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A new Snapshot is out and about, ready for your testing pleasure! Here's what is on offer this week:

Install Minecraft Snapshot 13w06a
with the Curse Client

...or download 13w06a direct from Mojang →
other files: minecraft_server.jar, Minecraft_Server.exe.



Snapshot Bugfixes:
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The following items were corrected, test them and see!

  • Some lighting optimizations, no bug fixes yet sorry :(
  • Pigs constantly jumping, when player control them on half slabs and stairs.
  • Z-fighting of iron bars / glass panes with the block below / above
  • Leaves replace transparent blocks
  • Clouds have a transparency when you are above/in them but not when you're underneath them.
  • Baby mob collision boxes are too large.
  • Village lamp post floating torches
  • Corner Fence Has Incorrect Collision Box
  • Wither skeletons have wrong hitbox
  • Double Trapped chest, makes two sounds when opening and closing.
  • No sound from some trapped chests
  • Villager trade menu missing name
  • Placing a block East of the Hopper makes the inside appear black
  • Piston pushing piston bugs / piston duplicating piston
  • Comparators do not update their output signal
  • Team option "friendlyfire" is not saved to disk; resets upon map reload
  • Scoreboard name duplication
  • FallingSand support for block IDs > 128


Testing the Snapshot:
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Users who wanted to test Snapshots and Pre-releases in the past had to manually download the files, copy over existing files, and run the risk of ruining their single-player games. Want an easier way to test Snapshots, that also guarantees the safety of any and all of your worlds? The Curse Client now has Snapshot support, and using it couldn't possibly be easier! Check it out:

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Literally two steps, that's it. Click the image to see the video!



That's it, you're playing the latest Snapshot! There are also filter options to only see Snapshots, Pre-releases, or full releases. Wait, full releases?! That's right, you can even use the Client to play on older versions of Minecraft, at any time! This feature is good for those who want to roll back to earlier versions of Minecraft for testing, nostalgia, or if their favorite server is still running on an outdated version number. Sweet!

So let's say you're running the Client, but don't want to open it up. What is a fast, easy way to get this Snapshot? Well, if you click the button on the banner below, the Client will do all the work for you (or, if you don't have the Client installed, will help with that as well).

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#1

880_Studios

Posted 07 February 2013 - 09:19 PM

We need to be able to adjust mob scoreboard points with NBT data tags.  If we already can, sorry. If not, this should be added.

#2

Tigerr4
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Posted 07 February 2013 - 09:27 PM

Can't wait to get my hands in the new update :3 So much more challenging game and wow!! all the new items and stuff
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#3

MegaTrain

Posted 07 February 2013 - 09:53 PM

View Post5thHorseman, on 07 February 2013 - 08:32 PM, said:

It wasn't fixed, but it was substantially improved. From the site:

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I just tested this in my test world where I have a little spawn area and iron golem farm, and it works in that they don't crowd into one area any more. They do however crowd into *two* areas... Posted Image
Cool. Did you just browse the "recently updated" entries in the bug database? Or did you find this another way?
Do we even really know that this specific change made it into this snapshot? (since the original snapshot posting didn't mention this one)

#4

Azurewhitewolf

Posted 07 February 2013 - 10:00 PM

View PostPonyDude186, on 07 February 2013 - 08:16 PM, said:

Are you sure, I tested it again and works fine. If the front torch of the comparator is lit, is doesn't do the rapid fire thing. If the front torch is off, then it will do the thing correctly. Try it again with this technique.
Nope can't get it to work. a picture of your technique would be nice.

How ever you can achieve the rapid fire by placing a dispenser with a block beside it, and on that block put a switch.  Next put 3 redstone wire in a loop connected to the comparator.  Put the comparator in subtraction mode and then put a redstone torch beside the receiving end were the main power would enter.  Refer to picture for a better understanding on what it should look like.  Oh one thing the redstone wire is flashing rapidly, you can not tell in a still picture.  =)
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#5

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Posted 07 February 2013 - 10:08 PM

r there any new blocks, or just bug fixes?
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#6

holydragonknight

Posted 07 February 2013 - 10:17 PM

View Postkoopachris, on 07 February 2013 - 07:20 PM, said:

So they added...a bunch of fixes to semi-rare bugs. Ok, that's still nice.
But what features did they add? Oh...a new feature that can't even be used
in vanilla Minecraft...yay...

Oh please, if they added a lot of new features, then you'd complain that Mojang is ignoring bugs.
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#7

altaire4

Posted 07 February 2013 - 10:41 PM

What's wrong with the clouds?  Last time I checked, clouds don't look transparent from below in real life either.  Mainly because of the distance between the ground and the clouds themselves.  I have a feeling that this will look wierd.
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#8

koopachris

Posted 07 February 2013 - 11:33 PM

View Postholydragonknight, on 07 February 2013 - 10:17 PM, said:

Oh please, if they added a lot of new features, then you'd complain that Mojang is ignoring bugs.

No I wouldn't. I pretty much ignore bugs, since most of them involve things like an unintended
increase in spider spawning when you place 12 or more hoppers into a village with exactly 4
houses on a full moon. (Exaguration)

  I'm a total feature junky. After a few years of Minecraft, it starts to get mighty
borring when no new features are added for a while. If they finally added colored lighting,
I'd be too busy playing around with it to CARE if a zombie randomly spawned in my house
(They're so darn weak anyway) and all it would make me do is wish for them to update the
combat system to be more fun and exciting.
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#9

LiLChris

Posted 07 February 2013 - 11:40 PM

Yay bug fixes!

