Minecraft 1.2.2

Jeb has tweeted that Minecraft 2.2 has been released. Among the changes are new redstone lamps (light blocks activated by redstone current), new world generation, Jungle biomes and more.

As usual, Hat Films has made a funny and informative short video highlighting some of the changes.

Read on for a full list of changes!

General:

  • Bug fixes
    • Removed portal/water flow/crafting bench item duplication bug
    • Mob Spawners show the right mob in SMP now
    • Redstone dust can be placed on glowstone again
    • Mobs’ legs now are hittable in SMP at all times – Jebplanation
    • Wheat doesn’t deplete anymore when used for breeding in Creative mode
    • Fixed lava lakes generating over bedrock
    • You can now put out fire without destroying an extra block in Creative
    • Ambience works in SMP now
  • Updated launcher
    • Put in new logo
    • Should properly select 64 bit Java installations on Mac OS X
  • Removed Herobrine
  • XP is now unlimited in Creative mode
  • Black hitbox lines on blocks turn off with the HUD when pressing F1 now
  • Dispensers will place mobs instead of releasing the spawner egg
  • Glass can’t be picked up using Silk Touch enchanted gear anymore
  • New values in F3overlay
    • lc = highest section height
    • b = biome
    • rl = raw brightness
    • sl = sky brightness
    • bl = block brightness
  • Dead Bush can be collected with shears now
  • Vines now are climbable if they have a block behind them
  • Lava has a new sound
  • SMP light calculations are done by the client now
  • Added slight delay between death and the death screen
  • Sky color now changes with biome
  • Torches and redstone torches can now be placed on top of glass
  • Added support for folder-based texture packs
  • Updated language files
    • Added at least one language
    • Removed a few profanities
    • Fixed typos
  • New world file format called Anvil
    • Doubled world height
    • Current maps will be converted and get 128 air blocks on top
    • Biomes are saved with the map now

World Generation:

Mobs:

  • All mobs:
    • Improved path finding
    • Better movement in water
  • Added Ocelot, a new jungle-specific mob
    • Screenshot 
    • Sprint most of the time
    • Don’t take fall damage
    • Turn into cats when tamed with fish
    • Cats can be told to stay by sitting 
  • Added Iron Golem to defend the villagers
  • Villagers:
    • They open and close doors
    • They will detect village houses and live in them
    • They rush inside their houses at night or rain and leave afterwards
    • They will socialize with each other
    • They run away from mobs
    • They will produce baby villagers  after falling in love with each other
    • They will repopulate villages based on how many houses there are available
    • Children play tag
  • Wolves:
  • Zombies:
    • They will break down wooden doors on hard difficulty and knock on other difficulties.
    • They are hostile towards villagers
    • When killed by the player, they rarely drop iron ingots, iron swords, iron shovels and iron helmets
    • They seldomly mass-attack villages
  • Skeletons:
    • They try to avoid sunlight
    • When killed by the player, they rarely drop bows with a chance to be enchanted
  • Creepers:
  • Zombie Pigmen:
    • When killed by the player, they rarely drop golden swords with a chance to be enchanted, golden helmets and gold ingots

Blocks & Items:

  • Added Redstone Lamp, a redstone-controlled light source
    • Screenshot 
    • Acts as a full block
    • Crafted by surrounding a block of glowstone with 4 redstone dust
  • Added new Stone Brick  in Creative mode
  • Added upside-down stairs 
  • Added upside-down half slabs 
    • Changed crafting recipe to produce 6 slabs instead of 3
  • Added an experience item to creative mode
  • Added Fire Ball
    • Sets stuff on fire, just like Flint & Steel
    • Can be shot using dispensers
    • Craftable with coal, blaze powder and gunpowder
  • Changed textures for dispensers and saplings 
  • Added tree and leaf type  for jungles
  • Added Jungle tree saplings
    • Placing them in a 2×2 grid and bonemeal’ing one of them produces a huge jungle tree
  • Doors have been changed to properly detect if they are open or closed – Jebplanation
    • Double doors in old maps need to be updated
    • Now double doors only require the most basic redstone knowledge
  • Ladders
    • Changed crafting recipe to produce 3 ladders instead of 2
    • Regained their collision box