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A version of Indev 0.31 was released on January 7, 2010, at 18:51 UTC[1], which added level themes. It was announced on The Word of Notch at 18:52 UTC.[2][3]

Additions

World generation

World options

  • Level theme (normal, hell).
    • Normal: The default map theme. The map's contents are based off the level type option. The weather is partly cloudy and trees generate.
    • Hell: Features significantly less lighting during the day. All surface water is replaced with lava. Mushrooms are abundant on the surface.[verify for Java Edition] Surrounding water also becomes lava.

Changes

World generation

General

  • Deep floating maps now have layers of islands.
  • Flowers no longer generate naturally.
  • Fog is now darker in darker areas.[4]
  • Mipmapping is now enabled.[5]

Bugs

2 bugs reported

  • Water texture is glitched by mipmapping.[6]
  • Looking at trees and looking down on islands drop performance.[7]
  • A screenshot showing a mipmapping glitch
    A screenshot showing a mipmapping glitch

References

  1. ↑ IRC logs: "(13:52:19) <Notch> indev has been updated"
  2. ↑ "Deep floating maps now have layers of islands" (archived) – The Word of Notch, Tumblr, January 7, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Minecraft /indev/" – mbd12916 on YouTube, January 9, 2010
  4. ↑ "I've noticed that fog color is now based on how dark your surroundings are. I didn't notice this in the earlier version, so I'm assuming this is new. It makes a cool eyes adjusting to the light effect when entering and leaving caves." by MCFUser1359 – Minecraft Forum, January 7, 2010.
  5. ↑ IRC logs: "(13:55:53) <Notch> Oh, and that version up there has experimental mipmapping"
  6. ↑ IRC logs: (13:58:31) <Notch> that water does look crap, yes"..."(14:12:36) <VurtualRuler98> Notch, is it mipmapping water?"..."(14:13:00) <VurtualRuler98>A small circle of water texture"..."(14:13:08) <VurtualRuler98> Then I see tiny blue dots, followed by tinier orange dots"..."(14:54:02) <Wirtualnosc> And about water outside and inside map, water boundaries look ugly :/"..."(14:54:05) <Quatroking> also there's still weird stuff in the water"
  7. ↑ IRC logs: "(14:01:09) <VurtualRuler98> I'm on an island, I get 3fps when looking down"..."(14:02:49) <Dilt> crowds of trees, i look at them and my FPS goes from managable 20 to like 5"

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