Java Edition 13w42a

13w42a is the twelfth snapshot for 1.7.2.

Additions

 * Witches now rarely spawn outside of Witch Huts and in the wild at night (Halloween related)
 * Witches seem to spawn more frequently on the surface and in abandoned mineshafts rather than in normal cave systems
 * Different letters can now be typed on Signs

Changes

 * Stained Glass and Stained Glass Panes have a smoother/transparent texture
 * Rewrote the sound system
 * You are 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
 * Improved Maps
 * 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
 * Transparency adjusted slightly
 * If Water is directly adjacent to ice, when looking through the ice you cannot see the Water. However, you can see the Ice when looking through Water.
 * If Water is not directly adjacent to Ice, you can see the Water when looking through the Ice.
 * You can no longer see the Water surface from underwater
 * Inventory of the player
 * 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.

Fixes

 * Fixed 16 bugs
 * – Netty IO #(increasing number starting from 1) /ERROR Channel became inactive!


 * From released versions before 1.7.2
 * – Sounds (e.g. mobs/portals/water) don't immediately fade
 * – You cant look through ice or stained glass if you have it in your hand, but you can if it is placed
 * – Sounds playing after leaving world
 * – Constant minecart sound
 * – Successful hit sound effect does not match the sound in the assets sound folder


 * From the 1.7.2 snapshots
 * – Major bug: arrows shot by infinity bow/skeleton do not despawn over time
 * – Signs, Heads and Cauldrons have a full block breaking texture
 * – Glitchy item borders with mipmapping and anisotropic filtering activated
 * – The Mojang logo is blurry
 * – Rain does not stop
 * – Losing connection to server when a minecart command block is placed on a powered activator rail
 * – Mobs/other players only looking in one direction/walking backwards on SMP
 * – Minecart sound is considered an enemy monster
 * – Glass panes, stained glass and ice show the texture in all faces


 * From the previous snapshot
 * – Superflat shows void particles