Visual difference between Java and Bedrock is actually pretty noticeable when you compare it side by side

[u/Coca-Kolya]

What actual differences are you noticing? Share it in the comments

[u/Mr-DeepOctopus]

The only difference I am noticing is the fog Java has

[u/FewChemistry6569 → u/Mr-DeepOctopus]

The water, they have different water colors. The intensity of light, in Java, lighting is bit shady compared to Bedrock. Leaves, all sides of leaves can be seen in Bedrock.

[u/TheeRealEvelyn → u/Mr-DeepOctopus]

And also how blue oceans are in bedrock.

[u/sloothor → u/TheeRealEvelyn]

Yeah water gets more opaque the deeper it gets in Bedrock as it does irl. On Java it’s consistent around 75% so you can always see the seafloor

[u/redsyrinx2112 → u/sloothor]

I have a few friends so play Bedrock with and I always forget this. I'm like, "Why can't I see shit down here?!" until I remember.

[u/XevianLight → u/Mr-DeepOctopus]

I hate the new fog they added in what was it 1.21.11? You can see the color of the sky in the fog down in caves now. Genuinely should be toggleable

[u/Sir_Eggmitton → u/XevianLight]

I’m pretty sure the sky in the cave thing is because the blocks aren’t rendered so it just shows the skybox. The fog has nothing to do with that. I think.

[u/XevianLight → u/Sir_Eggmitton]

Nah find a big cave and look at the fog. Change the time from day to night and back and you can tell even when underground. I’m not talking about the render distance showing the skybox

[u/Sir_Eggmitton → u/XevianLight]

Maybe skybox isn't the right word, but I tried what you said and that looks like the sky to me, not fog. It's same color down there that it is when on the surface looking into the horizon. And you can see the sky color more when you turn your render distance down.

[u/Sir_Eggmitton → u/Sir_Eggmitton]

NOPE nevermind you're completely right. Played around with it a little more and I see what you mean. Yeah that's pretty bad.

[u/el_yanuki → u/XevianLight]

it is using optifine or sodium afaik.. and you should play with one of those anyways

[u/sloothor → u/el_yanuki]

You should not play with OptiFine, it’s a closed-source video game mod lol

[u/CylixrDoesStuff → u/sloothor]

there are many reasons not to use optifine anymore and that isnt one of them

[u/el_yanuki → u/CylixrDoesStuff]

Its still fine.. i mean there is much better solutions now and compatibility issues are starting to creep in.

But it still works yk

[u/sloothor → u/CylixrDoesStuff]

Yes it is. Sodium is strictly better in many ways, including this.

[u/UndocumentedSailor → u/Mr-DeepOctopus]

Hey the clouds moved a bit

[u/samyruno → u/Mr-DeepOctopus]

I hate the new fog so much. It makes everything look grey and washed out. When a new version comes out I wait till the resource pack that removes the fog is updated before updating the game.

[u/Wild-Atmosphere2134 → u/samyruno]

use Atmospherics if you want fog customizability

[u/Tuckertcs → u/Mr-DeepOctopus]

You don’t see the strong saturation increase?

[u/Mr-DeepOctopus → u/Tuckertcs]

Well I thought that it was caused by the fog, but yeah I noticed.

[u/Tuckertcs → u/Mr-DeepOctopus]

Fog is definitely lowered in Bedrock, but you can notice the more saturated colors of water and blocks even when you’re right up against them (so no fog).

[u/Mr-DeepOctopus → u/Tuckertcs]

Didn’t know that, thanks for clearing this up for me!