[MC-8860] Snow appears more blue when the camera is moving or rotating Created: 31/Jan/13  Updated: 03/May/15  Resolved: 02/Feb/13

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.4.7, Snapshot 13w05a
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Devon Steinkoenig Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Invalid Votes: 0
Labels: rendering, snow
Environment:

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Specs: Dell XPS 8300; Intel i7-2600 3.40GHz CPU; 6 GB RAM
Java: 1.7 update 2


Attachments: JPEG File 1.4.7.jpg     JPEG File 13w05a.jpg     JPEG File Blued snow.jpg     Text File crash-2013-02-01_22.10.06-client.txt     Text File crash-2013-02-01_22.25.58-client.txt    
Confirmation Status: Unconfirmed
Game Mode: Creative

 Description   

When the camera is moving or rotating, the top side of snow (block and decoration) appears more blue.

Factors That I Have Ruled Out:

  • Viewpoint(first, third from back, third from front)
  • Fast/Fancy Graphics
  • Creative/Survival
  • Different Snow Heights

Factors That Make It Blue-shift:

  • Light (more light=more blue, e.g., sunlight makes it really blue, torches less so, redstone torches do not appear to make it blue at all)

A snow decoration block will NOT be blue-shifted if it is directly adjacent to a block (a snow block will). If it is diagonally adjacent to a block, the snow will be split diagonally and the side further from the block will be blue, while the side closer to the block won't be blue.

I didn't include any pics because the screenshots did not show the blue that I'm talking about. If it's just me, sorry for wasting your time.



 Comments   
Comment by Devon Steinkoenig [ 03/Feb/13 ]

Not a big deal. Sorry to have wasted your time.

Comment by Kumasasa [ 02/Feb/13 ]

This is no Minecraft bug but a technical issue, so please use the Mojang Support Center.

Comment by Devon Steinkoenig [ 02/Feb/13 ]

This is sort of what the snow looks like.

Comment by Devon Steinkoenig [ 02/Feb/13 ]

Updated. Didn't fix it. Also uploaded the screens that I forgot last night.

It occurred to me that the blue might be weird shadows if the snow has a top with different heights for different pixels, but as that sounds contradictory to everything else I know about MC, that doesn't seem likely.

Comment by Kumasasa [ 02/Feb/13 ]

Your Java and graphics driver are outdated.
Go to http://www.java.com and http://www.amd.com for updates.

Comment by Devon Steinkoenig [ 02/Feb/13 ]

Crash reports for 1.4.7 and 13w05a, in that order.

I've tested with and without VSync, snow is blue in both settings. I've tried turning each of the video settings on and off, and none of them appear to do anything about it. The only thing that seems to affect it is light level and block placement.

P.S. This isn't a big deal, it's not like blue wool, or even pale blue wool, just a strange bug/feature that seemed like it might have been accidental. It doesn't detract from my experience at all, so if Mojang wants to just call it a feature, that's fine by me.

Comment by Kumasasa [ 31/Jan/13 ]

Cannot see that the snow goes blueish while turning.
Maybe it's your graphics card ?
Try what happens if you toggle Options -> Graphics -> Use VSync

Can you at least attach a screenshot of your world to make sure we're talking about the same ?

And please force a crash by pressing F3 + C for 10 seconds while ingame and attach the crash report here.

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