Everytime I leave the chunk that my cow farm is in and then come back, 2 cows have literally walked through the fences and were free to go.
The first time I had fences 1 high all the way around with 1 fence gate which was closed. I didn't see the cows get out, but I saw them a few blocks away from the pen.
The second time I made the fences 2 high all the way around with the fence gate 2 high as well (closed). I saw the cows walk right through the 2 high fences and start walking away.
New glitch or is this usual? Don't think it should beI have a pig farm not even a chunk away, no problems there at all.
My friend kept having a glitch similar: he had a chicken farm above a ravine. The chickens would glitch through the floor bc they were stuffed into a small hole. It is a common glitch, I have seen it many other times, with every mob.
As the others said, it's an old and well-known SMP issue. It's supposed to be fixed officially in 1.3, and is already fixed (in a hacky way) in craftbukkit 1.2.5
If you don't mind using mods you could try this mod (which provides essentially the same fix as CraftBukkit uses for Vanilla servers): http://www.minecraft...-through-walls/
To fix the issue of permanent glitches you'd need to install the server mod (and thus have access to it) though.
The first time I had fences 1 high all the way around with 1 fence gate which was closed. I didn't see the cows get out, but I saw them a few blocks away from the pen.
The second time I made the fences 2 high all the way around with the fence gate 2 high as well (closed). I saw the cows walk right through the 2 high fences and start walking away.
New glitch or is this usual? Don't think it should beI have a pig farm not even a chunk away, no problems there at all.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/minecraft-discussion/survival-mode/2372609-journal-the-ballad-of-dirtdog
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1038634-multigame-games-are-fun-11/
If you don't mind using mods you could try this mod (which provides essentially the same fix as CraftBukkit uses for Vanilla servers): http://www.minecraft...-through-walls/
To fix the issue of permanent glitches you'd need to install the server mod (and thus have access to it) though.
I'll try killing some cows and see if that helps.
Thanks for the responses.