[MC-206] lighting bug (chests, signs, minecarts, skin) Created: 24/Oct/12  Updated: 24/Nov/19  Resolved: 17/Mar/16

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.4.2, Minecraft 1.4.5, Minecraft 1.4.6, Minecraft 1.4.7, Snapshot 13w09a, Snapshot 13w09b, Snapshot 13w09c, Minecraft 1.5.2, Minecraft 1.6.2, Minecraft 1.6.4, Minecraft 13w39b, Minecraft 13w42a, Minecraft 13w42b, Minecraft 13w43a, Minecraft 1.7.4, Minecraft 1.7.9, Minecraft 1.7.10, Minecraft 1.8, Minecraft 1.8.1-pre5, Minecraft 1.8.4
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Quique Arokip Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Incomplete Votes: 21
Labels: None
Environment:

Windows XP
Windows 7


Attachments: PNG File 2013-07-27_19.08.55.png     JPEG File Chest, Sign, Hand.jpg     JPEG File cart.JPG     JPEG File cart2.JPG     JPEG File chest.JPG    
Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MC-5509 Signs and chests turning dark in slow... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-5650 OS X - Textures turning black dependi... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-8821 Lighting bug on chest Resolved
is duplicated by MC-8842 Black Skin at Certain Angles. Ect. Resolved
is duplicated by MC-8914 Lighting glitch with item frames Resolved
is duplicated by MC-9515 Chest Display Resolved
is duplicated by MC-10022 Mobs sometimes appear black Resolved
is duplicated by MC-14862 Monsters and animals are black Resolved
is duplicated by MC-16082 Launcher Lighting Glitch Resolved
is duplicated by MC-16442 looking in certain directions cause o... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-16667 Error graph with mobs. Mobs and chest... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-16926 Double chest and double trapped chest... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-18510 Black Hand, No Colours On Signs. (MAC) Resolved
is duplicated by MC-18990 Lighting is incorrect Resolved
is duplicated by MC-19646 Black Items At Certain Angles Resolved
is duplicated by MC-21526 Minecart lightning Resolved
is duplicated by MC-25443 Black Mark On Arm Mac OSX Resolved
is duplicated by MC-27958 Blocks lose top texture at certain angle Resolved
is duplicated by MC-31808 When I turn a certain way, the side o... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-33775 Dark arm and dark chest bug Resolved
is duplicated by MC-35148 Black hand Resolved
is duplicated by MC-36217 Player's hand is partially black Resolved
is duplicated by MC-46875 chests randomly appear black Resolved
is duplicated by MC-48112 Strange Shadow Forms on Player Resolved
is duplicated by MC-48580 Signs and chest turn black when looke... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-49973 Lag Spikes,Black fist(Lighting Bug) Resolved
is duplicated by MC-51740 Black hands/blocks Resolved
is duplicated by MC-51863 Bug black hand chest black lighting Resolved
is duplicated by MC-59641 Trunks are dark Resolved
is duplicated by MC-61723 Signs, hand and chests turn black Resolved
is duplicated by MC-74658 Signs sometimes are black on servers. Resolved
is duplicated by MC-76516 Sign lighting glich (without optifine) Resolved
is duplicated by MC-113641 Skins Resolved
is duplicated by MC-226 Flickering Items Resolved
is duplicated by MC-559 Something to do with the lighting. Resolved
is duplicated by MC-728 Sign Blackening (Lighting Problem?) 1... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-1189 Chest become dark Resolved
is duplicated by MC-1411 lighting errors for charaters hand an... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-1921 About Brightness Resolved
is duplicated by MC-2580 Lighting incorrect on crate lids Resolved
is duplicated by MC-4175 Graphics bug - certain surfaces are r... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-4466 Character + Enchantment Table is Dark Resolved
is duplicated by MC-156 Some blocks are really dark. Also sig... Closed
is duplicated by MC-338 Chest and sign glitches Closed
Relates
relates to MC-3084 Models improperly shaded at certain a... Resolved
CHK:
Confirmation Status: Confirmed

 Description   

Illumination of minecarts, chests and signs is not perfect. But this "bug" is there since I started play Minecraft (1.8.3 beta).



 Comments   
Comment by Greg A. Woodruff [ 24/Nov/19 ]

Thanks Swekob. I found what you were referring to. In that post, a moderator commented that it relates to another ticket, which is labeled as "Works As Intended," so I deleted my previous comment here. Thanks for helping by pointing me in the right direction. I appreciate it.

Comment by Swekob [ 24/Nov/19 ]

That issue may be MC-160324.

Comment by user-f2760 (Inactive) [ 17/Mar/16 ]

No response for a number of months.

Comment by Kumasasa [ 06/Dec/15 ]

Is this still an issue in the current Minecraft Snapshot 15w49b or later? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.

Comment by Kumasasa [ 24/Nov/14 ]

Reopened (MC-74658)

Comment by Itouch2 [ 19/Aug/14 ]

Is this still an issue in the latest 1.8 snapshot ?

Comment by Kumasasa [ 30/Jun/14 ]

lawliet156, thanks.

Comment by BoxFigs [ 30/Jun/14 ]

You know, I don't think I've had this bug since I got my new laptop. It has a NVIDIA GT 755M graphics card.

I don't know what my old laptop had, but it was probably an Intel one. Whatever it was, it wasn't very good.

Comment by Ethan Neumann [ 30/Jun/14 ]

It was a optional update for my Intel HD Graphics Display. I just uninstalled the latest one and it fixed the lighting issue for me. This might only work for people with Intel HD Graphic cards though. Here is what it looks like in Windows Update: http://snag.gy/Sg6UC.jpg

EDIT: I dont know how to look at the version of the update.

Comment by Kumasasa [ 30/Jun/14 ]

lawliet156 Downgrading from what to what version ?

