Snapshot 12w36a Ready For Testing!

By Sacheverell Sep 6, 2012
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It's Thursday, and you know what that means: Snapshot time! So, what's on the plate for this week's test client?

A new scary decoration block
The “secret” from previous snapshots is now spawnable
A new mob variant in the Nether
Minor changes to the leather dye (the colors will attempt to maintain intensity, and not dilute as much)
The “work in progress block” is now called “Beacon”
Carrot on a stick!

And, of course, numerous bug fixes

Ready to try this awesome Snapshot out? Download links are below!

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What goodies have you found in this week's Snapshot? Tell us about it!

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Master4902
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Posted Sep 6, 2012
A new mob variant in the Nether? What could it possibly be!

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
Great, I'll give it a try.

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
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Posted Sep 6, 2012
New Skeleton variant in the the Nether
New Obsidian Block
New Wither Boss Picture
To spawn the Wither Boss-You need 4 SoulSand blocks placed in a T formation and you place 3 Wither Skull on the three blocks on the top part of the T.

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
Charred Skeleton! The world is a better place now!

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
I've never tried using a snapshot before and I've stayed on 1.2.5 after hearing of all the problems with 1.3.x
Is it really just as simple as swapping out the .jar files? If this snapshot has problems do I just replace it with my old (stable) 1.2.5 jar and everything will be back to normal?

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
New Wither Boss Picture in the art.

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
I want 1.4 out (I can't do snapshots)

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
Yay, new snapshot and additions! Gonna test it out!

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
You need 4 SoulSand blocks placed in a T formation and you place 3 Wither Skull on the three blocks on the top part of the T.

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
Oh... So Withers are just evolved skeletons... in the nether.

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
Good. Just good. Very good. Good.

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
New Nether mob? Hmmm, maybe a normal Wither you can get skulls from to summon the boss. Cool! I'll be sure to bring a powerful enchanted sword to take it down, along with milk to counter the wither poison once I beat the boss. Death animation suggestion: Each side head swells and explodes, then the center head and body swell and explode, dropping a crapton of xp and the beacon core. 'Nuff said.

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
Quote from halokid687

I want 1.4 out (I can't do snapshots)

why cant you do snapshopts everyone has the capability to

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
I dont think the withering effect is working

withers now attack hostile mobs too

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command block gone from creative inventory

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decoration blocks appear flat when held (dont know if this is a bug or if its supposed to be this way)

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
What goodies have I found?

Well, take a look at the difference between the mob, and the mob's head.

One is a jawbone with a pair of floating eyes, and the other if a faceless green head.
I was looking forward to this feature, but it was ruined as the armor layer that is displayed on the humanoid mobs is not displayed on the head item.

Just like the last snapshot when they made it so my armor could no longer be black, meaning my leather can no longer be black leather, pretty much ruining my black and white cow texture >:[

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edit:1
command block gone from creative inventory

edit:2
decoration blocks appear flat when held (dont know if this is a bug or if its supposed to be this way)

the command block was never in the creative inventory, because you need to spawn it using commands.

The heads use item icons (which in the default items.png they are faces), not the 3D models to display in the inventory or held by the player.

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
To get a beacon block in survival:

Go to the nether, find "coal" skeletons (yes they do drop coal), get 3 skulls of them, do a T of soulsand (just like an iron golem) then place 3 skulls on top, kill the boss (that I think drops the star I'm not sure) go to the crafting table, place glass in the shape of a helmet, put the star in the middle and the rest 3 spaces put obsidian, and voila you got the beacon.

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
Quote from RealGeist

Just delete the .jar file (or the bin folder) and minecraft will download automatically the old .jar file

No, it'll download 1.3.2, it won't download my old jar file.

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
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That Beacon-Core thingy will drop from the Wither, right?

Yes

Quote from Delthyn

Charred Skeleton! The world is a better place now!

Well, Wither Skeleton, but okay!

Quote from mg127

you got what?
that image doesn't work

It shows a beacon being crafted with 3 obsidian, 5 glass, and 1 nether star.

Quote from Master4902

A new mob variant in the Nether? What could it possibly be!

Wither Skeleton

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The skeleton head is 398. Not sure about the rest.
Pigs follow you around with a carrot on a stick. Again not sure about other uses.

Well, they follow you around when you have wheat. The carrot on a stick is used for controlling them when you're riding them.

Quote from helen269

I've never tried using a snapshot before and I've stayed on 1.2.5 after hearing of all the problems with 1.3.x
Is it really just as simple as swapping out the .jar files? If this snapshot has problems do I just replace it with my old (stable) 1.2.5 jar and everything will be back to normal?

Actually, 1.3.1 is the latest stable version. It's not a snapshot, and it hasn't been for over a month. The snapshots are for 1.4.

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I want 1.4 out (I can't do snapshots)

Halloween! Be patient
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New Nether mob? Hmmm, maybe a normal Wither you can get skulls from to summon the boss. Cool! I'll be sure to bring a powerful enchanted sword to take it down, along with milk to counter the wither poison once I beat the boss. Death animation suggestion: Each side head swells and explodes, then the center head and body swell and explode, dropping a crapton of xp and the beacon core. 'Nuff said.

Yup. Pretty much.

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
A Witheskeleton?? THATS AWESOME!!!

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