Vanilla Minecraft News Discussion

[BlackCat]

Hopper....carts?

[finite8]

Hopper....carts?

Ooooh.. A Cart-Cart.

Cartception.

Oh dear. If anything implements an Inception-like feature, you know its gonna be shite.

[Panda]

Quarts blocks :P

[BlackCat]

Panda....carts?

Anyways, yeah the quartz blocks look nice....seems kinda....familiar...oh right.

[EtherealWrath]

Quartz blocks huh?

Actually they're kinda pretty- Looks like the nether will get turned in strip mine.

[jonny_AB]

This just in: Minecraft 1.4.7 to be pushed tomorrow.
https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/288680380544987136

[Stormweaver]

This just in: Minecraft 1.4.7 to be pushed tomorrow.
https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/288680380544987136

...huh? Here I thought they were done with the 1.4.x series.

I just hope it's a pre-quartz build. Give them a chance to nerf the hell out of it's availability...

[Husbag3]

You really think they would make something easier to do!?

[Katalliaan]

Storm, the changes we've been seeing since the new year are for 1.5, not 1.4.7. 1.4.7 is a bugfix patch that's been sitting unchanged for about a week and a half.

[Stormweaver]

Storm, the changes we've been seeing since the new year are for 1.5, not 1.4.7. 1.4.7 is a bugfix patch that's been sitting unchanged for about a week and a half.

Ah, that's good then.

[devak]

This probably qualifies as good news:

https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/2 ... 3018800128

Dinnerbone. Now we just need ways to automatically place and break blocks, then almost ANYTHING can be automated!

Which we don't want, sorry.

[Stormweaver]

the 1.4.7 bugfix release is out.

[ScubaPlays]

the 1.4.7 bugfix release is out.

List of fixes:
•Fixed joining a server, and leaving it, then trying to connect to any server crashing the game under certain conditions
•Fixed bold text taking up lots of space sometimes
•Fixed the server crashing when an arrow shot from a dispenser hits a mob/player with Thorns enchant on their armor
•Fixed a multiplayer crash when using fireworks without a fireworks star
•Fixed long timeout when checking SRV records

[Siege Wizard]

the 1.4.7 bugfix release is out.

Compatible with BTW 4.41?

S.W.

[FlowerChild]

Compatible with BTW 4.41?

S.W.

They never are.

I'm not in the mood to do a version update today, but I'll get to it at some point.

[Benanov]

List of fixes:
•Fixed joining a server, and leaving it, then trying to connect to any server crashing the game under certain conditions
•Fixed bold text taking up lots of space sometimes
•Fixed the server crashing when an arrow shot from a dispenser hits a mob/player with Thorns enchant on their armor
•Fixed a multiplayer crash when using fireworks without a fireworks star
•Fixed long timeout when checking SRV records

None of this stuff is super-critical, except maybe the third & fourth one. I wonder if the Mojang crew need a good "defensive coding" primer. While peppering null checks all over the place is sort of silly, making an assumption that yes Virginia, there is a chance this value could be null is just good sense.

As for my servers, they all have a wrapper around them so that if they do crash they're propped back up... to the point where I've upgraded BWR versions by copying the new jar in place and typing /stop.

Hopefully this won't take you too long, FC.

[devak]

Those bugfixes are barely worth a 1.4.6.1

So basically, they give a few hundred or so modders the chore of updating for just this? No nice extra package, no proper stuff?

[Siege Wizard]

Those bugfixes are barely worth a 1.4.6.1

So basically, they give a few hundred or so modders the chore of updating for just this? No nice extra package, no proper stuff?

Seems as a tie-loose-ends version before the 1.5 as this will include quite more changes code-wise (making redstone more stable will make a whole lot of changes in code). Or at least that is what it seems to me.

Compatible with BTW 4.41?

S.W.

They never are.

I'm not in the mood to do a version update today, but I'll get to it at some point.

No problem FC, it was just to know if i had to force the upgrade. I don't really find those changes that critical, actually none of them is even slightly critical in a SSP world.

S.W.

