Semi-transparent entities are rendered behind clouds, transparent blocks, breaking animations, etc.
Relates to MC-9553.
Reproduce steps
1. Create a team: /team add test
2. Summon an invisible entity belonging to this team: /summon minecraft:armor_stand ~ ~ ~ {NoGravity: 1b, Team: test, Invisible: 1b}
3. Join the team: /team join test
4. Put transparent blocks behind the entity OR move the camera to make the entity in front of cloud OR whatever.
Affects:
- Specially rendered or transparent blocks (except for regular glass)
- Clouds
- Breaking animations
- Beacon beam
- Nether portal
- Particles
- Campfire smoke
- Water
This also affect players in spectator mode.