I wish we had these changes already it really blows we don't. From what the current patch note's show they are up to or past 12w26 with features. So why do the notes not have these updates? I hope it does or its a waisted patch for me...
12w08a
Added upside-down stairs. Before they were added, edited data values of 4 through 15 would create invisible stairs that could be walked through; these higher values are now used for upside-down stairs.
12w21a
Added sandstone stairs.[3]
12w25a
Redstone (including repeaters, torches, levers, and pressure plates) and rails can now be placed on stairs positioned upside down.
Added wooden stairs for the remaining three wood types (birch, spruce and jungle).
12w26a
Added crafting recipes for birch, spruce and jungle wood stairs.
12w34a
Stairs now automatically change shape into corner stairs depending on location.
12w39a
Stairs interact properly with lighting now.
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1.2 Preview
All types of slabs can now be placed upside down and under blocks; these occupy the top half of their block space rather than the bottom half.
Before 1.2, slabs had a 2:1 input/output ratio, i.e. 3 cobblestone would get you only 3 slabs out of the current 6. This is likely due to the fact that the slab types are differentiated by their damage values instead of by different data values, similar to wood, coal or charcoal, and colored wool.
12w17a
A wooden slab house with a netherrack fireplace using the old wooden oak/"stone" slab trick, allowing the fire to be contained.
New slabs were added for the four different types of wooden planks, replacing the old wooden oak/"stone" slab. The new slabs were vulnerable to fire, but could now be collected faster with an axe instead of a pickaxe. The old wooden slabs did not burn and could only be collected with a pickaxe because they were the same block and shared the same data value as other slabs, except with a different texture. This caused wooden slabs to break faster with a pickaxe rather than an axe. Wooden slabs were also are not affected by fire and had a stronger blast resistance than wooden planks, which made them a useful building material. These properties could be used in SMP to help prevent griefing, and the fact that wooden slabs didn't burn also made it useful for creating houses in The Nether; but since the update, they can no longer be safely used. The original wooden oak/"stone" slab can still be obtained through inventory editing or the /give command. Wooden slabs already crafted or placed in the world remain the old 'stone' type.
All four wooden upside-down slabs had the oak plank texture.
12w18a
Fixed upside down slabs having same texture.
12w25a
Redstone (including repeaters, torches, levers, and pressure plates) and rails can now be placed on slabs and stairs positioned upside down.
12w26a
Mobs can now spawn on upside down slabs.
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I wish we had these changes already it really blows we don't. From what the current patch note's show they are up to or past 12w26 with features. So why do the notes not have these updates? I hope it does or its a waisted patch for me...
Title Update 9 will be mostly equivalent to the PCs 1.1. Upside down stairs and all that jazz came after that. The only reason we're getting colored wooden planks is because 4J pulled them forward earlier than they would have shown up through normal updates.
They've already answered many people saying upside down stairs will be in a later update.
I doubt it gidy. They also didn't state bows now have their particle effect when fully drawn now, but I'm sure that's because it's something minor. However, correct slab lacing is far bigger than that. It would have been in the change log.
I had a lengthy post but its a waste of time. Its all political bullspitt. I code for a living and most of their patch notes is just stuff that doesn't take long to code. Especially when they have a base their replicating "in theory". It saddens me that they cant catch up faster than the rate they are doing it. I will still play it cause its minecraft but it just stinks the decisions they are making on what to bring forward in patchs from area's they are at yet. Bring me core features before I have 100 different themed blocks. why would I want a couple more stairs when I cant even use them in designs except for going up stairs. blah.. sucks.... mojang wouldn't have done it this way and I don't think 4j will get rights to do a xbox "720" version and mojang will take over development.
I had a lengthy post but its a waste of time. Its all political bullspitt. I code for a living and most of their patch notes is just stuff that doesn't take long to code. Especially when they have a base their replicating "in theory". It saddens me that they cant catch up faster than the rate they are doing it. I will still play it cause its minecraft but it just stinks the decisions they are making on what to bring forward in patchs from area's they are at yet. Bring me core features before I have 100 different themed blocks. why would I want a couple more stairs when I cant even use them in designs except for going up stairs. blah.. sucks.... mojang wouldn't have done it this way and I don't think 4j will get rights to do a xbox "720" version and mojang will take over development.
The problem with this theroy is Mojang would do it, and they have. 4J are giving us things that PC updates didn't even have at the time. Like the PC people had to wait for updated sounds after 1.8. We didn't. People had to wait for colored planks until 1.3. We're getting them in 1.1. The enderdragon is going to have a complete overhaul to the PC version, plus we don't got to wait until 1.4 for it's sounds. 4J are trying, and Mojang also took this long, if not longer to sometimes code LESS features.
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12w08a
Added upside-down stairs. Before they were added, edited data values of 4 through 15 would create invisible stairs that could be walked through; these higher values are now used for upside-down stairs.
12w21a
Added sandstone stairs.[3]
12w25a
Redstone (including repeaters, torches, levers, and pressure plates) and rails can now be placed on stairs positioned upside down.
Added wooden stairs for the remaining three wood types (birch, spruce and jungle).
12w26a
Added crafting recipes for birch, spruce and jungle wood stairs.
12w34a
Stairs now automatically change shape into corner stairs depending on location.
12w39a
Stairs interact properly with lighting now.
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1.2 Preview
All types of slabs can now be placed upside down and under blocks; these occupy the top half of their block space rather than the bottom half.
Before 1.2, slabs had a 2:1 input/output ratio, i.e. 3 cobblestone would get you only 3 slabs out of the current 6. This is likely due to the fact that the slab types are differentiated by their damage values instead of by different data values, similar to wood, coal or charcoal, and colored wool.
12w17a
A wooden slab house with a netherrack fireplace using the old wooden oak/"stone" slab trick, allowing the fire to be contained.
New slabs were added for the four different types of wooden planks, replacing the old wooden oak/"stone" slab. The new slabs were vulnerable to fire, but could now be collected faster with an axe instead of a pickaxe. The old wooden slabs did not burn and could only be collected with a pickaxe because they were the same block and shared the same data value as other slabs, except with a different texture. This caused wooden slabs to break faster with a pickaxe rather than an axe. Wooden slabs were also are not affected by fire and had a stronger blast resistance than wooden planks, which made them a useful building material. These properties could be used in SMP to help prevent griefing, and the fact that wooden slabs didn't burn also made it useful for creating houses in The Nether; but since the update, they can no longer be safely used. The original wooden oak/"stone" slab can still be obtained through inventory editing or the /give command. Wooden slabs already crafted or placed in the world remain the old 'stone' type.
All four wooden upside-down slabs had the oak plank texture.
12w18a
Fixed upside down slabs having same texture.
12w25a
Redstone (including repeaters, torches, levers, and pressure plates) and rails can now be placed on slabs and stairs positioned upside down.
12w26a
Mobs can now spawn on upside down slabs.
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They've already answered many people saying upside down stairs will be in a later update.
Multiple people in the trailer were using bows and they were all firing fully drawn arrows, which were making the particles.
The problem with this theroy is Mojang would do it, and they have. 4J are giving us things that PC updates didn't even have at the time. Like the PC people had to wait for updated sounds after 1.8. We didn't. People had to wait for colored planks until 1.3. We're getting them in 1.1. The enderdragon is going to have a complete overhaul to the PC version, plus we don't got to wait until 1.4 for it's sounds. 4J are trying, and Mojang also took this long, if not longer to sometimes code LESS features.