Minecraft Snapshot 12w07b (updated) is Ready For Testing!

This week's early-release Snapshot is out! The following changes are confirmed:

Added new world file format called 'Anvil' (256 max height and 4096 block IDs*)
Multi-player light calculations do no longer cause affected blocks to be transmitted to the clients, instead the clients will recalculate the light on their own
Villagers will repopulate villages based on how many houses there are available
Some nights in villages will be worse than others...
Added a redstone-controlled light source
Decreased chance for the rare mob drops
All animals use the new AI system now

*The game can't use the full range of IDs yet because there are still some assumptions that IDs above 256 are items.

NOTE: It is absolutely imperative that players back up their maps before testing the new format, just in case!

Jeb also had the following to say about the new save format:

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NOTE: This snapshot will convert the maps you load to the new file format. If you want to revert to the old format, you need to replace the 'level.dat' file with the file called 'level.dat_mcr'. The new format will write world regions to files called '*.mca', so your original regions will remain as '*.mcr'.

UPDATE: The client/server files are now 12w07b! If you downloaded the files earlier today, and want the most up-to-date version, download the updated files from the links below:

Get the updated client here!

Get the updated server here!

Updates:

Crash bug corrupting levels when spawning mobs above the 255th block
Sheep animation is correct in SMP

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SpinBuilder
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Posted Feb 15, 2012
I'm hoping that superflat worlds are deeper now.

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
I can't wait to make mob trap that can easily been turned on or off!

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
This update is... amazing!
Espacially the young villagers, it looks like they're playing tag with each other or racing.
Plus I like the new block height

Jeb_ is the best!

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
Quote from zila

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Join this server with this snapshot installed!

TURN PVP OFF. Buncha BS

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
Testifikids!

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
Light bug.
No caves.
No ravines.

SO yeah. lol

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
Here's how to make the redstone lamp
E=empty G=glowstone r=redstone
E R E
R G R
E R E

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
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If you're playing on superflat you're bound to get them. (Because, for some reason I can't conceive, they made superflat 4 layers high only...)

Wow, how nice. Fail! It would have helped if they made it just a bit higher

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
*Sigh* Kinda useless that when you mine, everything is as light as day. SCREW TORCHES!!!!!! Well, like the zombies!

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i think since you have a setting for the clouds, we need one for the stars, i lag at night and i think its all the moving stars.. :/ that would be great if it was in a new update!

Btw I NEED PORK!!!

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As with the last snapshot and i posted this last time, it is said that zombies will break down wooden doors now. But, they are only supposed to break them down in Hard mode... The zombies are breaking down both wood and iron doors in and mode above peaceful?!?! This needs to be fixed or addressed so that it is not overlooked

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
can some1 tell me how to make a server with this snapshot PLZ!

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
Quote from Oodahn

Light bug.
No caves.
No ravines.

SO yeah. lol

no caves huh
THEN I'm not gonna use this but i already downloaded

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
Awsome!

My FPS is waaay better!Awsome!

My FPS is waaay better!

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
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Hmm...
Would be nice if they tryed to fix the game before adding all this new stuff, allthough it`s been a long wait for the sky rise....Zombie siege, meh, care less. I kill the villagers myselfe, and dont need help with that....
The only really nice thing about the snapshot is that ravines are gone :-) I hope they stay that way, or atleast the ravine spawn are redused by 75%. The are just everywhere...
What about the terrible mob behavior in multiplayer? Why is that still an issue? Cant be to hard fixing that I imagine.

Ravines are quite rare. Either you just hate them existing or you got unlucky with your map(s) ^^;

Not everyone likes the same things but judging by this forum response, this update has, overall, been quite popular. Not everything really thrilled me personally, but I can see the benefits of most of it.

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
Minimap doesn't seem to display terrain properly. I noticed this with winter biomes, they show on the map as green. Deserts, jungles and grassland seem ok. Anyone else notice this?

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
Just corrupted a world save and they had not posted the back up save portion. So yeah you have been warned.....

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
disappointed in it. was hoping water level would be moved to 128 so we had 128 below and above to use. this is crap!

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
I spawned in a jungle with my first new world :biggrin.gif:

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
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there needs to be female villagers now, the villagers have turned gay. The males should only have sex with females.

To this poster and the others saying things like how the idea of the villagers mating being 'gross' and whatnot, do remember that Minecraft attracts all sorts of people, including LGBT players. I suggest being a bit more aware of how your words make you sound.

Also, keep in mind that the villagers and all the other mobs don't really have genders at all. People are assuming that they're male because they don't have any overtly female characteristics (except for the cows with udders), but that's in their imagination and isn't anything hard-coded in the game (it's also male privilege showing, but that's another can of worms). True, cows have udders, and chickens lay eggs, but they also breed together, so those aren't proof of binary gender in the game. The player's character has been referred to as "Steve", but that's just a name and there's nothing else to suggest that the character is a "he", a "she", a hermaphrodite, trans- or cis-gendered, intersex, or any of the above. And that's okay.

So, my point is that the current breeding system works, and I don't see why it should be a priority for the Mojang team to spend development time on complicating the code so they can placate people who're projecting their real-world prejudices onto the game.

And yes, it's just a game. So chill out.

TL;DR - People having issues with the villagers breeding: Quit it with the gay panic or just pretend one of them's a flat-chested woman, and move on.

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