the bottom of the ravine).
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Grass will grow on dirt blocks where there is a certain light level. If there wasn't lava nearby, then I'm unsure.
Actually you are quite wrong. It has to be within 1 block over and 4 blocks down of the nearest grass block... There also can't be anything obstructing it, and as the OP mentioned, it was in a pile of gravel and dirt (not grass). Question to the OP: Was the seed newly generated in the snapshot or was it from 1.1?
Actually you are quite wrong. It has to be within 1 block over and 4 blocks down of the nearest grass block... There also can't be anything obstructing it, and as the OP mentioned, it was in a pile of gravel and dirt (not grass). Question to the OP: Was the seed newly generated in the snapshot or was it from 1.1?
Yea yea, I get it already. I've been told I'm wrong a few times by now. :biggrin.gif:
Actually you are quite wrong. It has to be within 1 block over and 4 blocks down of the nearest grass block... There also can't be anything obstructing it, and as the OP mentioned, it was in a pile of gravel and dirt (not grass). Question to the OP: Was the seed newly generated in the snapshot or was it from 1.1?
One time I saw a flower on a pile of dirt in a cave. It must of been pretty deep since I was at lava level.
lava can be found on the top of land, and i found a cave whole thing was at level 30-0 and half of it's floor was grass, no i dont know the seed i delete most my worlds the second i die, what was your first hint i ragequit?
I see this every so often. This has been in the game for a very very long time, a simple and small glitch in the generator, but if anything it's is helpful. I doubt it will be removed any time soon, if ever.
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I see this every so often. This has been in the game for a very very long time, a simple and small glitch in the generator, but if anything it's is helpful. I doubt it will be removed any time soon, if ever.
Ive played a long time and ive seen long grass growing down low, also the occasional flower, but never a grass block. I dont thing it has been around long.
There was no other grass nearby and the other bits of dirt are in the wall, not flat so they can turn into grass.
Has anyone else heard about this? I looked but i couldnt see any mention of it. i hope its true! Ive always hated training grass down stairs when it want it underground (sheep farms etc)
no, i know all about how grass normally works. this is one lone piece of grass way underground, im trying right now to see if i can get another to grow underground (not touching the other, but so far its not happening, if it doesnt happen soon im gonna go remake this seed and see if maybe it was already there and is just a bug.
The best I can come up with is that there was a glitch or something; possibly a chunk loading mistake. Sorry, I really don't know. :sad.gif:
I've heard of tall grass generating on dirt near lava, but never this.
I am begining to believe that it is a unknown bug.You should post it in the MinecraftWiki section of the forums. :wink.gif:
Grass will grow on dirt blocks where there is a certain light level. If there wasn't lava nearby, then I'm unsure.
well in the new snapshot the lighting in caves in very weird, it is bright as day when the sun is up, and dark as night when its night, even when theres no sun at all reaching in the caves, its like the sun is going through the stone, maybe that has something to do with it.
the seed is 5110522277969893459 and coords are x303 y15 z121 but you MUST be using the new snapshot or the map generation is different.
lol no. youre wrong, go try it out for yourself.
Haha, Minergirl's been around here a lot longer than you and obviously knows more about the topic than you after that statement.
Anyway mystery solved as she said. Regenerated the seed and went down there and it was there.
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Thanks for the blunt response, but I guess I am wrong.
Nope.
Grass will grow if there is sufficient light and grass blocks are nearby.
You don't see grass blocks at the bottom of ravines, do you? Dirt at the bottom of ravines is exposed to sunlight but it doesn't grow there (unless you get some kind of freaky one-of-a-kind generation where a cave has enough dirt pockets and natural lava flows for grass to spread from the surface to the bottom of the ravine).
Actually you are quite wrong. It has to be within 1 block over and 4 blocks down of the nearest grass block... There also can't be anything obstructing it, and as the OP mentioned, it was in a pile of gravel and dirt (not grass). Question to the OP: Was the seed newly generated in the snapshot or was it from 1.1?
Yea yea, I get it already. I've been told I'm wrong a few times by now. :biggrin.gif:
it was newly generated from the latest snapshot
lava can be found on the top of land, and i found a cave whole thing was at level 30-0 and half of it's floor was grass, no i dont know the seed i delete most my worlds the second i die, what was your first hint i ragequit?
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Ive played a long time and ive seen long grass growing down low, also the occasional flower, but never a grass block. I dont thing it has been around long.