Minecraft Wiki:Issues/Beta 1.8

=BEFORE EDITING THIS PAGE CHECK YOUR BUG IS NOT ALREADY LISTED. THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT BUGS: F KEY DOES NOT CHANGE RENDER DISTANCE STOP ADDING IT= This page's purpose is to list all the bugs players have come across in version 1.8. They pertain to the unmodified, unhacked game. Most of the single-player bugs also apply to multi-player.

Version history also contains newer bugs that may not be listed on this page at the moment.

Bugs and feature requests can now be logged at Get Satisfaction: Mojang.

Graphics

 * Trying to change visual settings at the main menu will provide an error message and a black screen.
 * All mobs can have lighting issues.
 * All light emitting blocks can cause odd lighting flicker on surrounding blocks.
 * Steps placed perpendicular to blocks create an odd shadow on the block
 * If you walk into or near to a wall that is next to iron bars or glass panes your view slips into the wall and goes black
 * Paintings are not properly lit

Smelting

 * Creating charcoal in a furnace displays the "Saving Chunks" screen.
 * When using on the furnace one "stick" for smelting it never to be end

Minecart

 * There are some instances of floating minecart tracks in strongholds.

Terrain Generation

 * Reed grows on sand
 * Pockets of air generate in oceans.
 * Mobs can spawn in a way that they become trapped in a tree's leaves.

Crafting

 * Putting items in a crafting table and hitting Esc will make the items double, you can only pick up the amount you put in but the stack is now infinite.


 * When in classic if you break a block with redstone on it the redstone will drop and mess up you inventory if picked up.

Experience

 * A server can experience server lag if a person with many experience orbs dies and drops them

Flying

 * If a player is flying and then is moved from Creative to Survival he/she will not be able to stop flying until moved back to Creative.
 * the water when the player swims is glitchy

Smelting

 * Upon smelting anything the server crashes.