[MC-78693] Crash Joining a 1.7.10 or 1.7.9 Server

Put the summary of the bug you're having here

What I expected to happen was...:
Connect to a server

What actually happened was...:
Game Crashed

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open MC
2. Select Multiplayer
3. Select the server (Runs 1.7.10)
4. Logging In and crashes

Environment

OS: Windows 8.1 (ver 6.3, arch amd64)
Java: 1.8.0_25 (by Oracle Corporation)
Launcher: Minecraft Launcher 1.6.11 (bootstrap 100)
Minecraft: 1.7.9 (updated Mon Apr 14 08:29:23 CDT 2014)

Linked issues

duplicates 1

MC-38527 Crash after changing max view distance to 20 chunks in options.txt / Render distance too high in options.txt after downgrading Resolved

Comments 2

CubeTheThird 2015-03-15T03:32:30Z

Duplicate of MC-38527. Your render distance is set too high for older versions of the game.

migrated 2015-03-15T15:35:37Z

That was it, thanks.