I would like to preface this post with the following:
IF YOU FIND BUGS, REPORT THEM, PLEASE!
Now then, it's time for a new...Snapshot!
Snapshotsnapshotsnapshot SNAPSHOT!
...okay, I'll stop that. So, what's on the menu for 14w07a?
SWEET CHANGES:
- Added iron trapdoors
- You can now share to lan for spectator mode only
SWEET CHANGES FOR MAPMAKERS: (SPOILER: Many technical details inc)
- A resourcepack can now be bundled with a map, put it in the map save directory and name it “resources.zip”
- Example: ".minecraft/saves/TheMapWithTheThing/resources.zip"
- The commands /testfor, /testforblock and /clear can now test for partial matches of NBT lists
- Example: /testfor @p {Inventory:[{Slot:6b,id:"minecraft:diamond_sword"}],SelectedItemSlot:6}
- Scoreboard objectives for fake players with a name starting with # will never show up on the sidebar
- New /scoreboard subcommands /scoreboard operation and /scoreboard test
- The command /scoreboard operation can apply arithmetic operation to scores (+ – * / %) and accumulate player scores
- Example: /scoreboard players operation #teamscores redScore += @a[team=red] blueKills
- The command /scoreboard test can be used to test if a scoreboard value is between a min and a max value
- Example: /scoreboard players test #global anObjective 12 19
- New command /execute to execute commands in the context and at the position of other entities or players
- Example: /execute @e[type=Chicken] ~ ~ ~ fill ~-1 ~-1 ~-1 ~1 ~1 ~1 minecraft:glass
- New selector parameters for entity selectors to detect entity rotations with rxm – x rot min, rx – x rot max, rym – y rot min, ry . y rot max
- Example: @a[rxm=-15,rx=15,rym=-45,ry=45]
- Players in team can now have a team based objective shown on the sidebar, depending on the team color
- Example: /scoreboard objectives setdisplay team.yellow anotherObjective
- While debug overlay is on (press F3 to turn it on and off), looking at a block in the world will show the coordinates of that block
- BlockItem instances can now hold a custom NBT tag that is merged into a block entity when it’s placed
- Example: /give @p command_block 1 0 {BlockEntityTag:{Command:"setblock ~ ~ ~ minecraft:diamond_block"}}
- In creative mode, players can create a copy of a BlockEntity in their hotbar, including all NBT data, with ctrl+[PICK_KEY] (usually ctrl+middle mouse button)
- The /tellraw command can now insert values from scoreboards into messages
- Example: /tellraw @p {text:"Have ",extra:[{score:{name:"Searge",objective:"reward"}},{text:" diamonds"}]}
- New command /testforblocks to compare two areas of a map
- Example: /testforblocks 100 64 100 107 69 107 0 64 0 masked
- Dispensers will place a commandblock instead of shooting it out
- Nametags for players in other teams can now be hidden with a team option
- Example: /scoreboard teams option red nametagVisibility hideForOtherTeam
BUGFIXES:
- [Bug MC-36947] – /weather clear
- [Bug MC-44489] – /kill @e doesn't kill ender dragons
- [Bug MC-45773] – Chest not spawning in Monster dungeons
- [Bug MC-46559] – Spectating a mob leaves you at two blocks tall view
- [Bug MC-46838] – testfor NBT parsing error
- [Bug MC-47520] – Standing under block with water / lava on top will apply blue / red filter.
- [Bug MC-47543] – Items stacked with Items that have PickupDelay set to 32767 can no longer be picked up
- [Bug MC-47545] – CanPlaceOn does not work with wooden doors
- [Bug MC-47555] – Cannot place boats
- [Bug MC-47596] – Items of the same type (IE, stone and stone) ignore datavalues and stack anyway
- [Bug MC-47598] – The color of sugar canes doesn't change depending on the biome
- [Bug MC-47636] – Boats appear to be sunken in water
- [Bug MC-47642] – Hopper: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 4
- [Bug MC-47653] – torch causing missing texture when placed on bottom side of block
- [Bug MC-47685] – Hopper: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 3
- [Bug MC-47817] – Baby Zombie Pigman Running with Strange Speed
- [Bug MC-47821] – Ghasts do not despawn in Peaceful Mode
- [Bug MC-48043] – Held Blaze Rod not in hand
- And many more that weren’t on the bug tracker so we couldn’t mark them as fixed! Did I mention please report bugs? Thanks.
