[MC-3329] Naturally generated light sources (fire, glowstone, torches etc.) sometimes do not emit light Created: 17/Nov/12  Updated: 23/Oct/18  Resolved: 23/Oct/18

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.4.4, Snapshot 12w50b, Minecraft 1.4.6, Minecraft 1.4.7, Minecraft 1.5, Minecraft 1.5.1, Minecraft 1.5.2, Snapshot 13w18b, Snapshot 13w18c, Snapshot 13w19a, Minecraft 1.7.4, Minecraft 1.7.5, Minecraft 14w11b, Minecraft 1.7.9, Minecraft 14w18a, Minecraft 14w18b, Minecraft 14w25b, Minecraft 14w31a, Minecraft 1.8, Minecraft 1.8.1-pre2, Minecraft 1.8.1-pre5, Minecraft 1.8.1, Minecraft 1.8.8, Minecraft 15w31c, Minecraft 15w32a, Minecraft 15w32b, Minecraft 15w32c, Minecraft 15w41b, Minecraft 15w42a, Minecraft 15w44a, Minecraft 15w44b, Minecraft 15w45a, Minecraft 15w46a, Minecraft 16w03a, Minecraft 16w04a, Minecraft 1.9 Pre-Release 1, Minecraft 1.9, Minecraft 1.10, Minecraft 1.10.2, Minecraft 16w32a, Minecraft 16w33a, Minecraft 16w35a, Minecraft 16w36a, Minecraft 16w38a, Minecraft 16w39a, Minecraft 16w39b, Minecraft 16w39c, Minecraft 16w40a, Minecraft 16w41a, Minecraft 16w42a, Minecraft 16w43a, Minecraft 16w44a, Minecraft 1.11 Pre-Release 1, Minecraft 1.11, Minecraft 16w50a, Minecraft 1.11.2, Minecraft 17w06a, Minecraft 1.12 Pre-Release 5, Minecraft 1.12.1, Minecraft 1.12.2, Minecraft 17w50a, Minecraft 18w01a, Minecraft 18w02a, Minecraft 18w03b, Minecraft 18w05a, Minecraft 1.13.1
Fix Version/s: Minecraft 18w43a

Type: Bug
Reporter: Nico Subat Assignee: [Mojang] Georgii Gavrichev
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 53
Labels: None

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Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MC-5512 The light bug Resolved
is duplicated by MC-11266 Villager Torches Resolved
is duplicated by MC-12308 Torches Inside Village Huts/Houses No... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-14340 Torches on houses on villages Resolved
is duplicated by MC-15156 Some torches do not emit light Resolved
is duplicated by MC-15554 Torches in mineshafts dont give off l... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-15842 Lava lighting... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-16123 Torches Don't Glow In Villages Resolved
is duplicated by MC-16337 Lighting Issue Resolved
is duplicated by MC-19859 Torches in Mineshaft spawn bug Resolved
is duplicated by MC-45960 Glowstone Bug Resolved
is duplicated by MC-48192 Lava texture bug in the Nether Resolved
is duplicated by MC-54033 Lighting Bug on Lava Oceans Resolved
is duplicated by MC-56239 village torch bug Resolved
is duplicated by MC-57849 Wierd shadows in the nether Resolved
is duplicated by MC-64508 Light levels incorrect/no light Resolved
is duplicated by MC-65070 sea lantern has no light Resolved
is duplicated by MC-87315 Lighting issue in 'End' Resolved
is duplicated by MC-90512 Cave lighting darkness Resolved
is duplicated by MC-96232 Lava sometimes won't create light unt... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-103603 relight checks are not correct Resolved
is duplicated by MC-104545 Lighting bug Resolved
is duplicated by MC-111238 Pre-generated fire does not always em... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-111239 Some lava springs do not spread and e... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-111318 naturally generated light broken Resolved
is duplicated by MC-118984 Bonus chest torches bug Resolved
is duplicated by MC-120980 Lava lighting bug Resolved
is duplicated by MC-131786 lighting bug Resolved
is duplicated by MC-131889 Lighting Glitches in Strongholds Resolved
is duplicated by MC-132558 The torch can't illuminate the ground Resolved
is duplicated by MC-3764 Glowstone not lighting up properly Resolved
is duplicated by MC-4687 Some generated torchs doesn't emit li... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-4940 Torches in abandoned mineshafts somet... Resolved
Relates
relates to MC-80966 Lightcalculation of ChunkSelection fa... Resolved
relates to MC-93132 Missing lighting updates for lazy chunks Resolved
relates to MC-9188 Fires can leave ghost lighting behind Resolved
relates to MC-13003 Lighting Bug - I shut off light, the ... Resolved
relates to MC-1018 Black Lighting under overhangs Resolved
CHK:
Confirmation Status: Confirmed

