Is it just me or are non-hostile mob's still despawning? I had about 2 sheep and 3 pigs in a 30 x 22 fenced pen and went to gather my wheat, when i returned they were all gone.
Could swear they supposedly fixed it 2 updates ago.
Wouldn't that be a little odd tho? You'd think the bigger the pen the better but i'll try it.
4J posted a long while ago that any passive mob that can move about more than 20 blocks in any direction despawns. It is different than the PC, but this is how 4J have intentionally programmed it on this version of the game. This enables many of the wild passive mobs to despawn and make room in the passive mob cap for new animals to spawn and/or be bred by the the player.
Oh ok, i understand now, umm about the 20 spaces, does that include the half space of fences so you need to have it like an 18 x 18 for them not to despawn? Also what if i just have 1 big area and divide it with fences would that still work?
Oh ok, i understand now, umm about the 20 spaces, does that include the half space of fences so you need to have it like an 18 x 18 for them not to despawn? Also what if i just have 1 big area and divide it with fences would that still work?
I don't know for sure since I tend to make my pens quite small (5 x 5) and only put 1 mating pair in each. I also double-fence horizontally (not 2 high). I do believe though that others have said that the internal area of the pen can be a full 19 x 19 blocks square and work OK.
Could swear they supposedly fixed it 2 updates ago.
4J posted a long while ago that any passive mob that can move about more than 20 blocks in any direction despawns. It is different than the PC, but this is how 4J have intentionally programmed it on this version of the game. This enables many of the wild passive mobs to despawn and make room in the passive mob cap for new animals to spawn and/or be bred by the the player.
I don't know for sure since I tend to make my pens quite small (5 x 5) and only put 1 mating pair in each. I also double-fence horizontally (not 2 high). I do believe though that others have said that the internal area of the pen can be a full 19 x 19 blocks square and work OK.