If you’re a texture pack-maker you might appreciate that Jeb released the texture packs for 1.8 a bit early so you can begin working on some of the changes that are coming to 1.8. He released the items.
Terrain.png (jpeg yeah I know, that’s what Jeb uploaded)
Here’s the items.png
We’ve got a whole section of the site dedicated to backed up Minecraft worlds from our JOB server and now we’ve added a section dedicated to Mods & Patchers for the game as well. These include MCPatcher HD for HD texture pack use, Optifine for the same thing but also refined graphics controls for increased framerate, Zombe’s Flight Mod and more.
We’ll keep it updated with new mods we use and think that others would enjoy as well as keeping them up to date as new patches come out and break mods or make them obsolete. You’ll know which version of Minecraft the mod is compatible with because the download link will explicitly say “Minecraft 1.7.3” or “Minecraft 1.8” or whatever patch it works with.
If you’re looking for something to add to your Minecraft experience, check it out!
Lots of good information out of this PAX video featuring Notch playing Minecraft. He shows off the Creative Mode with flying, unlimited inventory, instant-block-breaking, and more. He then goes on to show us lots of cool new biome features such as surface-caverns, rivers, larger biomes, etc.
Last but not least he shows new combat mechanics. Everything from double-tapping forward for sprint, holding right mouse button to charge your bow, jumping and hitting an enemy on your way down makes a sparkling animation and seems to do more damage, creepers have a new explosion animation, and mobs now drop “experience orbs” when they die. You pick these up but he does say that they’re not entirely sure what to do with them just yet.
Also, probably the biggest news in the video came at the last few seconds. He does say that they’re going to finish up what they have so far and release in “in a couple of weeks” as the 1.8 patch and then add a bit more and release it as the second half of the Adventure Update in 1.9. So the Adventure Update is indeed being split into two separate updates.
Check out the video and watch the goodness.
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