[MCPE-45070] Camera briefly pauses at the surface when sinking in any liquid

Steps to reproduce:

Find or create a pool of water that's at least 2 blocks deep;
Walk into it and watch the camera while you're sinking.

Expected results:
The camera descends with you properly.

Observed results:
The camera pauses at the water surface for a bit and then continues descending after you're already fully submerged.

Notes: This occurs with lava as well, but the fire overlay makes it difficult to reproduce. As of 1.20.40.21 Preview, this issue also causes a mismatch between the player's vision and the newly introduced sound you hear when getting submerged.

Linked issues

is duplicated by 2

MCPE-47119 View pauses before descending into water in first-person Resolved

MCPE-175172 Camera gets stuck on top of water when slowly entering water Resolved

Attachments

water view.mp4

Comments 5

Makzevu 2019-05-09T21:20:58Z

This feature isn't present in any change logs, but this is to stop the water texture from looking 2-dimensional when a player's screen passes the boundary. This is typically used in games to make the transition between above-water and in-water more realistic.

tryashtar 2019-10-22T04:42:52Z

I can't reproduce in 1.14 anymore

[Mod] LateLag 2019-12-04T01:55:23Z

@unknown - I'm still being affected, how are you testing it?

bugsbugsbugs 2021-03-26T14:56:57Z

I cannot reproduce this in 1.16.210, but I remember, that I did have this issue.

[Mod] LateLag 2023-09-13T17:11:47Z

As of 1.20.40.21 Preview, there is now a sound that plays when the player's eye level enters water. Because of this issue, the sound seems to play early, when it's actually the camera that's late.