There's no release date set, but I've been old you can play a demo of it if you've bought the game. Minecraft Wiki said you can find the demo through minecraft.net but I've yet to find it :/
I'd expect at least 2 weeks from the day after 12w22a. One week to fix bugs and have us test with a snapshot, then the next week to blow our minds. Then we can have a few days of 1.3.1-.3, because bugs still slip through the cracks.
Thats what separates notch and jeb. Notch would be excited and announce everything he was planning and set release dates from far away (or not so far) and not be able to keep them. Jeb tends to not announce everything he plans, as we can see with the pyramids and jungle ruins, and he doesnt like to set release dates because they can be hard to meet for many reasons. Im not saying I like jeb better, but I am saying that it is better to not have a set date than to build up to a date that doesnt happen
A pre realese is out and i have it expect commands in ssp.
Books can be writen in if crafted aka book+ink+feather
End chests.
More organized creative mode
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I would expect mid-late June. The most exciting feature comes to server owners, far and away.
This update will change everything for servers because x-ray hacks will be harder to come by. This is because of the implementation of server side textures which will allow for servers to force users to use their (the servers) textures.
Not only is this great for the server owners, but this is great for users too. This is because some servers have textures that make their servers look awesome, and without them, the server looks bland. Often times users are too lazy to download the textures from the servers website (if they have one) to experience the server in its fullest. Now users dont have to worry about downloading textures from a website and then putting it in some obscure folder - it is done automatically when you join a server.
I would expect mid-late June. The most exciting feature comes to server owners, far and away.
This update will change everything for servers because x-ray hacks will be harder to come by. This is because of the implementation of server side textures which will allow for servers to force users to use their (the servers) textures.
Not only is this great for the server owners, but this is great for users too. This is because some servers have textures that make their servers look awesome, and without them, the server looks bland. Often times users are too lazy to download the textures from the servers website (if they have one) to experience the server in its fullest. Now users dont have to worry about downloading textures from a website and then putting it in some obscure folder - it is done automatically when you join a server.
I have no idea what I'm talking about, but I assume the server owner can choose to force a texture pack on everyone or not.
Edit: wait, Trew already said that. x_X
I remember Jeb (or one of the people working on it) saying that server owners cannot force texture packs. It just makes it easier for servers to have a "Server Wide" Texture pack that everyone can easily get, if wanted. However, some people only like using the Default, and they will still be able too.
I mean, I myself may avoid joining servers if they were forced. I mean, How exactly do you know what they put in the download? For all you know it could have unwanted stuff in it. Correct me if I'm wrong on this.
Plus, if it was forced, all someone would have to do is create a texture pack with the same exact name as the forced server one, and the server wouldn't be all the wiser. Making X-Ray's pretty much just as easy.
They should have an option to make it forced, how much use will those tripwires be if the tripwire is a very obvious texture?? Especially on a faction server??
Depends on the mod API. Every snapshot thats being released doesnt seem to have any updates on this. I thought 1.3 was going to have the mod api in some form. I would say we could see a release within a month if the MOd API was moved to 1.4, otherwise probably 2-3 months
why must people think the updates go in literal number order like that? the third number is only for small updates that come after the major one.
anyway, 1.3? probably sometime in June, yeah.
Because when Notch was running the show he was.... let's just say he didn't do a very good job of using a consistent version numbering scheme.
To the OP: Do not believe any release dates or anticipated dates that anybody gives you, with the exception of what Jeb & Co. post on twitter or reddit. And they don't usually tell us anything solid ahead of time.
As for the snapshots, if they are confusing to you then I'd recommend that you just ignore them. Just think of them as an early Preview of the next update. If you do decide to try them out, MAKE BACKUPS of your ENTIRE minecraft folder first.
Books can be writen in if crafted aka book+ink+feather
End chests.
More organized creative mode
AND MUCH MORE :D:D:D:D:D:D
This update will change everything for servers because x-ray hacks will be harder to come by. This is because of the implementation of server side textures which will allow for servers to force users to use their (the servers) textures.
Not only is this great for the server owners, but this is great for users too. This is because some servers have textures that make their servers look awesome, and without them, the server looks bland. Often times users are too lazy to download the textures from the servers website (if they have one) to experience the server in its fullest. Now users dont have to worry about downloading textures from a website and then putting it in some obscure folder - it is done automatically when you join a server.
Edit: wait, Trew already said that. x_X
I remember Jeb (or one of the people working on it) saying that server owners cannot force texture packs. It just makes it easier for servers to have a "Server Wide" Texture pack that everyone can easily get, if wanted. However, some people only like using the Default, and they will still be able too.
I mean, I myself may avoid joining servers if they were forced. I mean, How exactly do you know what they put in the download? For all you know it could have unwanted stuff in it. Correct me if I'm wrong on this.
Plus, if it was forced, all someone would have to do is create a texture pack with the same exact name as the forced server one, and the server wouldn't be all the wiser. Making X-Ray's pretty much just as easy.
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Great first post.. But no, there won't be a 1.2.6, the next release will be 1.3.x
Because when Notch was running the show he was.... let's just say he didn't do a very good job of using a consistent version numbering scheme.
To the OP: Do not believe any release dates or anticipated dates that anybody gives you, with the exception of what Jeb & Co. post on twitter or reddit. And they don't usually tell us anything solid ahead of time.
As for the snapshots, if they are confusing to you then I'd recommend that you just ignore them. Just think of them as an early Preview of the next update. If you do decide to try them out, MAKE BACKUPS of your ENTIRE minecraft folder first.