Andreas Stürmer

Bug is still there with BETTER TOGETHER update.
Any plans to fix this issue?

It seems I've found a workaround for this bug.

1. The Android device must be rooted.
2. You have to install GLTools from the PlayStore.
3. You have to only select "Use non-linear depth buffer".
4. Horizon is OK again.

Perhaps your programmers can fix this directly in MCPE.
Attached a few screenshots to view the results...

The existing bug, where the horizon is a solid color and no gradient/fog.

The fixed rendering with activated GLTools.

And here the only GLTools selection I've made...

Thanks for the response!!!
It seems to occur on any nVidia Tegra 4 device, like the Shield Portable or the TegraNote7 tablet. Please tell me if I can help...

Attached my device report...

Report generated and shared with System Info Droid. Download the Android App at Google Play Store.
SUMMARY

Device: NVIDIA SHIELD
Android: 5.1
Processor: Roth
CPU Max Frequency: 1912 Mhz
CPU Cores: 4
System RAM: 1.84 GB
GPU: NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA AP
Audio Chipset: P2450
Internal Storage: 12.72 GB (1.27 GB Free)
Display Size: 1280x720 (4.98")
Screen Density: 294 ppi (320 dpi)

SYSTEM

Model: SHIELD
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Android: 5.1
API Level: 22
Kernel: 3.4.10-gf6c5d7b(01.00.32208_722.2550)
Compilation: LMY47N.01.00.32208.0110
Google Apis: Inactive
Uptime: 00:00:06:03

PROCESSOR

Processor: Roth
Instruction Sets: armeabi-v7a, armeabi
CPU Max Frequency: 1912 Mhz
CPU Cores: 4
Core 1 816 Mhz
Core 2 816 Mhz
Core 3 standby
Core 4 standby

GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT

General Info:

Model: NVIDIA AP
Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL Version: OpenGL ES 2.0

Advanced Info:

Viewport Size: 4096 x 4096
Renderbuffer Size: 4096 x 4096
Cubemap Size: 4096 x 4096
Texture Size: 4096 x 4096
Texture Units: 4096
Vertex Textures: 4096
Combined Textures: 4096
Vertex Attributes: 4096
Vertex Uniforms: 4096
Varying Vectors: 4096
Fragment Uniform Vectors: 4096
Extensions:GL_EXT_bgra
GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1
GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc
GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888
GL_EXT_unpack_subimage
GL_EXT_debug_marker
GL_EXT_debug_label
GL_NV_texture_npot_2D_mipmap
GL_OES_byte_coordinates
GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture
GL_OES_compressed_paletted_texture
GL_OES_draw_texture
GL_OES_extended_matrix_palette
GL_OES_EGL_image
GL_OES_EGL_image_external
GL_OES_EGL_sync
GL_OES_fbo_render_mipmap
GL_OES_fixed_point
GL_OES_framebuffer_object
GL_OES_matrix_get
GL_OES_matrix_palette
GL_OES_point_size_array
GL_OES_point_sprite
GL_OES_query_matrix
GL_OES_read_format
GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8
GL_OES_single_precision
GL_OES_stencil8
GL_OES_texture_cube_map
GL_OES_vertex_half_float

NETWORK

Wifi Network:

Status: Connected
SSID: WirelessLAN
BSSID: a0:63:91:27:f7:62
IP v4: 172.16.0.13
IP v6: FE80::B0EE:45FF:FE58:37AD
MAC: b0:ee:45:58:37:ad
Frequency: 2442MHz
Link Speed: 24Mbps
RSSI: -56dBm
RSSI Level: 3 of 5

Mobile Network:

Status: Disconnected

AUDIO CHIP

Audio Chipset: P2450
Supported Audio Codecs: AAC LC, HE-AACv, AAC ELD, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, FLAC, MP3, MIDI, Vorbis, PCM/WAVE
Audio Modes: Mono, Stereo, 5.0, 5.1, Extra
Radio Chip: Not Available

MEMORY

System Memory:

