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So recently my friends have been playing on a server called Stormcraft and they've been trying to get me to play with them. I enter in the server name and password as well as switch my version of Minecraft to 1.7.9 (don't know why but that's the version the server works on). Figured all was good so I try to join the server...only to have it crash. I kept trying it and nothing worked so I was hoping to get some help on here. The other servers I play on work but this one seems to be the only one giving me issues.

When I crash, this is the error report it gives me;

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// Oops.

Time: 7/19/15 2:58 PM
Description: Ticking screen

java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException
at java.nio.Buffer.checkIndex(Buffer.java:540)
at java.nio.DirectIntBufferU.get(DirectIntBufferU.java:253)
at bom.a(SourceFile:271)
at bom.a(SourceFile:220)
at ban.a(SourceFile:1694)
at ban.a(SourceFile:1652)
at bln.a(SourceFile:123)
at hd.a(SourceFile:70)
at hd.a(SourceFile:13)
at ej.a(SourceFile:174)
at bct.c(SourceFile:78)
at ban.p(SourceFile:1343)
at ban.ak(SourceFile:774)
at ban.f(SourceFile:728)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:148)

A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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-- Head --
Stacktrace:
at java.nio.Buffer.checkIndex(Buffer.java:540)
at java.nio.DirectIntBufferU.get(DirectIntBufferU.java:253)
at bom.a(SourceFile:271)
at bom.a(SourceFile:220)
at ban.a(SourceFile:1694)
at ban.a(SourceFile:1652)
at bln.a(SourceFile:123)
at hd.a(SourceFile:70)
at hd.a(SourceFile:13)
at ej.a(SourceFile:174)
at bct.c(SourceFile:78)

-- Affected screen --
Details:
Screen name: bct

-- Affected level --
Details:
Level name: MpServer
All players: 0 total; []
Chunk stats: MultiplayerChunkCache: 0, 0
Level seed: 0
Level generator: ID 00 - default, ver 1. Features enabled: false
Level generator options:
Level spawn location: World: (8,64,8), Chunk: (at 8,4,8 in 0,0; contains blocks 0,0,0 to 15,255,15), Region: (0,0; contains chunks 0,0 to 31,31, blocks 0,0,0 to 511,255,511)
Level time: 0 game time, 0 day time
Level dimension: 0
Level storage version: 0x00000 - Unknown?
Level weather: Rain time: 0 (now: false), thunder time: 0 (now: false)
Level game mode: Game mode: survival (ID 0). Hardcore: false. Cheats: false
Forced entities: 0 total; []
Retry entities: 0 total; []
Server brand: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
Server type: Non-integrated multiplayer server
Stacktrace:
at blr.a(SourceFile:289)
at ban.b(SourceFile:1972)
at ban.f(SourceFile:737)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:148)

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.7.9
Operating System: Windows 7 (amd64) version 6.1
Java Version: 1.8.0_25, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 114344392 bytes (109 MB) / 292642816 bytes (279 MB) up to 1060372480 bytes (1011 MB)
JVM Flags: 6 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx1G -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M
AABB Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
Launched Version: 1.7.9
LWJGL: 2.9.1
OpenGL: AMD Radeon R7 200 Series GL version 4.4.13283 Compatibility Profile Context 14.501.1003.0, ATI Technologies Inc.
GL Caps: Using GL 1.3 multitexturing.
Using framebuffer objects because OpenGL 3.0 is supported and separate blending is supported.
Anisotropic filtering is supported and maximum anisotropy is 16.
Shaders are available because OpenGL 2.1 is supported.

Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Resource Packs: [PureBDcraft 128x MC18]
Current Language: English (US)
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
Vec3 Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used
Anisotropic Filtering: Off (1)

You've likely played on 1.8 prior to switching back to 1.7.9 with a higher render distance. As 1.7.9 does not support the higher render distances available in 1.8, the game crashes.

The easiest solution is to start 1.8 and reduce your render distance to below 16, then start 1.7.9 again.

Omg, thank you so much! That's what my problem was as my minecraft was set to load 32 chunks. I switched it to 16 and I was able to join the server.