A number of SMP related issues were addressed here - crashing when entering certain servers, baby villagers only being farmers, and issues with spawning baby wolves, among others. Remember, if you aren't having trouble with 1.4.4, you can continue playing with it normally - however, if you want to update to the 1.4.5 PR client, don't fear! The 1.4.5 Pre-Release client should be able to connect to any 1.4.4 servers without any trouble at all.
Give it a try, see if it doesn't help with certain SMP issues! Whether it does or not, be sure to report your findings right here!
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1.4.5 Client: Click here
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There are a lot of people who use that rather than setting up a local server.
I think that's just accent coming out there.
Mojang, thank you for fixing bugs. Thank you for giving us frequent updates about what's being fixed and what's changing. Thank you.
As for people saying "OMG soo many releases"...
This isn't a release. It's a pre-release. If you don't understand the difference, you shouldn't be using the pre-release, let alone complaining about it.
The entire POINT of the prerelease is to make it easier for mod makers to make their mod work for that version before the update becomes official.
if you want your mods to keep working, Don't use a flipping pre-release. I really fail to understand the mentality of people that download pre-release software intended partly for mod authors and then complain about the mod situation. of course some of them might not work. it's a pre-release, intended to make it so mod authors can be ready for the actual release.
Compare to previous when nobody really had any idea when an update was coming out. One day there was an update and that was that. And then most people updated and the mods were broken because that day of the update was the first day they were ever able to even try to update their mods.
An update is a modification to the game. It's just that other modifications are more heavily dependent on them. Also there is the issue of mods that change base classes, none of which work with one another anymore than they work on more recent versions of minecraft that have changes to those base classes.
? I don't see the problem. I have a local 1.4.4 bukkit server for testing my plugin and the main server I play is 1.4.2 because the owner prefers to wait until a build is at LEAST in beta (rather than a dev build) before using it on the server. I've had no problems switching back and forth.
I hope not. I don't want to wait 7,00 years until my mods get updated, then the next day 1.4.6.5.3.2. or something will come out.
Figures.
Oh god, your precious mods! NO, please say it isn't so, that you have to live without something for a little while because someone actually wants to fix something, or a lot of somethings. All anyone ever does around here is whine whine whine because something is broken, and when the team starts working to get those problems taken care of, all anyone ever does around here is whine whine whine. Stop being a little baby and stfu! It's like a daycare around here.
Yes, they will. That's called the nature of a modding community. You can't just sit there and tell a company to stop fixing their product, hjust so you can have fun with an altered version. That's the price you pay for using 3rd party alterations. Now shut up about it.
"Son, they are something we had long ago. I understand all you young folk get are bug fixes nowadays, but back when they actually release content... it was beautiful..."