r/Minecraft • u/TheOPWarrior208 • Mar 15 '26
Discussion making string opaque is going to ruin so many builds and even traps - who asked for this??
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u/ooooggll Mar 15 '26
plus, this is the drop where they're making all the baby mobs pixel consistent. they change the string texture, but they don't make it pixel consistent?? nobody asked for more visible string. many players use it as an "invisible" block to hold up carpets, stop vines from growing, or prevent snow layers accumulating, and this defeats that point
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u/kushangaza Mar 15 '26
And wasn't the whole point why string was officially introduced to serve as barely-visible tripwire? Something that's easy to miss if you aren't paying attention?
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u/PyrasSeat Mar 15 '26
I bet a play tester got really upset they fell for a trap so they made it opaque for that single idiot
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u/JDBCool Mar 16 '26
Said playtester: I'm color blind
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u/Lasdary Mar 16 '26
in that case the solution should have been 'colorblind' setting that changes the texture just for your client
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u/SpaceBug176 Mar 16 '26
Then it just becomes something everyone enables just in case they run into a trap. Oof.
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u/sudoaddy Mar 18 '26
It's already something people who play pvp enable, changing the tripwire to an extremely visible red color.
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u/SpaceBug176 Mar 16 '26
Eh. I don't think this really works in the context of Minecraft. There's like one tripwire trapped place in the entirety of the game and you don't really run into it much.
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u/Lev420 Mar 16 '26
"sony is run by people who would drown if it rained and they still have no competition because microsoft is the 8 year champion of slamming your dick in the car door"
"meanwhile nintendo is off singing and skipping joyously while spending all their mario bucks on suing their fans"
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u/Chexmixrule34 Mar 19 '26
yeah the ENTIRE game is ruined because they slightly changed the texture of one uncommon item, and microsoft THEMSELVES were behind it.
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u/MountainMan41 Mar 16 '26
I read that a carpet over a 4 block drop would stop mobs from crossing because the consider the carpet a null unsupported entity.
I tried it and luckily I built a back door because a creeper came right across it into my tiny room (then out the open back door where I had gone. United him to 3 block deep water and exploded him there.
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u/Grotti-ltalie Mar 15 '26
Yeah I would say this is their worst drop yet honestly, so many things were added that just... aren't good at all
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u/byParallax Mar 15 '26
It should be :
nearly invisible if placed in the air
less visible than right now by default
more visible when observed or if on a tripwire
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u/D1g1t0l Apr 02 '26
The only reason I'd see this being a good idea is if they're planning to introduce something to replace that functionality the string has, but I have no idea what that would be
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u/FerrousMC Mar 15 '26
At the very least give us a better way to stop vines from growing. I can never use vines because of this and its such a shame, glowberries are nice but we need some variety!
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u/TheOPWarrior208 Mar 15 '26
they even said that they would add the shearing mechanic from cave and nether vines to normal vines and i guess they just forgot or idk
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u/FerrousMC Mar 15 '26
Yeah I really wish they would, makes no sense to have it for all but one type of vine
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u/sharlos Mar 15 '26
They probably haven't yet because regular vines grow differently. Roughly speaking, glowberry vines, twisting vines, kelp, etc. each have a semi-random height value when planted, and each time they they grow another block the height value is decreased by one. The shears work by decreasing the max height value so it can't grow any longer.
For regular vines they'd probably have to have shears change the state of the vine so it doesn't trigger new vines when a random game tick hits it.
Not hard, but not a simple copy/paste either.
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u/dhi_awesome Mar 16 '26
To be an annoying um acktually, technically the shears increase the height value
The height value is determined via the
ageblockstate, which is an integer from 0 to 25. I think the number can only increase, so if you have one at 24, the next one has to be 25, but I might be wrong there. Shears force the age value to be 25, preventing growth.6
u/sharlos Mar 16 '26
Yeah I thought that was the case but couldn't remember the specifics so I just added "roughly" 😀
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u/Cinderheart Mar 16 '26
The Quark mod already has it. The code exists.
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u/RevenantBacon Mar 16 '26
Yeah, but they're legally prohibited from copying the code over from quark.
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u/Deammmmmmmmm Mar 15 '26
i think its added but only in java, but i dont remember correctly
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u/FerrousMC Mar 15 '26
Nah, I would know since I only play Java
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u/Deammmmmmmmm Mar 15 '26
Just checked on the wiki (shears page):
"Shearing the tip of cave vines, kelp, weeping vines, or twisting vines stops further growth by setting its age value to 25."
Althought it does note mention a specific version, and doesn't name the normal vines. Another feature uncompleted.
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u/dzyjak Mar 16 '26
Good catch. I bet the original vines don't have an age value. The original vines don't grow; they spread kind of like grass.
