I think the 1.0 release made dogs dumber in some ways, and the new cats are also stupid. Both randomly teleport to me when they are sitting, usually a day (in real life) after I make them sit. I had 12 dogs in a fenced area, and 8 of them randomly disappeared then came back to me a week (IRL) later.
The other 4 dogs died because they fell into walls or ran into fire. The cats and dogs still need smarter AIs. They should steer completely clear of lava and fire. Currently, they don't even notice fire (and seem to run into it on purpose).
Also, the cats are annoying. When your cat sits on a chest, you should be able to make it get up by right-clicking it, then it would not go onto another chest for about 30 seconds. Either that, or they just have 3 modes: sitting, following, and chest-guarding. You also shouldn't be able to move a cat off a chest by just walking into it.
Also, since 1.0, the dogs became horrible at attacking stuff. Someone hit me, my four dogs ran after him, and they all jumped to bite him but somehow missed and ended up behind him. They then attacked at a kinda slow rate compared to before. This happens every time something attacks me.
yes the wolves are a little dumber then they used to be but are still good.
real cats will sit on anything anywhere as long as it will be annoying (Stairs, the fireplace, boxes, your fav chair, ect) I like the cats
yes the wolves are a little dumber then they used to be but are still good.
real cats will sit on anything anywhere as long as it will be annoying (Stairs, the fireplace, boxes, your fav chair, ect) I like the cats
I like how they sit on stuff, but it's unrealistic that it's almost impossible to move the cat. In real life, you just pick it up or push it.
Ya, one time I had fun in the Nether in Creative, Spawned some wolves, they saw the fire, jumped in and died.
I'm going to actually do a test soon on this. I wonder if wolves are more likely to run into fire than any other block? Cause when I walk away from my dog, instead of walking straight towards me, it seems to strays a little and always goes into a fire I have nearby.
And how is a randomly teleporting, suicidal cat realistic?
The teleport-on-chunk-load behavior is a bug that was introduced in 1.2.4, not a feature. It will presumably get fixed sooner or later. All other cat behavior is realistically annoying.
As for wolves, they're already decent enough at attacking things that people like to spam giant wolf packs in SMP. Now that wolves can be bred, people don't need any more motivation to bog down servers with dozens-hundreds of wolf mobs.
I also observe that you're complaining only about friendly mobs running into fire. If you want realism, you should call for all mobs to avoid hazards. Sure, skeletons will seek shade during the day, but that doesn't stop them from running across lit netherrack to reach the player.
I also observe that you're complaining only about friendly mobs running into fire. If you want realism, you should call for all mobs to avoid hazards. Sure, skeletons will seek shade during the day, but that doesn't stop them from running across lit netherrack to reach the player.
Oh, I never noticed. I guess I never actually had lit netherrack in an area where they were attacking me. You're right; they need to fix it for all mobs.
With the observations I've made, its as if their AI was perfectly designed to attract pets to lava, fire, and cliffs. Its annoying after a while, watching countless pups and kittens innocently die because they're "stupid." Plus, tamed wolves should have saddles in which they can hold items. Pets that attack should attack, not bite one time and decide that they're going to walk away to see what's going on in the nearest body of water. Its 1.0, c'mon!
Just now I had three dogs. I hit a cow. They chased it into lava and all died. I just turned off the game because, honestly this early into the game it's a pain to get dogs and I had put in the effort to kill skeletons and tame two to breed... and in an instant they're just gone. Senseless death.
Just now I had three dogs. I hit a cow. They chased it into lava and all died. I just turned off the game because, honestly this early into the game it's a pain to get dogs and I had put in the effort to kill skeletons and tame two to breed... and in an instant they're just gone. Senseless death.
It really ruined the MINECRAFT experience m8.
Yeah, and even if they stay alive, they sometimes miss with their attacks. The new AI causes them to think too much about their paths. As a result, they end up spinning around on blocks too much while chasing a target. A sprinting player can easily evade a pack of wolves without going into any kind of mob-proof area, just by running over a hill.
Oh, and they tend to jump at their targets and miss a lot. I had 5 wolves attack someone on SMP, but they all jumped over him while running on ice and ended up falling into some eddies in some water, which they got stuck in.
i thinks cats are just annoying now i use to like them but now all they do is just sit on my chests so i cant use them and they dont even go for the bed i mean it's like jeb wants us to HATE the cats
I'm a relative MC n00b. I got my first pet dog/wolf last week, built it a little dog house, and had just thought of a name for it which I put on a sign. A few minutes later while I was out at nght I ran into a mob pack. It ran right in front of me while while I was swinging a diamond sword. I heard a yelp and then one hit from a zombie and he was dead.
