Talk:Java Edition version history

Herobrine debate
There's a bit of an edit war going on with adding and removing the reference to Herobrine, as made in the patch notes. I don't care either way, but it seems a consensus decision would be better than this edit warring over what should be a simple page. CMaster 00:54, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
 * If a change has actually been made to the game or its services, it belongs here. Anything else is simply spam. It's not that hard to understand, and it's been decided long ago, multiple times, as the Herobrine articles were deleted. Kizzycocoa's user subpage isn't any better, and posting jokes in a version history page (or the entire wiki, for that matter) is, again, only spamming.--OhiraKyou 01:18, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd like if we copied the patch notes verbatim, and then added in clarifications and notes in some way that clearly marked them as the wiki's words. Unfortunately, since we instead have an odd mix of our own notes, rewrites of Notch's words, and straight pasting of Notch's notes, with no way to tell which is which, the Herobrine note can't be included without an awkward disclaimer or confusing people. Manifold 02:36, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
 * It's just easier to paste Notch's patch notes and then add in stuff he wasn't aware of instead of typing everything from scratch. However, useless information shouldn't be included, regardless of what notes my accompany them.--OhiraKyou 02:45, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Agree, this is a "Version history" page, not a patch note page. There are several places to go if you want Notch's version of his notes, namely his page. That said, it should be included with its disclaimer so that people who see the "patch notes" can come here to see what it really means.  Dctrjons 11:51, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Beta 1.6.6 Fixed Changing Clock Glitch
I just noticed that the glitch where minecraft would suddenly go very fast after turning your computer clock into the future has been patched. Before minecraft would go into super speed after doing this, now nothing.

"When placing items in a furnace, dragged item is showed under the placed one. "
Is this really a new bug, or is this someone just noticing the item dragging bug that's existed for a long time, where if you drag an item over another one, the "dragged" item is drawn under the other item sometimes? I notice it happen most when you drag any "item" past any "block". -- Thedarkfreak 06:31, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

1.6.0 Portal Creation Fails in Overworld (Bug exist in 1.6.6)
I would like the bug "* Some portals in SMP take the player to the same location in the nether, despite being quite distant from each other." to link to this post. I don't have the rights to edit it myself. The link demonstrates how to cause this existing bug in v1.6.6. I feel this bug is game breaking for nether use. AkiTensai 10:55, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Posted an example of this bug being caused. http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/_smp_ssp_v1_6_6_portals_created_overworld_side_always_backlink_to_existing_portals AkiTensai 01:12, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
 * My understanding of the nether is skewed by mods. I was traveling about 200 blocks and expecting new portals, where as the code is working as intended as being about 1km for portals.  This is not a bug and working as intended. AkiTensai 06:14, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

I agree, portals are glitchy in SMP. Entered my base's portal, got into the only nether portal, teleported again then i'm into someone else's base. C ali nou - talk × contribs » 11:02, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Water (still) turning into ice?!
Arggh my water is still randomly turning into ice!!! can it be beacouse its a alfa world?! if it is plz help

Ice now regenerates when it's not snowing. Part of the sea is located inside a snow biome. C ali nou - talk × contribs » 21:16, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

what so i cant do anything about it?!

Try putting a glass ceiling on the top of the world.--Joejr50 17:10, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

putting ... at the end of the name of your world
putting ... at the end of the name of your world crashes minecraft it been that way since being able to name worlds in 1.3 i decided since it still not here to see if you guys can add it to bug list and version history The maddeath 22:00, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
 * My guess is that it is because minecraft saves your worlds in folders and putting . could cause read errors because the PC will interpret it as a file due to naming conventions. I don't know whether or not this is true. Danegraphics 8 June 2011

Incorrect Bed Bug listing in 1.6.5
In the 1.6.5 section there is a new bug listed, "Beds have numerous issues in SMP; players may sleep during night, but nothing will happen as the game thinks you're trying to sleep. This allows the player to sleep and walk freely at the same time. When all players are asleep, a few seconds later the game teleports you back to the bed and the normal post-sleeping effect will occur." This is from 1.3 and isn't new at all. I host a server and I've run into this bug more times than I can count. I'd edit it myself, but it seems to be locked =/ Pablo49 05:09, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
 * That must be my mistake, I tested a bug someone reported for 1.6.5 and it was "Beds have issues in SMP". I booted up my vanilla server and found the same problem. On CraftBukkit servers, this bug has been fixed and I thought it to be new. Sure, go ahead and delete it. Ju ze 07:32, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Mob spawn bug in 1.6.6 (or 1.6.x?)
There is a bug with the new option view-distance and the spawn rate of the mobs/monsters:

http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/354266-166-mob-spawn-bug-thread

It should be added to the list. Fenixin 13:39, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Sorry again but my water is damn anoying.
is it a bug that water turns into ice when its not a snowy biome?

