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Crashing/System
Bugs x (F3) "Chunk Updates" info is still often equals to "FPS" info. This just can't be true. Annoyances A! in multiplayer, the FPS is much increased, before 12w07a 8-12ms with one player on the server, now it is with one player 50-80. this is realy anoying.
 * That doesn't sound right, I would always approve of higher FPS :D do you mean latency? --GALAKTOSTalk – ceterum censeo error quasi-connectivitatis pistonis delendam esse. 19:26, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't doubt player ping would raise with the addition of more blocks to load. Was a good idea but bad at the same time... Kit Ballard 19:54, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Its not just the addition of more blocks, it adds more overhead. You have to do more internally when you change it so chunks are split up instead of being in one single array. Servers are always going to be hardest hit when the map format changes as they have to hold more of the map/etc in memory than a client would. --Stucuk 21:40, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Fixed/Skipped

Redstone/Pistons
Bugs Annoyances a The Boat track system (30m/s) from the last diamond stuff does not work.
 * How about a complete, coherent statement to clarify?
 * The system shown in this video : http://youtu.be/0svL9qW5W_E
 * clearly, the entities are no longer properly pushed by pistons.
 * Wouldn't be surprised if they fixed it since that was getting people banned from servers for speed hacking.Skaruts 18:45, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

a! Items can't be pushed by pistons.

a Redstone wire seems to flash as if it is slightly powered and hooked to a pulser, doesn't power anything, but is hard on the eyes.

a!Redstone/piston usage seems to horribly lag my game, i had about 45 fps then acivated a simple piston elevator to drop to around 1 - 5 fps on the way up. SSP (the same elevator barely had an effect on my fps on the previous snapshot). I'm using Annoyance as i can still play the game if i don't use redstone/pistons --Stewb83 21:31, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Fixed/Skipped

Blocks
Bugs x When broken, powered redstone lamps drop the technical block that is used for their powered state.

x Vines are currently programmed like snow blocks and tall grass- placing a block in the same space as them will replace the vines. This is a bug- now that vines have a practical use, this can get very annoying.

x Wooden slabs do not have the properties of normal wood. Now that 4096 block IDs are available, there's no excuse not to make wooden slabs their own block and to convert all existing wood slabs into that block.

x When you place a switch then a lamp next to it, and hit the switch, then break the lamp and replace a unlit lamp,then break the switch, the lamp will go back to unlit block texture, but it will still emit light. -Minedmaster

x When you place a lamp above a lamp then light the bottom lamp with a switch, it will change to lit block texture but not emit light. -Minedmaster

x I don't think it's normal that mini trees in the jungle have jungle wood + normal leaves.


 * Why not jungle wood + jungle leaves (or normal wood + normal leaves) ?

x Nether wart now requires light to grow or it will pop off Shikamaru123 20:35, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

x long grass and sugar cane spontaneously pop off, leaving seeds or cane on the ground Porrohman 2205 UTC 15 February 2012

x Jungle Tree Leaves on old Alpha Trees don't decay (maybe all Jungle Leaves, please confirm) Annoyances

a There is no storage block for redstone, coal or charcoal. It is annoying how there is a storage block for the rarest material (diamond) but not for the most common ones which often clog up a player's inventory.
 * I think the Diamond Block isn't intended as a storage block but rather a building block for bragging rights. --10.0.0.123 00:28, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
 * That's beside the point: it is useful for storage, as that guy brought up, and there are storage blocks for gold, iron, and lapis lazuli. I have several stacks of iron blocks I got from searching for diamonds. Why not redstone, coal and charcoal as well? Redstone DUST in particular, that sounds like something that could be easily made into a block. 192.168.70.95 13:02, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
 * If we have storage block for diamond, it doesn't make slightest sense to not have storage block for coal. In my opinion, there either should be no storage blocks or all storage blocks. If it was up to me, there would be storage block even for redstone, maybe this could function as vertical redstone wiring. Rate this is major annoyance, if there is consensus, I favor. 88.194.240.185

Fixed/Skipped

Crafting/Enchanting/Brewing/Interface
Bugs

undefined Fire charge is not in creative mode inventory Minecraft5025 22:24, 15 February 2012 (UTC) 173.30.251.129 173.30.251.129 00:10, 16 February 2012 (UTC) yes it is -Minedmaster

undefined Everything made of wood can be used as fuel in a furnace, except wooden tools. The fact that even jukeboxes and note blocks can be used as fuel leads me to think that the wooden tools are supposed to work this way but Jeb just forgot. Also (88.194.240.185) (usable as fuel, burnable in world):
 * Wooden slab (no,no)
 * Note block (yes,no)
 * Jukebox (yes,no)
 * Crafting table (yes,no)
 * Sign (no,no)
 * Wooden Door (no,no)
 * Dead Bush (no,no)
 * Bowl (no,--)
 * Book (no,--)

Annoyances

Fixed/Skipped

Achievements
Bugs Annoyances Fixed/Skipped

Gameplay
Bugs undefined/a Directional keys will get "stuck" and you'll continue in the same direction untill pressed again Kit Ballard 16:17, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

a cr The player still can fly upwards indefinitely in creative mode. Skaruts 18:47, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * This is not a bug.

