Updates and Pre-Releases

[Guest]

This is the list of Updates, Pre-Releases, and any other important things.

Update 1.1

• Bows are now enchantable, with four new enchantments specific to bows: Power, Punch, Infinity, and Flame.
• Arrows which are on fire now set entities they hit on fire.
• Golden Apple recipe changed to use gold nuggets instead of gold blocks.
  • Golden Apples now restore rather than and cause regeneration for 5 seconds rather than 30.

  [*]56 new language translations, including fictional ones such as Pirate, Klingon, and Quenya.[*]Infrastructure for improved mob AI added, allowing for more complicated behavior than before. These behaviors themselves have not been implemented yet.[*]Slightly smoothed color transitions betweenbiomes.

  • Swamp land and water colors now smoothly transition to other biomes.
• Re-added beaches.
• Taiga biomes now contain snow and ice.
• Decreased randomness of enchantment levels atEnchantment Tables.
• Biomes are slightly more varied, with differing elevations of land in previously flatter biomes.
• Reduced brewing time to 20 seconds from 30.
• Added Spawn Eggs to creative mode.
• Added a world type option (available types:Superflat and Default).
• Removed collision box from Ladders.
• Sheep eat Grass (converting it to Dirt) and Tall Grass to regain their Wool.
  • Sheep only drop 1-3 wool per shearing.

  [*]The collision box on Fence Gates now matches that of Fences instead of being square.[*]Fence Gates can now be opened and closed withRedstone.[*]Oak (default tree) Leaves now have a 1/200 chance of dropping Red Apples.[*]Blacksmith buildings in NPC Villages now hold chests with loot of the same type asStrongholds.[*]Void fog removed in creative mode.[*]Melons and Pumpkins can now grow on Dirt, instead of only on Farmland.[*]New settings in Server.properties:

  • level-type
  • spawn-npcs
  • generate-structures
• Magma Cubes can now drop Magma Cream on death.
• In SMP servers, non-ops are kicked if they spam in chat too much (Ops are not notified of the kick, they must assume that the player was auto-kicked)
• The distance that Wheat attracts friendly mobs has increased from 2-3 blocks to 8-9 blocks.
• All Music discs except for "11" can be dropped from creepers killed by skeletons.

Snapshot 12w03a Download- http://assets.minecraft.net/12w03a/minecraft.jar

• Ladders regained their collision box.
• Vines are climbable if you push into a solid block while next to them.
• Added jungle biomes (requires a new world or new chunks) with ferns and new wood and leaf types.
• Updated language files.
• Dispensers dispensing Spawn Eggs will place Mobsinstead of simply dispensing the eggs.
• Spawn eggs are now stackable.
• Zombies have new path-finding AI.
• Wolves have new AI and can be bred using Raw Chicken, Cooked Chicken, Raw Porkchops, Cooked Porkchops, Raw Beef, Steak, or Rotten Flesh, when tamed.

Snapshot 12w04a Download- http://assets.minecraft.net/12w04a/minecraft.jar

• New jungle-specific Ocelot mob that can be tamed intoCats using Raw Fish.
• Mobs in general have new a AI with new and improved behaviors.
  • Skeletons and Zombies burning from sunlight will flee to darkness or jump in Water.
  • Mobs no longer attempt to jump over WoodenFences.
  • Mobs no longer attempt to walk over Signs or other non-solid Blocks if the drop below is too tall.

  [*]New Items:

  • Fire Charge
  • Jungle Sapling
  • Bottle o' Enchanting (Creative Mode)
  • Spawn Ocelot (Creative Mode)

  [*]Updated Language files.[*]Changed Dispenser and Oak Sapling textures. ()[*]Added Desert Wells.[*]Players are slowed when going through Vines due to their nature of being a collision-less Ladders.

Snapshot 12w05a Download- http://assets.minecraft.net/12w05a/minecraft.jar

• New Mob behaviors.
  • Creepers run away from Cats and also stalk players.
  • Cats can be told to sit.
  • Mobs no longer attempt to jump over Nether Brick Fences.

  [*]Villagers will try to detect village houses and live in them.

  • Villagers will roam around at Day and stay inside atNight.
  • Villagers are able to open and close Doors.

  [*]Lava now has sounds.[*]Ocelots are easier to tame.[*]Abandoned Mine Shafts now bridge over gaps in paths.[*]Enchantment Tables no longer require Experience inCreative Mode.[*]Updated Language files, having "50%" less profanities.[*]Redstone-related items can be placed on Glowstone Blocks again.[*]You can get Dead Bushes by using shears on them.