[Wafflewaffle]

http://www.mojang.com/2013/01/minecraft ... ot-13w02a/

another snapshot

* Textures for blocks and items now have individual image files (read more below)
* Improved death messages
* Improved naming (using the anvil) of containers and mob eggs
* Trapped chests now give off the redstone signal through walls
* Improved hoppers and made them controllable by redstone
* Updated language files
* Language files can now be updated via the background downloader (no need for a new Minecraft release)

[thekyz]

From the wiki:

Spoiler

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Textures for blocks and items now have individual image files.
Improved Skeletons' aim.
Improved naming (using the anvil) of containers and mob eggs.
Mobs spawned from renamed eggs have the name of the egg.
Renamed Chests and Trapped Chests will display their new name when opened in the top left corner.
Added and improved Death Messages
Player fell off a ladder
Player fell off some vines
Player fell out of the water
Player fell from a high place
Player fell into a patch of fire
Player fell into a patch of cacti
Player got finished off by Player/Mob using Weapon
Player walked into a fire whilst fighting Player/Mob
Player was burnt to a crisp whilst fighting Player/Mob
Player tried to swim in lava while trying to escape Player/Mob
Player walked into a cactus while trying to escape Player/Mob
Player was slain by Player/Mob using Weapon
Player was killed trying to hurt Player/Mob
Trapped chests now give off the redstone signal through walls
Improved hoppers and made them controllable by redstone
Hoppers now stop leaking while powered by redstone
Updated language files
Language files can now be updated via the background downloader (no need for a new Minecraft release)
Hopper crafting recipe now uses Iron Ingots instead of Stone
Trapped Chest is now in Decoration Blocks in creative mode inventory
Added Block of Quartz, Chiseled Quartz Block, Pillar Quartz Block, Quartz Stairs, and Quartz Slab
Added Activator Rail, which activates TNT Minecarts
Added Minecart with TNT
Explodes more violently when it derails
Texture for Redstone Comparator changed slightly
Texture for Hopper changed slightly
Changed the chests in abandoned mineshafts to Minecart with Chest
Bug fixes:
Fixed minecart sound getting stuck on long cart rides and getting bumby, choppy
Fixed joining/updating servers taking very long
Fixed clicking quickly in succession in GUIs ignoring clicks
Fixed inactive detector rails giving redstone signals through solid blocks next to them
Fixed an item duplication bug with the hopper
Fixed cacti growing way too fast
Fixed byte reading code sometimes reading the wrong bytes

So the hopper looks more and more like the BtW one ...
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Versi ... t_versions

[Stormweaver]

I spent a good hour or so today playing with hoppers to see if I could automate a brewing system. It was fun, and actually required BTW level shenanigans. It really was fun.

I suppose it would still be fun if I had done it tomorrow on this new snapshot, but it would have only been fun for 10 mins. Damn you mojang.

[Siege Wizard]

• Textures for blocks and items now have individual image files: I found quite extrange the previous way, this makes more sense and will make texture packs easier to install
• Improved death messages: WOW, must have taken them so much time coding
• Improved naming (using the anvil) of containers and mob eggs: ^^ apply the above, these are things that shouldn't need a snapshot to be changed, should be there from the start
• Trapped chests now give off the redstone signal through walls: they are useless and this doesn't make the difference. now you have to break two more blocks before getting their stuff in anarchy ...
• Improved hoppers and made them controllable by redstone: we all saw the redstone feature coming and stone recipe was just stupid
• Updated language files, language files can now be updated via the background downloader (no need for a new Minecraft release): useful at least but not that great

So more than a new snapshot, a we-nedt-to-desing-well-some-things-that-were-so-bad-designed. The only real change is the texture one.

S.W.

[finite8]

So, Trapped Chests can now MAGICALLY send their signal through a wall. Is it me, or are they adjusting the Redstone mechanics to suit a singular purpose of making a hidden trap?

I'm not impressed.

[FlowerChild]

So, Trapped Chests can now MAGICALLY send their signal through a wall. Is it me, or are they adjusting the Redstone mechanics to suit a singular purpose of making a hidden trap?

I'm not impressed.

They may have realized it was the one real advantage the trapped chest might offer over the comparator on a regular chest.

Also, the trapped chest is visually different to begin with, so they don't seem to be going for hidden traps. The visual differences are subtle, but of course making it look like a big pink present is a simple custom texture change which I'm pretty sure most PvP players will rapidly make.

Anyways, I don't know what the fuck they're doing with the whole trapped chest thing, but it looks to me that they're trying to patch functionality onto the design perhaps with the realization that the comparator made them irrelevant, instead of just ripping them out and calling it a day.

[The great randomo]

Not sure if it's intentional, but trap chests allow for extremely effecient storage rooms: the trap and normal chests can be placed next to each other. You can effectively have a wall of chests.