1.5 Minecraft Development Thread

lol im getting so many lieeeeks

Suicidal minecarts... This could be used in mob traps eh?

Possibly, but a big waste of TNT

Definitely... If you've got surplus though.

But we cant PVP so no human heads unless they sold them in the shop

It was mainly in relation to normal skeletons, creepers and zombies!

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Screenshot 13w03a - Released January 17th - Download link: (Mojang AB owns all the rights, I am just posting it to make your life easier) http://goo.gl/qq4ZS

• Improved command blocks
  • Comparators fed by command blocks will now indicate whether the last run command was run successfully
  • Added /testfor command to test for players, use comparators to get an analog redstone signal indicating the amount of found players
• Improved detector rails
  • Comparators powered by them now give out a signal depending on the fullness of the container on the rail
• Improved Quartz blocks
  • Pillar Quartz Blocks can now be placed in any orientation - placement works like with wooden logs
• Added a new Dropper block.
  • Places items in containers in front of them, if there is no container it will dispense the item without using it
  • A dispenser 'shoots' items at you, while a dropper 'throws' items at you[3]
  • Crafting recipe is 7 cobblestone in the shape of a ∩, a hopper in the middle, redstone dust at the bottom
• Improved the menu
  • Added some new chat options in multiplayer menu: Focused Height, Unfocused Heightand Width
  • Moved the texture packs button (no longer appears on the main menu) - You can now change texture packs in-game
• Improved Minecart with TNT
  • When blown up using activator rails, they no longer destroy rails and supporting blocks
  • Still blows up redstone materials
• Creating a infinite water source no longer needs a block underneath, but has to have a water source block.
  • This means you won't ruin rivers/oceans with Buckets
• Made skeletons significantly harder to melee and
  • Scales to difficulty
  • They now shoot faster when their target is closer
  • They shoot players one block away
• Made zombies harder to shoot
  • Scales to difficulty
  • They now group up on targets
  • When on fire, they can now set players on fire
  • Now become aggresive when shot from further away
• Added a Minecart with Hopper
  • Crafting recipe is a hopper on top of a minecart

Bug fixes:

• Fixed "<player> was knocked into the void by <player>" failing to show
• Fixed TNT carts exploding instantly when derailing
• MC-592 - Dying stacked leather armor duplicates the armor
• MC-916 - Water does not form source blocks properly on top of existing source blocks
• MC-2582 - Powered/activator rail on slope stays powered/activated
• MC-2711 - Jukebox crashes when breaking with no record inside
• MC-3169 - Wither In Peaceful spawns very glitchy
• MC-3449 - Block breaking resets when the item you're holding changes
• MC-5719 - Clicking on items in inventory is delayed or does not work
• MC-5737 - World generating in stripped parts
• MC-5744 - Daylight sensor emits power in the nether even though there's no day or night there
• MC-6757 - Game crashes trying to render blocks 55, 64, 71, 95 as items
• MC-6833 - Doubled up TNT Carts creates huge lag ("Nuclear minecarts")
• MC-7085 - Debug file "stitched_items.png" overlays textures on itself
• MC-7108 - Hoppers grab/put items from/into chests that aren't connected
• MC-7111 - Melon and Pumpkin seed stems use the fully grown texture scaled down to the right size
• MC-7119 - Cake uses inside texture on all sides when placed
• MC-7125 - Hopper doesn't get the correct powered state when placed
• MC-7141 - More items going into a hopper than it can hold can duplicate the items
• MC-7622 - Hopper's name doesn't change in its GUI after renamed in anvil
• MC-7623 - Death message shows java entity name (w/ fireballs)

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Things I found interesting

• Improved detector rails - wow
• Pillar quartz blocks - good for decoration
• ANOTHER new block - dropper (hopper's cousin?)
• No more ruining rivers and oceans by getting water from them - how nice
• Was there really a need to make skeletons harder? - I already hate them so much!
• Zombies on fire can now catch players on fire.... - great -_-
• Bug fixes included nuclear minecarts - I want one

Thanks Alex