[MC-105868] Chests, signs and banners act like entities (and not blocks) in terms of far-away visibility

If you go far enough from them, they disappear from your view (while other blocks are rendered normally, even beyond them) just like mobs do (even though they are still there).

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duplicates

MC-3336 Heads, signs, chests and End Portal disappear when more than 63 blocks away

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migrated 2016-08-08T12:10:55Z

These blocks do actually render as entities. This allows them to move (chests opening, banners waving, etc) and display differently based on their data (banner patterns, sign text, etc). As such, they render in a much more laggy way than normal blocks, so they have a shorter view distance.