Minecraft 1.7.3 Pre-Release!

By Sacheverell Dec 6, 2013
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The 1.7.3 Pre-Release is here! YAY!

Added integrated Twitch broadcasting! See below for details.
Fixed render distances above 8 (may not work in multiplayer, servers have their own view distance they limit you to)
Many bug fixes and optimizations!

Mojang's very own Dinnerbone had the following to say about 1.7.3:

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At Minecon we announced our new partnership with Twitch to bring one-click broadcasting to Minecraft. It has been in the recent snapshots, and proven to be very stable and ready to go live.

Before you can start streaming, you will need to visit your Mojang account settings and link a Twitch account to your Mojang account. Then in the game you may check the quality settings in Options -> Broadcast Options, or just go ahead and start broadcasting at any time by hitting F6. This key can be configured in the Controls options.

This is only supported on Windows (Vista and higher) and Mac OS X Lion (10.7) and higher. If you cannot start broadcasting ingame for any reason, the game will tell you why and possibly how to fix it.

To get pre-releases, open your launcher and press the “New Profile” button. Call it “snapshots” and check the box saying “Enable experimental development snapshots” and save. To switch to the normal version, you can select it in the dropdown at the bottom left corner of the launcher.

One-button livestreaming? Bugfixes? Awesome!

Multi-Platform Server JAR:

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marfig
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Posted Dec 6, 2013
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I just love how Forge isn't even updated to 1.7.2 then the pre-release for 1.7.3 is here

I'm pretty sure their intention is to skip 1.7.2 altogether (see here).

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Posted Dec 6, 2013
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Who is the target audience for this update and what will this accomplish?

Possibly Mojang itself and some $$$ in return of promoting the Twitch Media Group. See here.

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Posted Dec 6, 2013
Chicken Jockeys?! O_O

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Posted Dec 6, 2013
Why not inbuilt recording to a file?

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Posted Dec 6, 2013
Would rather have official mod support, I mean, what are the chances a normal run of the mill player is going to have a real reason to stream his game on Twitch? Just for giggles I suppose?

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Would rather have official mod support, I mean, what are the chances a normal run of the mill player is going to have a real reason to stream his game on Twitch? Just for giggles I suppose?

Exactly.

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Would rather have official mod support, I mean, what are the chances a normal run of the mill player is going to have a real reason to stream his game on Twitch? Just for giggles I suppose?

I agree. But livestreaming will be fun to watch, at least!

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Posted Dec 7, 2013
Is there anything new?

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Posted Dec 7, 2013
Still have to deal with crap like this:

But YAY Twitch and stuff that is so important to playing MC :twirlhair:

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Posted Dec 7, 2013
In fact the villagers on my computer had a meeting and have this to say to Mojang:

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Posted Dec 7, 2013
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It's not like it's Google, that actually combines Google+ into Youtube. Those are actually from the same company, so I can see how that has purpose.

So I really wonder why Mojang is so interested in our Twitch account data...

Twitch has a similar ads mechanics to most other community driven services, like Google or Facebook. The Twitch Media Group, through its partnership programs live of ad placement and trading revenues. Mojang simply became a Twitch partner and is probably going to get its cut.

I'm not happy with this relationship between Mojang and what has essentially become an ad company. But fortunately Mojang did the right thing and isn't forcing it down our throats. You don't have to use it if you don't want to. So its not compulsory you create a twitch account to play minecraft. It will be only if you want to create or view twitch-based content. Which, frankly I don't advise anyone to do.

It's a interesting novelty to watch a live stream from within minecraft, but it will get old soon because YouTube has become the traditional Minecraft video source and I don't see Twitch ever being able to replace it or come near.

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Twitch has a similar ads mechanics to most other community driven services, like Google or Facebook. The Twitch Media Group, through its partnership programs live of ad placement and trading revenues. Mojang simply became a Twitch partner and is probably going to get its cut.

I'm not happy with this relationship between Mojang and what has essentially become an ad company. But fortunately Mojang did the right thing and isn't forcing it down our throats. You don't have to use it if you don't want to. So its not compulsory you create a twitch account to play minecraft. It will be only if you want to create or view twitch-based content. Which, frankly I don't advise anyone to do.

It's a interesting novelty to watch a live stream from within minecraft, but it will get old soon because YouTube has become the traditional Minecraft video source and I don't see Twitch ever being able to replace it or come near.

That, is where you're wrong, kinda.
If you usually go to Twitch to watch some livestreams, Minecraft is the #3 or #4 most watched game there (Depends on various timezones)

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Posted Dec 7, 2013
1.7.3 pre-release is really laggy, I use to be able to play on 4 chunks. Not now, it's worse. Thanks again for the lag! *goes back to 1.7.2*

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_{CHICKEN JOCKEYS!}

_{Pretty much the only thing I'm excited about in this update. The only problem with them is that the probability of them spawning is too small.}

_{And the texture bugfix is good.}

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Lets wait a little bit for more stable version...

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I actually saw a decrease in FPS. So what are the optimizations for?

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This stupid snapshot now affected my 1.7.2 so that it now lags with low fps and very rough and rigid movement :(.

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The 1.7.3 Pre-Release is here! YAY!

Added integrated Twitch broadcasting! See below for details.
Fixed render distances above 8 (may not work in multiplayer, servers have their own view distance they limit you to)
Many bug fixes and optimizations!
Mojang's very own Dinnerbone had the following to say about 1.7.3:

One-button livestreaming? Bugfixes? Awesome!

Multi-Platform Server JAR:

Click here!

I just got a Minecraft premium card code for free! http://freeminecraftgiftcode.net
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Posted Dec 7, 2013
Lol @ people complaining about some laggy gameplay with 1.7.X. I'm still getting a solid 400fps on flatworlds, about 165fps on AMP'd worlds and at least a consistent 290fps on regular worlds. This is with a junky Geeforce 9800 with a DESKFAN cooling it down. Seriously, if you're going to whine about laggy gameplay and you don't have a dedicated card to perform what minecraft has to offer, just stick to old outdated versions because no one wants to hear it.

My only speculation for this is, I kinda hope mojang slows the updates down a tad. Even though 1.7.3 fixed that horrible render issue, forge still hasn't even updated to 1.7 yet (which I'm extremely excited about). 1.7.3 seems pretty stable for gameplay, no lag, no stutters, no chunk errors and no crashes so far. Let's just hope for a modders perspective, it's also stable.

Either way, should be good. Can't wait to test that livestream function. =D

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Posted Dec 7, 2013
Yeah i love the Twitch.TV Streaming

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