Players can open chests while being on top of the block. This is not vanilla behavior.
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Vanilla behavior prevents a chest from being opened when any entity is on top of it
Yes, but it's not game-breaking, there lots of more issues that are game-breaking so i think they'll be focusing on them first... This may not be changed soon or may not be changed at all because it's a little insignificant. Btw, it's still good to report issue to make pmmp better.
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any _living_ entity.
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Minor correction:
any _living_ entity.