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Make mobs unable to spawn on string

I'm quite sure that almost every player that builds has had the thought that "Darn, i wish i could make it impossible for mobs to spawn here without having to place ugly torches everyhere.."

It's been a issue in minecraft for a long time, especially in survival, that mobs WILL spawn on places you do not light up properly, which you also do not want to light up. Let's say you have a nice house with a cool roof. Placing torches on the roof will not look very nice. Placing glowstone on the roof also might ruin it, and so will sea lanterns and the likes. What Minecraft needs is a way for players in survival and other modes to place a block to stop mob spawning there. 

Placing string down will place a tiny but barely noticeable "mark" on the block it's placed, and is therefore ideal for this idea. So, my suggestion is quite simple: Make mobs unable to spawn on placed string. 

It's a nice way to prevent mobspawning on places you do not want them, and it can't be placed everywhere due to its hitbox being big. It's ideal for things like roofs and the likes.

If not string, then some other "invisible" block to prevent mobspawn would greatly benefit us players that build a lot. 

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    Hope this blows up, its an amazing idea.

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    Glad to hear it Magnus. Hopefully it does. Be sure to share it :) 

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    I absolutely agree, this would be a huge benefit to builders in survival.

     

    In the meantime for anyone googling for a good solution, if you use half slabs you can stop mobs from spawning and it's a lot prettier than torches. If the slab is in line with the top half of a block mobs can spawn there, but if it lines up with the bottom half nothing will spawn. A lot of new slabs have been added to the game so this at least gives you a decent number of options.

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    This would be good, but this ruins a large part of the experience for Redstone contraption artists. I have a music disc farm that would be ruined by this. We would have to find a complete new design for creeper farms. If you want to build something, then use peaceful, or work it in to the build. I’m a dabbler in both building and Redstone, so I get that it’s difficult to do so, but this would make Redstone users have a heart attack.