Java Edition 13w42a

13w42a is the twelfth snapshot for Java Edition 1.7.2. It allows for more letters to be put on signs, change the texture of stained glass and makes witches a common monster (like creepers and zombies) instead of spawning exclusively in and around witch huts.

Blocks

 * Signs
 * Different letters can be typed now.


 * Stained glass
 * Have a smoother/transparent texture.


 * Stained glass panes
 * Have a smoother/transparent texture.


 * Water
 * Transparency slightly adjusted.
 * If water is directly adjacent to ice, when looking through the ice, the player cannot see the water.
 * However, the player can see the ice when looking through water.
 * If water is not directly adjacent to ice, the player can see the water when looking through the ice.
 * The player can no longer see the water surface from underwater

Items

 * 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.

Mobs

 * Witches
 * Now spawn anywhere where the light level is 7 or less, including any biome and underground.


 * Zombies
 * Can only break doors when having the new CanBreakDoors tag set to 1, an up to 10% chance.

General

 * Inventory
 * 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.


 * Resource packs
 * Rewrote the sound system.
 * The player is 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.

Trivia

 * 13w42b and the April Fools' version 3D Shareware v1.34 both have the same protocol version as 13w42a.
 * 13w42a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.