Transparent parts of skins appear black

Cleaning up all the old issues - please reply if this affects 0.12

Confirmed to affect 0.13.1 on iPhone 6+ (iOS 9.2).

Confirmed iPhone 4 (iOS 7.1) and TCL 4035X (And. 4.4.2)

Confirmed iPhone 4 (iOS 7.1) and TCL 4035X (And. 4.4.2)

The screenshot shows a skin that actually shows transparency.

Will take a screenshot of a skin that doesn't work.

The screenshot shows a skin that actually shows transparency.

Will take a screenshot of a skin that doesn't work.

Confirmed on Windows 10, 0.13.1

Aspire E 14

Confirmed on Windows 10, 0.13.1

Aspire E 14

Wait – this also confirmed in 0.13.1

Wait – this also confirmed in 0.13.1

Will this be fixed?

I want transparent skins.

Will this be fixed?

I want transparent skins.

Confirmed using 0.14.0 beta versions. Same device used to take the attached screenshot.

Confirmed using 0.14.0 beta versions. Same device used to take the attached screenshot.

Confirmed 0.13.1 and 2, Windows 10 edition

Confirmed 0.13.1 and 2, Windows 10 edition

While I was messing around with skin selection.

While I was messing around with skin selection.

I thought this was WAI to prevent players being invisible.

I thought this was WAI to prevent players being invisible.

@unknown This is in fact a bug.

@unknown This is in fact a bug.

@unknown oh ok It's been around for so long I assumed it was intentional! Thanks for the info

@unknown oh ok It's been around for so long I assumed it was intentional! Thanks for the info

affects 0.14

affects 0.14

After further investigation of attached screenshots I assume this happens because you exceeded the number of transparent pixels per bodypart. Skin will not be validated if too much of the body parts is missing.

After further investigation of attached screenshots I assume this happens because you exceeded the number of transparent pixels per bodypart. Skin will not be validated if too much of the body parts is missing.

From the wiki:

"A skin will only allow solid color; transparency is not allowed on the skin file except on the second layer, which is transparent by default; playing offline, pixels can be left free resulting in "holes" in the skin."

In the PC version, if playing offline you can make some parts of the skin transparent. This might not apply to PE.

EDIT: "Non-transparent skin prevents issues with completely transparent skin users "haunting" other players." (see pictures) Even though I experimented with an armless skin...

From the wiki:

"A skin will only allow solid color; transparency is not allowed on the skin file except on the second layer, which is transparent by default; playing offline, pixels can be left free resulting in "holes" in the skin."

In the PC version, if playing offline you can make some parts of the skin transparent. This might not apply to PE.

EDIT: "Non-transparent skin prevents issues with completely transparent skin users "haunting" other players." (see pictures) Even though I experimented with an armless skin...

In wiki it says that skin with "void" color aka. TRANSPARENT will turn to black. And of course; mojang doesnt want players going LEGITIMATELY invisible without the corresponding POTION OF INVISIBILITY. If you want to go invisible; drink the potion ( but not completely ) Also, if you succesfully do that, you will have to deal with your name plate if you go invisible... And.. No. Not that you have a few transparent pixels; the game will accept it... In my experiment, a mojang done skin with few layers of transparent pixels will still be accepted as black pixels... Even if i had ONE TRANSPARENT PIXEL it doesnt work... Ps. This affects ALL VERSIONS starting from 0.11.0