Java Edition 13w42a

13w42a is the twelfth snapshot for Java Edition 1.7.2.

Blocks

 * Signs
 * Different letters can be typed now.


 * Stained glass
 * Have a smoother/transparent texture.


 * Stained glass panes
 * Have a smoother/transparent texture.


 * Water
 * Transparency slightly adjusted.
 * If water is directly adjacent to ice, when looking through the ice, the player cannot see the water.
 * However, the player can see the ice when looking through water.
 * If water is not directly adjacent to ice, the player can see the water when looking through the ice.
 * The player can no longer see the water surface from underwater

Items

 * Maps
 * Now display the color of colored wool and stained clay, allowing a wider range of colors visible on maps.
 * Each different type of block has a different shading on the map.

Mobs

 * Witches
 * Now spawn anywhere where the light level is 7 or less, including any biome and underground.

General

 * Inventory
 * The armor boxes get black when empty and away from cursor.
 * Putting cursor over the armor inventory displays which armor is to put on there.


 * Resource packs
 * Rewrote the sound system.
 * The player is now able to add new sounds using resource packs.
 * Resource packs can now add, remove, supplement, randomize, and group sounds using JSON.
 * Sounds and music are now stored together in the new .minecraft/assets/sounds folder.

Trivia

 * April Fools' version 3D Shareware v1.34 and 13w42b has the same protocol version as 13w42a.
 * 13w42a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.