Total System RAM: 1.84 GB
Free System RAM: 1.01 GB
Java VM Max Memory: 96 MB

Storage Space:

Internal Storage: 12.72 GB (1.27 GB Free)

DISPLAY

Resolution: 1280x720
Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
Screen Size: 4.98" (12.64 cm)
Pixels Density: 294 ppi
Dots Density: 320 dpi

CAMERA

TEMPERATURE

System Temp: No sensors available
Battery Temp: 0 ºC (32 ºF)

BATTERY

Battery Level: 57 %
Battery Status: Discharging
Charge Source: No Source
Health: Good
Voltage: 3 mV
Capacity: 6750 mah
Technology:

SENSORS

MPL rotation vector

Vendor: Invensense
Power Consumption: 0.5 mA
Max Range: 10240.0
Resolution: 1.0

MPL linear accel

Vendor: Invensense
Power Consumption: 0.5 mA
Max Range: 10240.0
Resolution: 1.0

MPL gravity

Vendor: Invensense
Power Consumption: 0.5 mA
Max Range: 10240.0
Resolution: 1.0

MPL Gyro

Vendor: Invensense
Power Consumption: 0.5 mA
Max Range: 10240.0
Resolution: 1.0

MPL accel

Vendor: Invensense
Power Consumption: 0.5 mA
Max Range: 10240.0
Resolution: 1.0

MPL Orientation

Vendor: Invensense
Power Consumption: 9.7 mA
Max Range: 360.0
Resolution: 1.0

As you can see here - the horizon has no gradient at all...

And here you can see the whole glitch at night...

The same for mods - the horizon has no gradient...

Will this bug ever be solved? It is still existing in 1.0.9.x - It doesn't look like rocket-science 😃 But it's keeping me from playing MCPE since it looks awful with this glitch 😞
How can we help? Logfiles? Screenshots?
Anybody respond from the devs? It looks like a monologue for a year now...

Hello!
Will this bug ever get resolved?
It's quite annoying to play with either this buggy sky - or a disabled sky without clouds.

PS: Using Shaders in MCPE doesn't resolve this issue. I've tried SSPE, SEUS and a few others. The solid horizon color is still there instead of a gradient.

Tested on nVidia Shield Portable (5.1.1) and nVidia TegraNote7 (4.4.2) - both Tegra 4 GPU.
MCPE Version 1.0.7.0

This issue exists since 0.15.x - on versions before the sky was rendered normal and correct.

Yep, the bug is still there! and quite annoying... 😞
Attached a photograph from my Shield Protable (Tegra 4) with latest available firmware Android 5.1.1

Horizon has no gradient, it is a solid blue as you can see.

Here you can see the gradient-less sky on the 0.17.1 beta version. It is there since 0.15.x and is quite annyoing 😞

This bug is still existing on Tegra 4.
Not resolved so far.

Bug is still there in current version

Sadly the bug is still there on my Tegra 4 devices here. Shield Portable and TegraNote 7.

Also happens on TegraNote 7 tablet with Android 4.4 and Tegra4 GPU.

Glitch is still there in 0.16.x - Any plans to fix this?
Horrible to watch on my Realms...

nVidia Shield Portable
Tegra 4 GPU
2 GB RAM
Android 5.1

This graphical issue as well as MCPE-15543 are still there in 0.15.10!
I have a monthly Realm - please fix it, for paying customers like me 🙂

Graphical bug is still there! On 0.15.10.

Graphical bug still there on 0.15.7

Video of the artifacts

Attached a short video of how it looks like on the device itself... perhaps it helps finding the bug

Version 0.15.4 still has the issue. No difference to the Screens I have posted before 😞

nVidia Shield Portable
Official Android 5.1
Rooted

Attached two screenshots with "beautiful sky" set to "ON".
As you can see, there's a white area in the sky which stays at the same height and position - also when in creative mode and flying high above.

When switching "beautiful sky" to "OFF", the sky is just blue.
I think it has something to do with the clouds layer.