[MC-9669] Player renders black in a 1x1 shaft with torch in upper block

To reproduce:

dig into the ground 3 blocks, and jump in.
place a torch at eye level.
cover the space above you.

What you would expect:

Your character in 3rd person view – or the items in your hand – ought to be pretty well lit.

What you see instead:

Your character is dark, as if there were no light at all.

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MC-68809 Held Item renders black when in a 1 x 1 shaft with torch in upper block Resolved

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Ville Selkämaa 2013-02-13T00:08:45Z

I think the problem is that when an entity is "inside" a block/torch etc there is no light.It is pretty hard to explain.Well I think any block doesn't have light level on the inner side.
And this is also probably related to the lighting bugs(blackspots/other lighting glitches)

shufboyardee 2013-02-13T04:58:43Z

Ville, that makes sense to me and is easy to understand as far as it goes. But even so, the inconsistent behavior remains: a torch at the top of a 1x1 shaft will 'have no light inside it', whereas a torch anywhere else in a 1x1 shaft will 'have light inside it'.
Agreed, perhaps this will all vanish and go away with 1.5

Daniel "Glampkoo" 2013-03-12T17:56:03Z

Confirmed in 1.5pre Your torch goes very dark.

yut951121 2014-12-31T04:14:53Z

This happens with many transparent blocks.

Itouch2 2015-01-15T16:38:18Z

Confirmed for 1.8.2 pre 2

shufboyardee 2016-05-11T05:27:56Z

Affects 1.9.4.

Michael Wobst 2018-01-16T20:26:18Z

This issue has been fixed in snapshot 17w50a.