Java Edition 1.7.6-pre1

Minecraft 1.7.6-pre1

Edition	Java Edition
Type	Pre-release
Release date	April 3, 2014
Pre-release for	1.7.6
Downloads	Client (.json) Server (.exe)
Protocol version	5
◄◄ 1.7.5 1.7.6-pre2 ► 1.7.7 ►►

1.7.6-pre1 is the first pre-release for Java Edition 1.7.6.

Changes

General

Skin

• Skins and capes are now distributed through servers.
  • Skins server outages will occur less frequently and have less impact.
  • Skin changes will no longer require client restarting, at worst re-logging will update the skin for everybody.
  • Server-altered skins/capes are not possible - only signed URLs are stored server-side.
  • Duplicate skins no longer need to be downloaded twice.
  • Server traffic will barely be affected.

Name Changing

• Added support for name changing.
  • The ability to actually change account names will not come until 1.8.

Options

• The Server Resource Packs option is now per-server, and has three settings: Prompt, Enabled, and Disabled.
• The minimum setting for the FOV option is now 30 instead of 70.

Fixes

5 issues fixed

From releases before 1.7.2

• MC-33086 – Save-all causes lagspikes on larger maps.

From 1.7.2

• MC-31468 – Holes in bedrock and Replaced any block using Arbitrary tnt and flame bows.

From 1.7.4

• MC-48826 – "replace" directive in sounds.json does not work.

From earlier released 1.8 development versions

• MC-47723 – Broadcast settings - report to Mojang, links to previous bug reporting facility.

From 1.7.5

• MC-51953 – Almost instant motion sickness due to distorted rendering.

Trivia

• 1.7.6-pre1 is the first pre-release which uses the new naming convention, version-pren. Previous versions incremented the minor version number instead of the pre-release counter.
• This version was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.