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I have been working on a large house in survival for a while now, and I recently made my attic floor into wooden half slabs in order to add to the decor on the floor below. However, I had some mobs spawn in up there. So my question is, can mobs spawn on Half slabs at all? I was under the impression that they could not. Nevertheless, I torched up the area and it seems to have stopped, but I plan on using half slabs in other parts of my house as well, so it will be good to know this before I commit to building.
If it helps, the design I have set up is that the half slabs are in the "Top" position of the block space, leaving the bottom half as open air. This was so that I could place my redstone wiring on top that powers the redstone lamps I built into the attic floor. The redstone mechanics are built into a daylight sensor that makes the redstone lamps go on at night, so without torches the attic is pretty dark during the day. Also, for purposes of appearance, I was unable to put half slabs where there would be a wall upon the floor below, as that would leave an open space at the top of the walls on the second floor.
I am not exactly sure but I think mobs can spawn on a "top" slab but can not spawn on a "bottom" slab.
You are correct. If the slap is even with the top half of the a full block, then it can spawn mobs. A good way to test it is try and place a torch on the top of it, if you can place the torch it can spawn mobs, if you can't then mobs can not spawn on it. if the slap is on the bottom half of a full block, you will not be able to place torches on it, and it will not spawn mobs, however placing another slap on to of that slap will form a full block and be spawnable for mobs.
Top slaps are great for mob farms which uses shifting floors as it allows the mobs to fall through much faster then a full block, and in many cases will also allow items to pass through the floor when a shift takes place.
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Thanks for the information. I guess if I want it to remain mob free without the use of torches, then I will need to see if its possible to put a bottom slab above the top slab piece that currently makes up the floor. Perhaps some nether or regular brick would look good as it is an attic floor. Anyways, this is good to know as I was going to rip out the entire second floor and replace with top half slabs as well, so this definitely saves me some wasted effort.
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I have been working on a large house in survival for a while now, and I recently made my attic floor into wooden half slabs in order to add to the decor on the floor below. However, I had some mobs spawn in up there. So my question is, can mobs spawn on Half slabs at all? I was under the impression that they could not. Nevertheless, I torched up the area and it seems to have stopped, but I plan on using half slabs in other parts of my house as well, so it will be good to know this before I commit to building.
If it helps, the design I have set up is that the half slabs are in the "Top" position of the block space, leaving the bottom half as open air. This was so that I could place my redstone wiring on top that powers the redstone lamps I built into the attic floor. The redstone mechanics are built into a daylight sensor that makes the redstone lamps go on at night, so without torches the attic is pretty dark during the day. Also, for purposes of appearance, I was unable to put half slabs where there would be a wall upon the floor below, as that would leave an open space at the top of the walls on the second floor.
thanks
You are correct. If the slap is even with the top half of the a full block, then it can spawn mobs. A good way to test it is try and place a torch on the top of it, if you can place the torch it can spawn mobs, if you can't then mobs can not spawn on it. if the slap is on the bottom half of a full block, you will not be able to place torches on it, and it will not spawn mobs, however placing another slap on to of that slap will form a full block and be spawnable for mobs.
Top slaps are great for mob farms which uses shifting floors as it allows the mobs to fall through much faster then a full block, and in many cases will also allow items to pass through the floor when a shift takes place.
Thanks for the information. I guess if I want it to remain mob free without the use of torches, then I will need to see if its possible to put a bottom slab above the top slab piece that currently makes up the floor. Perhaps some nether or regular brick would look good as it is an attic floor. Anyways, this is good to know as I was going to rip out the entire second floor and replace with top half slabs as well, so this definitely saves me some wasted effort.
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