On Minecraft for my iPad Pro, the video options display render distances up to 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, and 48 chunks. Up to 8 and 16 chunks works normally; however, when I try to use render distance of 24 chunks and above, it acts differently. I can see the faint silhouette of chunks/terrain beyond 16 chunks, but only up to 16 chunks does it actually really show parts of the world. I have found this odd and mildly disappointing as I hoped to take advantage of the higher render distance.
I currently have a shader pack on; however, even removing this shader does not fix the issue. I am not sure why this is happening. I will attach a screenshot; in it I set my render distance to 40 chunks, but stuff I have built beyond 16 chunks is only faintly silhouetted by the game.
If anyone knows why this is happening, if it is a bug I can fix or which will need to be fixed elsewhere - please feel free to discuss.
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Wow, I just tried the same and it actually works. Although I do like fancy graphics, this should be a good fix at least for the meantime- thank you for directing me to this! Hopefully there is a way the bug can be fully remedied in the future.
Is this still an issue in the latest version (1.17.10)? If so, can you please add it to the affected versions (or mention it if you are not the reporter).
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I am still experiencing it on 1.17.11 for iPad OS. 12.9” iPad Pro. When fancy graphics are turned off, the render distance increases dramatically.
Having this issue on my M1 iPad Pro I suspect it has to do with the fog effect and maybe a driver issue even?
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I also have this issue on my 2020 12.9" iPad Pro.
If I disable fancy graphics, I can see up to 48 chunks away. I have also played on a server with a shader pack installed and was able to see 48 chunks away with fancy graphics enabled.
I play with someone who has a lower model 8th generation iPad and he can see father than I can.