Category: Minecraft

Kind of getting frustrated at this point and want to see an officially released version, but I appreciate the time and effort going into this update and all the pre-release bugs that would’ve ended up in the official update. Here’s Jeb’s Twitter post about the release (with links) and I’ve made the links easier to click below along with a list a fellow redditor put together.

Downloads

• [1] Client
• [2] Server

ChangeLog

• Block of iron texture is changed. [3] Pic 
• You now have mushroom biome grass in your creative inventory.
• Fence Posts no longer connect to leaves.
• More achievements.
• Annoying Stair glitch [4] fixed . Confirmed by redditor meesebyte.
• Option to disable clouds in menu.
• F6 = smooth walking It seems to allow you to fly straight but not up or down (works on survival). It acts as a noclip, lets you go through blocks deals you damage… Your Y co-ordinate doesn’t change.
• F9 Adds a fixed camera angle. ( You can move this with I, J, K, and L)
• Passive squid animation is now vertical. (Credit to B1ueStarfish for finding this)
• Lily pads are no longer gray in inventory, have a tool tip.
• In creative mode hostile mobs no longer attack you unless provoked, except for ghasts and spiders. Note Enemies from spawners are still hostile. (Thanks theriverotter)
• Melon slice drops are back to normal! (Thanks dg200)
• Pressing “N” “M” “Y” “U” “O” and “H” changes depth of field and angles of camera. (Thanks Pupetteer)
• You receive a warning when changing render distance to far.
• Items retain their enchantments if chest is destroyed.
• You can now look around without a mouse using: I, J, K, and L.
• Slimes not restricted to y0-16 anymore.
• Game Crashing piston glitch fixed. [5] Video demonstrating bug
• Player bow drawback animation improved.
• Silk touch does not work on spawners.
• Instant Heal splash potions damage zombies.
• Vertical Water physics are different. (Not sure if bug or otherwise)
• Cool Enderdragon Death Animation. [6] Vid
• Snow Golums visible!
• Longer reach for mining as well as attacking.

Possible Changes

• Grass seems slightly different, confirmation anyone? Confirmed
• Overall performance seems to be better, less resource intensive.
• Longer reach for fighting mobs. Confirmed
• Terrain generation seems to have been tweaked.
• Fences next to doors (and possibly other non-connecting blocks) will no longer block arrows or melee attacks at the cracks. NEEDS CONFIRMATION

Bugs

• Fences don’t keep animals in effectively.
• You can connect 3 chests to each other.

Notch will hopefully be releasing 1.9 Pre 3 tomorrow according to his twitter. This is not an official update, just in keeping with his pre-release of each large patch to ensure that no major bugs make it into the final patch release. Keep an eye here for a link to the download!

Update:

Notch has released the 1.9.3 Pre 3 client and server. Grab the Server.jar or the Client.jar.

Some of the guys over on Reddit have started a changelog:

Additions:

• Enchantment table (no official name in inventory yet, [3] crafting recipe).
• [4] Enchantment  ([5] world for testing by FoolsPower).
• Baby animals (big head – smaller body, high pitched sounds).
• [6] Performance graph  (F3).
• Brewing stand (step 1: fill glass bottle with water / step 2: add ingredient on top / step 3: add another ingredient after the bubbling has stopped, [7] different recipes, [8] Example ).
• Cauldron (crafted like upside-down iron pants).
• [9] Eye of Ender .
• Glass pillars as debug markers of strongholds (accidentally left in, we think).
• Unknown [10] crystal-like blocks  in dungeon spawner rooms.
• Unknown [11] black goop
• possibly a new dimension as 3 worlds are rendered upon server start.

Changes:

• Bookshelves drop 3 books when broken now.
• Ender pearls now work in multi-player.
• Cooldown for mobs, which have been in “love mode”.

Bugs:

• Shift-clicking an item in your inventory while the enchantment table interface is open causes the game to crash with a “saving chunks” screen.
• Rolling mouse over item ID 119 crashes the client.
• Weird lava lighting in the nether ([12] pic ).

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Notch let us know a little earlier today that he was working on enchanting in Minecraft. “Working on Item Enchantments. It costs experience points. It’s totally random. It has three tiers. What does an enchantment table look like?”

A little while later he showed us a picture of the enchanting table. “How does enchanting work in Minecraft? Well, you open a magical book and pick a random spell, not quite sure knowing what it will do. MAGIC!”

No clue as to what it will entail… unlike our potions teaser we got from Jeb the other day. Stay tuned and hopefully we’ll learn more about it in the coming days!