[MC-4544] Firework light flash rendered too dark Created: 13/Dec/12  Updated: 24/Dec/24

Status: Reopened
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Snapshot 12w50a, Snapshot 12w50b, Minecraft 1.4.6, Minecraft 1.4.7, Minecraft 1.5, Snapshot 13w11a, Minecraft 1.5.1, Snapshot 13w16a, Snapshot 13w16b, Minecraft 1.5.2, Snapshot 13w17a, Snapshot 13w18a, Snapshot 13w18b, Snapshot 13w18c, Snapshot 13w19a, Snapshot 13w21a, Snapshot 13w21b, Snapshot 13w22a, Snapshot 13w23a, Snapshot 13w23b, Snapshot 13w24a, Snapshot 13w24b, Snapshot 13w25a, Snapshot 13w25b, Snapshot 13w25c, Snapshot 13w26a, Minecraft 1.6, Minecraft 1.6.1, Minecraft 1.6.2, Minecraft 1.6.3, Minecraft 1.6.4, Minecraft 13w36a, Minecraft 13w36b, Minecraft 13w37a, Minecraft 13w37b, Minecraft 13w38a, Minecraft 13w38b, Minecraft 13w38c, Minecraft 13w39a, Minecraft 13w39b, Minecraft 13w41a, Minecraft 13w41b, Minecraft 13w42a, Minecraft 13w42b, Minecraft 13w43a, Minecraft 1.7, Minecraft 1.7.1, Minecraft 1.7.2, Minecraft 13w47a, Minecraft 13w47b, Minecraft 13w47c, Minecraft 13w47d, Minecraft 13w47e, Minecraft 13w48a, Minecraft 13w48b, Minecraft 13w49a, Minecraft 1.7.3, Minecraft 1.7.4, Minecraft 14w02a, Minecraft 14w02b, Minecraft 14w02c, Minecraft 14w03b, Minecraft 14w04a, Minecraft 14w04b, Minecraft 14w05a, Minecraft 14w05b, Minecraft 14w06a, Minecraft 14w06b, Minecraft 14w07a, Minecraft 1.7.5, Minecraft 14w11b, Minecraft 1.7.9, Minecraft 14w17a, Minecraft 1.8, Minecraft 1.8.1-pre3, Minecraft 1.8.7, Minecraft 1.10.2, Minecraft 16w38a, Minecraft 1.12.2, Minecraft 18w03b, Minecraft 18w05a, Minecraft 18w06a, Minecraft 1.13-pre1, Minecraft 19w06a, Minecraft 19w07a, Minecraft 19w08a, Minecraft 19w08b, Minecraft 19w09a, Minecraft 19w11a, Minecraft 19w11b, Minecraft 19w12b, Minecraft 19w13a, Minecraft 19w13b, Minecraft 19w14a, Minecraft 19w14b, Minecraft 1.14 Pre-Release 2, Minecraft 1.14 Pre-Release 3, Minecraft 1.14, Minecraft 1.14.1, Minecraft 1.14.2 Pre-Release 1, Minecraft 1.14.2 Pre-Release 2, Minecraft 1.14.2 Pre-Release 3, Minecraft 1.14.2 Pre-Release 4, Minecraft 1.14.2, Minecraft 1.14.3 Pre-Release 1, Minecraft 1.14.3 Pre-Release 2, Minecraft 1.14.3 Pre-Release 3, Minecraft 1.14.3 Pre-Release 4, Minecraft 1.14.3, Minecraft 1.14.4 Pre-Release 3, Minecraft 1.14.4 Pre-Release 4, Minecraft 1.14.4 Pre-Release 5, Minecraft 1.14.4 Pre-Release 6, 1.14.4 Pre-Release 7, 1.14.4, 19w34a, 19w35a, 19w36a, 19w37a, 19w38b, 19w38a, 19w39a, 19w40a, 19w41a, 19w42a, 19w44a, 19w45a, 19w45b, 19w46a, 19w46b, 1.15 Pre-release 1, 1.15 Pre-Release 2, 1.15 Pre-release 3, 1.15 Pre-release 4, 1.15 Pre-release 5, 1.15 Pre-release 6, 1.15 Pre-release 7, 1.15, 1.15.1, 1.15.1 Pre-release 1, 1.15.2 Pre-Release 1, 1.15.2 Pre-release 2, 1.15.2, 20w06a, 20w07a, 20w22a, 1.16 Pre-release 5, 1.16 Pre-release 6, 1.16 Pre-release 7, 1.16 Pre-release 8, 1.16 Release Candidate 1, 1.16, 1.16.3, 1.16.4, 20w48a, 20w49a, 20w51a, 21w03a, 1.16.5, 21w05b, 21w06a, 21w07a, 21w11a, 21w15a, 21w17a, 1.17 Release Candidate 1, 1.17, 1.17.1, 1.18 Pre-release 6, 1.18 Pre-release 8, 1.18, 1.18.1, 1.18.2, 1.19, 1.19.2, 1.19.3, 1.19.4, 23w14a, 1.20 Release Candidate 1, 1.20, 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.4, 1.21.1, 24w45a, 1.21.4
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: _zombiehunter Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Unresolved Votes: 30
Labels: rendering, resource-pack-support

Attachments: JPEG File Bild4.jpg     File MC-4544.mp4     JPEG File flash_current_appearance.jpg     JPEG File flash_expected_appearance.jpg     JPEG File particles_current_appearance.jpg     JPEG File particles_expected_appearance.jpg    
Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MC-210013 fireworks turn black then go back to ... Resolved
CHK:
Confirmation Status: Confirmed
Category:
Particles, Rendering
Mojang Priority: Normal
Area: Platform

 Description   

What I expected to happen was:
Firework light flash texture being bright - because it's a LIGHT flash. Same goes for the colored firework particles.

