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Sky flickering while the sun's setting during rainfall with Sodium installed

xander2005 opened this issue · 3 comments

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Bug Description

While I was playing, it was raining and the sun was setting. The orange part of the sky was flickering, and when I disabled the sky with the Sodium Extra mod, the flickering stopped. Problem is, the sky's supposed to look blue and not white so I'd rather not leave it off for when it's not raining and the sun isn't setting/rising. Removing Sodium seems to fix the issue, and after testing, I have confirmed for myself that it happens even with nothing but Sodium installed.

Minecraft_.1.20.4.-.Singleplayer.2024-04-04.13-55-21.Compressed.mp4

I've tested using an Nvidia GeForce GT 1030 on an older desktop with worse performance, and the issue was not present. I recommend testing using an Intel integrated GPU like mine in order to achieve the closest results. The fabric version used in the video, log, and crash report was 0.15.7, but after updating to 0.15.9 I was able to confirm that the issue is there all the same. Interestingly, the bug also happens in deserts, where rain isn't even rendered. As long as it's raining, it will happen anywhere in the overworld. It flickers less frequently while recording using the Xbox Game Bar on Windows 10.

Minecraft_.1.20.4.-.Singleplayer.2024-04-04.14-39-33.mp4

System information:
Dell Latitude 7490 Laptop
Intel Core i5-8350U CPU with Intel UHD Graphics 620

Reproduction Steps

Easiest way to reproduce:

  1. With Sodium installed, (Sodium Extra is optional to verify that turning off the sky fixes it), create a singleplayer world with cheats enabled, make sure that doDaylightCycle and doWeatherCycle are off.
  2. I recommend Spectator mode in case of anything obstructing your view of the sky.
  3. Change the time to make the sun set. Quickest way I know is /time set noon and /time add 350s. You may have to tweak the time a little bit more until you can see it.
  4. Change the weather to rain.
  5. Turn your view so that the orange sunset is on either the left or right edge of your screen. If you're unable to see anything, try raising your FOV. I keep mine on 98.
  6. After looking around and moving a bit, the orange in the sky should start flickering into solid shapes instead of the usual gradient-style sunset you would expect.

Log File

latest.log

Crash Report

crash-2024-04-04_13.27.13-client.txt

commented

I wonder if this ticket was even noticed? (Bump)

commented

Tickets are noticed, but we've been busy the past week.

To my knowledge, this is a bug with some versions of the Intel graphics driver. It can happen in Vanilla Minecraft as well, but is easier to reproduce with higher frame rates. Can you please update your graphics driver to the version listed here and see if it resolves the issue (for Windows 10 x64)?

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