! cr While flying in water or lava, horizontal movement is slowed to a crawl and vertical movement is very fast.

undefined Lava does not set chests on fire. Minecraft5025 22:18, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

undefined Server Version: Command Time Set is broken

undefined Some worlds that where in creative mode turned to survival mode.

Annoyances a! Boats break too easily. Boat physics need an overhaul.

a While clay balls can be crafted into blocks of clay, blocks of clay cannot be crafted back into clay balls. This gets annoying when crafting them to save space in the inventory, and you have to place them and break them again when you get home.
 * Snowballs / blocks are similar.

a The Mac version of the Paste shortcut, Command-V, cannot be executed within Minecraft. Ctrl-V works and uses the actual Mac clipboard. NOTE: This bug has been around since Beta 1.3.

a! The range of characters in font.txt is very limited considering the multilinguality of Minecraft. It should be updated so that more characters are available, because it is hard for foreign Minecraft players to communicate on servers if they cannot type using their own script. (Updating font.txt would also enable using the same font for all the languages.)

aThere is no way to type the section sign (§) from within Minecraft, and it can only be entered by pasting it, which cannot be done while writing on signs.

a cr The Mushroom blocks are not available in Item Selection. Even without the entire texture, the texture that they do have is still useful because it looks like light-colored human skin.

a1 cr Portals to the End are not available in Item Selection. They are tedious to find in Creative Mode even with infinite Eyes of Ender, and on top of that, they are destructible, so someone could accidentally break them all (or a griefer could do it on purpose) and then there would be no way to get to the End, which is a good place to build outer-space themed things. The return portals are also destructible and should be in Item Selection as well. They would also be good for custom maps.

a Golden Apples are useless. They have been outclassed by the Potion of Regeneration ever since it was introduced, but now this is even more so ever since they were nerfed. It would make sense for Golden Apples to be the ingredient for the Potion of Regeneration instead of the Ghast Tear (with the Ghast Tear being used for some other potion instead.) Alternately, one or more of: increasing the apple's regen duration by 2 or 3x, removing the time it takes to eat them, or giving them an additional effect (possibly from the list of not-currently-used potion effects).

a There is no way to grow your own undergrowth. Undergrowth is the mass of leaves on the floor of the jungle.

a Despite being used in many things, and also being depleted through several activities like using a splash potion, sand is not renewable. Eventually you are going to use up all the sand and not be able to make splash potions anymore.
 * Do you mean TNT? There's no sand in splash potions.
 * Sand is needed to make glass for potion bottles.
 * Potion bottles are re-usable, though. And silk touch makes up for that quite a bit too. Still, using an entire desert worth of sand in glass and bottles doesn't seem too easy to me. And, still, any map has numerous deserts. On an SMP server many players can use up a desert, but there's still more. This doesn't sound very plausible. Skaruts 00:24, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

amp Beds work, but acts weird when sleeping. It's like you falling through infinity. --86.52.2.125 17:49, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * is this SSP or SMP? Lulloman 18:36, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

a Worlds generated in Alpha (before McRegion) aren't showed in the Maplist. --Galaxy_2Alex (Talk) Fixed/Skipped

NPC/Animals
Bugs

undefined If you're in a 1x1x2 hole and a villager joins you, every blow you strike to try to dig yourself out hits the villager instead, even if you are facing the opposite way. AFAICS you have to kill the villager before you can dig again. 82.69.54.207

! spIf you let a cat sit in a offline game, save and play then online (not multiplayer) you can't let the cat stand and move. The cat don't respond. It also works vice versa, when you play online and then offline. Tested in flat world and creative.
 * This is a bug that has been around as long as wolves have, and is not restricted to any OS. The reason is that cats and dogs are bound to the player by their name, even in singleplayer, and Minecraft treats "Player" (the name of the player in offline mode) as a separate player from your identity in online mode. I agree that this is a problem. If possible, a special exception should be made for singleplayer so that single-player tames will obey anyone.
 * that could have problems in some servers that lets you change your name if you changed it to player everyone would be able to use the wolf and it wouldn't know where to go.Darkychao 04:22, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * A simpler solution would be to use whatever username was entered in offline mode, instead of 'Player'. This would avoid needing special-case code for wolves, cats, and any other player-specific features added in the future. -- Orthotope

undefinedcr Feeding animals consumes the item used to do so, which is unintended and is very annoying because it means we have to shift-click everything we use to feed them. Examples include wheat used on most animals, bones used on wolves, fish used on cats, and meat used on tamed wolves. This also includes saddles used on pigs and dyes used on sheep.

