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0.0.2a[1] was the first version of Classic released on May 16, 2009, at 17:05 UTC,[2] which added a version number and fixed some issues with the mouse look.

Additions[]

General[]

Version number[2]
  • Located in the top-left corner.
HUD
  • Added a frame rate and chunk update counter.
    • Located in the top left corner, below the version number.
    • Before this, the game would output the current FPS and any chunk updates to the developer console.

Fixes[]

1 bug fixed
  • Fixed more issues with mouse looking.[3]

Bugs[]

2 bugs reported
  • When a key is pressed down and the game is blurred without being clicked out of, the game will still register that key being pressed.[4] This still occurs in modern Minecraft, making this the game's oldest bug.[5]
  • Some issues reported were low sensitivity, crashing,[6] jerky mouse looking,[7] and low FPS.[8]

Trivia[]

  • This was deemed "relatively stable" by Notch, and the URL for the game was posted to other users in the IRC channel.[9]
  • This was the first version of Minecraft to have its code obfuscated.

References[]

  1. TigIRC logs: "(13:05:07) notch: does it say "0.0.2a" in the top left corner of the applet?" [...] "(13:08:05) notch: dock: If you have the courage to run it again, i'd love to know if you get version 0.0.2 and what the mouse look is on in there.." [...] "(13:08:31) fartron: i have 0.0.2a now" [...] "(13:08:41) dock: yes this is 0.0.2a"
  2. a b TigIRC logs: "(12:52:42) notch: I uploaded a new version with a (huge annoying) version label"
  3. TigIRC logs: "(12:53:53) notch: did the mouselook get better?" [...] "(13:09:14) fartron: mouse look is good again"
  4. TigIRC logs: "(13:23:42) notch: so if you walk forwards and tab out, it should keep walking forever. Which is a bug."
  5. MC-886, resolved as "Invalid" because it is an issue with LWJGL.
  6. TigIRC logs: "(13:28:39) Dragonene: notch: it's damned sweet, but it's unplayable because of the low sens, and it crashed the browser on exit"
  7. TigIRC logs: "(13:29:31) Dragonene: FPS is fine but looking around is really awkward" [...] "(13:29:53) Dragonene: jerky and slow"
  8. TigIRC logs: "(13:36:02) Dragonene: i'm most certainly *not* getting high fps"
  9. TigIRC logs: "(13:11:24) notch: ok, I deem this "relatively stable" now, so if anyone else wants to help test:" [...] "(13:11:25) notch: http://www.mojang.com/notch/minecraft/"
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