 Description   

I started a new world in 1.4 and entered the Nether. I noticed, that some Glowstone "piles"(dont know the correct word ) dont create lighteffects. The bug affected blocks had a grey layer an the texture. After hitting them(block update) all the Glowstones were lightsources and had the normal glowing texture

Also affected light sources:

  • torches in mineshafts
  • fire, lava in the nether
  • end rod in end city


 Comments   
Comment by Kraif [ 29/Aug/18 ]

Confirmed for 1.13.1. Please, update the ticket accordingly.

Comment by Arcady [ 01/Jul/18 ]

1.13 Pre 5: Returning to a tiny island I had previously placed torches on and there's an area that shows a light level of 0 when a torch is very near (just across a chunk border). There's anther torch a few blocks farther away one level lower than the 0 light surface that's in the same chunk and it's not producing light in the area


 

Comment by Samuel Scholten [ 21/Jun/18 ]

Can confirm for 1.12.2

Comment by [Mod] bemoty [ 09/Aug/17 ]

Can confirm for MC 1.12.1.

Comment by Dylan [ 23/Dec/16 ]

Confirmed in 1.11.2

Comment by Dylan [ 17/Dec/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w50a

Comment by Jason Padgett [ 25/Nov/16 ]

this has been a problem since 1.9 naturally generated light sources don't light up, so while you may have lava or torches or what not they will produce zero light unless you set a down a light source of your own. even placing torches sometimes has a similar effect where it does not produce the correct amount of light. cases in point https://postimg.org/gallery/2awqsmxh2/

I am kind of surprised that this bug has lasted this long without being noticed.

Comment by Dylan [ 14/Nov/16 ]

Confirmed in 1.11

Comment by Dylan [ 08/Nov/16 ]

Confirmed in 1.11-pre1

Comment by Dylan [ 04/Nov/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w44a

Comment by Dylan [ 27/Oct/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w43a

Comment by Dylan [ 19/Oct/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w42a

Comment by Dylan [ 13/Oct/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w41a

Comment by Dylan [ 06/Oct/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w40a

Comment by Dylan [ 30/Sep/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w39c

Comment by Dylan [ 29/Sep/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w39b

Comment by Dylan [ 28/Sep/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w39a

Comment by Dylan [ 20/Sep/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w38a

Comment by Dylan [ 08/Sep/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w36a

Comment by Dylan [ 01/Sep/16 ]

Confirmed in 16w32b, 16w33a & 16w35a

Comment by SLScool (Inactive) [ 18/Aug/16 ]

Nico Subat, the phrase is glowstone 'veins', if you wish to know.

Comment by Fabian Röling [ 29/Jun/16 ]

Any good seed to reproduce this easily in 1.10.2?

Comment by [Mod] Les3awe [ 14/Jun/16 ]

Confirmed for 1.10.

Comment by [Mod] Sonicwave [ 07/Mar/16 ]

Confirmed for 1.9.

Comment by Immaterialise [ 17/Feb/16 ]

Confirmed for 1.9-pre1

Comment by [Mod] redstonehelper [ 28/Jan/16 ]

Probably caused by MC-93132.

