[MC-78446] Beacons take several seconds to update

When placing a beacon, or placing a block that would cause a beacon to activate, it will take a few seconds to update, similar to how changing the beam color used to work. Also occurs when deactivating it.

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MC-95904 Beacons take long to update Resolved

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MC-121105 Beacon beam color update is slow when too far away from the beacon block Resolved

Comments 9

KingSupernova 2015-11-24T10:30:10Z

How is this intended? The color-changing lag was fixed, why not this?

If it's going to be left as it is then the resolution should be "Won't Fix". There's no way this is by design.

mrpingouin1 2015-11-26T16:16:43Z

The beacon update require to fully check the pyramid. You definitively don't want to do that every ticks. The update currently happen every 80 ticks, and this is fine.

[Mod] redstonehelper 2015-11-26T19:03:13Z

I think this ticket is about initial placement only.

KingSupernova 2015-11-26T22:11:41Z

No, it's about any time it should activate. Even if they just fixed the lag when actually placing the beacon though, by adding a separate check when it's placed, that would be helpful.

Erik Broes 2016-01-12T20:21:26Z

It's too expensive to scan for the complete shape constantly.

KingSupernova 2016-01-13T02:49:11Z

I can understand that for the pyramid, but why does it occur when the beacon is first placed?

[Mod] redstonehelper 2016-01-13T18:36:25Z

It updates once right after placement now.

KingSupernova 2016-01-13T20:08:36Z

So it does. Not sure when that change happened. Ok then, that's a lot better.

marcono1234 2016-01-17T21:40:32Z

This was partwise fixed in 16w02a. When you pleace the beacon block the beam appears instantly. The same goes for colored glass. When you however place the beacon block on a unfinished pyramid and then complete it, it still has some delay (probably intended).