January 2012
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MINECRAFT 1.1
New Fixes and Additions:
Bow Enchantments
Golden Apple recipe
New language translations
Slightly smoothed color transitions between biomes
Made biomes slightly more varied (hill in forests and deserts, beaches)
Reduced brewing time to 20 seconds
Added mob eggs to creative
Added world type options (super-flat and default)
Removed collision box from ladders
Removed fence gate collision...
December 2011
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Notch Passes The Torch
Notch stated on his blog that Jens “Jeb” Bergensten will now be the Lead Developer for Minecraft, going forward. This gives Jeb final say in all design decisions, though Notch jokingly added that he made him “promise to not pull rank.” Notch cites personal time and additional projects as reasons for his stepping down, but makes it a point to say that he will still be ...
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November 2011
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1.9 PRE-RELEASE Part 6
Additions:
Dragons
Endgame
Bug fixes marked with “[F]” here
Download:
Client: http://assets.minecraft.net/1_9-pre6/minecraft.jar
Server: http://assets.minecraft.net/1_9-pre6/minecraft_server.jar
Bug List: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Known_bugs/Version_1.9pre6
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October 2011
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1.9 PRE-RELEASE Part 5
Additions:
Block of iron texture is changed. Pic
You now have mushroom biome grass in your creative inventory.
Fence Posts no longer connect to leaves.
More achievements.
Annoying Stair glitch fixed. Confirmed by redditor meesebyte.
Option to disable clouds in menu.
F6 = smooth walking It seems to allow you to fly strait but not up or down (works on survival). It acts as a noclip, lets ...
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1.9 PRE-RELEASE Part 4
No dragons yet but…
Additions:
The Ender
Ender Portals
Ender Eyes are required to activate the portals
Endersand
Round Sun and Moon
Moon Phases
New potion functionality
Download:
Client: http://assets.minecraft.net/1_9-pre4/minecraft.jar
Server: http://assets.minecraft.net/1_9-pre4/minecraft_server.jar
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1.9 PRE-RELEASE Part 3
Step 1 of potion-brewing is fill the glass bottles with water. Additions:
Enchanting Table
Eye of Ender
Brewing Stand
Cauldron Icon
Crystal Block
Baby animals
Client: http://assets.minecraft.net/1_9-pre3/minecraft.jar
Server: http://assets.minecraft.net/1_9-pre3/minecraft_server.jar
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This is absolutely amazing!
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September 2011
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1.9 PRE-RELEASE Part 2
Looks like a lot of new things have been added that seem to be materials for making potions in future updates.
Animal breeding is finally here!
Fence pathing has also been changed so you no longer hit the invisible part of the post. They also connect to nearby blocks.
*Has anyone noticed the purple box around highlighted items before?
New Additions:
Nine new music discs (11 in total, one...
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1.9 PRE-RELEASE!
Backup your saves and let’s help squash those bugs!
Client: http://assets.minecraft.net/1_9-pre/minecraft.jar
Server: http://assets.minecraft.net/1_9-pre/minecraft_server.jar
Bugs discussion: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Talk:Known_bugs/Version_1.9pre1
Source: http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/116880362793222144
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Stone Brick Variations
Having trouble finding a stronghold to gather these new blocks? Here’s a method to get them without having to hunt one down.
For starters, make yourself some Stone Brick steps and press “F3” to bring up your debug menu with coordinates.
There’s a handy new variable “F” which determines the direction you are facing.
In order to get Mossy and Cracked Stone...
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1.8 PRE-RELEASE!
Here it is folks if you haven’t already seen it.
Jens and Notch have just announced that the 1.8 pre-release .jar is available for public testing. It is important to remember that this is NOT The final release of 1.8, and is still extremely buggy. Backup your saves and let’s report those bugs!
Here are the links:
Client: http://assets.minecraft.net/1_8-pre/minecraft.jar
Server:...
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1.8 texture packs!
Jeb released the official new texture packs we will be seeing in 1.8!
Still no confirmed release date…
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August 2011
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Revolving Lighthouse Module
In this tutorial we will create a power generator to control the revolving shutters of the lighthouse using sticky pistons. The power generator is constant and does not need to be reset manually upon login.
The shell of the lighthouse will be left to everyone’s imagination but I will share how I made mine.
Once you find a suitable location, build up as high as you want. I would suggest...