User:MarioProtIV/Workbench/PE Alpha 0.12.1 rewrite

Alpha 0.12.1 is an upcoming update to Minecraft Pocket Edition with a possible release date in August 2015. It was released early as the first version for the Windows 10 Edition Beta as 0.12.0 on July 29, 2015. Originally, this update was supposed to be co-released with the Windows 10 Edition, but encountered obstacles in its development, forcing it to be delayed.

Below are the changes added since Alpha 0.11.2.

Gameplay

 * Controller support
 * Hunger
 * Experience
 * Weather
 * Rain
 * Snowfall
 * Thunderstorm
 * Sprinting and sneaking
 * Option to reverse the location of the Sneak and Jump button
 * The jump button has been moved to the right side of the screen.
 * Added a sneaking button in place of where the current jump button is.
 * These are the new default controls.
 * Options
 * Option to disable the auto-jump feature
 * More difficulty modes
 * Peaceful
 * Easy
 * Normal
 * Hard
 * Mobs deal more damage and zombies/skeletons have a increased chance of wearing, picking up, or spawning with better armor or tools.
 * Front-view mode (equivalent of pressing F5 twice on PC)
 * FOV option slider
 * Animation for switching items.
 * Enchanting
 * Brewing

Blocks

 * Enchantment table
 * Version exclusive : Book on table glows
 * Anvils
 * All 3 damage types
 * Brewing stand
 * Mob head
 * Inventory icons are not 3-D
 * Flower pot
 * Soul sand
 * Nether brick fence
 * Nether quartz ore

Items

 * Potion
 * Splash potion
 * Gold nugget
 * Golden carrot
 * Nether wart
 * Glistering melon
 * Golden apple
 * Enchanted golden apple
 * Rabbit's foot (creative only as rabbits have not been added yet)
 * Blaze rod
 * Blaze powder
 * Ghast tear
 * Spider eye
 * Fermented spider eye
 * Bottle o' enchanting (creative only as villager trading has not been added yet)
 * Poisonous potato
 * Enchanted books

Creative inventory additions

 * Spawn eggs:
 * Ghast
 * Blaze
 * Ocelot
 * Glowstone dust
 * Gunpowder
 * Redstone dust (brewing only)
 * Slimeball
 * Sugar
 * Magma cream
 * Apple
 * Coal
 * Charcoal
 * Iron ingot
 * Gold ingot
 * Emerald
 * Diamond
 * Raw porkchop
 * Cooked porkchop
 * Steak
 * Raw chicken
 * Cooked chicken
 * Baked potato
 * Bread
 * String
 * Stick
 * Beetroot
 * Beetroot soup
 * Mushroom soup
 * Packed ice
 * Boats:
 * Spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, and dark oak variants
 * Leather armor
 * Chain armor
 * Iron armor
 * Gold armor
 * Diamond armor

World generation

 * The Nether
 * Nether portals can also be up to 23x23 in size
 * All items previously obtained through the Nether reactor are now available through their normal means.
 * Nether fortresses

Mobs

 * Iron golems
 * Snow golems
 * Version exclusive : Shows jack o' lantern as the head if used for building, in place of the pumpkin
 * Version exclusive : The pumpkin can be removed using shears, revealing the "derp" face of the snow golem
 * Ocelots
 * Zombie villagers
 * Version exclusive : Villagers retain their profession and clothes, which appear tattered
 * Baby zombie villagers
 * Blazes
 * Wither skeletons
 * Charged creepers
 * Spawned when a lightning bolt strikes a creeper during a thunderstorm.

General

 * Graphics
 * Tinted water - gradient from aqua to dark blue when viewed from a distance
 * Relocated pause and chat button (survival only)
 * Version exclusive : Leaves in snowy taigas now appear frost-covered
 * Scrollbar
 * Always visible
 * New texture
 * The player can now swim in lava
 * Updated sounds

Gameplay

 * Controls
 * Made the flight controls a little bit smaller

Mobs

 * Burning mobs have a sizzling particle effect once extinguished
 * Mobs will now drop experience when killed
 * Zombie
 * Zombies now wear different armor and can hold items
 * Zombies now drop weapons and armor rarely
 * Zombies can now break down doors
 * Skeleton
 * Skeletons now wear different armor and can hold items
 * Improved accuracy
 * Skeletons now drop weapons and armor rarely
 * Spawning a Skeleton in the nether can turn into a wither skeleton
 * Creeper
 * Creepers struck by lightning now turn into Charged creepers
 * Run away from Ocelots (Wild and Tamed variants)
 * Slime
 * Slimes now have particles when jumping
 * Magma cube
 * Now spawn in the Nether
 * Magma cubes now split when killed
 * Zombie pigman
 * Zombie pigmen are now neutral
 * Now spawn in the Nether
 * Zombie Pigmen now wear armor and can hold items
 * Zombie Pigmen now drops swords and armor rarely
 * Now drop gold nuggets
 * Villager
 * Villagers can now open and close doors
 * Villagers can now harvest crops
 * Spider
 * Spiders now have a walking sound
 * Now drop spider eyes
 * Cave Spider
 * Cave Spiders now have a walking sound
 * Now drop spider eyes
 * Ghast
 * Now spawn in the Nether
 * Now drop ghast tears
 * Now makes sounds and noises