Annoyances a Animals are spawned "in" the leafs on the ground in Jungle Biomes. Only destroying the leafs can free them. Seems to spawn on Wood even if Leaf is above.

a! Pigs are underpowered. While cows are useful for their milk and hide as well as their meat, and drop 1-3 pieces of Raw Beef, pigs aren't good for anything except for porkchops, and even then they only drop 0-2. At least with cows meat is guaranteed. (The only other thing you CAN do with pigs is ride them, but that isn't very useful.)

a You don't get the saddle back after a saddled pig dies.

a! Chickens are relatively pointless to keep, because their eggs aren't used for anything other than cake. Their feathers are useless because while they can be crafted into arrows, it can only be done with flint and that is not renewable, and would be better used to craft flint and steel. To make matters worse, arrows can be renewably and automatically farmed from Skeletons. Their meat isn't even as good as pork or steak.

a If the player has a huge city with Villagers in it, they will repopulate at an uncontrollably large rate. Which can clog up the map with Villagers.

a Animals will still follow Wheat even when they have mated and are unable to eat anymore. This makes feeding a large amount of animals, difficult: as you get crowded by animals which are unable to mate stopping access and making it hard to keep track of the ones who still need to be fed.

aWolves are black at night/ in the dark... even glowstone is just weakly lighting him. --Locoloco 20:09, 15 February 2012 (UTC) Proof(with chicken for comparison):

aThe top of pink sheep is white, and the top of orange sheep is yellow

a Villagers still destroy their own farmland and crops. Minecraft5025 21:55, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

a Villagers sometimes fall into wells and cannot get back up Minecraft5025 21:59, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

a Some areas of NPC Villages are completely dark ( only moonlight ) Minecraft5025 22:07, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

a Crops are not lit by torches in NPC Villages. Minecraft5025 22:07, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

a! Spawning in a world spawn over 20 wolves(regular biomes) or over 20 ocelots (jungle biome) and follow you around as if they are tamed animals Fixed/Skipped

Mobs
Bugs

undefined Mobs' hitboxes clip through doors. This means that you get hurt when standing in front of a door with a zombie on the other end.

b Zombies will keep following their target when burning to sunlight. Even when they just came out of shadows, and could just retreat a few steps to safety. Skaruts 20:39, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Annoyances a Creeper "fuses" seems to be closer then usual. Took down a creeper a sword's reach when they used to attempt to blow up at that range Kit Ballard 16:02, 15 February 2012 (UTC)


 * they did never explode *just* inside sword reach. in zisteau’s playthroughs, you can see him repeatedly killing creepers stuck behind a block with “the tip of his sword”. please confirm that this isn’t intentional ‒ ‒ flying sheep 17:32, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * That's behind a block. These guys are just about in my face when I'm out and about. Kit Ballard 19:50, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

a Tamed Ocelot (Cat) becomes frozen on server restart, but still make meowing and purring sounds. Unable to hit them or change their position and can still push them around. Not sure if is a problem, or just happens with some clients as it is annoying.

Fixed/Skipped

World generator
Bugs !although the nether has still a bedrock layer at 128, there's now air above, which means that there will spawn tons of zombie pigman and ghasts, but they are all unreachable unless you are in creative. this also means that there are a lot less monsters below, since the monsters above quickly fill up the mob cap. also sometimes mushrooms will grow on top.

! There are almost no trees in swamps, except on the water Skaruts 16:21, 15 February 2012 (UTC).

! Birch trees are not being generated. Skaruts 16:21, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Wow, they weren't kidding: http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7523/28040658.jpg Kit Ballard 16:11, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

! Branching trees not being generated.

! Entering the End crated NO End Stone. http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/523/88907417.jpg Kit Ballard 16:36, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

! There are no trees generated in taiga biomes.

! There are no caves generated in the world!

a! Jungle Biomes have some places with other colored regions. (Taiga, Tundra?) ! No Giant Mushrooms being generated. Giant Mushrooms cannot be grown (try seed lost, still works). DgnBiscuit 19:21, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Mineshafts still generate luckly. Kit Ballard 16:21, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

a! Various "stone holes" in the bottom overworld bedrock layer. LukasNotLuke
 * confirmed the lack of generating mushrooms, but they can still be grown with bonemeal --MG127 22:46, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

a! Surface lava pools that generate in the jungle have a high chance to burn it down

aarea with changes biomes (caused by wandering or path-update?)sometimes won't create ice or snow layer in new tundra-biomes--Locoloco 20:15, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

undefined Some trees are being generated like dwarf trees, growing leaves right from the ground level. Including pine trees. http://i.imgur.com/mwNhP.jpg (this may be related to all other tree related bugs, though) Skaruts 00:08, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

