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MC-271984

The tail of invisible tadpoles doesn't render when viewed from certain angles

The tail will not render when viewed in spectator mode, or when the entity is on the same team as the player.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Spawn a tadpole

  2. Make it invisible:

    /effect give @e minecraft:invisibility infinite
  3. Change gamemode to spectator

Observed Behavior:

The tail of the tadpole will not be visible when looking at the left-hand side of the entity:

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Expected Result:

The tail would be visible at all times, regardless of the entity's effects, or the gamemode the player is in:

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Possible Fix:

Add a 'backside' to the texture of the texture of the tadpole's tail. Here is a resource pack which demonstrates this fix (could cause z-fighting):

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Notes:

Linked issues

MC-256648 The tail and inside of the saddle on invisible camels will not render when viewed from certain angles Reopened MC-253461 Invisible warden doesn't have its sensors / heart when viewed from back in spectator mode Open MC-256566 The wings of invisible allays don't render from all angles when viewing them in spectator mode Open MC-269733 Since version 1.16, you are unable to see the opposite sides of semi-transparent entities through their sides Resolved MC-271226 Invisible red/brown mooshrooms do not render top mushrooms at all under certain circumstances Open

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Comments 2

Can confirm. As stated in the issue, this only occurs when viewing the tadpole on the left side.

Can confirm in 1.21.6

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[Mod] Jingy

(Unassigned)

Community Consensus

Platform

Low

Rendering, Textures and models

invisibility, invisible_entity_rendering, tadpole, tail

22w11a, 1.20.6, 24w19b, 1.21.6

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