Java Edition 1.7.6

1.7.6 was a minor update to Minecraft that was released on April 9, 2014, which implemented a new player skin system and support for player name changing. It is incompatible with 1.7.2–1.7.5 servers. It was replaced the same day by 1.7.7 to fix a major bug, and then again the next week by 1.7.8 and 1.7.9.

General

 * Minecraft Realms
 * Improved 'configure' screen.
 * Can now OP players from the config screen.
 * Easier to invite and uninvite players.
 * New button to close and unclose realm.


 * Name changing
 * Support for name changing.
 * Only the support for changing names, actually being able to change name came on February 4, 2015.


 * Options
 * The server resource packs option is now per-server, and has three settings: prompt, enabled, and disabled.
 * The minimum setting for the FOV option is now 30 instead of 70.


 * Skins
 * Skins and capes are now distributed through servers.
 * Skins server outages will occur less frequently and have less impact.
 * Skin changes will no longer require client restarting, at worst re-logging will update the skin for everybody.
 * Server-altered skins and capes are not possible - only signed URLs are stored server-side.
 * Duplicate skins no longer need to be downloaded twice.
 * Server traffic will barely be affected.

Trivia

 * 1.7.6 is the first version since 1.0.0 to use explicit pre-release labeling.
 * 1.7.6 is the first version to use the "-pre" notation for pre-releases.