undefined Air pockets are being generated in water areas. http://i.imgur.com/QT96V.jpg or http://i.imgur.com/000jd.jpg Skaruts 00:12, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Annoyances

a Villages still tend to generate houses buried. Kit Ballard 16:27, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Villagers also spawn out side the buried house's door, covered by the ground. Found a group when I dug out the door. Kit Ballard 16:28, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

a Some houses in villages are still being generated with their entrance two blocks above the ground, and with no stairs. http://i.imgur.com/36YOo.jpg Skaruts 18:12, 15 February 2012 (UTC) Fixed/Skipped
 * All of your Pictures doesn't work, maybe they aren't public --Galaxy_2Alex (Talk)

Graphical/Lightning

 * Water is much more clear.
 * Don't see how this is a problem. Kit Ballard 16:38, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * May not be a problem, but it's not a normal feature. Skaruts 17:31, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * maybe a new feature? looks nice anyway. Affect only new worlds, not previously generated/converted ones Porrohman
 * If Water is directly below an Ice Block, the Ice Block is as clear as glass.

Bugs ! The new redstone lamp causes extrem lag when switched and in sunlight/moonlight, but it works fine when you switch it in the complete dark or when there is only blocklight. If you don't believe me just build this small setup and switch the lever:


 * actually it's even worse: every block light update in sun light causes massive lag, just press F3 and place a glowstone and you'll see a big spike in the lagometer
 * According to the profiler, the lag is caused by "root.tick.level.tickPending.checkLight.top < too" --Barracuda 16:57, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

!mp The new redstone lamp doesn't put off any light in SMP. KoreRekon

a!Tunnels don't get dark during the day. You can see the light brightening as you dig. During the night they get dark, but not as much as they were supposed to. It's as if every block is affected by sun light, even though there's no direct or even indirect contact with it. http://i.imgur.com/sEs8P.jpg (please comfirm) Skaruts 17:37, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * To add more, this occurs in survival and creative. I really do not like this at all because this makes all light sources obsolete and a waste of crafting since it is bright everywhere. Mrarroyo 20:30, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * doesn't happen on converted maps, just newly generated ones Porrohman

a!Lava in the nether and in overworld ponds don't have any lightning after generation. --MG127 19:59, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

aBedrock fog doesn't seem to work. http://i.imgur.com/sEs8P.jpg (please comfirm) Skaruts 17:39, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Not sure if they implemented this yet but it is not supposed to show in creative mode anymore. (I don't know what mode you are using because I cant get to pic)
 * I was in survival mode. But it turns out I was using 12w07a by mistake. It seems to work in 12w07b... Sorry for my mistake.Skaruts 19:13, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Should I, or someone, delete this entry? Skaruts 22:13, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

a Snow isn't shown on the map.

undefined Text in the item screen overlaps item graphics http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3937/11323001.jpg Kit Ballard 15:46, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * that bug is old, dunno when it appeared first but it was also in mc1.0 --MG127 19:59, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * That bug has been around for as long as the game has existed (or at least since Alpha 1.2.4, when I started playing). TLUL 20:43, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

undefined All torches that were previously placed or are currently placed in a 1 block large space above you creates a "dark" space. http://i.imgur.com/z1URb.png If you chip away at the adjacent block, this "dark effect" goes away. This never occurred prior to versions 12w07a / 12w07b. Eugeniusz 23:24, 15 February 2012 (CET)

Annoyances a Sky color changes slightly depending on what biome you are currently in

Sound
Bugs Annoyances a On peaceful when placing a Zombie egg you can hear the zombie but not see it.
 * That is also true for all other hostile mobs (including slimes).Skaruts 20:44, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Enemy Mobs will de-spawn instantly on peaceful(So they are spawned but then removed instantly). --Stucuk 21:45, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Indeed. They still have some effects on the game though, such as villagers momentarily fleeing from the zombies, or ghasts spawned right in front of you pushing you back a bit. I believe, if anything, these are the bugs instead. Skaruts 22:11, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

a Tamed Ocelots seem to make a lot of sounds, constantly. Might want to space it out as much as the wolves' sounds?

aIf the player plays a music with a jukebox and sets the sound at OFF, the music stop only when this has finished or the player plays another music. Fixed/Skipped

Language
Bugs undefined There are several errors in en_US.lang:
 * item.bootsGold.name=Golden boots
 * should be item.bootsGold.name=Golden Boots


 * item.bucketLava.name=Lava bucket
 * should be item.bucketLava.name=Lava Bucket


 * entity.PigZombie.name=Pig Zombie
 * should be entity.PigZombie.name=Zombie Pigman

Annoyances a CA (Canadian English): "Multiplayer" is "Go Camping with your Buddies, Eh?" --Galaxy_2Alex (Talk) Fixed/Skipped