Minecraft, catching fire when coming through nether portal
The problem was with the overworld portal.
After wasted a few hours more trying to rebuild the portal on the nether side, I decided to rebuild the portal in the overworld "few blocks away", didn't count how many because didn't expect it to work, but it did.
Then I placed the portal back to where it was and the problem came back as expected.
So I
- Step by step removed all adjacent blocks from the portal and tried entering after every removed type - didn't work
- Cleared more then just adjacent block - didn't work
- Rebuilt the portal one block upwards didn't work
- Rebuilt the portal one block inwards - had high hopes on this one because "few blocks away" worked - but didn't work
- Rebuilt 2 blocks inwards - worked, but - only once, after the next try I caught on fire. Thought it was because I activated on the left bottom step and entered from the right but after numerous attempts didn't manage to get it working again
Disappointed that 2-blocks didn't work, I built it on the other side of my little room 9 blocks away and it worked! Sorry I couldn't bother to try what was the minimum amount of blocks from 2-9, but I guess because the problem didn't appear on one certain block, the minimum amount wouldn't be accurate anyways.
I had Same problem in 1.9.2 after reading your post I test: To remove lava which was 1 block under in and in front off the portal. I removed all lava 2 block away and 3 levels deep. Then it worked. Conclusion if there is lava close to portal in overworld, you catch fire when enter nether side. Thanks for the tips that the problem was in overworld.
You have likely came across an instance of Minecraft bug MC-98153.
The issue is that due to the new teleport acknowledgement system, after moving through the portal, the server sets the player back to the last position acknowledged until the client acknowledges the new position later causing a rubber band / teleport.
Workaround:
Remove all fire/lava at the exact location of the entry portal in the other dimension. E.g., if you have a portal at (100, 64, 100) in the overworld and you are set on fire when going to the nether, go to (100, 64, 100) in the nether (not to the location of the exit portal) and remove fire and lava around that location.
I have just encountered the same issue in 16w44a and I’m not looking forward to that Nether hike