Java Edition 13w09a

13w09a is the eleventh snapshot released for 1.5.

Mobs

 * General
 * A way for mobs/entities to ride other mobs/entities.
 * They no longer dismount upon reload.
 * Mobs can now be spawned riding other mobs.

Mobs / Non-mob entities

 * Players riding on an entity will keep it when logging off (the entity will disappear along with you) and will still be riding the entity upon logging back on.

General

 * Fonts
 * Fonts are now changeable.
 * Added HD font support.


 * Language
 * Updated language files.


 * Lighting
 * Smooth Lighting can now be changed to,   &.
 * Minimum uses the old smooth lighting, and  fixes a bug with stairs.


 * Texture packs
 * Animated blocks and items in texture packs now require the animation definition.

Fixes
11 bugs fixed

From released versions before 1.5
 * – Players and Mobs fall off vehicles and other ridden entities upon world reload, glitching through blocks.
 * – When a repeater is placed when facing the direction f=0 it flashes for one tick then goes off.

From the 1.5 snapshots
 * – Comparators causes block updates while idle.
 * – Hopper's name doesn't change in its GUI after renamed in anvil.
 * – Command block arguments length.
 * – Comparator bug.
 * – Hopper don't update comparator when receiving item stack.
 * – Scoreboard accepts arguments for @p but if not found it will use a wrong name.

From the previous snapshot
 * – Mob Spawners failing to "Saving entity NBT".
 * – EntityAIAvoidEntity interference.
 * – Crash report of vanilla 13w07a shows " ".