I hadn’t checked 4J’s Twitter feed lately and, when I did, I found some helpful information. None of it’s likely to be news except to those who (like me) haven’t read recent updates. Still, thought I’d add a summary below in case anyone found it helpful. Some of this could be outdated, but it was accurate within the last couple of weeks.
----- RECENT UPDATE -----
- Check the game’s “What’s New” section in the How To Play to see what the changes were.
If you had a world before the clay update. will clay be added into the world that was already made?
- Yes, but you’ll need to look for it in areas you haven’t uncovered on your map.
----- BETA 1.7.3 -----
I’m sorry to ask again do you have the exact date for the 1.7.3 update?
- No we don’t. It should be early July, but will depend on how the testing goes.
Any news on 1.7.3 first week of july or second?
- No news yet - we’re still working hard to get the build ready for Microsoft Cert testing.
Is there a Site that you can link that will give a list of all the new features that will come with the 1.7.3 update?
- The 1.7.3 update list will probably go up on playxbla first, and then on http://bit.ly/LOoQxs. Shouldn’t be too long to wait.
Just to confirm, are sticky.pistons AND regular pistons being put in 1.7.3?
- Yes, both are in the 1.7.3 update.
Will we need to create another world to use the piston in the 1.7.3 update?
- No.
- Pistons will be craftable in your current world when the 1.7.3 update comes out.
Does the tutorial world have any slimes? For sticky pistons? I’d be depressed if there wasn’t, after everything I built.
- Yes, there are areas that slimes will spawn in in the tutorial level.
Will we be able to see the seed chosen after the world is loaded, so you can share with people the random seed?
- It’s added in 1.7.3
- You will need to re-save your current worlds, and it’ll be in the Load menu.
- Still working on 1.7.3. Plan is to enable skin pack DLC with it, and release packs after it comes out. 40+ skins per pack.
Will the next xbox360 Minecraft update feature customizable skins? Or merely skin packs? Either would be great.
- The 1.7.3 update will enable skin pack DLC
So will there be free skin packs? Or will we have to pay for all of them?
- There will be ‘Trial’ versions of the skin packs with some skins unlocked.
How will the skins work as DLC? Will they be free to everyone or will we have to pay for 1 skin?
- There will be Trial versions of the skin packs with some skins free within them.
What kinda skins will be in the pack?
- playxbla might be giving some info in the near future
What will be under the title “downloadable content” - is it mods and texture packs?
- At the moment, it’ll be skin packs, and possibly themes and the currently available gamer pic packs.
With the skin packs will there be a menu to change skins? Or is it random in world?
- You’ll choose the skin you want to have for your character.
Are you guys looking into the hit box issue with mobs? We can only hit the head which makes it very hard to combat much.
- Yes, fixed in 1.7.3.
In the 1.7.3 update, will redstone connect to repeaters?
- Redstone wire will connect to a repeater in the 1.7.3 update.
You did a great job on minecraft for Xbox I love it. Also in the next update are you adding shears?
- Yes.
Will the 1.7.3 version have the opacity fix for the crosshairs? Cheers.
- Yes, it will.
U should perma enable the tooltips on the world select screen. Took me a min to figure out how to delete a world w/tooltips off.
- Yes, changed in 1.7.3.
Loving Minecraft + update thanks! But it’d be handy if Tooltips could only be made invisible during gameplay and not in the menus.
- It’s done - will be in the 1.7.3 update
Hey, where’s the cactus green crafting recipe? I can’t find it anywhere!
- We’re changing the text for the cactus in the 1.7.3 update to explain that you need to cook it in the furnace.
Why don’t the fence act correctly? We can’t put a fence on top of a fence! We need to put blocks then fence on top!
- That’s how they were in 1.6.6. They will change in 1.7.3.
Can you please look at the lighting code? Too dark compared to PC. Plus when you dig 1 block out the light does not filter in.
- Lighting will change in the 1.7.3 update - we moved it forward from the 1.8.2 update.
Can/will you patch the X360 version of MC so we can rename current worlds? Unless you name at the start it stays “new world”.
- We do intend to do that, although it might not make it into 1.7.3
Do you plan on adding a feature to copy our world? I always wanted to copy it to do 2 different things in my castle.
- We’ll look at doing that too when we add the ability to rename your world.
----- BETA 1.8.2 -----
Will there be creative mode in 1.7.3 update for MC XBLA?
