MCPE-32031Swim down is broken. More like swimming through molasses than water.
To recreate problem find a somewhat deep body of water. Try to swim down. You can't.
Try sinking. Go away from the game and make a sandwich. Come back, you're still sinking slowly to the bottom. Some day you might reach the bottom, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Oh, wait, I just died for that very reason.
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Swim down is broken. More like swimming through molasses than water.
To recreate problem find a somewhat deep body of water. Try to swim down. You can't.
Try sinking. Go away from the game and make a sandwich. Come back, you're still sinking slowly to the bottom. Some day you might reach the bottom, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Oh, wait, I just died for that very reason.
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To duplicate: Be in survival mode, on a pc using a mouse and keyboard (I don't know if this glitch exists for Xbox or Xbox controller for pc). Find deep water. Aim the crosshair straight down. Press W. Instead of swimming straight down, like you used to be able to do (and still can in Java Minecraft), you will move forward laterally, only sinking very slowly to the bottom. The video clips show how it takes 30 seconds to slowly spiral down from a 61 elevation to the bottom at 47, mere 14 blocks. Activating sprint has no effect other than to make you move faster laterally. Activating sneak only seems to make you sink slower.
This is happening in both realms and worlds, only in survival, and is also happening to my friends who use mouse and keyboard. (I use a Logitech controller and keyboard emulator, but it's the same problem as using a keyboard and mouse.)
Because of size limitations, I've had to split the clip into two parts. Compare that slow death-spiral downward (I'm using a Respiration III helmet, or I'd be dead by the time I got back to the surface) in Win 10 Minecraft with the immediate and straight down descent that still exists in Java (and did in Win 10 before the 1.2.13 update).
Also, this is a duplicate of MCPE-32031, which was closed as "Unable to reproduce", probably because I wasn't specific enough in my instructions on how to recreate this problem.
Closing as a duplicate of MCPE-32031, as that already has more votes and watchers. Feel free to add more details there if necessary.
Duplicate of MCPE-32031.
So... "MCPE-32031 - Swim down is broken. More like swimming through molasses than water." was already marked as "Fixed".
If you do nothing than just go into water, sinking slowly is probably intended; however, I don't think if you sprint /crouch you sink at the same speed, because it's totally normal that you can use your own force to drag yourself down to the bottom.
See MCPE-32015, MCPE-32031 and MCPE-32111 for further reference.
Thank you for your report!
However, this issue has been closed as Cannot Reproduce.
We were unable to reproduce the problem you are describing in the latest version. Have you tried tapping the sprint button to initiate the swimming animation?
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Are you kidding me? Everyone in my realm is having the same problem. While in deep water, point the crosshairs straight down and push "W". (are you using the Xbox controller, by chance? I'm using a Logitech controller with a keyboard emulator, but the problem exists using the keyboard as well; my friends who play with mouse and keyboard are having this problem, too.)
In the Java version, you will still swim straight down. In the Windows 10 version you will move forward laterally while ever-so-slowly sinking down. I made a video clip and it took me a full 30 seconds to go from the surface at 61 blocks to 47 blocks, a mere 14 blocks in elevation. I had to split clip in two for size reasons, and the two halves don't exactly line up, but the point is still there.
Sprinting will only move you faster laterally, you won't dive any faster. Before this latest update you could dive straight down and reach the bottom quickly by aiming the crosshairs straight down and moving forward (W, joystick, whatever) just like you still can with the Java version.
You can't swim straight down anymore (2).mp4
You can't swim straight down anymore (3).mp4
Also, you have to be in Survival mode for this. Creative mode, even if you're not flying, you can still dive down ... a lot faster than previously from what I can tell.
Ah ok, apologies, I thought you were referring to the new swimming which can be seen when using the experimental features toggle (swimming.mp4
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I can see what you mean now, that the rate at which you sink in water without experimental features is much slower than that of the Java edition.
No worries. I just didn't explain it well enough, and that's my fault. I was glib instead of thorough. I haven't tried the experimental features yet. I spend most of my time playing in realms, and our group is reluctant to risk making those realms unstable.
I didn't know if this would be reopened, so I filed another report with a better description of the problem.
MCPE-32754Please Mega Spud, we are all reporting on the same thing don't mark it as resolved. My first post was for bedrock edition and shouldn't be marked as a duplicate of a post if the other was using experimental features. Swim, sink, I think they have the same meaning in the bedrock edition we refer to descending in water as swimming. If you want to know a real bug it's that players can't sink in water. For us specifically, it's occurring on: 'Converted World, Survival Achievements enabled, on a Realm,' if any of that has any significance to the bug... Please don't close it
@Joe: This report is still open.
On Xbox one this is an issue for me as well. The B button should allow me to swim down, as it allows for flying down. But it doesn't. It is now impossible to reach the bottom of an ocean without running out of air.
Is this going to be fixed anytime soon? There's an underwater temple in my realm we'd like to tackle some time this century, if it's not too much to ask.
This should be fixed with the new swimming in 1.4.x
Yeah, it's fixed. You still can't swim straight down, but you can spiral down very rapidly, especially with Depth Strider III boots. I love it. Thanks.