Java Edition 13w02a

Minecraft 13w02a

Edition	Java Edition
Type	Snapshot
Release date	January 10, 2013
Snapshot for	1.5
Downloads	Client (.json) Server (.exe)
Protocol version	53
◄◄ 1.4.7 ◄ 13w01b 13w02b ► 1.5.1 ►►

13w02a is the third snapshot released for Java Edition 1.5.

Additions

Blocks

Activator rails

• Used to trigger TNT Minecarts.
• Needs to be powered by redstone.
• Transmits power up to 8 activator rails far.
• Crafted the same way as normal rails except without a stick in the middle.

Block of Quartz

• New building block.
• Made by using 4 pieces of Nether quartz in a square.

Chiseled Quartz Block

• New building block.
• Crafting recipe is 2 quartz slabs vertically.

Pillar Quartz Block

• New building block.
• Crafting recipe is 2 Blocks of quartz vertically.

Quartz Stairs

• New stair block.
• Crafting recipe is the same except that it is made out of any quartz block.

Quartz slabs

• New slab block.
• Crafting recipe is the same except that it is made out of any quartz block.

Non-mob entities

Minecart with TNT

• Triggered by Activator Rails
• Crafting recipe is a TNT block on top of a minecart (allowing for creation in the 2x2 inventory)
• When it derails, it explodes instantly, ignoring the usual timer delay
• Explodes even more violently the faster it goes
• In Creative mode when left clicked while moving, the Minecart with TNT explodes

Gameplay

Death messages

• Now includes the cause of death, the player the deceased player was fighting at time of death, and the name of the item used to kill.
• For death messages for fall damage, a complicated system was introduced.
  • There are now two types of messages, "[player] <first>" and "[player] <first> and <last>".
    • <first> can be:
      • fell [off a ladder/off some vines/out of the water/fell from a high place]
      • was [shot/pummeled/blown/fireballed/knocked] [off a ladder/off some vines/out of the water/from a high place]
      • was [shot/pummeled/blown/fireballed/knocked] [off a ladder/off some vines/out of the water/from a high place] by [player/mob]
    • <last> can be:
      • into a pool of lava
      • fell out of the world
      • into a patch of fire
      • into a patch of cacti
      • got finished off by [player/mob]
      • got finished off by [player/mob] using [item]
      • got finished off using [item]
  • There are 352 different death messages for falling. (Technically there are 416 because the verb "blown" exists twice in the en_US.lang file.)

Changes

Blocks

Anvils

• Improved naming of containers
  • Renamed Chests, Trapped Chests, Dispensers, Furnaces, Brewing Stands, and Enchantment Tables will display the new name in their GUI where the normal name used to appear.

Hoppers

• Is now controllable by redstone – Power it to disable item forwarding.
• Added a proper icon.
• Is no longer considered wooden (cannot be used as a fuel in a furnace, etc.).
• New crafting recipe uses iron ingots rather than stone.
• The redstone signal emitted when a Comparator is placed against it directly has changed.
  • 1 item will give a signal strength of 1, a 1/3 of a stack (21 for items which stack to 64) gives a signal strength of 2.
  • The number of full stacks x 3 = Signal strength.
  • E.g. 2 stacks of an item/block will give a signal strength of 6, while 2 potions will also give a signal strength of 6 (because a potion occupies one stack).

Lava

• Changed textures.

Redstone Comparator

• Updated texture.
• When fed by containers, they will now start giving out a signal as soon as 1 item is in the container, allowing for empty container detection.

Slabs

• The "Smooth Stone Slab" (Didn't have an official name) is now removed from the game.
• Its data values were replaced with Nether Brick Slabs and Nether Quartz Slabs.

Trapped chests

• Now in Decoration Blocks in creative mode inventory.

Mobs

General

• Improved naming of mob eggs.
  • Mobs spawned from renamed eggs have the name of the egg and the names will appear in the death message.
  • Mobs can now display their custom name as nametag using an NBT tag.

Skeletons

• Improved aiming.
• Now shoots from 15 blocks away, instead of 10
• Accuracy changes by difficulty

World generation

Mineshafts

• Changed the chests to Minecart with chest.

Gameplay

Language

• Updated language files.
  • Language files can now be updated via the background downloader (no need for a new Minecraft release).

Texture packs

• Textures now use one file per block/item, which are stitched together at runtime – Texture sizes don't need to be consistent.
• Any block and item can be animated by putting the frames underneath each other in the right .png – Use an optional .txt to specify frame order and duration.
• Special rules apply for water, lava, compass, and clock.
• Existing texture packs will "automagically" be converted.
• Vanilla textures will be used if texture files are missing.

Fixes

22 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.5

• MC-737 – Map scaling breaks the map sometimes.
• MC-1086 – [FIXED] Command block/Repeater acting weirdly.
• MC-1642 – Minecart noise gets stuck on long cart rides. Bumping, choppy sound.
• MC-1972 – Redstone torch sometimes update instantly (not the North/South quirk).
• MC-2257 – Minecraft VERY slow to join/update a server, takes LONG time to login (30 seconds/ 1 min).
• MC-2526 – Rain animation glitches through the ceiling.
• MC-2806 – Anvils will sometimes hit the edge of a block and break instead of being placed.
• MC-3597 – Floating minecart tracls when pushed by one-pulse piston.
• MC-3662 – Pistons and other Non-Solid blocks.
• MC-4752 – Failed to save player profile.
• MC-5691 – 1.4.6 - Windows 8 64x - Mouse: View issues/Accuracy error?
• MC-6131 – Crash upon reloading texture pack.
• MC-6699 – Reading Bytes in Minecraft code has a possible flaw.

From the 1.5 development versions

• MC-5722 – Destroying a Daylight Sensor by hand works as quick as with a pickaxe, but only using a pickaxe the item drops.
• MC-5777 – Game stop reading clicks when you are clicking very fast.
• MC-5788 – Inactive detector rail outputs redstone through block.
• MC-5874 – Shift left double-click doesn't work.

From the previous development version

• MC-5998 – Item duplication by using the hopper.
• MC-6125 – Adding an item to the chest decreases output signal level.
• MC-6165 – Comparators cannot determine if a container is empty.
• MC-6202 – Catuses grow extremely quickly.
• MC-6265 – Hoppers can be used as fuel in furnaces.