- Creative Mode will be in 1.8.2
Will u make it so we can change from survival to creative when it’s added?
- We are discussing this...
Are you going to add the “hunger” aspect to future updates in Minecraft?
- Yes, that goes in for 1.8.2.
And will there potentially be hunger ever? Or things like sprint?
- Yes, coming in the 1.8.2 update.
When the 1.8.2 update hits, will new biomes appear within existing worlds or will we have to generate new ones? Thanks!
- We’re still working that out.
I’m thinking about getting Minecraft 360. Will the Adventure update be free when created? Any idea when it might launch? Thanks!
- Updates are free
Every button on the xbox 360 controller is already used for something. How will you add sprinting in Minecraft then?
- Suggestions have been to move the camera switching to the dpad to free up the stick press for sprinting.
Any chance of rebinding the ‘change view’ from clicking the left stick to something else?
- Yes, a few people have been asking for that, and suggesting sprinting goes on the left stick click when we add it.
----- RELEASE 1.2.3 -----
- The version numbers we’re updating to are equivalent to the Java game’s Beta 1.7.3, Beta 1.8.2, then Release 1.2.3.
Does this mean that 1.9 and so on will be added in to one massive update, so 1.2 will be a massive update still have 1.9?
- Yes
Are there going to be small bug fix updates between those 3 major updates? Like the one from friday? Thanks guys you’re awesome!
- Hopefully not
Will wheat attract animals in this coming update or will that be added later?
- No, that’ll be in 1.2.3.
I’ve read a lot of tweets and you guys are really good at replying but couldn’t find any about animal breeding, will it happen?
- It was introduced in Java Beta 1.9, so will be in our 1.2.3 release.
Do you think the Xbox version of Minecraft will ever have enchanting?
- Yes
----- OTHER -----
Do you plan on making open servers at some point it would be nice to be able to expand beyond friends who greave?
- It’s in discussion...
Will rentable servers or dedicated servers ever come to Minecraft Xbox Edition?
- That’s something we are discussing with Microsoft.
If you guys end up doing dedicated servers are we paying to own them forever or is it a rental of a few months or something?
- Discussions so far are around a rental.
I haven’t seen this asked in the tweets I looked at, are there any plans to increase world size? Otherwise great job so far!
- We will be looking at this, but we’re focussing on adding the new features from the Java game first.
Are you thinking of adding death notification? So you can tell when your friends die. Just an idea, not sure if possible.
- We’ll add in a future version.
Will there be an option to share on twitter?
- We hope to add that, but it will be much later.
Are there any music discs other than cat and 13? I’ve gotten 16 so far and its been a 50/50 split between the two.
- There’s only those two at the moment - more will be in a later update.
I see skins are being brought into Xbox edition as DLC. Will the same be done for texture packs at some point?
- We are looking at texture pack DLC. Possibly after 1.8.2.
Yeah this is great, helped with some questions I had, but they still kind of dodged (or legitimately had no clue about) one of the few things I am concerned about, the world size. Hopefully they will at least make it bigger before the 1.8.2 update...
What update does enchanting come in because I forget. That is one of my favorite parts of the game... silk touch.
It looks like some form of enchanting was first added in a beta 1.9 prerelease. So I wouldn't expect it on xbox until the 1.2.3 update, unless it's bumped up like the lighting issue they mention above.
I sincerely hope they do work on making the worlds bigger. Like most concerns how would they implement the abandoned mines,ravines, and strongholds in such a tiny space? That would be one cramped little world so hopefully they will add on to it. i'm not looking for an infinite landscape just something bigger than what we have now. Fingers crossed
Those greedy 4j BASTARDS are going to charge us for skin on 360 I mean we pay more on zbox for an earlier version of the game which is better on PC and they expect US who paid for it to pay more for skins when they are free on PC so my opinion on this is that 4J should not CHARGE us for skins because if they do it will discourage people to get DLC for MC360
GO **** YOURSELVES 4J
But thanks for info!
Yeah, those demons! I bet when the skin DLC comes out there going to go to your house and hold you down until you buy the skins. How dare they!
Those greedy 4j BASTARDS are going to charge us for skin on 360 I mean we pay more on zbox for an earlier version of the game which is better on PC and they expect US who paid for it to pay more for skins when they are free on PC so my opinion on this is that 4J should not CHARGE us for skins because if they do it will discourage people to get DLC for MC360
GO **** YOURSELVES 4J
But thanks for info!
