Stencil Display

Stencil Display

Health points	None
Behavior	None
Hitbox size	Varies (at LODs higher than 0 is 2 blocks)

{
    "title": "Stencil Display",
    "rows": [
        {
            "field": "None",
            "label": "(link to Health  article, displayed as Health points)"
        },
        {
            "field": "None",
            "label": "Behavior"
        },
        {
            "field": "Varies (at LODs higher than 0 is 2 blocks)",
            "label": "(link to Hitbox  article, displayed as Hitbox size)"
        }
    ],
    "invimages": [],
    "images": [
        "Stencil lod0.png"
    ]
}

Stencil displays are entities exclusive to the April Fools' snapshot 23w13a_or_b. They can only be created with the /summon command. It shares a lot of data tags with other display entities.

Usage

Considering that this entity renders with the same stencil buffer effect as the Bedrock edition entity shadows (enabled through voting in this update), it was likely used by developers as a reference for the implementation of shadow volumes in Java edition. Though the stencil display itself is not summoned, voting for Bedrock edition shadows will cause every entity to render a shadow under itself with a similar visual effect.

Appearance

The stencil display appears as the intersection between a cube sphere (shape 0) or cylinder (shape 1) and the terrain, filled in with a solid white color.

It also affects the color of the block outline when covering part of a block.

Level of Detail

The stencil display's lod tag controls the level of detail of its geometry (via the number of subdivisions). It is set to 0 by default, but can be modified using commands. It uses a cuboid volume at lod 0, but more closely approximates a sphere as the lod value increases, up to a maximum of 4.

Shape

The shape tag affects what shape the stencil display uses. By default, it's set to 0, creating a cuboid or spherical volume with lod subdivisions. If set to 1, it will instead approximate a cylinder (starting as a triangular prism), with 3 + lod sides.

Color

The stencil display has a color tag, which affects the color used to fill in the stencil cutout where it intersects with the terrain. It differs from the color tag of other entities, as it affects the transparency of the stencil display in addition to the base color.

Data values

ID

Entity	Identifier	Translation key
Stencil Display	stencil_display	entity.minecraft.stencil_display

Issues

Issues relating to "Stencil Display" are not maintained on the bug tracker because it is an April Fools' joke, and is therefore not in the newest stable version or snapshot. Issues reported there are closed as "Invalid".

Gallery

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  LOD 4
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  How the hitbox is tinted white instead
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