12w50a is the second snapshot for Java Edition 1.4.6, released on December 13, 2012,[1] which added new Christmas chest textures and the Thorns enchantment.
Additions[]
Blocks[]
- Added 3 new textures:
xmaschest.png
,largexmaschest.png
, andskis.png
xmaschest.png
changes the chest texture to resemble a red gift.largexmaschest.png
changes the large chest texture to resemble a green gift.skis.png
is unused, dummy file. Dinnerbone said he added this file as a red herring.[2]- Chests will use these textures on December 25.
Items[]
- Added tool highlight when switching items in the hotbar.
- Renamed items will display the changed name.
- To disable it, open
options.txt
and changeheldItemTooltips
tofalse
.
Mobs[]
- Enchanted books are now available through villager trading.
World generation[]
- Enchanted books can be found in dungeons with special enchantments normally not obtainable.
Gameplay[]
- Added Thorns enchantment for armor.
- When hit by a mob, the mob will receive damage.
Changes[]
Items[]
- General
- Item entities are rendered as 3D objects in the world when in Fancy graphics mode.
- This includes items placed in item frames.
- Items now show their enchantments when dropped on the ground.
- Tweaked the effect the item gives and sounds.
Gameplay[]
- Removed the firework rocket from the Creative inventory.
- Protection is no longer as effective as all the other Protection enchantments combined.
- Unbreaking can be applied to anything with durability using enchanted books.
General[]
- Pressing CTRL+Q by default (Or the "Drop" button if changed in controls), the player drops a full stack instead of one item.
- Notices
- Added a notice/warning for users still playing on PowerPCs or Java 5 (Java 1.5).
- Mojang plans to drop support for Java 5 by version 1.6.[3] This is due to the most recent versions of LWJGL no longer supporting Java 5, with PowerPC also no longer supported by Apple to be made compatible with Java 6 or newer.[4]
Fixes[]
- MC-255 – Graphical issue with trading.
- MC-312 – Item textures of spawn eggs and firework stars not aligned properly when stacked.
- MC-674 – Items different only in damage cannot be swapped.
- MC-1626 – Z-fighting in beacon block bottom.
- MC-1959 – Placing double slabs ignore damage values.
- MC-1969 – minecarts cant travel through nether portals.
- MC-3593 – Lightning does not flash.
- MC-4499 – Beacon tiers do not work at y=0.
- MC-4510 – Enchantment not showing in item frame.
- From the previous development version
- MC-4193 – Firework star duplication glitch.
- MC-4199 – Deaths not logged to console.
- MC-4200 – The Nether and the End generating random blocks clientside in multiplayer.
- MC-4203 – Enchanted Books: Unenchantable item can receive any enchantment.
- MC-4433 – Falling sand spawners failing to save properly, and causing crashes.
Trivia[]
- 12w50a is the first correctly labeled snapshot released on the 50th week of a year, as 11w50a is labeled incorrectly as 11w49a.