[MC-169113] Players on respawn screen do not receive chunk updates

While a player's death animation is playing, they can still see updates around then (blocks changing, entities moving, etc.). After the animation is over, no updates are visible anymore. I assume this means that no chunk updates are being sent to the client.

If the chunks around the dead player are not loaded by other means, they invisibly unload after 1 second (after the death animation). This is likely intended, to stop items from despawning when dying while AFK.

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MC-265295 Dead players relogging back onto the death screen cannot see any blocks Open

Comments 7

FaRo1 2019-12-30T07:44:58Z

If anyone is confused about the edit history: The game confused me, so I reported one thing, then added more symptoms of it, then removed the initial symptoms, because they are likely intended, just unintuitive.

RedCMD 2019-12-30T08:47:04Z

After the death animation has finished, the player is no longer loaded in the world
Chunks no longer load around the player and commands cannot target a no longer existing player

FaRo1 2019-12-30T08:50:52Z

I tried it with "/forceload". Chunk updates are still not sent to the player.

wobst.michael 2020-12-20T06:25:12Z

Please check if that's still an issue for you in the latest 1.16.4 stable release or the latest 1.17 development snapshot.

FaRo1 2020-12-20T09:24:42Z

It's in the snapshot at least. Please reopen.

FaRo1 2020-12-20T09:29:46Z

Thanks, bot.

FaRo1 2020-12-20T14:53:23Z

And now I actually tested it properly. Yes, still in 51a. I had forgotten that this report is only about not receiving updates even if the chunks still stay loaded after the death.