Java Edition Alpha v1.0.5

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Minecraft Alpha v1.0.5
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Alpha v1.0.5[1][2][3] is a version of Java Edition Alpha released on July 13, 2010,[4] which adds snowballs, snow blocks, and fixes bugs.

Alpha v1.0.5 was reuploaded at 21:49 UTC (16 minutes after release) to fix a bug with snow.

Additions

Alpha v1.0.5 block and item additionsInvicon Snow Block.png: Inventory sprite for Snow Block in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Snow Block with description: Snow BlockInvicon Snowball.png: Inventory sprite for Snowball in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Snowball with description: Snowball

Blocks

Snow

  • Drops 6 snowballs when destroyed.
  • Crafted with 9 snowballs.
Invicon Snowball.png: Inventory sprite for Snowball in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Snowball with description: SnowballInvicon Snowball.png: Inventory sprite for Snowball in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Snowball with description: SnowballInvicon Snowball.png: Inventory sprite for Snowball in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Snowball with description: SnowballInvicon Snowball.png: Inventory sprite for Snowball in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Snowball with description: SnowballInvicon Snowball.png: Inventory sprite for Snowball in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Snowball with description: SnowballInvicon Snowball.png: Inventory sprite for Snowball in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Snowball with description: SnowballInvicon Snowball.png: Inventory sprite for Snowball in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Snowball with description: SnowballInvicon Snowball.png: Inventory sprite for Snowball in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Snowball with description: SnowballInvicon Snowball.png: Inventory sprite for Snowball in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Snowball with description: Snowball
Invicon Snow Block.png: Inventory sprite for Snow Block in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Snow Block with description: Snow Block

Items

Snowballs

  • Can be thrown, but deal no damage.
  • Stack to 64.

Changes

Blocks

Signs

  • No longer require a free block above them when placing them.

Water

  • No longer freezes into ice.

Ice

  • Increased hardness from 0.1 to 0.5.

Snow

  • Drops snowballs when broken by any means other than replacing with another block.

General

Crashes

  • Game no longer saves on crashes.

Fixes

3 bugs fixed

  • Fixed building on snow bug.
  • Fixed ice rendering bug.
  • Third person view no longer causes water particles to surround the player at water level.

Bugs

2 bugs reported

  • Entity shadows are glitched.
  • Placing a chest in a water source next to a double chest will make a triple chest. Placing more water sources around the chest and then replacing them with a chest will make an ever bigger chest, going as high as a quintuple chest for a single chest. This bug wouldn't be fixed until Java Edition Beta 1.5.

Reupload fixes

Snow

  • No longer goes through glass.

References

  1. ↑ "Minecraft 2 - Crafting a Workbench" – ParaWork on YouTube, July 15, 2010
  2. ↑ "Minecraft: Snowballs!" – Gnomonymous on YouTube, July 13, 2010
  3. ↑ "Fastest way to get Snowballs" – beastateverythin on YouTube, July 13, 2010
  4. ↑ "Minecraft Alpha 1.0.5" (archived) – The Word of Notch, Tumblr, July 13, 2010.

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