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So this is my friends glitch and has asked me to post it here to see if anyone knows how to fix it. It happens on occasion just on its own and every time he picks up certain items. i.e stained glass gets him every time. Does anyone know how to fix this? Below are some images he has sent me of what the world looks like to him.

Example 1:



Example 2:



A few notes:
-This happens to him in both Single and Multiplayer
-He is using version 1.7.2
-He is using the Sphax BDCraft texture pack built for 1.7.2
-He has no mods installed; Not even forge/modloader or optifine.
-He has tried deleting and then re-downloading everything related to Minecraft twice now

Anyone that could provide some information on this weird bug would be the biggest help. Thanks everyone!

Try uninstalling the texture pack, and also it might be just a bug on the new release of 1.7.2

Quote from XxDeadlyShadowsxX

Try uninstalling the texture pack, and also it might be just a bug on the new release of 1.7.2

It does it to him in the default texture pack as well. I've done a lot of research and couldn't find anyone with similar problems.

I have the same problem and a few other people do as well, apparently Dinnerbone said that this could be caused by older graphics cards and it might get fixed by updating the video driver.
Trouble is, I tried that and it did nothing for me....and it's not like I can upgrade my video card because A I'm on a laptop, and B I don't have the money to buy a new computer, so basically I can't play 1.7.2 until they hopefully find a real fix for this.
Super bummed after this because I was so looking forward to (finally) interesting terrain in the Amplified world generation changes.
The only other thing I just thought of is DirectX, whether changing that would do anything, but gee I don't know....

EDIT: Yeah I'm already running the current DirectX, so changing that won't do nothin'

i have it to it basically ruined minecraft for me

Quote from logan383

i have it to it basically ruined minecraft for me

Yea. My friend can't even play. It sucks because I just updated my server to 1.7

I wonder if installing Optifine will fix this, I'd try it but I don't know how...I haven't modded Minecraft since the original launcher.

FINALLY FOUND A FIX FOR THIS!!!!

Just go into the Video Settings and turn the Minimap Levels slider all the way to the left into the 'Off' position. I don't exactly know what this option does but it no longer glitches when you hold torches!!
Thank goodness now I can finally play Minecraft again!

mini-map on 1.7.2? Mine does this as well. When I try to use one of the new blocks. Wood especially. when I scroll to where the item shows in my hand BOOM! insta x-ray everything x.x

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Revhard335 meant to say mipmap, not minimap, its in the video settings page of minecraft

TY gonna try this fix now. Been itching to try some 1.7.2 seeds I found online

I do not think it has to do with older graphics cards, because I got my laptop last christmas brand new, running windows 8.

Hate resurrecting old posts, but I fixed it for me by changing my chunk loading to default from multi-core. Game has been unplayable for a while and finally decided to crack down and find the cause..