12w08a Snapshot Released

By citricsquid Feb 23, 2012
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Jeb and Jon have released this week's snapshot, 12w08a. This week's changes are as follows:

Added a defense mob to villages
Added up-side-down stairs
Many changes to the world and lighting system

Client: download here
Server: download here

Need help using a snapshot? Badprenup has you covered!

1. Download the new snapshot minecraft.jar
2. Navigate to your .minecraft folder (On windows, you can find it by searching for %appdata%)
3. Put the new jar file in the bin folder (OPTIONAL: Back up your old jar file).
4. Open Minecraft via the launcher, how you normally would.

Let us know what you find! Here's a screenshot Jon provided of the new mob, the Iron Golem:

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Posted Feb 23, 2012
MAN!!! Villagers just got WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too spoiled! :dry.gif:

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Posted Feb 23, 2012
who actually mines in minecraft anymore? So many resources and caves with free stuff mining is pretty much pointless now. I haven't made a branch mine in a while and have iron, coal and diamond coming out of my ears. Jeb won't fix it because it's what he wants the game to be. Glad I saved my 1.7.3 jar. Will probably be spending alot of time on it

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Posted Feb 23, 2012
Quote from LeafMiner

Does anyone else see a resemblance between the village golem and the Laputa Sentinel? Especially when it holds out flowers. As for the update as a whole, they need to hurry up and get villages finished, so some more work can be put into the sandbox building elements of the game. i.e. more redstone machines/components, Minecart functions, maybe even a new ore

Good that I'm not the only one who remembers that movie :ohmy.gif:

Say, with the increased block height and these big fellas... you could build your own Laputa pretty easily :biggrin.gif:

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Posted Feb 23, 2012
Jeffrey94

Good that I'm not the only one who remembers that movie

Say, with the increased block height and these big fellas... you could build your own Laputa pretty easily

I was thinking more like Shadow of the Colossus

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Posted Feb 23, 2012
When is 1.2 coming out

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Posted Feb 23, 2012
Cool thanks for faster iron gathering by adding golems but how about making villagers more useful now please, so I don't feel like killing every single one I see

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Posted Feb 23, 2012
I really like the golems. Unfortunately I won't be switching to 1.2 until it comes out and until all of my mods update to 1.2

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Posted Feb 23, 2012
just release 1.2 already!

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Posted Feb 23, 2012
With 12w08a, the redstone lamps update much better with reduced fps drops compared to 12w07b. Your milage will vary of course.

In 12w07 I was going from about 150fps to about 80fps everytime I activated a 15 lamp contraption that cycled the lamps on and off every few seconds or so. Now I only drop to about 140fps. Bare in mind I am running this contraption on the flatlands with hardly anything to really render.

IMHO, I like the Iron Golem. I just dont care for him "guarding" the villagers. It seems too advanced for them.

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Posted Feb 23, 2012
If anyone doesn't know, we can craft iron golems!!! Go to mincraft wiki to see how!! 1.2 is gonna be awesome!!

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Posted Feb 23, 2012
Actually upside down slabs would be INCREDIBLY useful. As useful as upside down stairs, if not more so!

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Posted Feb 23, 2012
I JUST DISCOVERED SOMETHING ABOUT THE VILLAGERS AND THE NEW GOLEMS!

If you spawn a certain amount of Villagers, Iron Golems will spawn.

I do NOT know what the ratio is... I think 10:1.

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Posted Feb 23, 2012
is anyone hosting a snapshot server? i would like to try it :wink.gif:

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Posted Feb 23, 2012
Run this snapshot at VelocityHosting.org for $6.95 a month

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Posted Feb 23, 2012
If the Iron Golems could talk they would say, "Clankety Clank! I'm a damn iron tank!"Mojang hired a new employee for mob AI. Mining doesn't need a new Artificial Intelligence, so don't really expect any new mining duds until 1.1.3 most likely.Mojang hired a new employee for mob AI. Mining doesn't need a new Artificial Intelligence, so don't really expect any new mining duds until 1.1.3 most likely.

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Posted Feb 23, 2012
Ugh, all these new additions. If only villages were more common. Makes me wish there were Explorer Testificates and some way to atract them to a location and get them to build new villages on pre-existing maps.

For now though, I'll just sit back and wait for someone to do a Laputa texture replacement for the golems.

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Where the **** is our modding integration!?

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Posted Feb 23, 2012
Quote from Captain Pighard

Ugh, all these new additions. If only villages were more common. Makes me wish there were Explorer Testificates and some way to atract them to a location and get them to build new villages on pre-existing maps.

For now though, I'll just sit back and wait for someone to do a Laputa texture replacement for the golems.

That is a wonderful idea.

TWEET IT TO JEB/NOTCH!

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Posted Feb 23, 2012
Can't wait for 1.2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted Feb 23, 2012
Why wont villagers reproduce anymore?And golems wont spawn in the map that i made after the last snapshot.

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