12w16a snapshot released! SPC included.

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Ready for this week's Snapshot? We certainly are - check out the change log below:

• Added a demo mode for non-premium users (won’t be available until Mojang does a full update)
• Added bonus chest option to create world screen
• Added option to enable single-player commands to create world screen
• Updated language files
• Bug fixing and tweaks

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Minecraft Snapshot 12w16a

by Jens Bergensten on April 19, 2012

Here’s the development snapshot of week 16, 2012! This week’s list of changes is not as hidden as before:

• Added a demo mode for non-premium users (won’t be available until we do a full update)
• Added bonus chest option to create world screen
• Added option to enable single-player commands to create world screen
• Updated language files
• Bug fixing and tweaks

Get the snapshot here:

• Client: http://assets.minecraft.net/12w16a/minecraft.jar
• Server: http://assets.minecraft.net/12w16a/minecraft_server.jar (or EXE)

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• Added a demo mode for non-premium users (won’t be available until the full update).
• Added bonus chest option to create world screen.
• Added bonus chests, which, when enabled, start the user off with a chest nearby containing toolsand blocks helpful to starting a survival game. It can contain:
  • Wood Logs
  • Wooden Planks
  • Stone and wooden pickaxe
  • Stone and Wooden axe
  • Bread
  • Red apples
• Added option to enable single-player commands to create world screen.
  • Added several cheats: /gamemode, /toggledownfall, /time, /give, /xp, /kill.
  • Typing / then pressing TAB will show a list of available commands.
  • These commands are enabled in previously generated creative mode-worlds.
• Updated language files.
• Bug fixing and tweaks.

Notable bugs:

• Even with "Allow Cheats" turned off in Single Player, one can still use the commands.
• Respawning in a random area of the map.

Bonus chest option?

I'm at work. I will test it out at home when I get the chance...
I am going to see the wiki now to see what is listed there...

Will post screenshots.

Basically, it is starting inventory but randomized...

There are 2 new options. Allows cheats: and bonus chest.

Bonus Chest

When you spawn in the world. There will be a chest within about 5 blocks of you.


It seems to contain random items

Cheat mode.

I am very curious as to how the demo mode will work. Will it let you play on servers? Will it be limited to time?

I imagine it will be like the PC gamer demo, 90 minutes, Single player only.

Yeah I would imagine this will be the case.

In my opinion, It's about time they added a demo, I only bought MC because I played the demo.

How did you play the demo if they didn't make it until now?

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/04/19/download-the-minecraft-demo/

Will this run on EMC? Not the cheats or chest but just the snapshot. I don't want to install it if it won't run.

It does not.

It doesn't connect to servers running 1.2.5 because it adds a new terrain generation feature (bonus chests) and cheat options. These effect the core files and nothing can be done to make it work until the official release.
I would rather not allow players the option to join the server with SPC options until it is definitively blocked from SMP.

I would hope not, but it wouldn't surprise me if they made such a grave mistake...
They don't have the most positive track record when it comes to MP so far...

I trust them so far

This is cool so you could go on survival, switch to creative, make a huge castle, and then switch back. It seems like they're giving noobs the advantage and hardworking players are disregarded.