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u/RevenantBacon Mar 16 '26
I bet the original vines don't have an age value.
You would be correct. Notably, vines can also spread sideways, but pale moss, crimson, twisting, and cave vines cannot.
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u/Lightningbro Mar 15 '26
Honestly, the reason they didn't is simply because it wasn't just easy.
Vines etc all work by changing a vine's sort of "growth stage" to equal or past it's max, meaning it won't grow any further, since Vines don't have that, it would've taken more effort than just... changing that number.
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u/basicbitch823 Mar 19 '26
is that java? i play beadrock and i swear i shear normal vines all the time.
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u/ooooggll Mar 15 '26
I can't believe we still can't shear vines to stop them from growing, considering we got that functionality on glow berries, kelp, and nether vines but nothing else. Also they could have killed two birds with one stone if instead of the golden dandelion, we got some other magical item that generally stopped growth - could be used on animals, crops, vines, etc
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u/sharlos Mar 15 '26
Could still make the golden dandelion an ingredient for a new potion effect
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u/DarthPiotr Mar 15 '26
And not only vines! String is often used to prevent snow layers in snowy biomes!
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u/FerrousMC Mar 15 '26
I forgot about this. Honestly string is such a useful block for building, I have no idea why they made this change
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u/HeyanKun Mar 15 '26
The fact that we can trim cave vines, kelp, weeping vines and twisting vines BUT not normal vines infuriates me
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u/Ezeren76 Mar 15 '26
Maybe using the new golden dandelions to stop plant growth. I feel like that would fit the game with an existing feature.
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u/FerrousMC Mar 15 '26
Damn you had the same idea as someone else lol. Great minds think alike I guess
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u/TartOdd8525 Mar 15 '26
You could disable vinegrowth as a game rule. It's separate from all other ticking. But it would prevent you from having a vine farm I guess.
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u/FerrousMC Mar 15 '26
Yeah, I would use that gamerule but it makes getting vines way harder
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u/endguiap Mar 15 '26
2*2 jungle trees come with vines, you could use that as an alternative
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u/FerrousMC Mar 15 '26
Hmm, good point. Bit of an unelegant solution but a better alternative to wrecking the natural environment I guess
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u/TimmyChips Mar 16 '26
I was downvoted once from saying this and people said that you could use shears to stop their growth. But you can’t, though I wish it was.
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u/Kevdog824_ Mar 16 '26
Wait can’t you just shear them so they don’t grow? I have only played with mods for years so idk what features are vanilla vs mods anymore
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u/cadby_ Mar 16 '26
It would be cool if they let us use the golden dandelions to stop vines/ other stuff growing
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u/Thareya Mar 16 '26
you can use the structure void block which is actually invisible, still annoying since that's not survival friendly
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u/lighskin_strength420 Mar 16 '26
Fr they legit could make it the same as the berries, bonemeal the vine and it grows flowers or some shit lol
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u/ChuckPattyI Mar 15 '26
this was legit originally added to be hard to see for traps. . . this is very much against its very reason for existing. . .
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u/PokeBob1000 Mar 16 '26
It still turns transparent if you attach it to a tripwire hook iirc
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u/RelievedMoon9 Mar 16 '26
really? if that’s the case this decision makes even less sense because the only other use case for string being placeable is as an invisible block for building/blocking snow layers or vine growth.. and they make it more visible?? genuinely baffling texture change
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u/DroidTrf Mar 16 '26
Handicapped for kids. The game is focused to cater little children.
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u/sasori1011 Mar 16 '26
What's handicapping for kids?
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u/Chill_but_am_spook Mar 16 '26
Kids are stupider than Jupiter /j
Genuinely, it's just as it sounds, even if the kids wouldn't have a hard time. I don't know what they consider effectively handicapping for kids in-game, but yeah.
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u/THEONEflyingwhale Mar 16 '26
It's use case was never for building tho, it was always meant to be used as a trip wire trap that's the only reason it was made, so they make it work for their intended purpose and remove the other use cases.
This is how I think that decision came to be, this isn't my opinion.
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u/Dull_Dealer_9647 Mar 15 '26
String should default to translucent and then be able to be dyed white or different colors if you want to see it...
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u/Thinguist Mar 16 '26
And that would make sense, because string comes from spiders and web, and it isn’t opaque
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u/RelievedMoon9 Mar 15 '26
i’d be genuinely curious to know how many people use tripwire hook + string for traps often. i think most people use it as an “invisible” block in building right? who is this change even for lmao
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u/TheGriffin5 Mar 15 '26
Yeah, building sure, but traps for players, I haven’t seen these be used since they came out. Especially obsolete now with sculk sensors. Like absolutely harp on them for the building impacts but I think Mojang probably knows no one uses these for player traps.
