Java Edition 1.8.1-pre4

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1.8.1-pre4
Java Edition 1.8.1-pre4.png: Infobox image for Minecraft version '1.8.1-pre4'

1.8.1-pre4 is the fourth pre-release for Java Edition 1.8.1, released on November 6, 2014.[1]

Changes

General

Options

  • Off/fancy/fast clouds.
  • Off/on entity shadows.
  • Fast/fancy now only controls leaves and rain particles.

Performance

  • Many optimizations.

Fixes

11 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.8.1

  • MC-349 – Villagers ignore data tags in trading.
  • MC-954 – Air blocks floating in water.
  • MC-25646 – Music keeps playing when putting in a disc in a jukebox and breaking it at the same time.
  • MC-38372 – Sprint glitch.
  • MC-58568 – Item frames with items in them do not frustum culling properly causing severe FPS lag.
  • MC-59226 – 3D-dropped items not spinning.
  • MC-61587 – /summon Rotation.
  • MC-70472 – Crash when trying to connect to a server with more than 73 characters address.
  • MC-72688 – /execute Detect gives false positive when in different dimension.

From the 1.8 development versions

  • MC-55767 – Unable to hide wither skull names.

From the 1.8.1 development versions

  • MC-73147 – Can't place blocks in certain areas at certain angles.

Trivia

  • This version was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.

References

  1. ↑ "Minecraft 1.8.1 Pre-release 4" (archived) by Dinnerbone – Mojang.com.

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