[MCPE-12038] Fly and Sneak float (touch input) Created: 11/Dec/15  Updated: 07/Jun/16  Resolved: 07/Jun/16

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft (Bedrock codebase)
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: 0.13.0, 0.14.0 Beta 5, 0.14.0
Fix Version/s: 0.15.0 Beta build 1

Type: Bug
Reporter: Torben Schamborski
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 3
Labels: fly, flying, sneak, sneaking, touch

Attachments: PNG File Screenshot_2015-12-12-07-17-16.png     PNG File Screenshot_2015-12-23-13-17-21.png    
Game Mode: Creative
Confirmation Status: Confirmed
Platform: Phone - Android - Samsung Other (Specify in description)
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 Description   

It´s possible to sneak and fly at the same time in creative mode using touch input. Using a keyboard, sneak+fly works fine, this is just about touch. Currently, sneak+fly is not implemented in touch controls. The steps below are a bug that creates "sneak+hover if you hold the screen"

Steps to reproduce:
-Play in creative
-double tap the sneak button to start sneaking
-double tap the jump button to try to start flying
-then immediately press and hold the fly up button (it appears briefly, so be quick)
Now the Player is Floating but he can´t fly up only down.
if you want to fly up press the home button of your device and reentering MCPE (with out closing the app) or open the option menu. Now the Player is still sneaking and he can fly up and down.

Tested device:
Samsung Galaxy Note 3
Android 5.0
and
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3
Android 4.4.2

What another person thinks (i think he is right):

If you try to fly (by double tapping the jump button) when already sneaking, flying and sneaking are very briefly enabled at the same time then flying is disabled when we expected flying would never be enabled in the first place.

A side effect of that bug is that if you fly while sneaking and if you press and hold fly up before flying is disabled then disabled flying does not happen until you release fly up and while you hold fly up, your Player can sneak and fly at the same time (moving at sneaking speed in the air without being able to increase elevation). When you release fly up your player falls (at sneaking speed) and holding fly up will float the player at a lower elevation. When the player release fly up and lands on a block, the "temporary" flying is disabled.



 Comments   
Comment by [Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay Wells) [ 07/Jun/16 ]

This feature has been implemented in 0.15.0 b1 (android) - You can now hold fly up + fly down to sneak whilst flying, enabling proper placement against interactive blocks whilst flying.

Comment by rplatham [ 25/May/16 ]

Devs have indicated that yes sneak+fly is a feature, but this particular way to enable it by touch controls is a bug. For the time being, we should consider "sneak+fly by touch inputs" as a feature that is not yet implemented.

Comment by PHO [ 06/Apr/16 ]

As PlantSeed said, there seems to be two separate problems here:

  • Should it be possible at all to sneak while flying? → Yes, that's an important feature to manipulate GUI blocks in mid-air.
  • Should this rather strange way to trigger the fly-sneak in MCPE be considered a bug? → Almost certainly. I can't believe this needlessly complicated operation involving even a world reload is an intended way to fly and sneak at the same time.
Comment by kaleb418 [ 05/Apr/16 ]

@PlantSeed Unless I'm mistaken, this whole issue is about sneaking and flying..?

It's possible to sneak and fly at the same time in creative mode.

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Comment by ItsPlantseed [ 05/Apr/16 ]

kaleb418, said:

Second, seeing as there are no bug reports for the PC version concerning being able to fly in creative and sneak being a bug, and this is supported by the Minecraft Wiki: Flying >> Trivia, I think it would be reasonable to conclude that it is supposed to be in the game.

This issue is not about the "how the sneaking supposed to work", but this issue was talking about the "flying up and down control" that still shown at the screen when the player stand on the ground.

Comment by PHO [ 05/Apr/16 ]

Yes. Being able to sneak while flying is a feature, not a bug. Otherwise you can't connect, say, a hopper to another hopper when you are flying. Actually MCPE should not hide the sneak button while flying.

Comment by kaleb418 [ 05/Apr/16 ]

Well, first of all it is normal to walk on air when your flying in creative, that's basically what flying is. Second, seeing as there are no bug reports for the PC version concerning being able to fly in creative and sneak at the same time being a bug, and this is supported by the Minecraft Wiki: Flying >> Trivia, I think it would be reasonable to conclude that it is supposed to be in the game.

Comment by gatharian [ 04/Apr/16 ]

kaleb418 So your saying it's normal to walk on air? but of course you're in creative. They're bugs in the PC version that haven't been fixed either. I'll need more input on this so that I know if this is a bug or not.

Comment by kaleb418 [ 04/Apr/16 ]

Guys this works as intended, it's been in the PC edition forever; it's supposed to help with placing things like hoppers high up in the air.

Comment by ItsPlantseed [ 27/Feb/16 ]

Affects 0.14.0 final release.

Comment by Torben Schamborski [ 09/Feb/16 ]

That's weird...
After your post I'm a little bit confused.
I have tried it again and again... but I can't do that anymore. If I'm lucky I can floating a little bit but that's only happens for me in less than 1 of 20 cases.
If I'm floating and try to quit and reload to fly up and down my character is sitting on the ground. I also have tried it from the build limit....

My device Samsung Galaxy Note3 Android 5.0
Latest tested version 0.14.0 build 6

Comment by rplatham [ 08/Feb/16 ]

Sorry, I just confirmed I could reproduce it on Samsung Galaxy S6 (SM-G920W8), Android 5.1.1, MCPE 0.14.0 build 5.

Well, that is to say, I can make the player start floating from sneaking by double tapping fly and holding down up when it briefly appears. When I then quit and reload the player remains sneaking and can now fly up and down.

Comment by Torben Schamborski [ 07/Feb/16 ]

It's not longer possible to do that in creative. Maybe they have fix it
Mcpe 0.14.0 build 5

Comment by Torben Schamborski [ 25/Dec/15 ]

Liam it is possible. If you sneak and floating (I call it floating because it's not really flying) open the game menu. After this close the game menu and now you are still sneaking but you can fly normal up and down, forward, backward and so on...
but the fact that you are still sneak makes you very slow in the air

Comment by gatharian [ 25/Dec/15 ]

PlantSeed but if I let go of the fly up arrow I fall to the ground. You cant stay flying while crouching otherwise can you?

Comment by ItsPlantseed [ 23/Dec/15 ]

I know, Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition using keyboard and mouse, but the reason is you can fly UP while sneaking and the fly controls still appear while the player stand in the ground (when the player get fly down by sneaking while in the pause game menu, then the fly controls still in there but can not be used)

Comment by gatharian [ 14/Dec/15 ]

PlantSeed You can in Minecraft Windows 10 Edition with keyboard and mouse just like in PC.

Comment by ItsPlantseed [ 13/Dec/15 ]

But in MCPE there is no option to sneak while flying just up and down button, and if you sneak and press jump button twice then you turn to game menu, sometimes the fly up and down button still appear while in the ground

Comment by gatharian [ 13/Dec/15 ]

I think this works as intended since I can also crouch in PC when flying.

Comment by Andrea Tessari [ 12/Dec/15 ]

I didn't see the problem: in Minecraft: windows 10 edition if you want to fly down you must press the shift button (that is used also for sneaking) and if you press the "fly up" button at the same time the player will float.

Comment by rplatham [ 11/Dec/15 ]

Thanks for posting it Torben

Confirmed on Samsung Galaxy S6 (SM-G920W8), Android 5.1.1, MCPE 0.13.0.

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