Lighting Issue in Minecraft

I was experimenting with the Nodus client on 1.8.3 and tried out x-ray mode, whenever that is enabled the chunks auto refresh. When I turn it off, I have lighting issues in my single player world even with the vanilla launcher, as shown below (click to enlarge).

Areas that should not be lit at all are always bright.

I currently have no idea how to fix this and it is rather annoying having areas completely bright. I tried placing torches in areas and breaking them but that did not work out. I also tried doing F3 + auto refresh chunks and other debug tools.

Is there any way that I can fix this or am I stuck with this issue?

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Best Answer

This happens when a player burns down a large chunk of forest at once. This can be easily fixed by using MCEdit to relight those chunks:

Open the world in MCEdit via Quick Load or Open... buttons
Select Chunk control in the toolbar
Select the chunks to relight
Click Relight
Save the world: Menu > Save

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