[MCPE-179] Something wrong with illumination... Created: 10/Sep/12  Updated: 04/May/15  Resolved: 05/Feb/15

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft (Bedrock codebase)
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: 0.5.0, 0.4.0, 0.6.0, 0.6.1, 0.7.0, 0.7.2, 0.7.3, 0.7.5, 0.7.6, 0.8.0, 0.8.1
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Поздняков Святослав Дмитриевич
Resolution: Cannot Reproduce Votes: 3
Labels: None

Attachments: PNG File IMG_1555[1].PNG     PNG File Light Glitch.png     PNG File SC20120909-000917.png     PNG File Screenshot_2013-03-07-20-08-11.png     PNG File Screenshot_2013-03-10-13-24-50.png     PNG File Screenshot_2013-03-10-13-24-58.png     PNG File light glitch 2.png    
Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MCPE-2294 Black Spots seen Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-4322 Pre-Torch-Placed Lighting Glitch Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-4730 Artificial lighting cuts off Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-368 Torch light does not pass from chunk ... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-697 Light in dark areas Resolved
Relates
relates to MCPE-346 Missing texture on bottom of fence ra... Resolved
relates to MCPE-386 Lighting still exists from torch afte... Resolved
Confirmation Status: Community Consensus
Platform: Android
CHK:

 Description   

I don't know is it a bug. But this light in the right corner of the image is something strange...



 Comments   
Comment by Lafoog [ 04/Aug/14 ]

Does this issue still affect the current version of Minecraft PE? If so, please update the "Affected Version/s" option to reflect this.

Comment by Luis Robles [ 12/Jan/14 ]

Still happening in 0.8.1

Comment by Jackietheboy d [ 04/Nov/13 ]

And 0.7.6

Comment by Luis Robles [ 10/Sep/13 ]

Still happening as of version 0.7.5

Comment by Do [ 23/Jul/13 ]

Good catch, thanks.

Comment by Jackietheboy d [ 22/Jul/13 ]

This still happens in 0.7.0, 0.7.1, and 0.7.3.

Comment by sbd01 [ 05/Apr/13 ]

This is a very popular bug and has most likely been there since day one. It still exists on the PC version as well. To fix it, you usually have to place or delete a block inside of the glitched area.

Comment by mike [ 03/Apr/13 ]

Confirmed for 0.6.1

Comment by Chen [ 11/Mar/13 ]

Try out this bug I found: 1. Place a torch. 2. Go to home screen. 3. load back world. 4. there is a line of darkness beside the torch

Comment by mike [ 11/Mar/13 ]

I get it a lot for 6.1 . If you have a map with overhangs, they get it a lot.

Comment by Richard Vargas [ 23/Oct/12 ]

I always have that problem. It's a bug that should be fixed. Also, why do your hearts intersect your control pad?

Comment by Troy Parry [ 23/Oct/12 ]

Well i've confirmed that this problem isn't limited to the start of a seed. I just had the problem happen to me after I deleted dirt, then reload the game. I had a "0 light" block where the dirt used to be, and it was daytime.

Comment by Troy Parry [ 10/Oct/12 ]

I get the same problem as the picture at the start of certain seeds. After placing a torch in the area, it removes the problem.
As what John Doe says, I have the same problem. Removing the torch and placing it again will correct the lighting.

Comment by John Doe [ 09/Oct/12 ]

On the image of the house, I have had the same problem. Torchlight sometimes cuts off randomly long before it should in my mines.

Comment by Michelle [ 24/Sep/12 ]

I took the initiative to destroy the torches in these cases so don't think it is directly related to that report. It does seem more that it's not completely registering/updating that I took away the torch so that makes sense. Sometimes programs can be quirky in what triggers a bug so guess can't rule out if the two issues are related somehow. I made it a habit to remove any torches before breaking blocks since I noticed that bug also.

OOC: Going to be busy these next days so I may not reply again until Oct 2.

Comment by Do [ 23/Sep/12 ]

@Michelle, thanks, for some reason I just wasn't seeing the water in that second picture.

From what you're describing, it sounds to me like the blocklight data stored in chunks.dat is not always being updated when it should.

I wonder if this could be related to MCPE-115 – torch gets destroyed without doing the normal torch-destroying routine, blocklight doesn't get updated?

Comment by Michelle [ 23/Sep/12 ]

Yea, idk what to make of the first one either. I hadn't seen it replicated yet but thought it a curiosity. Usually see a gradual shading and not abrupt.

The second is sand, grass, and water. Showing what I wonder may be a replication of the light glitch the original poster added, but can't verify. I noticed it while walking and when placed/removed a torch at the spot it returned to normal.

Am not sure what to make of the last picture though unless OP is able to go into more detail how found that spot and what blocks are affected.

I posted a new grouping showing the same thing as the other trio. In my case it does seem to be the system somehow holding memory of where torches were. Placed torches to give dirt extra light to grow and then took torch away when grass was made. While playing it looked normal, but when reloaded next day noticed it in some places again. It has been appearing randomly where I had a torch in the past. Not all torch locations have this occur though. This and another one forgot to picture were from torches I removed during the daytime. I Wonder if try again but remove torches only at night will not occur. Doesn't bother me or affect game play; just find it curious.

Comment by Do [ 22/Sep/12 ]

First one looks like it could be a normal shadow, hard to tell.

What the heck is up with the second picture? It looks like a snow-topped block except it's sand-topped... Sand-topped sand. No idea what to make of that.

With the third picture, could those cobblestones on the right actually be backwards-facing stone stairs? Those would let light through.

Comment by Michelle [ 22/Sep/12 ]

Still am not sure of all the logistics of how this is triggered esp in the original poster's case, but in my case it seems to be tied in with torch use. (idk about that dark space version) I have seen the light a few times in places where I had a torch to help grass grow and took the torch away. It seems the space has the memory of where the light was. It reverts to normal appearance when I place a new torch and take it away.

Comment by Michelle [ 19/Sep/12 ]

Yea is strange since don't see a strong light source. Similar to that I've seen the flip side where there are eerie dark spots that occur what seems to be randomly in some worlds. I will try to add a picture showing it. Place was originally a dark cavern and I added torches to light up and that spot stayed dark. I wonder was your place light at first and then you boxed yourself in?

Comment by DeathOmega [ 10/Sep/12 ]

Its Just A Lighting Glitch! It Should Be Fixed In Later Version I Think?

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