Template:1.9, known as The Combat Update[1], is an upcoming update to Minecraft with no set release date. It is currently listed on the bug tracker as "Far Future Version - 1.9+"[2] and has been mentioned by the Minecraft developers.
Planned additions
The new dark block
Minecraft 1.9, moving from fixed function Open-GL to shaders.
- Could possibly include model changes within the NBT data.
- Would be implemented via resource packs.[5]
- Will make better use of code so that map/mod makers can create better/new mobs.[6]
- Same as the block data changes in 1.8.
- May take some time before they are completed.
- Blocks
- New block type.[7]
- New dark colored block[8][9][10]
- Grass Path[12][13][14]
- A 15/16 block tall grass-like "path". It features a similar texture to the grass block.
- Subtitles which display for each sound for the hard of hearing/deaf.[17]
- An example would be "[creeper hissing]"[18]
- Gameplay
Planned changes
- Proper support for multiple bosses including health bars for each boss.[22]
- Ender dragon boss fight
- A redo of the ender dragon's boss fight, making it similar to the fight in Console Edition.[23][24]
- Some obsidian pillars will have iron bars surrounding the ender crystal.[25]
- The ender dragon now breathes purple particles.[25]
- The dragon will respawn without resetting the End if it has already been killed.[26]
- A redo of the ender dragon's boss fight, making it similar to the fight in Console Edition.[23][24]
- New cloud rendering system.[27]
- New GUI[28]
- Will contain tab to complete.
- A way for mod/plugin makers to implement new commands and register them in a simple way.[29][30][31]
- Switch away from using fixed-function OpenGL to using Shaders.[34]
Fixes
- 20 issues fixed
- From released versions before Template:1.9
- MC-669 – Failing to place blocks in creative mode causes an animation.
- MC-1720 – Dropped items bounce on stairs, cauldrons, carpets and full/locked hoppers.
- MC-2310 – Villager/Player getting killed by zombie through a closed door.
- MC-3059 – Bow and arrow can fire through doors and fences.
- MC-4272 – Zombie Pigmen don't attack in groups when fighting other mobs.
- MC-4474 – Boss Health Bar Temporarily Viewable after Respawn and Loading Another World
- MC-4504 – The hitbox of brewing stands is missing the blaze rod.
- MC-10447 – Pick up framed enchanted items with "Pick Block (MOUSE 3)" doesn't give you the enchanted item.
- MC-12456 – Fences won't attach to layered snow blocks.
- MC-12549 – 1.5 Odd mob 'magnetised attraction' behaviour.
- MC-14525 – Name tag doesn't work on entities with right click ability.
- MC-16204 – New creative GUI showing detailed effects does not show on some potions. Neither to bows.
- MC-28479 – Chest interface not closed when chest is blocked from opening.
- MC-42841 – Incorrect creative instant health damage value.
- MC-52802 – Mob head takes a fraction of a second to change to selected head.
- MC-54486 – Glass panes and iron bars don't connect to graphically opaque blocks that are registered as transparent. e.g. slime blocks, ender portal frame blocks and monster spawner blocks.
- MC-55942 – Nether Wart hitbox is incorrect on multiplayer. (Untested on singleplayer.)
- MC-67163 – Damage value for objective
stat.mineBlockis missing. - MC-68062 – Boss health bar only visible when looking at boss
- MC-75082 – End music will stop every time the ender dragon loads out of view.
Trivia
- Template:1.9's title, The Combat Update, was discovered in Mojang's April Fool's prank snapshot, 15w14a, by how snowfall in certain areas was coded to form a QR code that could be scanned to find the text: Minecraft 1.9: The Combat Update. Dinnerbone later confirmed via the Minecraft Reddit that this wasn't a joke.[35]
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/583204782090924032
- ↑ Page on the Bug Tracker about 1.9
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TheMogMiner/status/508380930202169344
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TheMogMiner/status/520329286411366400
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TheMogMiner/status/520570973305995264
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/2isrvt/themogminer_on_twitter_ripping_apart_the_entity/cl5ufzr?context=1
- ↑ https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/572777399063994368
- ↑ https://twitter.com/SeargeDP/status/578219322373496832
- ↑ https://twitter.com/SeargeDP/status/585838892999380992
- ↑ https://twitter.com/SeargeDP/status/588002295750721540
- ↑ a b https://twitter.com/SeargeDP/status/585863978636681216
- ↑ https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/557538265419759616
- ↑ https://twitter.com/_tomcc/status/557540647553761280
- ↑ https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/557557428020326400
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/574967417694216192
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/577492733402619904
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/574875727952117760
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/573959579370835968
- ↑ a b https://twitter.com/SeargeDP/status/592614501998034944
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/340hbi//searge_on_twitter/cqq5rz1?context=1
- ↑ https://twitter.com/SeargeDP/status/592615416855470080
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/557169156408492032
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/558257086690492416
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/558258394516455424
- ↑ a b https://instagram.com/p/zcnkUGB7CM/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/558260799052189696
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TheMogMiner/status/507936462827184128
- ↑ http://limitedengagement.net/podcasts/010-the-future-of-minecraft/#more-114 at 1:47:25
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/519799449212973056
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/516548988892643328
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/516548612072173569
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/588279843340611585
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftsuggestions/comments/32dzzt/death_messages_in_death_screen/cqcyrlf?context=1
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TheMogMiner/status/515479546439950336
- ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/311cyh/a_qr_code_hidden_in_the_snow_leads_to_19/cpxo2e6