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Java Edition 12w50a

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12w50a is the second snapshot for Java Edition 1.4.6, released on December 13, 2012,[1] which added new Christmas chest textures and the Thorns enchantment.

Additions

Blocks

Chests

  • Added 3 new textures: xmaschest.png, largexmaschest.png, and skis.png.
    • xmaschest.png changes the chest texture to resemble a red gift.
    • largexmaschest.png changes the large chest texture to resemble a green gift.
    • skis.png is unused, dummy file. Dinnerbone said he added this file as a red herring.[2]
    • Chests use these textures on December 25.

Items

Tools

  • Added tool highlight when switching items in the hotbar.
    • Renamed items display the changed name.
    • To disable it, player needs to open options.txt and change heldItemTooltips to false.

Mobs

Villagers

World generation

Dungeons

  • Enchanted books can be found in dungeons with special enchantments normally not obtainable.

Gameplay

Enchanting

  • Added Thorns enchantment for armor.
    • When player wearing such armor gets hit by a mob, the mob receives damage.

Changes

Items

General

Firework rocket

  • Tweaked the effect the item gives and sounds.

Gameplay

Creative

Enchanting

  • Efficiency now has no effect when using tools on the wrong block types.
  • Protection is no longer as effective as all the other Protection-type enchantments combined.
  • Unbreaking can be applied to anything with durability using enchanted books.

General

Controls

  • Pressing ⎈ Control + Q by default (Or the "Drop" button if changed in controls), the player drops a full stack instead of one item.

Notices

  • Added a notice/warning for users still playing on PowerPCs or Java 5 (Java 1.5).
    • Mojang plans to drop support for Java 5 by version 1.6.[3] This is due to the most recent versions of LWJGL no longer supporting Java 5, with PowerPC also no longer supported by Apple to be made compatible with Java 6 or newer.[4]

Fixes

14 issues fixed

  • MC-255 – Graphical issue with trading.
  • MC-312 – Item textures of spawn eggs and firework stars not aligned properly when stacked.
  • MC-674 – Items different only in damage cannot be swapped.
  • MC-1626 – Z-fighting in beacon block bottom.
  • MC-1959 – Placing double slabs ignore damage values.
  • MC-1969 – minecarts cant travel through nether portals.
  • MC-3593 – Lightning does not flash.
  • MC-4499 – Beacon tiers do not work at y=0.
  • MC-4510 – Enchantment not showing in item frame.

From the previous development version

  • MC-4193 – Firework star duplication glitch.
  • MC-4199 – Deaths not logged to console.
  • MC-4200 – The Nether and the End generating random blocks clientside in multiplayer.
  • MC-4203 – Enchanted Books: Unenchantable item can receive any enchantment.
  • MC-4433 – Falling sand spawners failing to save properly, and causing crashes.

Trivia

  • 12w50a is the first correctly labeled snapshot released on the 50th week of a year, as 11w50a is labeled incorrectly as 11w49a.

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121216033722/http://www.mojang.com/2012/12/minecraft-snapshot-12w50a
  2. ↑ https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/283392354851901440
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/884921
  4. ↑ https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/278126596089606144

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