The 1.7.3 Pre-Release is here! YAY!
- Added integrated Twitch broadcasting! See below for details.
- Fixed render distances above 8 (may not work in multiplayer, servers have their own view distance they limit you to)
- Many bug fixes and optimizations!
Mojang's very own Dinnerbone had the following to say about 1.7.3:
Quote fromAt Minecon we announced our new partnership with Twitch to bring one-click broadcasting to Minecraft. It has been in the recent snapshots, and proven to be very stable and ready to go live.
Before you can start streaming, you will need to visit your Mojang account settings and link a Twitch account to your Mojang account. Then in the game you may check the quality settings in Options -> Broadcast Options, or just go ahead and start broadcasting at any time by hitting F6. This key can be configured in the Controls options.
This is only supported on Windows (Vista and higher) and Mac OS X Lion (10.7) and higher. If you cannot start broadcasting ingame for any reason, the game will tell you why and possibly how to fix it.
To get pre-releases, open your launcher and press the “New Profile” button. Call it “snapshots” and check the box saying “Enable experimental development snapshots” and save. To switch to the normal version, you can select it in the dropdown at the bottom left corner of the launcher.
One-button livestreaming? Bugfixes? Awesome!
Multi-Platform Server JAR:
Click here!
If you don't have 64bit java, the game can't load with more than 1GB allocated.
client shows:
That's not what the Twitch implementation is about
Ah yes; thank you. I recently saw a post in the suggestions forum about twitch TVs within minecraft, so when I saw this my head about fell off. I should have read it more carefully.
http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/minecraft.gamepedia.com/d/d3/Chicken_Jockey.png
After Twitch.TV random admin power abuse, they need members and are trying to leech fame, I am laughing about that one.
*Snorts* Yeah waste of my time by delaying stuff from updating to 1.7.2, now gotta wait for 1.7.3 for some useless new "broadcasting" thing.