You heard right, it's a double-feature today! The 1.5.2 Pre-Release, as well as the 13w17a Snapshot are now available for testing! So how does this work? You can get these files in one of two ways:
THE EASY WAY
Download the new experimental Minecraft launcher (Click here, and select the launcher for your OS), and select which version of Minecraft you want to play from the dropdown box - no extra installation or effort required!
THE TRADITIONAL WAY
13w17a Client Download
13w17a Server Download
Additionally, you can download the 1.5.2 pre-release by clicking here.
BUGFIXES IN 1.5.2
- Jukebox audio volume doesn’t decrease
- SMP: Anvils charge level for nothing when using languages other than English
- Tamed wolves and cats despawn
- Endermen are rendered hostile if they take environmental damage
- Pick-Block and Furnaces
- Achievement "Hot Topic" Uses Faceless Furnace Icon
- Using the anvil for free
- Arrows visually float when shot into a block
- Improvements to FPS when using high-resolution texture packs
- Many Realms fixes
CHANGELOG FOR 13W17A
- Added a new “Hardened Clay” block
- Added extra tooltip info in the search tab for the creative inventory
- Made deserts more deserty
- Zombies made slightly more sociable
- Bug fixes!
That would make the most sense to me. I could see it being either all wheat or wheat, string, wheat in a 3x3 grid.
I'm on Windows 8 and downloaded MC the first day I got the laptop. No changes were made to the system, and I've been playing ever since. What are you talking about?
So why are you even posting on this topic?
As my grandmother used to say: Goodbye, don't let the door hit your ass on your way out
I'm looking forward to the new update. I'm really hoping that the new clay blocks will be for clay golums!
I've been having the same problem, actually. I'm hoping too.
You're crazy. I've been playing Minecraft on my Windows 8 laptop since November and no changes are needed.
What? They're referring to the despawning being a glitch they fixed, right? I'm just checking, because I don't wanna see my pets disappear.
Sounds fun. Can't wait until v1.6 finally releases.
edit: just took a closer look, the level.dat and level.dat_old are missing from the save folder. I would assume theres no way to recover these files? I would also assume all my work is lost?
Maybe something to do with more blocks, such as the colored planks they showed off and the hardened clay. More variety, the better.