Comment by Pixie [ 27/Jan/16 ]

Happens in 16w03a. One way to reproduce is to put daylight sensors on top of redstone lamps set to turn on at night out of viewing distance. Then check during the night. Its not a visual glitch as mobs will spawn next to the light sources.

In the screen shot the slabs are on the East/West sides.

Comment by [Mod] Les3awe [ 12/Nov/15 ]

Confirmed for 15w46a

Comment by [Mod] Les3awe [ 29/Oct/15 ]

Confirmed for 15w44a

Comment by [Mod] Les3awe [ 22/Oct/15 ]

Confirmed for 15w43a

Comment by [Mod] Les3awe [ 15/Oct/15 ]

Confirmed for 15w42a

Comment by [Mod] Michael Wobst [ 07/Aug/15 ]

Still in 1.8.8 and all 1.9 snapshots.

Comment by [Mod] Sonicwave [ 25/Nov/14 ]

Still affects 1.8.1. Unlike in 1.7/earlier versions, right clicking on them no longer fixes the issue.

Comment by [Mod] Sonicwave [ 19/Oct/14 ]

Confirmed for 1.8.1-pre2.

Comment by Jasper van den Berg [ 26/Sep/14 ]

Confirmed for 1.8

Comment by ron mirra [ 30/Jul/14 ]

This bug seems prevalent in the newest snapshot of Minecraft - 14w31a.

Comment by Itouch2 [ 08/May/14 ]

Confirmed for 14w18b.

Comment by Matej Pericic [ 01/May/14 ]

Confirmed for 14W18A.

Comment by MisterSanderson [ 19/Apr/14 ]

Still present in 1.7.9.

Comment by Itouch2 [ 17/Mar/14 ]

Confirmed for 1.7.5 and 14w11b

Comment by Damian Lee [ 19/Aug/13 ]

I think this is the correct issue for this (originally posted this message in https://mojang.atlassian.net/browse/MC-1018), I'm noticing it on a massive tower I've built with lots of jack-o-lanterns (Mac version 1.6.2). At night the whole tower should be lit, but there are lots of un-lit spots even though most of the blocks are light emitting ones! Strangely enough, most of the lanterns below about 80 blocks high are lit but most above that exhibit strange patterns of darkness, but it only seems to affect 2 sides, whereas the other 2 sides light up normally. The lantern blocks are only bright on the eyes and mouth and don't light the area around them... seeing as most of this is far too high to reach I can't get them to ever update, so my tower looks stupid all the time at night!) This is really annoying considering the tower took me a good 3 months to build! I've posted a screenshot of the tower at night.

Comment by BoxFigs [ 01/Aug/13 ]

I saw this once, with lava in the Overworld. Only the sides of the blocks next to it (which were touching the lava) were lit correctly.
I'm going to attach a screenshot.

I believe Jeb fixed this today (for future version 1.7, I would assume); look at his twitter.

Comment by Neil Verbeck [ 05/Mar/13 ]

Still occurs in 1.4.7 and not JUST in naturally generated sources. I leveled a mountain top and placed my glowstone in the ground every 7 blocks, and whole large sections of it have light level 0 when I log in or go away from them for a little while. After getting close for 2 seconds of so they light up, but not usually before something spawned in. Can post some screens of it if needed.

PS.

Vanilla minecraft.

Comment by MisterSanderson [ 30/Dec/12 ]

This happened to me in 1.4.6.

Comment by Tails [ 14/Dec/12 ]

Confirmed in 12w50b and included all other naturally generated light sources.

Comment by Treydun [ 18/Nov/12 ]

I have seen this effect. The game engine does not apply the dynamic lighting to glowstone when the chunk is generated. Usually happens if I am generating new chunks quickly by flying or something. A block update does fix this 100% of the time by triggering the dynamic lighting to refresh.

Comment by Chalmes (Jon) [ 18/Nov/12 ]

Hitting them or destroying one of them?

Comment by Kumasasa [ 17/Nov/12 ]

Please attach screenshots.

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