The technique used to display hovering text in game no longer functions in the latest snapshots due to improvements to the render engine.
However, summoning a stationary WitherSkull mostly still has the same effect like so:
/summon WitherSkull ~ ~3 ~ {direction:[0.0,0.0,0.0],CustomName:"Something something name",CustomNameVisible:1}
But when doing this, the texture of a wither skull will flash appear for a split second every 10 seconds or so.
Ideally the texture should stay transparent without any flashing when stationary, so that map makers can continue to use this technique to create immersive experiences.
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Well it is the same overall issue, but in this case I'm desiring to keep the invisible effect.
Maybe add a new flag to hide entity on client and only show the name?
Before the Skull flashed only once when appearing to the player which was "acceptable" because you barely recognized it. Now it flashes every few seconds which is very annoying.
I dont think it has something to do with the new rendering, because when the new multithreading/VBO stuff was added, everything was fine. Just discovered it in the last snapshots
@unknown wrote in https://twitter.com/SeargeDP/status/503927350199738368
Even though we "fixed" wither skulls in pre2, map makers should NOT use them as position markers anymore, they will not work in the future.
https://twitter.com/SeargeDP/status/503933548177268737
Armorstands as position markers, with Small, Nogravity and Invisible set to true, DisabledSlots set to 31. Until we have something better.
Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases. If this has been done, we can reopen the issue.
Keep in mind that the "Resolved"-Status on this ticket just means "Answered", and that we are waiting for further information on whether this issue still exists or not. We will reopen it as soon as the requested information has been delivered.
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