Spiderwebs disappearing on half blocks is sad

[CrimsonStorm]

Recording some discussion I started on this on the discord here, for posterity and easier searchability (and so people not on the discord can comment):

[5:02 PM] crimsonstorm: What do y'all think about the thing where a spider shoots web at you, but the web hits a half-block and gets yoinked into the void? Early game btw when web is one of the main limiting resources, I'm finding it pretty frustrating...
[8:08 PM ]Hiracho: That topic had come up a couple times :) more ppl are frustrated with it, but the solution of having it spawn a block above if so might cause issues like not being able to hit the attacking enemies.. iirc yany's mod did experiment with it doing so though
[8:08 PM] Hiracho: Any other solutions that came to mind maybe?
[9:04 PM] crimsonstorm: Hmm, you could have it just drop a string, or a web block item, or an item that can be converted to a string but isn't placeable, though all of those add an easier source of web than currently exists...
or search for a nearby empty block to spawn the web block like you said, but that maybe blocks line of sight or is otherwise counterintuitive...
[9:05 PM] crimsonstorm: When I posted that earlier I forgot how half blocks work in Minecraft and I was thinking you could just make a "half web" or something but that's not really possible.
[9:06 PM] Dawnraider00:
> an item that can be converted to a string but isn't placeable
This is actually not a terrible idea
[9:06 PM] Dawnraider00: Maybe it drops like a web glob or something that needs to be refined ala knitting into string?
[9:06 PM] crimsonstorm: Yeah, something like that. You could even make it require a sharp rock to process.
[9:07 PM] Dawnraider00: That way it still takes a bit of effort and doesn't encourage cheesing, but also doesn't have the issue of potentially blocking line of sight for attacking
[9:07 PM] Dawnraider00: Yeah
[9:07 PM] crimsonstorm: Or not, it's not like rocks take a lot of resources.
[9:07 PM] crimsonstorm: Even day 2.
[9:08 PM] Dawnraider00: I like the theming though, and it would also help with the issue that web globs wouldn't stack unless you do something like that to convert it to the progressible item

[dawnraider]

Good call on posting that here :) I'll be honest I had totally forgotten about that, so it's definitely good to have the reminder for myself as well.