Blocks and items

 * Boat
 * New inventory icons
 * Now include paddles
 * Different boat types' items now are their respective color
 * Nether Reactor
 * Still usable, but is uncraftable and removed from the crafting menu. If the player breaks a Nether reactor core, it still drops 3 diamonds and 6 iron ingots.
 * Food
 * Now restore hunger instead of health
 * Snow layer
 * Version exclusive : Builds up multiple layers naturally through snowfall
 * Version exclusive : Are now affected by gravity
 * Book
 * Now use the updated crafting recipe including leather
 * Crops
 * Breaking crops will now always drop seeds
 * Ladders
 * Now makes sounds when climbing
 * Lava
 * Makes sounds when it's flowing
 * Water
 * Makes sounds when it's flowing
 * Now can use to make water bottles
 * Doors
 * Now can be stacked up to 64
 * Crafting a door now produces 3 doors rather then 1.
 * Packed ice
 * New texture: Packed Ice.png
 * Quartz pillars
 * Can now be placed horizontally, like logs.

Planned additions

 * Possibly in-game music
 * May be downloadable only as a free in-app purchase on Android and Windows devices

General

 * Title screen
 * Buttons now have a rocky texture
 * Rotating player model with current skin with the player name above is now displayed
 * Options button is now beneath the 'play' button to the left
 * Button now reads 'options' rather than a wrench icon
 * Skin selection tab relocated from options to a button on the title screen to the right of the options button
 * Language button now uses the same icon as Computer Edition
 * Buttons are smaller and make up current size of 'play' button

Gameplay

 * PC HUD, survival inventory, and crafting UIs
 * Mouse & keyboard support
 * Nine slots in hotbar, rather than 5–7
 * Difference : No enchanting

Fixes
46 bugs fixed

From released versions before 0.12.1
 * Touchpad implementation fixed on the Sony Xperia Play
 * - You can't get out of lava
 * - Sounds on Android devices are incorrect
 * - Bug while mining/breaking blocks (Touch and Split Controls)
 * - Bow don't have particles in full charge.
 * - Auto jump not working with carpet
 * - Unable to enter new text upon removing formatting
 * - Chunks near to and of mushroom island biomes do not generate
 * - Finger free mining bug.
 * - Wrong Crops Sound
 * - cant place pillar quartz blocks sideways
 * - World crashes on load
 * - When tapping the leftmost box in hotbar while walking forward, you walk backwards-left a bit.
 * - Baby pigs can pass trough slabs
 * - Hotbar size decreases when on split controls
 * - painting  (or Aztec) does not exist in the game
 * - jungle leaves x-ray bug
 * - Putting out fire in creative mode
 * - Inventory Armor Section Bug!
 * - Red Sand Suffocation
 * - Upper slabs cause top leaf texture to disappear
 * - Monster spawners only spawn mobs with data value 0
 * - Mesas generate on top of water bodies in Bryce mesa biomes
 * - Water and Lava disappear when switching view distances
 * - Redstone Ore doesn't give off particles.
 * - Heavy shading on water blocks at the world border
 * - Lava can tick through walls
 * - Fishing rod and flying glitch
 * - Wrong Magma Cream Name
 * - Magma Cubes Do Not Split
 * - Lighting glitch when standing under a door
 * - Block selection overlay is only visible on one side of a texture
 * - Zombies think that slabs are full blocks
 * - Eating raw chicken gives you hunger?
 * - Water can turn lava into obsidian from underneath.
 * - Skeletons and Creepers look up when you are beneath them
 * - Egg shows snowball particles when thrown
 * - Fishing bobber (bait or lure) burns forever
 * - Wrong text when selecting which model to use with your custom skin
 * - Furnaces are facing wrong direction in village blacksmiths
 * - Double-tall flowers do not drop items when mined
 * - After mobs get out of fire, they do not continue to burn
 * - Nether Reactor gives wrong message
 * - Infinite Boat Rowing Bug
 * - Bow glitch
 * - No 32 bit support