Java Edition Beta 1.7

Beta 1.7 is an update that added pistons as well as other changes.

Additions

 * Added pistons (sticky and normal)
 * Added shears
 * Used to pick up leaf blocks.
 * Used to obtain wool from a sheep without harming it. Yields more wool than killing it.
 * Sheep no longer drop wool from punching them, they must be sheared or killed.
 * Silverfish skin was added (for Beta 1.8).

Changes

 * Flint and steel or redstone is now required to trigger TNT.
 * Fences can be stacked.
 * Redstone wire now will connect to a redstone repeater.
 * New textures for cobblestone and brick blocks.
 * When pressing in-game, a value ("F") from 0 to 3 will appear to indicate direction.
 * The gray textures in the breaking animation have been replaced with opacity.
 * Squid can now despawn.
 * Single slabs now use the bottom half of the full block's texture.
 * Cobweb now requires shears or a sword to be broken properly, and drops 1 string when destroyed.
 * The bed side texture has been moved in the texture pack file, as well as the cake texture.

Fixes
1 bug fixed
 * Fixed clay generation.

Gallery
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