Probably means pre-release next week. :)

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Posted 07 February 2013 - 11:59 PM

What about the minecart with spawner? You left that out, Sach...
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#11

5thHorseman

Posted 08 February 2013 - 12:14 AM

View PostMegaTrain, on 07 February 2013 - 09:53 PM, said:


Cool. Did you just browse the "recently updated" entries in the bug database? Or did you find this another way?
Do we even really know that this specific change made it into this snapshot? (since the original snapshot posting didn't mention this one)

I commented on the bug, which put me in "watch" mode. I think you can also click "Watch" on the bug page to watch it as well. In that mode, it sends you an email whenever someone comments or the status changes.
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Posted 08 February 2013 - 12:36 AM

some good stuff so far just wish they would fix the lighting bug because it some of ruins a good view with those ugly shadows in spots they shouldn't be

#13

PonyDude186

Posted 08 February 2013 - 12:47 AM

View PostAzurewhitewolf, on 07 February 2013 - 10:00 PM, said:

Nope can't get it to work. a picture of your technique would be nice.

How ever you can achieve the rapid fire by placing a dispenser with a block beside it, and on that block put a switch.  Next put 3 redstone wire in a loop connected to the comparator.  Put the comparator in subtraction mode and then put a redstone torch beside the receiving end were the main power would enter.  Refer to picture for a better understanding on what it should look like.  Oh one thing the redstone wire is flashing rapidly, you can not tell in a still picture.  =)
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Not the idea I had in mind, but I included a screenshot of what I was saying. Below are two dropper blocks (can also be used with dispencers) both powered by that one redstone torch. One has a comparator with the torch off, while the other one has the comparator torch on (or subtraction mode). The dropper with the comparator torch off, is firing the items at a more faster rate and will continue until stopped. The other dropper isn't firing at all, which has the comparator torch lit. Both are filled with paper. Hope you understood the concept. But we still don't know if this feature is here to stay until 1.5 arrives.
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#14

Azurewhitewolf

Posted 08 February 2013 - 01:06 AM

View PostPonyDude186, on 08 February 2013 - 12:47 AM, said:

Not the idea I had in mind, but I included a screenshot of what I was saying. Below are two dropper blocks (can also be used with dispencers) both powered by that one redstone torch. One has a comparator with the torch off, while the other one has the comparator torch on (or subtraction mode). The dropper with the comparator torch off, is firing the items at a more faster rate and will continue until stopped. The other dropper isn't firing at all, which has the comparator torch lit. Both are filled with paper. Hope you understood the concept. But we still don't know if this feature is here to stay until 1.5 arrives.
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ok so it dose work.  I just needed to put some items in the dropper/dispenser.

#15

minerproblem

Posted 08 February 2013 - 01:12 AM

Testing out the 13w06a snapshot, and it is almost unplayable on my (very) old laptop (Intel Core 2 duo, 2 GB, Vista, Java 7.13 - no special graphics card).  It has slowly been getting worse with each new Minecraft revision.   Movement is very slow, with a lot of stuttering during the moves.  It doesn't seem to make much difference if Minecraft is the only thing running.   All other programs seem to still work fine, so I'm pretty sure this is Minecraft/Java.  Maybe OptiFine will help when it catches up.  Or maybe the developers are still tweaking the performance issues before the official update.  One can only hope.  If not, I'll either have to give up the game or start digging around in the couch cushions to find the coin to get a long, long overdue, new computer.  Now wouldn't THAT be a shame!

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Posted 08 February 2013 - 05:14 AM

now that youre just making bugfixes mojang, can you release 1.5 and just add bugfixes in in smaller updates?
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View PostPrince_Deity, on 09 July 2012 - 07:16 AM, said:

Don't defend stupidity, it just adds to yours.

#17

MamiyaOtaru

Posted 08 February 2013 - 09:44 AM

it would be nice if they would fix this lighting bug, which has been around since Beta 1.8

https://mojang.atlas.../browse/MC-7508

fix is included, but odds are they will never see it among all the noise

#18

Random_Guy_32

Posted 08 February 2013 - 12:20 PM

View Postkoopachris, on 07 February 2013 - 11:33 PM, said:

No I wouldn't. I pretty much ignore bugs, since most of them involve things like an unintended
increase in spider spawning when you place 12 or more hoppers into a village with exactly 4
houses on a full moon. (Exaguration)

  I'm a total feature junky. After a few years of Minecraft, it starts to get mighty
borring when no new features are added for a while. If they finally added colored lighting,
I'd be too busy playing around with it to CARE if a zombie randomly spawned in my house
(They're so darn weak anyway) and all it would make me do is wish for them to update the
combat system to be more fun and exciting.
The best game isn't worth a damn if it is unplayable because of bugs. You cannot simply add more and more stuff without making the old stuff work correctly.
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#19

WolfWaker

Posted 08 February 2013 - 02:04 PM

Ok my curse client doesn't download snapshot 13w06a. I click the link above to use the client to install it and nothing, it still says my versions as 13w05b. My curse client is v5.

#20

Drunkenp0wNeR

Posted 08 February 2013 - 02:12 PM

Well I just have to say it. I am still waiting for the fix for the bonemeal fix.
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