Java Edition 14w04a

14w04a is the 4th week snapshot released in 2014. This snapshot is for 1.8.

Additions

 * Commands
 * Spawns particles in a given area
 * It can also be relative to entities.
 * Usage:
 * Example: /particle lava ~ ~1 ~ 1 1 1 0.5 2 @e[type=Chicken]
 * List of particles: hugeexplosion, largeexplode, fireworksSpark, bubble, suspended, depthsuspend, townaura, crit, magicCrit, smoke, mobSpell, mobSpellAmbient, spell, instantSpell, witchMagic, note, portal, enchantmenttable, explode, flame, lava, footstep, splash, wake, largesmoke, cloud, reddust, snowballpoof, dripWater, dripLava,snowshovel, slime, heart, angryVillager, happyVillager, iconcrack_(ID), tilecrack_(ID).
 * List of particles: hugeexplosion, largeexplode, fireworksSpark, bubble, suspended, depthsuspend, townaura, crit, magicCrit, smoke, mobSpell, mobSpellAmbient, spell, instantSpell, witchMagic, note, portal, enchantmenttable, explode, flame, lava, footstep, splash, wake, largesmoke, cloud, reddust, snowballpoof, dripWater, dripLava,snowshovel, slime, heart, angryVillager, happyVillager, iconcrack_(ID), tilecrack_(ID).

Improvements & Changes

 * Item Frames
 * Item frames can give off a signal detected by Comparators, based on the direction the item is facing
 * Items in item frames can now face eight different directions
 * As long as the frame remains placed, it remembers the orientation of the last item it held, and uses it for the next item it holds
 * Villages
 * Changes to villager AI
 * Farmer villagers now harvest and replant crops. Note: All villagers can actually harvest and pickup dropped wheat. This MAY be a bug.
 * Butchers, as well as farmers, can pick up dropped wheat.
 * Enchantments
 * Looting now gives 1% chance of rare loot per level
 * Iron Golems/Zombie Pigmen
 * Now drop items on normal kills
 * Iron Golems/Snow Golems/Withers
 * You can now spawn Iron Golems/Snow Golems/Withers with dispensers + pumpkin/skulls respectively
 * Dead Bushes
 * Can now catch fire
 * Buttons
 * Can now be placed on ceiling/floors
 * Moss Stone
 * Now craftable in a shapeless recipe with one Cobblestone and one Vine.
 * Commands
 * Added the ability to filter block types in the /fill command
 * Only if it’s used to fill in replace mode with “normal” blocks.
 * It does not work when filling with block entities.
 * Syntax:
 * F3 Debug Screen
 * Selector now shows three coloured lines from the center facing each positive direction.
 * The direction you're facing will go bold
 * The crosshairs turns in to a 3D xyz axis hair when in the debug screen.

Fixes

 * - Ladder, Sign, Fence, Gate, Trapdoor causes block it is placed in to darken
 * - Transparent blocks raise the light level of the block they're in visually by one
 * - Whole-word selection behaves erratically in chat
 * - Pumpkin texture flips when made into snowman
 * - New AI mobs see through invisibility
 * - Dead bushes and Saplings do not burn
 * - Withers are harmed by the explosions of their Wither Skulls
 * - Mouse is centered when going to previous menu with ESC
 * - Stone monster eggs Spawn 2 Silverfish
 * - Furnace Progress Remains After Changing Ingredient
 * - Lava fizz sound plays whenever a flowing lava block destroys an air block
 * - No Colon after Game Mode in World Options
 * - server-icon.png alpha channel display
 * - Tripwire is invisible
 * - Silverfish can infest Granite/Andesite/Diorite
 * - Lava spreads further than it should
 * - /difficulty doesn't update on singleplayer
 * - Doors get added to the list of village doors over and over again
 * - /kill Not Killing Invulnerable Entity
 * - /clone doesnt clone TileEntity orientation
 * - Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException: Loading entity NBT
 * - The world freezes if an Enderman is being hit.
 * - Skin Layers Appear to be Off when Travelling through Portals
 * - Skin's Second Layers Invisible in First Person
 * - Id for cooked fish is "minecraft:cooked_fished"
 * - New skin layer jacket acts enchanted when enchanted pants equipped
 * - Double Shift = Sprint
 * - Debug code streaming in console
 * - Server does no longer produce a logfile
 * - Fire from lava spreads further than it should
 * - Server seems locked in debug mode, spams console