Java Edition 1.4.6 (pre-release)

1.4.6-pre is the first and only pre-release for 1.4.6.

Items

 * Bows
 * A high pitched sound is played when a player hits another player from far away with a bow.

General

 * Options
 * Added an option to toggle touchscreen mode.

Fixes
38 bugs fixed


 * Fixed mouse wrongly positioned in fullscreen

From released versions before 1.4.6
 * – When a bat flies through the water, it gets stuck, and it will stay stuck.
 * – Water splash sound gets overridden by other sounds.
 * – Player not shown in actual location after breaking boat.
 * – Inventory items, when placed in an ender chest, disappears.
 * – Mis-identified server version.
 * – Fresh install of 1.4.2 on fresh install of OS X 10.6.8 hangs.
 * – Items do not "update looks" when stacked on ground.
 * – Dropped items only auto-stack when moving, not when going through portals.
 * – File Handle leak in RegionFileCache (MCP).
 * – Duplicating Sand/Gravel/Dragon Egg still works with tweaks to an existing design.
 * – Destroying a Jukebox NPE&Kick.
 * – Minecraft graphics messed up.
 * – Redstone directional bug.
 * – Ghost block bug.
 * – Game freezes at the start of a previously saved game.
 * – Cannot modify the Render Distance setting - Stays at "Far" regardless of changes.
 * – Shift-Clicking smelted ores out of furnace cause minor visual bug.
 * – The player cannot look around without moving vertically or horizontally.
 * – Minecraft client crashs when connection times out.
 * – Minecarts disappearing.
 * – Error 50% of the time when the player tries to join their server.
 * – Zombie pigman knockback stunlocks Iron Golems, defeating their intended purpose.
 * – The player cannot change texture packs.
 * – Blaze fire ball crashes the game.
 * – Some textures appear as dark terrain.png images.
 * – Minecraft crashing every time the player gets on for a little while.
 * – Game only loads the chunk the player currently standing on when they logged in. Then the game freezes and crashes.
 * – Client crashes when underground near piston and redstone machine.
 * – Skeletons will come close to attacker.
 * – Particle overload when returning from AFK.
 * – Slime audio bug.
 * – Minecart off track and into walls.
 * – Skeletons not retaliating to Iron Golems/Wolves.
 * – Minecraft crashed, exception world.
 * – Game client gets stuck on 'building terrain' screen.

From the 1.4.6 snapshots
 * – Mobs running in circles and not jumping when chasing/running away.

From the same version
 * – Crash when shot by skeleton.