Snapshot 12w05b Download- http://assets.minecraft.net/12w05b/minecraft.jar

• Fixed shift-clicking the result from Crafting only giving one item regardless of the amount of material used.
• Cats will now sit if right-clicked with an empty hand.
• Death screen has a slight delay before buttons become active, to avoid accidentally clicking buttons when killed.
• Survival MultiPlayer mob hitboxes are fixed, so they apply to the full mob, instead of only the head.

Snapshot 12w06a Download- http://assets.minecraft.net/12w06a/minecraft.jar

• Many minor bug fixes and tweaks.
  • Creepers no longer explode after death.
  • Villagers can no longer open iron doors.
  • Cats, Ocelots, Zombies, Wolves, and Skeletons no longer spin in circles on non-full-height blocks.

  [*]Doors have been changed to properly detect if they are open or closed. Double Doors in existing maps will need to be updated.

  • Placing two Pressure Plates directly in front of doors and stepping on them will open them correctly.
    • When stepping on a single Pressure Plate only the door on that side will open.
    • When stepping on both Pressure Plates both doors will open.

  [*]Villager's AI has been improved.

  • Villagers socialize with each other and passivemobs.
  • Villagers go inside for shelter when it's raining.
  • Villagers run away from Zombies.

  [*]When a player aggros a hostile mob, it will continue to track the player despite being attacked by other mobs.[*]Zombie's AI has been improved.

  • On Hard difficulty and Hardcore Mode, zombies break down Doors.
  • On normal and easy Difficulty, zombies attack but will not break down Doors.
  • Zombies chase and attack Villagers.
  • Zombies attack doors when attempting to escapesunlight.

  [*]Added new sounds.

  • Cats meow, cry, howl, purr and hiss.
  • Doors make banging sounds when Zombies attack them.

  [*]Better movement for mobs in Water.

  • Mobs move slower.

  [*]Added rare Item drops for mobs.

  • Zombies have a rare chance to drop a Iron Ingot,Iron Helmet, Iron Shovel, or an Iron Sword.
  • Skeletons have a rare chance to drop a Bow or anEnchanted Bow.
  • Zombie Pigmen have a rare chance to drop aGolden Helmet, Gold Ingot, Golden Sword, or anEnchanted Golden Sword.

  [*]Pressing F1 disables hitbox outlines on blocks.[*]Monster Spawners now show correct mobs in multiplayer.[*]Snow Golems take damage from rain and water.

Snapshot 12w07a Download- http://assets.minecraft.net/12w07b/minecraft.jar

• World format changed for the second time, conned "Anvil", with an automatic world converter from the current "McRegion"^[3].
  • Maximum build height increased to 256 (was 128).
  • Empty sections of the world will not be loaded into memory.
  • Block ids increased to 4096 (is 256) by adding a 4 bit data layer (as of this snapshot it is only working for items).
  • Block ordering will be changed from x/z/y to y/z/x in order to improve compression.
  • Packets for sending chunks will be updated (a full 128-high chunk is smaller than the old format, and a chunk with lots of empty space is much smaller).
  • Biomes will be saved per x/z column, which means they can be altered by tools.

  [*]Light calculations in SMP take place client-side[*]Remaining animals were moved into new AI system.^[4][*]Added Redstone Lamp ^[5][*]Decreased dropping chance for rare items[*]Villagers repopulate villages based on the number of houses[*]Zombies have a chance of attacking villages at night (part of the upcoming Sieges feature)[*]Villagers have children, which always sprint.

Snapshot 12w08a Download- http://assets.minecraft.net/12w08a/minecraft.jar

• Added Iron Golem, a new utility mob.
  • Defense for Villages.^[7]

  [*]Added upside-down stairs.^[8][*]Many changes to the world and lighting system.

Edited February 25, 2012 by Guest

[Clavus]

The Minecraft wiki has a (development) version history page just for this.

[Guest]

Yes I know. I actually copied all the stuff right from it. I made this because as you know, people ask when the next map is. This is their answer. As more pre-releases come out, the closer the map is to coming out. Also this is just a good place to download them without having to search all around. And Clavus can i ask you a favor? Can you pin this to the Minecraft Topic list, so that people woll always see it cause i wont post on it unless a new release comes out