Today's Snapshot includes:
- Lighting system overhauled (NOTE: there are still some minor issues with smooth lighting and stairs - this is known about, and being worked on)
- Lots of blocks interact correctly with lighting now (stairs, slabs)
- Few sound tweaks
- When you place glass, ice etc it won't sound like you break it anymore
- After you shoot an arrow into the water it won't play that infinite water splash sound anymore
- Fixed Witch being white for some
- Changed Witch texture size
- Complete bug list can be seen right here
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I won't say anything now but ill leave a clue..
Spider dungeons just got intrusting..
Aw c'mon man, post a seed at least D:
Funny how CaptainSparklez went over a "useful" lighting bug. Me, I wouldn't ever use it.
• High lag in the nether when moving (seems like a lot of lag to load chunks)
• Maps (and perhaps other items) in item frames change brightness when I open my inventory and mouse over an item
• Strange nether lighting behavior:
Before: http://i.imgur.com/EPmPS.png
After: http://i.imgur.com/yHveZ.png
• Lighting bug with all slabs and stairs. Have to update the chunk by placing a block to fix.
Picture: http://i.imgur.com/QyrK0.png
But maybe I'm expecting too much of people haha.
I still want to see something new on the terrain. Preferably, something good.
1.) Overuse of Glowstone and Redstone lamps makes them feel less special
2.) Glowstone is fragile (one errant click and I have a hole in my lighting and three glowstone dust on my hands)
3.) Redstone lamps have their own problems namely that a.) using them underwater is tricky because all of the blocks that can power them aren't waterproof and b.) Out-of-water they require extra space to activate.
We need more lighting options. Not fewer. At the absolute minimum I'd want a configuration option somewhere to make jack-o-lanterns act like they did before this update.
edit: Obviously I could use a mod but modding something so basic just feels wrong.
the same with my server reverted back to 12w38b.
No, now is the time for people to complain that there's nothing good in the update, just a lot of bug fixes.
Are you serious? The current lighting system is horrible. Stairs don't let light through correctly. Pistons allow light through even though they're solid. There are whole sections of the map that are pitch black forever and then suddenly pop into being lit. And those are just the highlights.
I'm SO sorry, but the character design on the witch is forgettable. Should look nothing like a Villager. Needs to look more monster like IMO. More Female too. If you have to work with what you have. Lower the hat to eye level. Get rid of that floppy penis nose, maybe make it pointy. Reskin the face, add arms, and maybe a broom stick. This would make it more interesting.
I believe he meant that it does not include new content, mostly bug fixes, which are important.