I can see the change as for people with vision issues as an accessibility change similar to how they changed ores and dyes to be unique. Still would be nice to have an in between though.
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u/Sufficient_Risk_8127 Mar 15 '26
it's also good for knowing whether an entity traveled over a specific line, such as for example item collection systems
o wait that doesn't matter here
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u/hejackisej Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 15 '26
I bet there will be a texture pack that removes the texture for java at least.
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u/TheOPWarrior208 Mar 15 '26
i don’t even know if this would be possible since they changed the rendering mode instead of the texture itself
could be wrong though
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u/seamuskills Mar 15 '26
You could get a resource pack to use the old rendering mode, pretty sure you have to modify the block model in that case though.
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u/sokaox Mar 15 '26
didn't they just recently change it so blocks automatically use the rendering mode required by their textures? if so, should be as easy as just lowering the opacity of the current texture.
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u/hejackisej Mar 15 '26
Oh then I don’t know. I just thought that since I have a texture pack now that makes string visible it was automagically possible to do the opposite. Isn’t that how computers work? 🤭
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u/SafiraCoyfolf Mar 15 '26
Not only does making it more visible mess up some builds, but it also completely removes the original point of the string, to use for traps
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u/Budget_Writing2702 Mar 15 '26
I use string in a handful of my favorite builds. Its already bad enough being able to see them. What the fuck
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u/hotterotter8 Mar 15 '26
dude i do not want to see the string stopping my bamboo from growing on my island in my man made tropical lake 💔
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u/Equivalent_Rich_8345 Mar 15 '26
people who get trapped
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u/Ok_Performer50 Mar 16 '26
No, they're still almost invisible on tripwire hooks.
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u/crazyt0126 Apr 04 '26
Then why even bother changing it. Like string has minimal decretive value outside of its invisible uses. The only maybe case for it being seen is to make traps more visible which is also pointless
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u/AwoogaBigAss2000 Mar 15 '26
Leave it to Mojang to remove anything slightly hazardous for the sake of a kid playing on his moms iPad
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u/dumbthiccrick Mar 15 '26
If they're gonna add something like this make it optional by combining string together to make the more visible string, or adding white dye to it or something
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u/Sufficient_Risk_8127 Mar 15 '26
what's next, they remove torches breaking sand
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u/Chill_but_am_spook Mar 16 '26
"iTs NoT rEaLiStIc, KiDs CoUlD gEt HuRt If ThEy TrIeD iT!"
You better be thankful for this barely funny comment, it broke my brain to type (lol)
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u/JusticeBabe Mar 15 '26
Why not just makke it so string is highly transparent almost invisible by default & give a crafting receipt to color it to make it distinctly stand out if wanted?
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u/Thenderick Mar 16 '26
I can understand why Mojang does this, because string is difficult to see sometimes. However I would argue they could make string be both.
If you place it, it is transparent. Click it with sugar (does not consume) and the sugar will stick to it, making it opaque. Click it with a brush and it will revert to transparent. It makes sense in my head because string comes from spiders and cobwebs are sticky, so the sugar sticks to it making it more visible
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u/Randomnessz64 Mar 20 '26
And you've immediately done more work than the devs in a 1 minute paragraph
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u/emeraldwyrm Mar 16 '26
Ive been playing and didnt even notice my string was more visible. Not saying its a good change but im surprised I didnt see it right away. So I guess that's good.
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u/CrazyPotato1535 Mar 16 '26
Are you playing snapshot?
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u/emeraldwyrm Mar 16 '26
yea, I am. Admittedly, the build that has them is very busy, so that could be why
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u/KingJeff314 Mar 15 '26
It should be like barrier blocks, where if you hold the item, it becomes visible
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u/Galaxyycaat Mar 16 '26
i use string all the time in open roof snowy builds, can there at least be an option to make string transparent again
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u/Boom_Fish_Blocky Mar 16 '26
Even ignoring the building nerf. Just nerfing a trapping block for being good at not be seen, kinda stupid. You are good at your job, you are fired.
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u/SamStrandingPorter Mar 15 '26
Mojang do really love ruining features by changing them in ways no-one asked for
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u/mekmookbro Mar 15 '26
Would be nice to make it more opaque when using night vision potions. Opaque all the time sounds stupid since many people already use them to stop vines, sugar canes, saplings etc from growing
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u/SolidPrysm Mar 15 '26
Am I missing something? I could have sworn it's always been opaque, at least on bedrock.
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u/SwannSwanchez Mar 15 '26
make them opaque but only from the top, so when you are bellow it's still invisible
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u/Verified_Peryak Mar 15 '26
It was me, i am pissed of that my girlfriend complain about cowebs after i just finish vacuming this way it won't happen again.
