Since the game now uses Vibrant Visuals as the default graphics mode in the latest beta/preview, if your device does not support Vibrant Visuals or when using Fancy/Fast graphics mode, the sun and cloud textures from Vibrant Visuals are still being used instead of switching to the Vanilla one.
Steps to reproduce:
Open Minecraft Preview
Join any worlds then look at the sun and clouds
If you're on supported devices and Vibrant Visual is enabled by default, go to settings > videos > Graphics mode dropdown then select either Fast or Fancy
Expected results:
Sun and clouds use Vanilla textures.
Observed results:
Sun and clouds use Vibrant Visuals textures.
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The game now uses the new cloud texture on both Vibrant Visuals and Vanilla so it's no longer an issue, but the sun uses Vibrant Visuals textures again.
[media]I also experienced the same thing, there is no light effect like the version before 1.21.90, please don't make fancy graphics and simple graphics worse
This occurs because the vibrant visuals sun texture was renamed “sun.png” and placed in the folder resources\vanilla_1.21.90\textures\environment , which makes it overwrite the “sun.png” file in resources\vanilla\textures\environment when the game assembles the runtime vanilla resources. There should not be any sun texture in the 1.21.90 folder, because “sun_vv.png” already exists in the the resources\vanilla\textures\environment folder. To fix this issue, a copy of the original “sun.png” needs to be placed in resources\vanilla_1.21.100\textures\environment.
GoldenHelmet: “To fix this issue, a copy of the original “sun.png” needs to be placed in resources\vanilla_1.21.100\textures\environment"
This tip does not work on 1.21.94 (Windows 10), adding an old sun.png with a halo to \textures\environment does not solve the problem. On version 1.21.94, minecraft generally ignores \environment for some reason, I tried to replace the clouds with the old ones, those that were used before the redesign, the game still displays new clouds, although the resource package is working properly. 🤨
I'm sorry for my poor English 😅
It is important to note that devices which support Vibrant Visuals also use incorrect sun and cloud graphics in Fancy Graphics mode.
Here are some screenshots of the issue from my PC:
Latest Release (1.21.73):
[media]Preview (Fancy Graphics):
[media]Preview (Vibrant Visuals):
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