The bug
Placing/removing a colored glass block above a beacon while beyond a certain distance from the beacon block in any direction, it takes the beam longer to update color than usual. When placing the block while within this distance, the color updates instantly as expected.
What I expected to happen
The beacon beam to update color instantly regardless of my distance to it.
What actually happens
It takes the beacon beam up to several seconds to update its color after the glass has been placed/removed.
How to reproduce
Place a beacon with a pyramid under it.
Go far away from the beacon block, horizontally or vertically, or both, but still have it in visible range. A distance of over 64 blocks was enough in my tests.
Place a colored glass block directly above the beacon. The height of the glass block doesn't seem to matter.
Observe the beam above the glass block.
Related issues
Comments
violine1101
migrated
No, it's not a duplicate. MC-78446 is about beacons that are placed being slow to activate. This bug is about beacon beams being slow to update color.
migrated
Not a duplicate, please reopen.
pokechu22
Yep. This is different. And the beam is supposed to update automatically (via a block action). Can confirm that it should automatically update, as that update doesn't (as far as I know) have a player distance check.
Fry
Thank you for your report!
However, this issue is a Duplicate of MC-78446.
It has been linked to this report. If you have additional information, please add it to that report.
Please search before reporting, as it's likely that one exists already.
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