Plz fix this! i got my world from alfa and i dont wanna lose it!

- Gtv1997

Two sets of legs in a Minecart
Hey, I'm not sure if this was already said, as I may have missed it. So I apologize if it was. When sitting in a minecart, you will have two sets of legs on the inventory screen, one as if you were standing, and one as if you were sitting.

That's a bug where your armor doesn't update its position when you enter or exit a cart. If you put on armor and then exit a cart, you'll have the same effect while not in the cart. It's an old bug and already on Known bugs but rather poorly described (only mentioning boats). —KPReid 00:20, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

SMP Map (Item) Bug
If on a multi-player server with other people and at least one other person has the same map, the map in your hand shows everyone's orientation as being the same as your own.

New bug for 1.6.6
I just made this account to add this bug to the list of new bugs for 1.6.6. I don't know what all goes into proving it true, but whenever I am traveling above a certain speed (or maybe momentum?) on a minecart and I leave the track (say, to fall to a landing track, or off the end of a WIP track), I instantly die. Please add to the list. Maoman 03:10, 5 June 2011 (UTC)Maoman

Incorrect Listing: 1.6.6 changes

 * 1) Bonemeal can grow tall grass and flowers on grass blocks.

This is wrong. According to the citation listed against this entry, this does not grow tall grass on existing grass or dirt blocks. it spreads normal grass to an adjacent dirt block.

however, grass will not spread to an adjacent block by this method in SMP. nor will it grow long grass.


 * No it isn't... 1. update your server, 2. try it in single player, it WILL grow tall grass and flowers on grass. – ultradude25 ( T at 11:34, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

1.6.6 Skeletons appear to be firing from ~one block above their head
It should be added that this happens with dispensers firing arrows as well.
 * I'm not seeing this behavior, just skeletons. Dctrjons 14:25, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm reasonably certain that skeletons have always behaved this way (so this isn't a "new bug"). Look at some really old LP vids -- skeletons are unable to fire if they're in a room with only a two-high ceiling. Miral 20:40, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure enough, went back to 1.5 and they are...not sure where to put this then if it's not that new. Dctrjons 20:17, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Also, the 1.6.1 change that allows players to pick up arrows fired by other players also allows players to pick up arrows fired by dispensers.

1.6.6 (SSP) Player orientation on map.
Not sure what leads to this but in one of my newer worlds (1.5ish+) any map I make the 'facing' arrow is off about 8° to the right. Any map I make on worlds that I created months ago (not sure what version) are fine. Dctrjons 12:55, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I found this occurs in SMP as well. But every once in a while the arrow will be aligned. - Danegraphics
 * Ok, throwing this out there for anyone that knows the engine:
 * I load a world and start facing Map-south and the arrow is correct,
 * I turn right to face map-west it's correct, if I turn left to map-east it becomes "off"
 * I turn left to face map-north it still is off.
 * Now if I rotate right 360 degrees...it stays true, and if I continue this turn it never seems to fail and it 'remembers' how many turns I made.
 * So now I turn left and 'unwind', and when I undo all the turns I made it becomes "off" yet again.
 * To me...I don't know java at all but I know numbers and this smells of a rounding error...but if that were the case it should get worse, and that does not appear to be the case, so I'm not sure how facing is stored.
 * So the fix apparently is that when you start your game...do 100 spins to the right :) Dctrjons 01:21, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

1.6.6 No more monkeys jumping on the beds
On SMP when I jump or walk on a bed I keep getting kicked with a NullPointerException. It doesn't corrupt .dat files though. This occurs when on 1.6.5 server with a 1.6.6 client.

-Danegraphics 7 June 2011
 * Clearly a different client/server version. User error isn't a bug. Retest with a 1.6.6 client and server. Pablo49 19:59, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

1.6 Redstone circuits in SMP
The server setting view-distance limits the maximum size of a Redstone circuit due to chunks not being loaded. Already added to known bugs, but please add this to the version history list new bugs, so Notch fixes this asap, hopefully^^.

Suggestion
I thoroughly suggest that the version history page be locked to editing by non-administrators, and that an administrator is assigned to maintain the page. Bug reports should be filed under this talk page and reviewed before being added. This is because when anyone can add any bug they want, it doesn't work out well. A lot of the "new bugs" are really just old bugs that people found and decided to add without consulting anyone first. Also, there are some bugs which are debatable as to whether they are actually bugs or not. Finally, some bugs may be related to a person's computer as opposed to Minecraft itself.

I also recommend doing this for the list of known bugs; it would be nice to keep it clean, trimmed, and verified, especially as Notch and Jeb work from that list.

Opinions? --Novatastic 16:56, 27 June 2011 (UTC)