[MC-50406] Ice in large quantities renders badly from distance.

Put the summary of the bug you're having here

What I expected to happen was...:
Ice in large quantities from the distance rendering correctly, just like it did at least from Beta 1.3 to 1.6 final.

What actually happened was...:
Ice in large quantities from the distance rendering badly.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Place loads of ice next to each other in a plane or load a world with a large icy lake or sea;
2. Fly up in creative mode or simply look at it from a tall hill or building.

Related issues

duplicates

MC-38022 Order of rendering translucent block faces fails to update with camera position

Attachments

crash-2014-03-07_18.26.16-client.txt

crash-2014-03-12_23.14.12-client.txt

world_for_mojira.rar

Comments

migrated 2014-03-07T02:45:02Z

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kumasasa 2014-03-07T07:19:31Z

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

migrated 2014-03-07T13:10:35Z

Cannot confirm

migrated 2014-03-07T17:27:57Z

Forced the crash as requested.

kumasasa 2014-03-07T19:06:56Z

Java Version: 1.8.0, Oracle Corporation

Is Java 1.8.0 released ?

JVM Flags: 4 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -Xmx384m -Xms384m

Minecraft won't run properly with that low amount of ram, please remove the JVM flags and let the Launcher do the default.

OpenGL: ATI Radeon HD 5450 GL version 4.2.12002 Compatibility Profile Context 9.12.0.0, ATI Technologies Inc.

Outdated graphics driver (2 yr old), update to Catalyst 13.12 : http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+64#

migrated 2014-03-10T22:20:24Z

1. Java 1.8.0 is early access, it's in development.
2. OK, will do that.
3. OK, will do that too.

migrated 2014-03-10T23:20:39Z

I did as I was told, removed the RAM JVM flags, and updated AMD Catalyst drivers to the last. This still happens.

kumasasa 2014-03-11T06:10:00Z

Ok, please force again a crash and attach that report here.

And please provide the seed (command /seed) and the coordinates (press F3) of that exact location where you see the ice artifacts.

migrated 2014-03-12T22:28:17Z

The coordinates are: 258 108 404.
Attached is an abridged version of the world. The terrain is Beta terrain, generated with the world's original seed that has since been lost (the seed was changed in mid March 2011), so instead I attached a world with only regions 0.0 and 0.1 (I can upload the whole ~3 GB world somewhere if needed, though).
Attached is also the new crash dump.

migrated 2014-03-12T22:29:22Z

Not a world, but an abriged version of the specific world from those screenshots. Coordiantes are in the post above (and are in region 0.0).

kumasasa 2014-03-13T03:43:57Z

Can still not confirm.
Tried with Smooth lighting on/off, fast / fancy graphics.
Have a AMD Radeon HD 6700

migrated 2014-03-13T12:51:15Z

But the problem is there. Another player that plays on my server also started having problems with the ice rendering at the same time I did, which was in the 1.7 snapshots that introduced the new transparency handling.
Also, the problem doesn't manifest itself immediately. The ice renders correctly at first, then after some time flying above it and moving back and forth, the problem starts appearing.