Minecraft 1.2.5   + Added shift clicking support in furnaces
+ Added method to easily acquire blocks you have selected in the world in Creative mode using the ‘pick block’ key
* Made the Direct Connect dialog remember the last IP for the current session
* Fixed issues detected certain links in chat
* Fixed wild ocelots behaving like tamed cats
* Fixed various chat crashes
* Made cats less eager to sit on things
* Made cats less patient
* Fixed world generation failing under certain circumstances
* Fixed issues turning off sound under certain circumstances
* Removed all ghost entities under the command of Lord Herobrine
* Fixed crash when pasting certain characters in chat
* Fixed slash ‘/’ key not behaving correctly in certain environments
* Fixed command matching being too greedy (for example: typing ‘/stophammertime’ no longer stops your server)
* Fixed not being able to click coloured links
* Fixed potential issue with village door detection (which could cause too many villagers)
* Made using a stack of bowls on Mooshrooms not consume the whole stack of bowls
* Made punching a TNT block with flint and steel in hand destroy and drop a TNT block (right-clicking will activate the TNT)

I have a bit of news for you that many of your readers should love: people can now easily make 3D printouts of their Minecraft models. I wrote a free, open-source program called Mineways that helps them, the website (with photos of some results) is here. The key thing is: you don't need a 3D printer, you can easily upload your model to a 3D print firm. It's also surprisingly cheap for smaller models, e.g. $7.50 for a 2-inch-tall piece of pixel art. For more examples of models that have been printed, see the Flickr pool.

Large models can be expensive, but the pixel-art makers in particular should find their creations affordable. For example, I grabbed the model from this site and put it up for sale here (at no profit to me - this was just an experiment). It's easy to do, especially for pixel art (which has no weird geometry problems, usually), just see the tutorials on my site.

Anyway, of all the Minecrafters out there, I think people making schematics have both the strong interest and knowledge & skills to best take advantage of 3D printing.

Let me know if you have any questions, and I hope you can pass on the word. I'm not making any money on this project, it's just a fun thing to do (just like Minecraft).

Eric

More information in this topic: http://www.mcschematics.com/index.php?topic=10136

Exciting news for those that haven't heard
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1577770-breaking-news-modding-api-updates/

Have you tried to create your own Rollercoaster with the minecarts in Minecraft?


Maybe you need some ideas to get you going?


Head on over to the Amusement Park section of MCSchematics.com to find some great roller coaster rides.

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Minecraft Snapshot 12w08a
by Jens Bergensten on February 23, 2012


Here’s the development snapshot of week 8, 2012! We’ve been a little bit busy with the LEGO trip
and Mojam, so the list of changes is a bit shorter than usual:

Added a defense mob to villages
Added up-side-down stairs
Many changes to the world and lighting system

Minecraft Snapshot 12w07b (Updated!)
by Jens Bergensten on February 15, 2012


Here’s the development snapshot of week 7, 2012! List of changes:

Added new world file format called “Anvil” (256 max height and 4096 block IDs*)
Multi-player light calculations do no longer cause affected blocks to be transmitted to the clients, instead the clients will recalculate the light on their own
Villagers will repopulate villages based on how many houses there are available
Some nights in villages will be worse than others…
Added a redstone-controlled light source
Decreased chance for the rare mob drops
All animals use the new AI system now
* The game can’t use the full range of IDs yet because there are still some assumptions that IDs above 256 are items.

Update! New version number is 12w07b, fixing the following problems:

Crash bug corrupting levels when spawning mobs above the 255th block
Sheep animation is correct in SMP
Get the snapshot here:

Client: http://assets.minecraft.net/12w07b/minecraft.jar
Server: http://assets.minecraft.net/12w07b/minecraft_server.jar

Minecraft Snapshot 12w06a
by Jens Bergensten on February 9, 2012
Here’s the development snapshot of week 6, 2012! List of changes:

Many minor bug fixes and tweaks
Doors have been changed to properly detect if they are open or closed. Double doors in existing maps will
need to be updated
Villagers will move indoors during night and rain, and socialize with each other
Zombies will break down wooden doors on hard difficulty
Added cat sounds
Better movement for mobs in water
Added rare mob item drops

Minecraft Snapshot 12w05a
by Jens Bergensten on February 2, 2012
Here’s the development snapshot of week 5, 2012! List of changes:

Many mob-related bug fixes (and some new behaviors)
Ocelots are easier to tame, and cats can be told to sit
Many small bug fixes and tweaks
Villagers will try to detect village houses and live in them
Updated language files (now with 50% less profanities!)

// jeb and jon

EDIT: The snapshot was updated again. We fixed a cat crash bug and updated the languages.

jonkagstrom from Mojang just Twittered a few moments ago the following:

• Yes creepers are running in the new ai system now. However they have a new weekness now...
• Cool! I just wrote a module to open doors, but I havent put it on the creepers yet.. only on villagers so far :)

What do you think the new Creeper weakness will be?

Let us know what you think the new creeper weakness will be.

-Click here to comment-

by Jens Bergensten on January 26, 2012
Time for the snapshot of week 4, 2012! List of changes:

New jungle-specific mob that can be tamed
Skeletons have new AI and a few new behaviors
Various minor bug fixes and changes
Added an experience item to creative mode
Added a flame item…
Updated language files
Get the snapshot here:

Client: http://assets.minecraft.net/12w04a/minecraft.jar
Server: http://assets.minecraft.net/12w04a/minecraft_server.jar
If you havent downloaded Minecraft you can grab it here: www.minecraft.net/download

As you know, Minecraft is run using the Light-weight Java Game Library (LWJGL). We’ve been using a really
old version of LWJGL because last time we tried to update it the game broke down and became
unplayable for a lot of people. We are going to try to update it again once we release Minecraft 1.2.

However, the recent LWJGL version (2.8.3) includes a bunch of fixes for those of you who play with non-
latin languages. If you want to try it out (to
be able to chat in Japanese or Korean, for example), you should go to LWJGL’s download page and get
lwjgl-2.8.3.zip (link for the lazy). In it you will find a folder called “jar” and a folder called “native.” Pick the
files in those folders and replace the files located in your “.minecraft/bin” and “.minecraft/bin/natives”
folders. Chatting in Korean should be a lot easier now.

 

// jeb and jon

Welcome to the Jungle update

Time for the snapshot of week 3, 2012! List of changes, since 1.1 last week:

Jeb (Minecraft developer) has released a new snapshot today for testing! The following changes are ready for your testing (remember this is a snapshot and not final client):

Click Read More... For full details and location to download the client and server if desired.

Below is a list of some of the added features for the 1.1 Minecraft update:

- Bow Enchantments
- Golden Apple recipe
- New language translations.
- Slightly smoothed color transitions between biomes
- Reduced brewing time to 20 seconds
- Added spawn eggs to creative (the colors of the eggs even look like the mobs)
- Added world type options (currently only super-flat and default)
- Removed collision box from ladders
- Sheep eat grass and regain their wool

Plus many bug fixes!