Go play fortresscraft or total miner. Btw, where do you buy a zbox? I really want one.
Still nothing about map sharing huge part of the PC game & all they have to do is disable the profile dependancy on the save, you know what PES does, so we can share our creations (strips in Pes)
I hadn't checked 4J's Twitter feed lately and, when I did, I found some helpful information. None of it's likely to be news except to those who (like me) haven't read recent updates. Still, thought I'd add a summary below in case anyone found it helpful. Some of this could be outdated, but it was accurate within the last couple of weeks.
Just adding in my thanks for compiling this information. It was very information and just makes me want to play more.
Question to all: is Twitter the only outlet they use for this information? Do they post it on Facebook or other sources?
I just updated the original post to add some new Q&As from 4J's twitter feed as of the morning of 7/2/12. I didn't do anything to highlight those that are new (sorry), but I think there were about 8-10 that seemed appropriate to incorporate.
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----- RECENT UPDATE -----
- Check the game’s “What’s New” section in the How To Play to see what the changes were.
If you had a world before the clay update. will clay be added into the world that was already made?
- Yes, but you’ll need to look for it in areas you haven’t uncovered on your map.
----- BETA 1.7.3 -----
I’m sorry to ask again do you have the exact date for the 1.7.3 update?
- No we don’t. It should be early July, but will depend on how the testing goes.
Any news on 1.7.3 first week of july or second?
- No news yet - we’re still working hard to get the build ready for Microsoft Cert testing.
Is there a Site that you can link that will give a list of all the new features that will come with the 1.7.3 update?
- The 1.7.3 update list will probably go up on playxbla first, and then on http://bit.ly/LOoQxs. Shouldn’t be too long to wait.
Just to confirm, are sticky.pistons AND regular pistons being put in 1.7.3?
- Yes, both are in the 1.7.3 update.
Will we need to create another world to use the piston in the 1.7.3 update?
- No.
- Pistons will be craftable in your current world when the 1.7.3 update comes out.
Does the tutorial world have any slimes? For sticky pistons? I’d be depressed if there wasn’t, after everything I built.
- Yes, there are areas that slimes will spawn in in the tutorial level.
Will we be able to see the seed chosen after the world is loaded, so you can share with people the random seed?
- It’s added in 1.7.3
- You will need to re-save your current worlds, and it’ll be in the Load menu.
- Still working on 1.7.3. Plan is to enable skin pack DLC with it, and release packs after it comes out. 40+ skins per pack.
Will the next xbox360 Minecraft update feature customizable skins? Or merely skin packs? Either would be great.
- The 1.7.3 update will enable skin pack DLC
So will there be free skin packs? Or will we have to pay for all of them?
- There will be ‘Trial’ versions of the skin packs with some skins unlocked.
How will the skins work as DLC? Will they be free to everyone or will we have to pay for 1 skin?
- There will be Trial versions of the skin packs with some skins free within them.
What kinda skins will be in the pack?
- playxbla might be giving some info in the near future
What will be under the title “downloadable content” - is it mods and texture packs?
- At the moment, it’ll be skin packs, and possibly themes and the currently available gamer pic packs.
With the skin packs will there be a menu to change skins? Or is it random in world?
- You’ll choose the skin you want to have for your character.
Are you guys looking into the hit box issue with mobs? We can only hit the head which makes it very hard to combat much.
- Yes, fixed in 1.7.3.
In the 1.7.3 update, will redstone connect to repeaters?
- Redstone wire will connect to a repeater in the 1.7.3 update.
You did a great job on minecraft for Xbox I love it. Also in the next update are you adding shears?
- Yes.
Will the 1.7.3 version have the opacity fix for the crosshairs? Cheers.
- Yes, it will.
U should perma enable the tooltips on the world select screen. Took me a min to figure out how to delete a world w/tooltips off.
- Yes, changed in 1.7.3.
Loving Minecraft + update thanks! But it’d be handy if Tooltips could only be made invisible during gameplay and not in the menus.
- It’s done - will be in the 1.7.3 update
Hey, where’s the cactus green crafting recipe? I can’t find it anywhere!
- We’re changing the text for the cactus in the 1.7.3 update to explain that you need to cook it in the furnace.
Why don’t the fence act correctly? We can’t put a fence on top of a fence! We need to put blocks then fence on top!
- That’s how they were in 1.6.6. They will change in 1.7.3.
