12w38a Ready for Testing!

By Sacheverell Sep 20, 2012
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Mojang is ramping up to release the Very Scary Update (1.4), but what to do in the meantime? Well, this week's Snapshot is out, and ready for your viewing pleasure! What awaits us this week?

Nether loads faster when going through a portal
In creative mode, teleportation is instantaneous
Updated and added new sounds by C418
Added a sound for climbing up Ladders
New block-placing sounds: Wood, Stone, Plants, Sand, Gravel, although unintended by C418
New footstep sounds: Sand, Gravel, Soulsand, Grass Block, and Stone
New mob sounds: Cow, Pigs, Enderman, Zombie, and Skeleton
New tool sounds: Flint and Steel, Shears (when shearing sheep)
Lava and Flowing Water now have constant noise
Added level up sound, but will be changed later for a shorter one
Added a passive mob (Bat)

Spawns in dark caves
Sleeps during the day
Hangs on the ceiling when idle, starts flying when players come near

Added a hostile mob (Witch)

Throws splash potions of poison, slowness, weakness and instant damage at you
Regenerate health over time
Hold an empty bottle and rise their noses when attacking
Drink potions of instant health and fire resistance to defend themselves in combat
Rarely drop potions of instant health and fire resistance
Is immune to some splash potions
Does not spawn naturally (yet), but a Spawn Egg exists for it in Creative Mode

Command block target parameters have been upgraded, click here for details
Beacon artwork was changed
The beam of light was changed
Item Frames no longer despawn when 20 blocks away.
Wood blocks are now rotated differently. Instead of using the player’s position, it will rotate based on the face it is placed upon, like a lever (this is mainly a test).
Silverfish Source Blocks have a chance of spawning in caves

As always, you can get this week's Snapshot files below!

Client: Click to download

Server: Click to download

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Posted Sep 21, 2012
Silverfish actually do something to you! *insert m. bison yes clip here*

If the bats are passive and can be in caves then if you could get some sort of food from them that would be really awesome!

Edit: Page claim!

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Posted Sep 21, 2012
I hope witches will only be spawnable in spawn eggs, or in some dungeons.

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Posted Sep 21, 2012
ok, I tested the AI of bats with dispensers with bat eggs and redstone clocks and a wall of lava and they FLEW RIGHT THREW IT.They all died. there was a second exit btw. they seem to pass through liquids like air... the second exit had instant damage II potions in it lol

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Posted Sep 21, 2012
Can anyone tell me how to update a server with the provided "Server" file? My server is a .exe and the file I download is a .jar.
And I don't even know how to update, I'm just guessing you add the latest Minecraft_server file.

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Posted Sep 21, 2012
We need vampires from bats, mummy spawners in desert temples, and werewolves from wolves. That would be awesome.

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Posted Sep 21, 2012
Quote from darthvader45

We need vampires from bats, mummy spawners in desert temples, and werewolves from wolves. That would be awesome.

No. Just no. We don't need more fantasy. Witches are enough. Vampires are a stupid idea, too fantasy, would be weird to be around if they were in humanoid form, and wouldn't make sense if they were villagers. Werewolves wouldn't work in any way, and wolves don't turn into Werewolves. Mummies would just be weird unless they were a new Zombie type.

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Posted Sep 21, 2012
Quote from Random_Guy_32

12w38b added minecart sounds. How did you do that?

...12w38b is out?

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Posted Sep 21, 2012
i fell if mojang still add some new mobs,new things and the others the minecraft will be changed into role play game :<

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Posted Sep 21, 2012
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Witches? They are more like Warlocks, since they are male...lol

From what I understand, all people and mobs in the game are gender neutral. So.. No. Witches can be either male OR female, look it up.

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*puts on big glasses* They are not gender neutral, they are hermaphrodites. Otherwise they would not be able to procreate.

Sorry, you are incorrect. Quote:

Notch: Minecraft occupies a genderless world, even for that guy

"The human model is intended to represent a Human Being. Not a male Human Being or a female Human Being, but simply a Human Being," Notch writes.

Notch touched on this subject at GDC, during his fireside chat with SpyParty's Chris Hecker. Making a female character model wouldn't only be strange-looking, as Notch said then, but it would be completely unnecessary in a genderless world. Even the animals are neutral (rather than neutered).

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/29/notch-minecraft-occupies-a-genderless-world-even-for-that-guy/

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Posted Sep 21, 2012
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Actually, I DO HAVE TO USE IT. If I go into caves, tada, BATS. Chances are I'll run into witches too when I go exploring. Now, please tell me, WHERE is this magical switch that turns this stuff off? Exactly.

Dude you are SUCH a *****. Minecraft is not tailored to only your needs pal. There are other people that enjoy the game as mojang intended. Like it or not this is minecraft and who the he'll do you think would still play if they never added anything after 1.7.3?? Just stfu and don't update your game.

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Posted Sep 21, 2012
FTW!!!

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Interesting... Notch even controls biology.

It's a game, it's a fake world, so... yeah.

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Posted Sep 21, 2012
Let me explain the consept of PROGRESS. New things are added to the game. All because it isn't beta1.3 doesn't mean that the game isn't still minecraft. If you think progress is bad and you hate the awesome work that dinner bone and jeb are doing to make minecraft even better, which is something that I can't believe is possible but am stood corrected every time they do it, then simply do not update your game! And for the record, who on earth do you think would play the game if it never updated after beds....

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Posted Sep 21, 2012
Quote from Brinjal66

In real life you get bats almost 2 meters wide, so I don't think that's a problem.

But in real life most bats aren't that size.

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Posted Sep 21, 2012
My game is acting like the witch file in the mob folder doesn't exist so its just showing it as all white! Does anyone know why this is happening??

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No. Just no. We don't need more fantasy. Witches are enough. Vampires are a stupid idea, too fantasy, would be weird to be around if they were in humanoid form, and wouldn't make sense if they were villagers. Werewolves wouldn't work in any way, and wolves don't turn into Werewolves. Mummies would just be weird unless they were a new Zombie type.

So let me get this straight. You're cool with:

Zombies
Skeletons
1-meter wide spiders
2-meter wide spiders
Flying mountains
Creepers
Enchantments on weapons.
Potions that allow you to survive in lava (among other things)
just to name a few, but you don't want this to become a fantasy game?
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Posted Sep 21, 2012
I'm a little skeptical about new sounds, you know the saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it?". I AM however excited about NEW sounds. I've always thought the one thing Minecraft was missing was ambient sounds for each biome. A jungle should sound like a jungle, when you step underneath that canopy you should immediately feel as though you are surrounded with the sounds of birds, bugs, frogs, etc. I think this allow for a deeper sense of immersion. I dont imagine it'd be hard to do either, they already have a sound emitting block in-game.

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Posted Sep 21, 2012
Sound bug.

Placing of Glass block / pains / lamps all sound like your breaking glass. Unless your placing them extremely hard to the point that the glass breaks then It should have a different sound.

Painting bug

Even on a huge wall "9 x 9" YOu cannot get anything larger than a 1 x 2 painting to place. And the 1 x 2 are extremely rare to get.

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Posted Sep 21, 2012
I installed this snapshot.and have a bug in my game:The Witch is white or blank.please someone knows how to fix ?

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