Comment by Ethan Neumann [ 30/Jun/14 ]

Downgrading my graphics card software has fixed this issue

Comment by [Mod] Ezekiel (ezfe) [ 16/Jan/14 ]

Timothee, does updating to 10.9 (Mavericks) fix this issue?

Comment by [Mod] Ezekiel (ezfe) [ 22/Oct/13 ]

I have reason to believe it's an issue with the MBA cards.

Comment by Timothee Knobloch [ 22/Oct/13 ]

@ Ezekiel.

Yes, currently on 13w43a.

I 've MBA mid-2012, HD 4000, java 6 apple.

Cheers

Comment by [Mod] Ezekiel (ezfe) [ 21/Oct/13 ]

Is this still a concern in the latest Minecraft version 13w43a? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.

Comment by Kumasasa [ 02/Aug/13 ]

@all still having this issue:
Please update your graphics card drivers following these instructions: Updating Graphics Card Drivers.

  • Do not rely on automatic searches for driver updates.
  • Do not use Windows Update or Device Manager - Microsoft doesn't install OpenGL, they promote DirectX.
  • If you know the brand and type of your graphics card, go to the links provided above and search manually for the most recent driver for your card. The automatic detection tools of the card manufacturers is not recommended.
Comment by Pixelgraph [ 19/Jun/13 ]

I have discovered on my Intel GMA 950, that this graphical glitch often occurs when facing a downward position. When looking up, the entities appear light, when looking down, the entities appear dark.

Comment by BoxFigs [ 18/Jun/13 ]

I've noticed this happening on chests, signs and the player's hand in first person view.
They are either too dark in a light environment or too light in a dark environment. Sometimes the lighting changes when you move around.
With chests, sometimes it's just the lid that's not lit correctly.

I have a screenshot of all three at once. I'm going to attach it.

Comment by fake fakes [ 01/May/13 ]

Happens to the arm on my skin sometimes in 13w17a

Comment by Pedro M. Zamboni [ 26/Apr/13 ]

this is so annoying... why the hell this happen?

Comment by Wolfe Peavley [ 02/Mar/13 ]

This still happens in the latest snapshot, 13w09c.

Comment by Yaroslav Sterkhov [ 09/Jan/13 ]

Oh, forgot to add.. same "slow" hardware, linux, no lighting issue, no disconnects. Would try that on fast one next weekend, just for science

Comment by Yaroslav Sterkhov [ 09/Jan/13 ]

Some say that this happening only on slow computers or some certain settings. Actually wrong. It's VISIBLE on slow computers, if fps is below 20-25... but actually happens all the time. On new, powerful computer with GTX 5xx video and multi-core GPU minecraft able to render 200+ frames per second.. frame on which "darkness happens" just becomes lost and overwritten in buffer before appears on screen.
(P.S. VSyncn switched on doesn't seem affect FPS at all for me. Environment x64 Win 7, latest JRE x64, GTX560, CPU Core i7-3960X. FPS: 290-480 with unmodded client, highest settings and draw distance, VSync on)

Just today I spotted some connectionbetween two facts and two bugs which haunts people:
Since 1.3.6 on slow machine this effect causes client to disconnect from server with famous error "Software caused connection abort: recv failed".
On my main rig (specs) above I unable to log in into chunks near those areas,where effect was caused by significant amount of objects. After log in, I get "End of stream" error during chunk loading. Few seconds before disconnect happens, I'm able to move away from offending area.. If I move far enough, next login would be succeful. Not moving aty all results in endless "End of stream". I tried to use Magic Launcher to get log results "Software caused connection abort: recv failed" instead.
It's hard to track this, as first I though that "dangerous" area is area where I stayed longer, but of course I was putting down chest, I was thinking that chunks getting broke somehow, but it repeast over and over in new chunks, since Adventure update.. Most players have connection issues too, as random recv failures, but I'mm only one who got big latency (230ms) just because my geographic position.
Quite new "base" ereceted by other player in one day, with lots of said entities created new large area with such issue. I should double check correlation be
There is certain difference in stability between x32 and x64 versions, between 6u24 and 6u25 JRE (6u24 much more stable), and between i7 and Core2 Duo CPUs. I suspect, that issue causes some problem with thread synchronisation, GC, mutexes or semaphores.

Comment by Dean Baset [ 07/Jan/13 ]

I can confirm in 2013, you can see it in this video. I am using mods in this video, but it happens in vanilla, too. http://youtu.be/MvwszBZneh8?t=4m33s

Comment by Mustek [ 23/Nov/12 ]

Please confirm that this is still happening in the latest version.

Comment by Pixelgraph [ 07/Nov/12 ]

Confirmed on my Windows Vista laptop with an Intel integrated graphics card.

Comment by BaineWolf [ 02/Nov/12 ]

Also realized this is happening in Vista for me

Comment by Austiin glan [ 31/Oct/12 ]

yea i have this. they need to fix this because i dont see any reason why a signs,chests,minecarts and even for me you characters hand has to do this but everything els is fine. must have to be a bug not because of your specs because i dont see why chests the others are the only ones that get affected because of new lighting and not everything els.

Comment by Ethan Neumann [ 31/Oct/12 ]

I've had this problem too ever since beta 1.8. Really annoying. I have an Intel HD Graphics card.

Comment by BaineWolf [ 30/Oct/12 ]

This may be related, I noticed mushrooms were lit in a dark cave

Comment by Quique Arokip [ 25/Oct/12 ]

On my old PC is Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family graphic card. But it happens on new PC too. (I cannot find out its graphic card now). It happens on my friend's PC too. I am used to it

Comment by Cloudy (Aaron Mills) [ 24/Oct/12 ]

What graphics card are you using?

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