Alright so Ijust dug out 4 chunks, 3 of which are confirmed slime chunks (as seen by rei's minimap screenshot).. I've lit up the place, it's 3 high and directly on the first layer of bedrock.. Usually Il stand around 50 Meters away in my base for 20 minutes and, NONE.. What can I do? Is anything wrong here?
note: Im playing on 1.4.4 and the 2 mods I use do not conflict with any mob spawning code.. Should be off the native mc spawning algorithm. Any help?
Well, the bedrock's not helping, mobs can't spawn on bedrock. I've got a feeling they can't spawn directly on top of torches either. Between the two, they really don't have a whole lot of space to work with. And sorry about this, but the worst news is that those might not even be slime chunks. Slime chunk detection has been really unreliable ever since 1.3.2. But here's what I suggest: move the entire cavern up by one, and put the torches inside of ceiling holes instead of on the floor. Or use glowstone stuck into the ceiling, or redstone lamps stuck into the floor and ceiling (floor's better but with all that bedrock around you might have trouble attaching the levers).
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Even though this has already been said, go to a swamp. With 1.4 slimes will now spawn at the surface as long as the chunk is labeled as a "swampland" biome and in the night cycle. And you will get rare chance to find a witch!
Sefirah is right mobs can't spawn on bedrock, however your biggest issue is that other aggressive mobs are spawning in dark caves within 128 blocks and filling up the mob cap. To make a slime chunk spawn slimes fairly reliably you have to light up caves to make it harder for the other aggressive mobs to spawn very easily. Slimes have a lower chance to spawn than the other mobs so they are never going to spawn like crazy in there unless you REALLY do a thorough job of eliminating dark places.
Robadon's post is the one you need to care about, he's correct on that you need to light up caves. Making it 4 high would help too as I'm not sure the biggest slimes can spawn in a 3 high area. Sefirah is incorrect, mobs can spawn on torches..sort of. It's weird. Anyways, yeah, go caving!
note: Im playing on 1.4.4 and the 2 mods I use do not conflict with any mob spawning code.. Should be off the native mc spawning algorithm. Any help?
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I tried it with terrible results. I gave my wife my glasses for a second, a creeper showed up and now my wife is pregnant.
Stupid 3D..