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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

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The new dark block

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Minecraft 1.9, moving from fixed function Open-GL to shaders.

Animations / Entity Models[3][4]
  • 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]
    • Cannot be obtained and does not naturally generate.[11]
    • Has a visual effect on the world.[11]
  • Grass Path[12][13][14]
    • A 15/16 block tall grass-like "path". It features a similar texture to the grass block.
Captions / Subtitles[15][16]
  • Subtitles which display for each sound for the hard of hearing/deaf.[17]
    • An example would be "[creeper hissing]"[18]
Gameplay
  • New features within the game.[19]
  • Will have few internal changes to the code.[19][20]
    • Makes it easier for modders to update from 1.8 without wasting their own time.[21]

Planned changes

Bosses
Clouds
  • New cloud rendering system.[27]
Command blocks
  • 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]
Death messages
  • Death messages will now be displayed on the death screen instead of just in the chat.[32][33]
Shaders
  • 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.mineBlock is 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

  1. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/583204782090924032
  2. Page on the Bug Tracker about 1.9
  3. https://twitter.com/TheMogMiner/status/508380930202169344
  4. https://twitter.com/TheMogMiner/status/520329286411366400
  5. https://twitter.com/TheMogMiner/status/520570973305995264
  6. https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/2isrvt/themogminer_on_twitter_ripping_apart_the_entity/cl5ufzr?context=1
  7. https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/572777399063994368
  8. https://twitter.com/SeargeDP/status/578219322373496832
  9. https://twitter.com/SeargeDP/status/585838892999380992
  10. https://twitter.com/SeargeDP/status/588002295750721540
  11. a b https://twitter.com/SeargeDP/status/585863978636681216
  12. https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/557538265419759616
  13. https://twitter.com/_tomcc/status/557540647553761280
  14. https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/557557428020326400
  15. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/574967417694216192
  16. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/577492733402619904
  17. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/574875727952117760
  18. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/573959579370835968
  19. a b https://twitter.com/SeargeDP/status/592614501998034944
  20. https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/340hbi//searge_on_twitter/cqq5rz1?context=1
  21. https://twitter.com/SeargeDP/status/592615416855470080
  22. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/557169156408492032
  23. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/558257086690492416
  24. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/558258394516455424
  25. a b https://instagram.com/p/zcnkUGB7CM/
  26. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/558260799052189696
  27. https://twitter.com/TheMogMiner/status/507936462827184128
  28. http://limitedengagement.net/podcasts/010-the-future-of-minecraft/#more-114 at 1:47:25
  29. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/519799449212973056
  30. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/516548988892643328
  31. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/516548612072173569
  32. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/588279843340611585
  33. https://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftsuggestions/comments/32dzzt/death_messages_in_death_screen/cqcyrlf?context=1
  34. https://twitter.com/TheMogMiner/status/515479546439950336
  35. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/311cyh/a_qr_code_hidden_in_the_snow_leads_to_19/cpxo2e6


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