I don't think cats should even be a thing. I decided to get a couple in 1.5 to see if they fixed anything, but nope. Still loud and annoying, still sit all over my chests (until I protected my chests by putting half slabs on top of them, at which point they just sat on my bed), still teleport to me for no reason. They don't even defend from creepers very well (I gave up with them and put them in front of my door to sit and do nothing all day), which is mainly the reason I have a hole in front of my house now. There isn't even a real reason for them to be in the game, it's just because "lol cats."
Wolves, on the other hand, are fine, but they need to make them better. I think the first priority should be not suiciding on cacti/lava/fire, not multicoloured collars and babies. >.>
The other 4 dogs died because they fell into walls or ran into fire. The cats and dogs still need smarter AIs. They should steer completely clear of lava and fire. Currently, they don't even notice fire (and seem to run into it on purpose).
Also, the cats are annoying. When your cat sits on a chest, you should be able to make it get up by right-clicking it, then it would not go onto another chest for about 30 seconds. Either that, or they just have 3 modes: sitting, following, and chest-guarding. You also shouldn't be able to move a cat off a chest by just walking into it.
Also, since 1.0, the dogs became horrible at attacking stuff. Someone hit me, my four dogs ran after him, and they all jumped to bite him but somehow missed and ended up behind him. They then attacked at a kinda slow rate compared to before. This happens every time something attacks me.
You're lucky that it only happened once XD
That happens to me almost every time. Even worse, they seem to not want to move out of the fire.
The worst thing I ever saw was when my dogs decided to mate next to a wall, and the baby spawned in the wall and suffocated.
real cats will sit on anything anywhere as long as it will be annoying (Stairs, the fireplace, boxes, your fav chair, ect) I like the cats
Ummm no.
It doesn't matter if it are wolves. No wolf would run into fire.
And how is a randomly teleporting, suicidal cat realistic?
I like how they sit on stuff, but it's unrealistic that it's almost impossible to move the cat. In real life, you just pick it up or push it.
I'm going to actually do a test soon on this. I wonder if wolves are more likely to run into fire than any other block? Cause when I walk away from my dog, instead of walking straight towards me, it seems to strays a little and always goes into a fire I have nearby.
The teleport-on-chunk-load behavior is a bug that was introduced in 1.2.4, not a feature. It will presumably get fixed sooner or later. All other cat behavior is realistically annoying.
As for wolves, they're already decent enough at attacking things that people like to spam giant wolf packs in SMP. Now that wolves can be bred, people don't need any more motivation to bog down servers with dozens-hundreds of wolf mobs.
I also observe that you're complaining only about friendly mobs running into fire. If you want realism, you should call for all mobs to avoid hazards. Sure, skeletons will seek shade during the day, but that doesn't stop them from running across lit netherrack to reach the player.
Oh, I never noticed. I guess I never actually had lit netherrack in an area where they were attacking me. You're right; they need to fix it for all mobs.
It only happened once because I never let my dogs do anything ever again.
It randomly dissapeared.
It really ruined the MINECRAFT experience m8.
Yeah, and even if they stay alive, they sometimes miss with their attacks. The new AI causes them to think too much about their paths. As a result, they end up spinning around on blocks too much while chasing a target. A sprinting player can easily evade a pack of wolves without going into any kind of mob-proof area, just by running over a hill.
Oh, and they tend to jump at their targets and miss a lot. I had 5 wolves attack someone on SMP, but they all jumped over him while running on ice and ended up falling into some eddies in some water, which they got stuck in.
The baby villager lived.
That's so sad :'(
My dogs don't kill themselves but they do like to randomly disappear at the most inopportune of momentshttp://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1726506-pets-improvement/page__hl__ pets improvement#entry21406977
Also, check out this page that deals with some of these problems as well!
Always the same will always be boring-uberevan
I'm a relative MC n00b. I got my first pet dog/wolf last week, built it a little dog house, and had just thought of a name for it which I put on a sign. A few minutes later while I was out at nght I ran into a mob pack. It ran right in front of me while while I was swinging a diamond sword. I heard a yelp and then one hit from a zombie and he was dead.
FYI, here's an identical thread: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1717311-smarter-wolves-and-cats/page__hl__%2Bsmarter+%2Bpets
Wolves, on the other hand, are fine, but they need to make them better. I think the first priority should be not suiciding on cacti/lava/fire, not multicoloured collars and babies. >.>