Ive had this problem recently. No matter what minecraft multiplayer world i join, im only able to load a small square around me. Although my render distance is at far and i have a computer more than capable of handling the game, I cant see very far or anything since i can only see a tiny portion of the world. The weird thing is that no matter how long I wait for the world to "download" or whatever, it remains the square. It also MOVES WITH ME. Wherever i go, the square just moves with me and i can only see the same amount of world all the time. This DOESNT HAPPEN IN SINGLE PLAYER, and yes, it happens with ALL versions, and NO i dont have any mods installed, but ive tried optifine and it does the same thing. My internet is capable of playing all other game perfectly fine as i have a ping of 20-40 most of the time and my download speeds are quite slow but nonetheless fine. (3mbps download and 3mbps upload). This also happened when i tried to set up my own server on a separate home computer, and yes i have tried it on multiple computers in my house and multiple OS in my house. I dont know what the problem is because it used to be fine with older internet that was actually slower. Could anyone please help me? Seriously guys i cant even play my favorite game that ive been playing for years anymore here is a picture of what i mean. This was on my own server, but its the same exact thing with all other servers.
Multiplayer world only loads small portion/square