What really happend was:
The light flash is actually dark (during nighttime practically not visible, during daytime it looks really odd). The colored particles should also appear bright (less visible during daytime, "glowing" bright appearance during nighttime).

Reproduction command provided by Avoma here



 Comments   
Comment by [Mod] Avoma [ 06/Aug/22 ]

Can confirm in 1.19.2.

Comment by [Mod] Avoma [ 08/Jun/22 ]

Can confirm in 1.19.

Comment by [Mod] Avoma [ 02/Mar/22 ]

Can confirm in 1.18.2.

Comment by [Mod] Avoma [ 16/Dec/21 ]

Can confirm in 1.18.1.

Comment by [Mod] Avoma [ 11/Aug/21 ]

Can confirm in 1.17.1.

Comment by [Mod] Avoma [ 30/Apr/21 ]

Can confirm in 21w17a.

Comment by [Mod] Avoma [ 19/Apr/21 ]

Can confirm in 21w15a. You can use the following command to reproduce this issue:

/give @s firework_rocket{Fireworks:{Flight:1,Explosions:[{Type:1,Flicker:1,Trail:1,Colors:[I;12801229],FadeColors:[I;11743532]}]}}
Comment by [Mod] Avoma [ 28/Mar/21 ]

Can confirm in 1.16.5 and 21w11a.

Comment by [Mod] Avoma [ 18/Feb/21 ]

Can confirm in 21w07a. Video attached.

Comment by [Mod] Avoma [ 12/Feb/21 ]

Can confirm in 21w06a.

Comment by [Mod] Avoma [ 04/Feb/21 ]

Can confirm in 21w05b.

Comment by [Mod] Avoma [ 21/Jan/21 ]

Can confirm in 21w03a.

Comment by [Mod] Avoma [ 24/Dec/20 ]

Can confirm in 20w51a.

Comment by [Mod] Avoma [ 02/Dec/20 ]

Can confirm in 20w49a.

Comment by [Mod] Avoma [ 01/Dec/20 ]

Can confirm in 20w48a.

Comment by [Bot] Arisa [ 19/Jun/19 ]

Please do not mark unreleased versions as affected.
You don't have access to them yet.

Comment by _zombiehunter [ 06/Feb/19 ]

Fixing this should theoretically be much easier now that particles.png has been split into separate files.

Comment by _zombiehunter [ 30/Aug/18 ]

Kraif, that might be because the light flash isn't rendered at all right now, see MC-131356.

Comment by Kraif [ 30/Aug/18 ]

Weird, I cannot reproduce this issue for 1.13.1.

Comment by _zombiehunter [ 27/Sep/16 ]

Yes, still a problem in recent MC versions up to 16w38a ...

Comment by Galaxy_2Alex [ 26/Sep/16 ]

Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases. If this has been done, we can reopen the issue.

Keep in mind that the "Resolved"-Status on this ticket just means "Answered", and that we are waiting for further information on whether this issue still exists or not. It will be reopened as soon as the requested information has been delivered.

Comment by _zombiehunter [ 16/Oct/14 ]

Awaiting response ... hmm ... let's see ...
Nope - firework rendering hasn't changed up to 1.8.1-pre1, still getting a dark light flash

Comment by user-f2760 (Inactive) [ 09/Jul/14 ]

you mean 27b

Comment by Deleted account [ 09/Jul/14 ]

Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version 14w21b / Launcher version 1.4.4 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 _zombiehunter [ 20/Sep/13 ]

@insomniac_lemon:
The pale colors at night-time are simply hard-coded color values (they can be easily changed using MCPatchers Custom Colors mod to show more intense colors). Mojang could change the values too, I don't know why they prefer fireworks having such pale colors. This issue ticket refers mainly to the ugly appearance of firework particles during daytime (a light flash being dark => wrong rendering method), making the particles more colorful to better blend with dark backgrounds isn't directly related to this, so I drop the night-time images here:

Current appearance (pale particles):
http://i.imgur.com/QpJzSdv.jpg
Expected appearance (changed color value to RGB #FF0000):
http://i.imgur.com/nl6IvfR.jpg

To fix the ugly and dark appearance during daytime, the firework particles and light flash color values should simply be added to the sky color value:
black=000000, red: FF0000 --> 000000+FF0000=FF0000 --> normal red during nighttime, but particles much brighter during daytime because the sky is light blue --> much more realistic appearance! MCPatcher is doing it that way, it works fine and looks great.

Comment by insomniac_lemon [ 20/Sep/13 ]

Can you take more "expected" images during night? Are you proposing that at night the colors aren't washed out? Because the daytime image looks ugly.

It would be cool if the particles were blended in a way that you could see them better on a dark background, or better yet, actually had a "luminosity" factor that made them display differently in high and low light level environments. Not just day/night, but if you used one in a cave, it would create a flash of light (just a rendering thing though).

Comment by _zombiehunter [ 28/Jun/13 ]

Updated the tickets title, description and added new screenshots to compare current and expected behavior.

Comment by _zombiehunter [ 17/Mar/13 ]

woops, really forgot about this. Yep, firework light flash didn't change in 1.5 and 13w11a, still looking weird. Best would be if Mojang changes the firework particle rendering (including the light flash particle texture!) completely to give them a brigher appeareance, similar as used in MCPatchers Custom Colors mod (giving them a more "glowing" appearance, as if they would give off light >>> by far more realistic !).

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