Nether wart growing issues

[Arild_]

Is something wrong with the nether warts in this server or is it just me? I'm desperately trying to grow some without any luck (And yes, I'm in the nether). I've tried with and without light, standing there for maybe half an hour or more, without even one growing to stage two. Weirdly enough this problem didnt occur before some days before the restart, when they usually grew just fine. Has anyone else gotten this problem or am I doing something wrong?

[Corby]

You growing them on soul sand? That's all they require, light/lava is a common myth that people think affects it. One of the only things that affects it is chunk activity, so just get to a safe spot, plant them in soul sand, sit back and go afk, come back and they should have grown. They usually take about 20 minutes for a full stalk for me.

[Arild_]

You growing them on soul sand? That's all they require, light/lava is a common myth that people think affects it. One of the only things that affects it is chunk activity, so just get to a safe spot, plant them in soul sand, sit back and go afk, come back and they should have grown. They usually take about 20 minutes for a full stalk for me.

Yes, I grow on soul sand. I've tried doing as you said as you can see on this picture, but still it won't grow after 20 minutes of AFKing near it.

[Corby]

You growing them on soul sand? That's all they require, light/lava is a common myth that people think affects it. One of the only things that affects it is chunk activity, so just get to a safe spot, plant them in soul sand, sit back and go afk, come back and they should have grown. They usually take about 20 minutes for a full stalk for me.

Yes, I grow on soul sand. I've tried doing as you said as you can see on this picture, but still it won't grow after 20 minutes of AFKing near it.

Hmm that should be fine, try adding torches even though I dont think it affects it, just to be sure. Wait atleast an hour, otherwise I'll check this issue out.

[awesomeo_5000]

I have this issue when the server is laggy (which is pretty much all the time lol) Minecraft's growth coding is some rain man algebraic shit. Every tick it selects chunks to process growth in, with all the people online there are a lot of chunks to choose from, and with the lag the ticks don't occur as fast as they should. I only bother with wart farms late night/early morning when the server's about 40/100. Just leave my character logged in afk hiding somewhere (FAR) away from any nether portal.

[Arild_]

So maybe that's the problem? I've waited for 1 hour now and still no growth like the picture show, even with those torches on the wall. But will I get kicked if I stay AFK for, say, an hour?

Edited April 22, 2012 by Arild_

[awesomeo_5000]

So maybe that's the problem? I've waited for 1 hour now and still no growth like the picture show, even with those torches on the wall. But will I get kicked if I stay AFK for, say, an hour?

There's no inactivity kicker. Just carry on building your base etc then later on tonight when the server calms down for a bit, leave your self afk for a while, could do it over night then have a look in the morning. On mac I can auto-crouch by pressing left shift, then right shift together, then letting both go. Not sure if you can do it on PC though. You'll only uncrouch if you type or another window pops up.

[monkeybalzac]

Is something wrong with the nether warts in this server or is it just me? I'm desperately trying to grow some without any luck (And yes, I'm in the nether). I've tried with and without light, standing there for maybe half an hour or more, without even one growing to stage two. Weirdly enough this problem didnt occur before some days before the restart, when they usually grew just fine. Has anyone else gotten this problem or am I doing something wrong?

I have been growing them for sometime now and the server has 40-50 people, no luck. Its really annoying. I have 45 planted on soul sand, and nothing, no growth.

[Arild_]

Around the time the server crashed today, several of my nether warts did grow to stage two. It looks like the problem most likely is the server lag from all the people online, like awesomeo said. If I continue to get the problem even when few people are on, I'll post it.