12w17a

12w17a

Type	Snapshot
Release date	April 26, 2012
Snapshot for	1.3.1
Download	Client Server .exe
◄◄ 1.2.5 ◄ 12w16a 12w18a ► 1.3.2 ►►

This article is about the computer edition. For other editions, see Version history (disambiguation).

12w17a is the third snapshot released for 1.3.1.

Additions

• Book and quill & written book
  • Editable Books – Book and quill, crafted using a book, feather, and ink sac
    • When a book and quill is made, it can be right-clicked to open a screen that allows you to type the book.
    • Pressing “Done" will save whatever was typed and allow you to edit the book again later, yet will not “sign" it.
    • When “signing" a book, it will allow you to choose a title up to 16 characters long and disable editing of the book, the Book and Quill then becomes a written book, with the icon changing along with the label
• Slabs
  • Wooden slabs for each of the four shades of wood added
    • New block IDs 125 for double wooden slabs and 126 for single wooden slabs.
    • These new slabs no longer act like stone
      • An axe should be used to break them
      • They are no longer immune to fire and lava
      • Wooden slabs created in older versions of Minecraft are still stone-like and fireproof and will not change to the new slabs when placed or mined
• Options
  • Added 'Chat Options'
    • Added chat opacity, letting the chat be semi-transparent
    • Added chat disabling, removing the chat for SMP servers
    • Added chat colors option
    • Added “Only Commands" mode to chat
• Commands
  • /help added

Changes

• Books
  • Leather is now required to craft books
• Enchantments
  • Silk touch can now retrieve ice and glass panes
• Ice
  • Ice no longer turns into water in the Nether
• Creative mode
  • Tools now have infinite durability in Creative mode
  • Minecart and boats can be destroyed in one hit in Creative mode
  • Flying through water in Creative mode is no longer slow
• Animals
  • Livestock, such as chickens, can now be “walked through" instead of pushing the player around in crowded pens
• Bonus chest
  • You can no longer have a bonus chest in Hardcore mode
• Commands
  • Server Commands now appear in italics in SMP
• Saplings
  • Saplings now have their proper names (e.g. Spruce Sapling)

Fixes

3 bugs fixed

• Fixed entity collision errors
• Fixed the pick block function
• Fixed chat issues