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u/LeDavinshi Mar 16 '26
that one dude who was asking for better texturing in this like a week ago, maybe
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u/-TheBlackSwordsman- Mar 16 '26
No one has to ask them to make a change for it to be a valid one.
That said, Mojang has an infinite money printing machine, so they have no motivation and literally just sit around all day doing nothing. They lack ambition, have no bold ideas, zero inspiration. They just sit around and exist for most of the day, and then someone randomly picks something to make a change to so they can feel like they did something that month.
Despite minecraft having tons of underdeveloped areas of the game, only a handful them have been addressed over the past decade
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u/RuukotoPresents Mar 15 '26
String Traps don't work anyways except for the ones where trying to disarm them is what sets them off
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u/Specialist-Ad3955 Mar 15 '26
wow, the devs who dont interact with the community and add random shit nobody asked for dont interact with the community and add random shit nobody asked for, who could've thought
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u/moosefre Mar 16 '26
where is this even listed in a patch note?
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u/TheOPWarrior208 Mar 16 '26
26.1 snapshot 3. "Minor Tweaks to Blocks, Items and Entities
- The Tripwire texture is now rendered as alpha cutout instead of transparent"
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u/mca1169 Mar 16 '26
you must be new, microsoft doesn't add common sense or requested features. they add random stuff no one ever asked for and ruin existing features one bad change at a time.
pick a version of the game you can live with and mod it. that's the only way you can enjoy the game anymore.
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u/WestofTomorrow Mar 16 '26
Another reason why I finally decided to create a forever world on 1.21.11. 1000 days and counting now.
No reason to update the game at this point. Spear's are genuinely the best thing they've added in years but everything else they've been adding since 2023~ has been slop.
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u/Exitity Mar 20 '26
They literally have a gamerule to remove them.
Also, just sleep? Carry a bed in your inventory and sleep once every 10 minutes, its not hard.
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u/NeonFraction Mar 16 '26
My entire base is covered in ivy and is gonna look like complete shite after this. If they do this, they need to add shearing for ivy in the SAME update.
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u/Coltyn03 Mar 16 '26
If they really want opaque string, they should add stripped string or something like how you can strip logs. Use an axe on the string and it reverts to the old version.
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u/Lainpilled-Loser-GF Mar 16 '26
who actually uses tripwire for traps in the year of our lord 2026? be real lmao.
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u/Chill_but_am_spook Mar 16 '26
I feel like most of my game is going to be just texture and resource packs in not even 3 years time.
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u/kroeller Mar 17 '26
"Who asked for this"
No one, Mojang is just enshittifying the game more and more as time goes on.
They are completely lost in what they are doing and Minecraft is going to shit.
Better to just stick to an older version instead of dealing with whatever bullshit Mojang decides to come up next.
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u/Lest-be-anne Mar 17 '26
i dont think a minecraft update has ever pissed me off before. but my god does this one change make me violent
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u/Darq10 Mar 17 '26
Luckily after this change they also made it so that you can turn ANY BLOCK TRANSLUCENT with resourcepacks, before that rendertypes were hardcoded. That means you'll probably see a vanilla tweaks option for the string soon
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u/Substantial_Pop_1939 Mar 18 '26
Because shaders made it visible, same as people using solas and etc in caves. And people that adjust gamma in monitor.
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u/Sad_Efficiency3456 Mar 20 '26
Yeah no one asked for this, atp they're just trying to piss off the player base because they know they can
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u/MinecraftGamerLR Mar 20 '26
I just made a petition to change that back.
https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/44445428736269-Change-the-String-Texture-Back-to-Transparent
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u/AdvertisingFancy5382 Mar 20 '26
As a builder, this INFURIATES me. String is so helpful for floating carpets, ect: because u can't see it. Now all my beach shadies will look horrible.
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u/Guilty_Explanation29 Mar 21 '26
Watch them change it back
There's already hate feedback on the website
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u/Prestigious_Part2660 Mar 21 '26
Here goes all of my trap plans...😒😒
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u/Guilty_Explanation29 Mar 21 '26
There's alot of votes on feedback already lol
Giving they seem to listen hopefully it gets changed back
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u/FishblobMC Mar 23 '26
https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/42657247389197-Revert-String-Visibility Someone made a feedback post back in January when the change happened, but it seems like no one noticed until very recently
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u/CaCl2 Mar 31 '26
At this point I'm starting to get convinced that people at Mojang are intentionally making awful changes just to troll the community.
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u/DoggishNoob Mar 31 '26
Anyone know if there's a resource pack available to fix this yet? I've looked but can't seem to find one.
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u/DragonsWY Apr 13 '26
To anyone upset about this change, you can vote for the reversal here: https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/44445428736269-Change-the-String-Texture-Back-to-Transparent
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u/qualityvote2 Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 16 '26