Java Edition pre-Classic rd-20090515

rd-20090515 is a pre-Classic version made on May 14, 2009, at 22:00 UTC. . This version was never released. Although there is a version titled "rd-20090515" in the launcher, attempting to play it downloads rd-161348 instead.

Additions

 * Blocks
 * Dirt JE1.png Dirt
 * Stone JE1.png Stone
 * Oak Planks JE1.png Planks


 * General
 * Spawn Human mobs by pressing.
 * Block picking using the number keys –.
 * Support for different block types and dynamic blocks.
 * Fullscreen mode.
 * Crosshair (+)
 * In this version, it was very thin. The graphic was made thicker in rd-161348.

Changes

 * Physics
 * Grass exists on dirt while under light.
 * Grass blocks revert to dirt when they are no longer under light.
 * Grass blocks revert to dirt when a block is on top of it.
 * Grass has to spread to Dirt Block in order for Dirt to grow Grass
 * Shadows brightened


 * Level generation
 * Unless a from an older version is launched, the world is no longer flat.
 * Loading a world from older pre-Classic versions causes all blocks to become stone


 * Textures
 * Grass Block Revision 2.png Grass block
 * Top Texture is slightly brighter.
 * Grass Blocks now have side and bottom textures, rather than the same texture on each side.
 * Stone has the current texture, while Cobblestone now uses a slightly smoother version of the previous Stone texture


 * Blocks
 * Removed the ability to obtain Grass Blocks.


 * Movement
 * Moving is much slower when in midair.

Trivia

 * This version is the version shown in the "Minecraft progress." video.
 * Unlike other pre-classic versions, this does not use a "ddhhmm" (day-hour-minute) format, but instead a "yyyymmdd" (year-month-day) format.
 * The game is renamed from "Cave Game" to "Minecraft: Order of the Stone" in this version.
 * The "rd" prefix in the update's name stands for RubyDung, a previous game Notch worked on and abandoned, and was used as some of Minecraft's inspiration.
 * There was a version in the launcher titled "rd-20090515", however, rd-20090515 is not on the Minecraft download servers - attempting to download will download rd-161348 instead, a much later version.