As some people have discovered, Minecraft 1.8 now uses features from OpenGL 1.3 to do the new lighting system, specifically, it uses multitexturing (drawing more than one texture in a single pass). Unfortunately, on OS X 10.5.x Apple decided not to support OpenGL 1.3 for some GPUs so they are now unable to play the game.
Luckily, Apple does support the ARB_multitexture OpenGL extension and that is the only thing Minecraft needs. This mod converts OpenGL 1.3 calls to ARB_multitexture calls so it can work these systems.
Note: I do not have a system that only supports OpenGL 1.2 so I cannot confirm this works but there are no references to GL13 anywhere in the code anymore and the game does render correctly on my system.
Be sure to delete your META-INF folder after applying this mod or you'll continue to get a black screen when trying to load Minecraft.
If your going to suggest a complete change of OS may as well just get OS 10.6 for mac since it only costs like 30 bucks instead of spending a bunch to get a decent pc.
OP: good idea man this will help heaps of people out. Saw quite a few on the forum who were having the openGL problem when I was trying to find the solution myself. I just updated to Snow leopard though since I wanted to at some point anyway but its good to know that there are alternatives for others who dont have any coin or means to obtain snow leopard.
I like how the very first reply is bashing the OS. I don't care for Macs, but OS elitists make me hate the universe.
Notch has this fixed for the next update, but this will make the game playable for those peeps who can't wait till then.
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Okay, this thread is going to be unlocked, but no more mac hate, people. Do not flame, troll, or flamebait about the OS. Basically, do not start an OS war, and stick to the topic of the fix.
Problem(?):Create new world , done , go in world . Weird thing happen : texture not appear . I can see animal and squid on ground . Even if i place a block the texture not appear . I can see some block still appear . Thinking ....
Well I'm very glad you made this as I played on the 1.9 pre release but wanted 1.8.1 mods, but unfortunately this is incompatible with like every single mod, modloader, TMI, and im sure more. Could u please try to make it work atleast with modloader
I Have a Question and maybe some one here could help me out.... I have a Mac and when ever I play Minecraft it seems ok during the day but at night the ground is still lit. I Dont know if it will be fixed in the next update but i sure hope so. Im not very good at computers so if you could explain it to me i would certanly apreciate it. Thnx :mellow.gif:
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Luckily, Apple does support the ARB_multitexture OpenGL extension and that is the only thing Minecraft needs. This mod converts OpenGL 1.3 calls to ARB_multitexture calls so it can work these systems.
Note: I do not have a system that only supports OpenGL 1.2 so I cannot confirm this works but there are no references to GL13 anywhere in the code anymore and the game does render correctly on my system.
Be sure to delete your META-INF folder after applying this mod or you'll continue to get a black screen when trying to load Minecraft.
Download GL13Fix
iheartjesus has made a great video showing how to apply this mod, thanks!
If your going to suggest a complete change of OS may as well just get OS 10.6 for mac since it only costs like 30 bucks instead of spending a bunch to get a decent pc.
OP: good idea man this will help heaps of people out. Saw quite a few on the forum who were having the openGL problem when I was trying to find the solution myself. I just updated to Snow leopard though since I wanted to at some point anyway but its good to know that there are alternatives for others who dont have any coin or means to obtain snow leopard.
Notch has this fixed for the next update, but this will make the game playable for those peeps who can't wait till then.
And NO OS ELITISM!
Venit, quessit, induravit.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/633962-multiplayer-issue/
I made sure to follow each step down to the exact detail. No positive results!
yea same here :sad.gif: im starting to hate it
The lighting issues still affect my PPC Mac.
Wow.... you do realize that post is 3 years old right? Hell I am pretty sure this mod isn't even needed anymore.