The environment (trees mostly) is being very buggy.
Whenever I look for a place to build, the trees look like they aren't there, but I can see floating leaves and vines.
I had OpenGL on, decreased particles, max FPS mode, tiny render distance, clouds off, and fancy graphics.
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Duplicate of MC-5737 , please use the search function to see if your bug has already been submitted. Currently over 40% of tickets are being closed as duplicate.