To get snapshots, 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. Back up your world first or run the game on in a different folder (See the “new profile” dialog).
Snapshots can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.
- Cross-platform server jar: https://s3.amazonaws...rver.14w07a.jar
I understand there's mods to take care of some of my issues, but I hate the fact that I'm forced to rely on mods, to keep Survival interesting, when Mojang could make it interesting themselves, if they'd just try to work on it. Instead, they want to add map maker things, and aesthetic blocks, and whatever else. When's the last time Redstone got any new big features? Last time we got a new USEFUL ore? We've never gotten a new set of tools/armor. Bows have barely changed. There's so many existing things that could be done better that they could work on, rather than adding new things, or ignoring survival completely.
New redstone stuff? 1.5 had many new features (it was the redstone update), and 1.6-1.8 snapshots got many smaller things.
The last few updates and snapshots have had many new survival features more than just tweaks and aesthetic.
Yes the core gameplay is the same, because it is the same game as it was back in alpha, except with many more features.
And if you don't like building, why do you play Minecraft? the game about building from the beginning.
The game is about building, but the whole point of Survival mode, is Survival. Otherwise they wouldn't put hostile mobs and weapons and hunger.
As for how much of that I "need". I don't NEED any of it, but it would be nice to give me more to do. You make it sound like I don't need more ores and whatever, but I don't need more flowers and types of stone either, but yet those get added. And the last few snapshots didn't really have new survival features, so much as slight modifications that didn't change anything. When Is say survival changes, I don't mean adding new types of doors and things. I mean actual game-changing changes. Like the way Hunger and Enchanting changed MC.
I get that it's the same game it always was, but that's the problem. It feels old. It feels like the same old game as ever. It needs something to make it feel new again. Make it feel interesting. That's why I suggested, new ores, mobs, mini bosses. New stuff to do in the nether. etc.
Not everyone's going to be with me, that's fine. Some people don't even play survival and just play the game likes it's prettier legos. But personally, I think the game needs bigger changes to survival to keep it interesting. It might come from the fact that I play tons of fallout and skyrim, so I get used to have interesting characters, tons of different weapons/clothing, interesting locations, etc.
I would just use mods, but I don't think I should be forced to use them as I said. And even then, I can't find any good mods that I like, that make the game closer to something like Fallout/Skyrim.
Back in the day notch said he was going to make it so that torches wouldnt last forever so you would need like lamps and you would need to refuel the torches or something but it seems as though it wasn't added and also where are my volcanos???? Notch you said u gnna add tem but no aasfadindvdoabvasbvobabovai . I'm sad. (My emoticon says it all) (angry but Sad but also greatful because the only thing that was added in this AMazing snapshot was iron doors. now i can make volcanos with iron doors. . I would also like earthquakes to be in survival. maybe they could add a hard survival mode maybe?
EDIT: And builtin shadow shaders for those GOOD comps
Here is the resource pack, by the way:
WolfieMario's Icon Pack
I waiting a 1.8!
1. Click on link to report bug
2. See that I have to create and then sign in to an account
3. Immediately close page and leave bug unreported.
I can't speak for anyone else, but unless it's made so that we can report bugs either from within Minecraft / the Minecraft launcher (without ever opening a web browser), OR made so that we can report bugs without signing in to any accounts at all, I suspect that most people who experience a bug will simply ignore it, because it's such a hassle to report a bug, and let's be honest, everyone already has too many online accounts to manage. Please don't add yet another one to that list.
Just my two cents.
Actually it's four Iron Ingots for the Iron Trapdoor, not six. You need six Iron Ingots for an Iron Door.
Markus and Jeb, please add sapphire ore block, ruby ore block, sapphire block (shine blue block), and ruby block (shine block) to Minecraft. Same like Emerald Ore and Emerald block. Also please add glass slab blocks to Minecraft. Put 6 Glass blocks (clear or any color) in craft table to convert into 16 Glass slab blocks (clear or any color). Like same like we made fences, etc. That will be wonderful for ceil and floor. Please fix place bed on Glass block. Also don't forget color of glass blocks and slabs too!