[MCPE-42512] Campfire smoke stops being produced 64 blocks away

The Bug
A campfire will stop producing smoke once the player is more than 64 blocks away from it. Adding a ticking area around the campfire changes nothing. The smoke produced prior to reaching that distance is still visible at any distance however

Steps to reproduce

Place a campfire (preferably with a hay bale under it)
Move 64 blocks away from it in any axis (including the Y-axis)

Linked issues

is duplicated by 6

MCPE-47504 Can't see campfire smoke from far. Resolved

MCPE-123322 Campfires stop releasing smoke particles Resolved

MCPE-123778 campfire bug Resolved

MCPE-141652 Campfire particle render distance is very short Resolved

MCPE-144117 Campfires are see-through near trapdoors and it's smoke disappears after a few ~40 blocks away Resolved

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relates to 1

MCPE-17595 Beacon beam disappears after going past 64 blocks Resolved

Attachments

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Comments 19

Makonede 2019-02-25T02:21:28Z

You just moved out of the particle render distance.

user-806ac 2019-02-25T12:17:28Z

Increase your particle render distance..

[Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay) 2019-02-25T15:16:44Z

Does the smoke continue if the campfire is within a ticking radius, or if the particle render distance is increased?

Euwill Eusebio 2019-02-27T00:26:53Z

Particle render distance is what affects the range of how far the smoke particles emitted from the campfire can be created. The max is 100, therefore, 64 blocks is the limit a player can be furthest away similar to Beacons. However, campfire particles can still be visible. I can't tell if this is a bug or supposed to be intentional.

PC_Screen 2019-03-20T16:29:57Z

The ticking radius is irrelevant to this issue, including ticking areas. The particles will stop being produced as soon as you are 64 blocks away from the campfire in any axis (including the y-axis). The smoke itself is visible at any distance. It's a different situation than the beacon ray, as that one stops being visible 64 blocks away

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Euwill Eusebio 2019-03-24T06:35:21Z

Actually @PC_Screen, the same does applies to beacons. After some testing, I've gathered a couple of frames when recording the beacon ray, and realized that it would disappear in parts from the down up much like a ray from an end portal gate disappears from the up down, and the opposite upside down. So if I'm not mistaken, this bug correlates to both of these reported issues. Where the particle will render, but stop producing from the block after a certain particle render distance. However, I have an idea on how they can fix this. Because I think that the smoke and the beacon ray is under the same category as a particle, instead have them become a unique object that will always render despite being far away from it. But make sure that it will stop rendering if it is out side of the chunk render distance.

bugsbugsbugs 2019-11-18T13:58:02Z

I am playing on xbox one and also have experienced this.

It completely breaks one use of the campfire: You should be able to use it to find locations more easily and also if you are far away, but it is not possible. 😞

bugsbugsbugs 2020-02-12T15:47:51Z

comfirmed for 1.12, 1.12.1, 1.13, 1.13, 1.13.1, 1.14, 1.14.1, 1.14.20 and 1.14.30

bugsbugsbugs 2020-04-16T14:37:49Z

Confirmed for 1.14.60

bugsbugsbugs 2020-05-05T17:11:31Z

This bug breaks one use of the campfire: It should be able to be used to find the location where the campfire is from far away.

bugsbugsbugs 2020-06-25T05:06:09Z

Confirmed for 1.16

bugsbugsbugs 2020-07-03T14:27:45Z

This also affects soul campfires.

Clarence Liow 2020-07-04T11:38:31Z

This needs to be fixed. One of the main purposes of the campfire is a smoke signal. I was puzzled why I could not find my base through the smoke the other day.

Clarence Liow 2020-07-04T11:40:24Z

Also change platform to multiple. Happens on mobile too

N M 2020-07-19T19:55:37Z

On my Android, playing 1.16 on a server, campfires only produce smoke when I'm within a 32-block radius sphere around them.

SlimySpeck 2021-04-24T01:03:05Z

A screenshot of it in java

[Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay) 2021-08-20T14:40:39Z

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tryashtar 2021-08-21T04:09:04Z

Still an issue

DeeFeeCee 2022-09-07T07:03:10Z

Affects 1.19.22

Smoke appears to stop being produced when the player is ~48 blocks away from the campfire.