Java Edition Beta 1.8 Pre-release 2 ;)

Beta 1.8 Pre-release 2 ;) [sic] is the second and last pre-release for Beta 1.8.

Changes

 * Mineshafts
 * Their density is now significantly decreased
 * To counter this change they generate about 2.5 times as often
 * Strongholds
 * Increased stronghold count to three per map instead of one
 * Swords
 * Blocking now works in multiplayer.
 * Creative inventory
 * Some of the missing blocks are now on the creative selection screen
 * Creative
 * The player can no longer eat in creative
 * Drops
 * Chickens and cows killed by burning now drop their cooked meat
 * Squid
 * Squid now drop experience orbs when killed
 * Enderman
 * Now have purple eyes rather than green, and emit portal particles rather than smoke.
 * Options
 * "Generated Structures" is now on by default
 * Crafting
 * Holding shift while grabbing a crafting output now automatically takes the maximum amount of outputs from the ingredients it was given.
 * Bone Meal
 * Can now be used on pumpkin and melon seeds
 * Huge mushrooms can only be made if a mushroom is planted on grass or dirt
 * Vines
 * Vines spread infinitely down now, but do not spread if there are more than four other vine blocks nearby.[7]
 * Cracked and mossy stone bricks now drop themselves instead of regular stone bricks.
 * Fog
 * Adjusted fog strength at low altitudes to be less extreme
 * Other
 * and working as a result of left-in debug code being removed
 * Fog key mapped to

Fixes
7 bugs fixed


 * Fixed endermen having client-side problems in multiplayer
 * Sprinting with right-click or sneaking is now fixed
 * Fixed furnace tile entity crash
 * Fixed leaving the crafting table with items on the grid creating phantom blocks
 * Fixed singleplayer chunk memory leak
 * Fixed vines and leaves no crashing the game when placed in the Nether
 * Fixed farmlands rejecting melon and pumpkin seeds

Trivia

 * This version features a winking-face emoticon (";)") in its name, for unknown reasons.

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