Initially, 1.7 was supposed to be dubbed the “Adventure Update”; however, as the communities’ thirst for pistons overwhelmed Mojang, they’ve decided to release pistons in their very own update, with a few additonal goodies thrown in.
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Take a look at the exciting new additions in 1.7 Minecraft:
Pistons
The largest update to Minecraft in 1.7 is the addition of pistons. Pistons - the brainchild of Minecraft community member Hippoplatimus - rapidly surged in popularity over the past few months, and were then announced by Mojang that they would be added to the official game. Pistons are poised to change the way people build in Minecraft - we’ve already seen some amazing mechanisms come from the community, their creativity seemingly knowing no bounds.
Pistons allow the user to move blocks using redstone circuitry to control their action. There are two types of pistons: regular and sticky. Regular pistons will push a block when powered, and then retract when not powered.
Sticky pistons work in much the same way, but with one caveat: they’re sticky! These pistons will push a block away when powered, but pull the block back when retracted.
TNT Changes
TNT can no longer be triggered by clicking on it, which for most, should be a good thing! Instead, you must now use either redstone circuitry, or a good old fashioned flame to ignite the destructive block.
Shears
Shears allow you to cut the leaves off of trees in one quick swipe, as well as trim wool of sheep without killing them. Killing sheep will no longer give you wool however, just the death of a cute, blocky sheep on your conscious.
Stackable Fences
Fences have a welcome improvement for architects - they can now be stacked on top of one-another when placed in the world. This removes the need for complex block-place-remove routines, which until now, were the only way to stack fence posts vertically. Additionally, players may now place torches on top of fences.
1.7 is out now so it may be time to start building all the amazing contraptions you’ll build with pistons. If you come up with a really good one, don’t forget to add it to our video's section, and it could be used in a Digital Diamond!
The wool thing is going to be annoying though But YOU CANT COLLECT WEEDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/13807-mcedit-minecraft-world-editor-compatible-with-mc-beta-166/
...to delete the piston blocks that got you in trouble, move your player, and then save, you should be able to play your map again in the game. Whew
Killing sheep never gave you wool, and in fact, it now DOES give you wool, 1 wool to be exact.
First after you do that its IMPOSSIBLE to fix the server,
the map lost forever, even no backups can help you!
I will use 2D acsii to show this cuz TMI not updated yet!
Signs:
X - Piston
A - Air
O - Block (ANY block)
_ - Pressure Plate
First some requiments:
1. 1 Piston
2. 1 Pressure plate (Wood/Stone)
3. Any block (even dirt)
First create hole like this:
OAO
OAO
OOO
Then put piston in:
OAO
OXO
OOO
Then put any block on the piston:
OOO
OXO
OOO
Then put pressure plate on the block you did like this:
A_A
OOO
OXO
OOO
And jump on it, then bye bye server.
will be EPIC lag and the server will crash
Now that is stupid.
Let us hit the damn sheeps instead, they make too much sound :tongue.gif:
Part of me wonders if it was deliberate (as in the removal from 1.6 was undone) or just a typo.
Edit: This only happens on one world.