[MC-34645] Maximum render distance at 8 chunks

Render distance slider can be set only to 8 chunks instead of 16 as in 13w39b. Might be intentional for 32-bit systems as previously Far was meant for 64-bit Java. I don't have 64-bit OS, so I'm not sure whether it's a bug or not.

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crash-2013-10-16_15.32.21-client.txt

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galaxy_2alex 2013-10-10T15:44:17Z

Can confirm on 64-bit with 64-bit Java on Windows 8.
Edit: Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/iLGn6yI.png

galaxy_2alex 2013-10-10T16:08:37Z

Current workaround: change the options.txt, if you set it to any amount higher that 8, it will still work AND show it in the game.

kumasasa 2013-10-10T17:56:07Z

Confirmed.

kumasasa 2013-10-10T19:31:59Z

Dev confirmed: https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/388370859020521472

_zombiehunter 2013-10-11T10:32:06Z

@Dinnerbone:
Mind to look into MC-31622 too?

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Bob Saggot 2013-10-11T16:16:47Z

Still present in 13w41b on 32-bit OS.

Patrick 2013-10-11T16:41:57Z

It goes up to 16 for me.
Also, I was in full screen when I checked.

kuemmi 2013-10-11T17:22:57Z

Not fixed for me in 13w41b. 32 bit Ubuntu Linux, Java 1.6. Please reopen.

nyuszika7h 2013-10-11T17:32:10Z

The render distance being capped at 8 chunks for 32 bit systems could as well be an intended feature, but I assume we should wait for an official statement on that.

kumasasa 2013-10-11T18:03:31Z

The render distance was always and is capped for 32bit OS / Java. Setting "Far" was never possible for 32bit OS.

Bob Saggot 2013-10-11T18:26:24Z

The warning was saying that 64-bit Java is recommended, but not required. But if so, then the description was misleading all the time.

kuemmi 2013-10-11T23:04:47Z

Far render distance was working just fine, even with the warning. In the snapshots, I was using a render distance of 10 chunks until now. So it should be possible to get a higher render distance on 32 bit systems too.

Could you at least reopen this, so the devs can decide?

kumasasa 2013-10-12T07:51:51Z

The devs resolved this ticket.

kuemmi 2013-10-12T11:44:55Z

Sure, but that was before everyone commented that it's still an issue in 13w41b. Dinnerbone didn't distinguish between 64 bit and 32 bit systems in his tweet either.

kumasasa 2013-10-14T06:38:05Z

https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/389380325346127872

Topher Donovan 2013-10-16T21:14:03Z

I'm using 13w41b with Java 1.7.0_40 64bit and it's still only rendering out 8 chunks.

kumasasa 2013-10-16T21:23:28Z

Please force a crash by pressing F3 + C for 10 seconds while in-game and attach the crash report ([minecraft|http://hopper.minecraft.net/help/finding-minecraft-data-folder]/crash-reports/crash-<DATE>-client.txt) here.

Topher Donovan 2013-10-16T21:35:32Z

Attached.

Topher Donovan 2013-10-17T12:51:08Z

Just to be clear here, In my 13w41b, the render distance slider can be set to 16 chunks, but in the actual game, the terrain is only rendered out 8 chunks. I even switched back to 1.6.3 with Render Distance: Far to check and it renders farther out than 13w41b

Topher Donovan 2013-10-17T23:46:09Z

After a quick search, it appears my issue is captured in https://mojang.atlassian.net/browse/MC-31622