The particles for landing on a block are centered on the block you land on, even if you only catch the corner. Logically the particles should come from the players feet, but instead they come from the center of the block. This makes the whole effect look very strange.
Related issues
is duplicated by
MC-29757
New landing effect doesn't work if you don't land squarely on a block.
MC-30614
Falling particles are block-centered, not player-centered
MC-31319
Bad falling particles when falling on the very border of a block
MC-31877
Lava/Water Falling Particles
MC-36550
Falling particles not showing where player falls, instead showing in middle of nearest block.
MC-41092
Objects that do not show falling particles show when fallen in the corner
MC-41200
Particle effect when falling
MC-48396
[Minimal bug] Particles only appear from the center of the block
MC-49271
Fall Impact Particles displaced
MC-52478
Falling particals come from other blocks
Comments
kumasasa
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Even works with water "blocks" thou you actually can't land on them (they are a pixel lower than normal blocks) - http://i.imgur.com/9BDqtJF.png & http://i.imgur.com/WmqpbeN.png (kinda hard to see in the second one, but shows that pretty good)
migrated
Bug is still active in "1.7 pre-release".
migrated
Confirmed for 1.7.5 and 14w11b
Confirmed.