Can you please look at the lighting code? Too dark compared to PC. Plus when you dig 1 block out the light does not filter in.
- Lighting will change in the 1.7.3 update - we moved it forward from the 1.8.2 update.
Can/will you patch the X360 version of MC so we can rename current worlds? Unless you name at the start it stays “new world”.
- We do intend to do that, although it might not make it into 1.7.3
Do you plan on adding a feature to copy our world? I always wanted to copy it to do 2 different things in my castle.
- We’ll look at doing that too when we add the ability to rename your world.
----- BETA 1.8.2 -----
Will there be creative mode in 1.7.3 update for MC XBLA?
- Creative Mode will be in 1.8.2
Will u make it so we can change from survival to creative when it’s added?
- We are discussing this...
Are you going to add the “hunger” aspect to future updates in Minecraft?
- Yes, that goes in for 1.8.2.
And will there potentially be hunger ever? Or things like sprint?
- Yes, coming in the 1.8.2 update.
When the 1.8.2 update hits, will new biomes appear within existing worlds or will we have to generate new ones? Thanks!
- We’re still working that out.
I’m thinking about getting Minecraft 360. Will the Adventure update be free when created? Any idea when it might launch? Thanks!
- Updates are free
Every button on the xbox 360 controller is already used for something. How will you add sprinting in Minecraft then?
- Suggestions have been to move the camera switching to the dpad to free up the stick press for sprinting.
Any chance of rebinding the ‘change view’ from clicking the left stick to something else?
- Yes, a few people have been asking for that, and suggesting sprinting goes on the left stick click when we add it.
----- RELEASE 1.2.3 -----
- The version numbers we’re updating to are equivalent to the Java game’s Beta 1.7.3, Beta 1.8.2, then Release 1.2.3.
Does this mean that 1.9 and so on will be added in to one massive update, so 1.2 will be a massive update still have 1.9?
- Yes
Are there going to be small bug fix updates between those 3 major updates? Like the one from friday? Thanks guys you’re awesome!
- Hopefully not
Will wheat attract animals in this coming update or will that be added later?
- No, that’ll be in 1.2.3.
I’ve read a lot of tweets and you guys are really good at replying but couldn’t find any about animal breeding, will it happen?
- It was introduced in Java Beta 1.9, so will be in our 1.2.3 release.
Do you think the Xbox version of Minecraft will ever have enchanting?
- Yes
----- OTHER -----
Do you plan on making open servers at some point it would be nice to be able to expand beyond friends who greave?
- It’s in discussion...
Will rentable servers or dedicated servers ever come to Minecraft Xbox Edition?
- That’s something we are discussing with Microsoft.
If you guys end up doing dedicated servers are we paying to own them forever or is it a rental of a few months or something?
- Discussions so far are around a rental.
I haven’t seen this asked in the tweets I looked at, are there any plans to increase world size? Otherwise great job so far!
- We will be looking at this, but we’re focussing on adding the new features from the Java game first.
Are you thinking of adding death notification? So you can tell when your friends die. Just an idea, not sure if possible.
- We’ll add in a future version.
Will there be an option to share on twitter?
- We hope to add that, but it will be much later.
Are there any music discs other than cat and 13? I’ve gotten 16 so far and its been a 50/50 split between the two.
- There’s only those two at the moment - more will be in a later update.
I see skins are being brought into Xbox edition as DLC. Will the same be done for texture packs at some point?
- We are looking at texture pack DLC. Possibly after 1.8.2.
Wonder who will post the next "when the update coming"
Wish we could better organize the top stickies, and keep a monthly.... monthly.
What update does enchanting come in because I forget. That is one of my favorite parts of the game... silk touch.
It looks like some form of enchanting was first added in a beta 1.9 prerelease. So I wouldn't expect it on xbox until the 1.2.3 update, unless it's bumped up like the lighting issue they mention above.
Edit: I agree with iReece.
Yeah, those demons! I bet when the skin DLC comes out there going to go to your house and hold you down until you buy the skins. How dare they!
Great Info. Helpful.
Just adding in my thanks for compiling this information. It was very information and just makes me want to play more.
Question to all: is Twitter the only outlet they use for this information? Do they post it on Facebook or other sources?
Check out my son and I playing games together! Thanks if you do!
Not sure about facebook but I know they are active on these forums.
Thanks for the info Perzep, some I knew but most I didn't or wasn't sure about!