Beta 1.8-pre1
Release date
September 9, 2011
Beta 1.8-pre1 is the first pre-release for Beta 1.8 .
Additions
Biomes
Added Extreme Hills biomes.
Foliage tree and grass color based on Taiga biomes.
They were generated as part of the terrain generation algorithm.
Changes
Debug Features
F6 and F7 change time, forward and back respectively.
Biomes
Removed technical biomes:
Removed biomes:
Seasonal Forest
Rainforest
Shrubland
Savanna
Tundra
Redesign biomes:
Redesigned Swampland biomes.
Foliage tree and grass color of Swampland biomes were look more greener than before.
New tree type were generated differently compared to normal tree, such as shallow trees with vine and they also can be generated in water.
Under the seafloor will generate clay, sand and dirt of water.
Changes biomes:
Changes to Taiga biomes.
Taiga biomes were generated without snow and ice
Changes to Ocean biomes.
They generated almost infinitely.
Seafloor in the Ocean biomes will generated with clay, sand, dirt and rarely gravel instead of only dirt.
They were generated as part of the terrain generation algorithm.
Biomes were generated much bigger and flatter.