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Java Edition Classic 0.0.9a

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0.0.9a[1][2][3] is a version of Java Edition Classic released on May 16, 2009, at 19:15 UTC,[4][5] which adds a new building mode and a counter for displaying frame rate and chunk updates, changes the resolution and fixes bugs.

Notch did not release versions 0.0.4a through 0.0.8a, if they even existed to begin with.[note 1]

Additions

Gameplay

Controls

  • Right-click switches between placing and destroying modes.[7]
    • Selecting a block now shows a white overlay on all sides of the block.

Changes

General

Fixes

2 bugs fixed

  • Fixed a graphical glitch with preview tiles in the newly added build mode.[citation needed]
  • Players can no longer build inside of themselves.

Bugs

1 bug reported

  • The white screen issue from 0.0.3a still affects the game for some testers.[8][9]
  • A bridge in this version.[1]
    A bridge in this version.[1]
  • A castle in this version.[1]
    A castle in this version.[1]

Videos recorded in the original 0.0.9a:

Notes

  1. ↑ A screenshot of 0.0.9a was released an hour after Notch announced the release of a new version,[4] which in turn was an hour after the previous version announcement (for 0.0.3a),[6] which itself came out an hour after 0.0.2a. It is unlikely Notch released five versions without announcement in this two-hour window. Notch may have bumped the minor version to "9" to denote it being close for a public release, which would have been 0.0.10a had that version not have a major playability issue.
  2. ↑ This change possibly happened at least as far back as mc-161607, because it was tested that 1024x768 resolution makes the version number on the top left corner slightly stretched by a few pixels, indicating that the change happened in an earlier version.

References

  1. ↑ a b c "Minecraft (alpha)" – Tigsource Forums, May 17, 2009.
  2. ↑ "castle.png" (Archive) – jwaap, PhotoBucket; as mentioned in Tigsource and IRC logs ("(16:34:37) jw: http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo269/jwaap/castle.png")
  3. ↑ a b Archived video (non-functional)
  4. ↑ a b TigIRC logs: "(15:15:08) notch: new version out, you can't build in a space you're occupying, and I fixed a small graphical glitch with preview tiles" [...] "(16:11:54) jw: minecraft is awesome D;", "(16:11:57) jw: and in your browser" [...] "(16:15:06) jw: I am so building a castle" [...] "(16:34:37) jw: http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo269/jwaap/castle.png" (19:15 to 20:34 UTC)
  5. ↑ lwjgl IRC logs: "[13:15:36] <Notch_> i did a small update late last night, but nothing that should fix that, I think" (May 17, 11:15 UTC)
  6. ↑ TigIRC logs: "(14:05:16) notch: fartron: I uploaded 0.0.3 with caves. Does it load the new version properly if you reload the page?" (18:05 UTC)
  7. ↑ TigIRC logs: "(14:49:37) notch: I'm switching so that rmb = toggle edit mode now"
  8. ↑ TigIRC logs: "(04:18:12) SimonTheDigger: all I get is a white screen" [...] "(04:21:12) Super-Dot: I got the white screen too, on Windows" [...] "(04:21:55) notch: If you're on an Eee, that's probably why. I get the same thing on mine" (08:18 to 08:21 UTC, May 17)
  9. ↑ TigIRC logs: "(16:59:42) Super-Dot: Hmm, white screen"

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