[MCPE-18160] Selecting Settings Causes Game to Lag Created: 11/Nov/16  Updated: 02/Jan/25

Status: Reopened
Project: Minecraft (Bedrock codebase)
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: 1.20.20.20 Preview, 1.20.0.20 Preview, 1.19.30.22 Preview, 1.18.32, 1.17.30.23 Beta, 1.17.11 Hotfix, 1.17.0.56 Beta, 1.15.0.51 Beta, 1.14.0.4 Beta, 0.17.0.1, 1.0.0.0, 1.0.6.0, 1.0.7.0, 1.1.0.8, 1.1.0.9, 1.0.9.1, 1.1.0.55, 1.1.2.50, 1.1.3.1, 1.1.3.52, 1.1.4.51, 1.2.0.2, 1.2.2.3, 1.7.0.3 Beta, 1.13.0, 1.14.0, 1.14.30 Hotfix, 1.14.60 Hotfix, 1.16.40 Hotfix, 1.16.201 Hotfix, 1.16.221 Hotfix, 1.18.0, 1.18.30, 1.18.31, 1.19.20, 1.19.63, 1.19.70, 1.20.1 Hotfix, 1.20.10, 1.20.70, 1.20.71 Hotfix, 1.20.80.22 Preview, 1.21.1 Hotfix, 1.21.51 Hotfix
Fix Version/s: 1.0.0.1

Type: Bug
Reporter: Ryan Ferreira
Resolution: Unresolved Votes: 49
Labels: freeze, gui, lag, performance, responsiveness, settings

Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MCPE-18214 Waiting too long/lagging when pressin... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-18419 To enter the FPS fall game settings Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-18835 18832 Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-18936 Attempting to access pause menu freez... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-19958 Lag while going to settings menu Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-20517 Storage Button Lag Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-20553 In-world and Select World menu horrib... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-20854 Lag (frozen) is caused on the screen ... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-21198 drop down menu not working Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-21391 Buttons Modifiers Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-21563 'Edit World' and 'Settings' Button Lag Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-22757 Settings lag Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-22793 Whenever I tap on the multiple option... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-23353 No Mojang logo, black screen and scre... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-23592 Going slow when opening and entering ... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-35348 Game Freeze Entering Settings Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-47189 Noticeable delay when clicking settin... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-74668 Game freezes for a few seconds when e... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-100138 Opening Settings Causes the Game to C... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-149337 In game settings takes long to load. Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-167923 Freezes in the game's user interface ... Resolved
Relates
relates to MCPE-8332 Minecraft PE not starting (Blackscreen) Resolved
relates to MCPE-29230 When I scroll down in the MarketPlace... Resolved
relates to MCPE-18253 bad performance-FPS drop too much Resolved
relates to MCPE-20546 Game freezes whenever game mode or di... Resolved
relates to MCPE-22199 When pressing the settings button it ... Resolved
relates to MCPE-28892 Skin Change Very Laggy Resolved
relates to MCPE-112048 Game frequently crashes when using bl... Resolved
Confirmation Status: Confirmed
Platform: Multiple
CHK:
ADO: 43092

 Description   

Updated Description by Mega_Spud

Choosing the Settings menu whilst in game results in severe lag / freeze. Even changing the volume of the device won't work until the settings menu has opened. It will usually open the settings menu eventually without crashing, though.

Steps to Reproduce:

  • Press back to bring up the menu gui
  • tap Settings
  • Notice the delay/lag/freeze

Original Description:
The game freezes when I tap settings button while playing.

Device: DL Tablet 3405
PS: My device has an Intel Atom processor.



 Comments   
Comment by [Mod] tryashtar [ 06/May/22 ]

This also affects the world edit menu. Separate issue or same?

Comment by ThatJadon 26 [ 05/Feb/21 ]

When changing anti-aliasing, it makes the screen turn red for a second

Comment by Cameron Buchanan [ 29/Dec/20 ]

I once waited over 5 minutes until I had to completely close the game because of this bug! (It completely crashed the game)

Comment by Kingsley Zhang (Inactive) [ 24/Dec/20 ]

It literally made me die because i was trying to add friends while in bedwars

Comment by [Mod] tryashtar [ 08/Jun/20 ]

Just tested; this did not happen in earlier versions such as 1.2

Comment by Connor McNamee [ 16/Dec/19 ]

From what I've seen this bug is usually caused by having a lot of data saved onto the game (Worlds, resource packs, behavior packs, etc.). An easy solution for now would to delete any saved data you don't need such as empty worlds and broken addons.

Comment by [Mod] tryashtar [ 07/Nov/19 ]

Confirmed on windows 10

Comment by Brianya S Watkins [ 05/Oct/17 ]

This is not just lag for me. My son plays on a LG G3 Tablet. The game loads just fine, but when he tries to go into the settings menu from the main screen, the game shuts down and kicks him out completely. The game will also shut down and kick him out when he tries to go into any of his worlds. So basicly he can't play Minecraft at all until these issues get resolved.

Comment by Parker Young [ 23/Sep/17 ]

Extreme lag in the menus, feels like 5-10fps most of the time, sometimes slower. 3-4 seconds when clicking something. I have all render distance and effects turned down and makes no difference.

Comment by GB_2 [ 01/Aug/17 ]

Confirmed for 1.2.0.2
Almost every Menu lags not only the Settings

Comment by [Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay Wells) [ 26/May/17 ]

I've checked the FPSin version 1.1.0.9; it drops down from 60fps to 19fps when opening the settings menu.

Comment by AWordZzz [ 29/Mar/17 ]

ipad air 2, outdated ios 8.1.2, mcpe 1.0.5, confirmed
It happens with MCPE-20546 for me when I have Faithful on

Comment by [Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay Wells) [ 27/Mar/17 ]

Reopening as there is still significant lag when opening certain menus.

Comment by solehuddin power [ 30/Nov/16 ]

Even I use Lenovo A850+,Mediatek Octa Core MT6592 1.7GHz (2.0GHz overclocked),1GB RAM,Quad Core Mali 450MP,the game not smooth like I expected.

Comment by [MCPE Mod] Celesian [ 12/Nov/16 ]

I can also confirm this. I have the beta on a Nvidia Shield Tablet (it has a NVIDIA Tegra K1 192 core Kepler GPU
2.2 GHz ARM Cortex A15 CPU with 2 GB RAM). During gameplay I had a solid 60 frames per second. However when I switched to the settings menu it drops to 20-40 fps

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