Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100122-2251

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0.31

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A version of Indev 0.31^[1] was released on January 22, 2010 at 22:51.^[2] It was announced on The Word of Notch at 22:57 UTC.^[3]

0.31 block and item additions

Infinite lava source

• When placed, the block would create lava blocks which would replicate infinitely to fill up specific volumes.
• Added to the inventory.^[4]

Bow

• Can now be used to fire arrows.
• Added to the inventory.
  • Shooting arrows into lava creates flaming arrows.

General

• Blocks can now be placed on resource items, pushing them out.
• Lava works like water now, but slower.

General

• Readded the pulse effect when an item gets picked up in the hotbar.^[5]
• Picking up items with a full inventory after reloading a level sends them to hidden inaccessible slots.^{[note 1]}
  • If the level is not reloaded beforehand, any extra items go to fill up the armor slots. Once they're full no more items can be picked up.
• Stack size reduced to 50 from 99.
  • Water and lava source blocks are now given to the player in stacks of 5.^[1][6]

Arrows

• Added as an item.
• Now require a bow to fire.
• Deal no damage to players or mobs yet.
• Added to the inventory.
• Have a shake effect when hitting a block, and slight deviations in where they land.^{[verify for Java Edition]}
• Now fall down when the block they landed on is removed.

Axes

• Half of the axe head has been removed.

General

• Liquid spawner is now in the level generator.
• New lighting pass, preventing stack overflows on huge deep floating maps.
• Caves are less flooded.
• Readded flowers to terrain generation.
• The arrow counter above the hotbar was removed.

Explosions

• Now have a higher blast radius.
• Now destroy stone, among other changes.​^{[more information needed][verify for Java Edition]}
• Now destroy dropped items.

Saving

• Players can now save and load the game locally using the Indev level format.

Other

• Players have many times longer combat reach.^[7]
• Dropped items and TNT no longer bounce when hitting the ground

1 bug fixed

From Indev 0.31 20100114

• Picking up items that a player already has a full stack of creates a new stack. One item stacks are no longer created.

3 bugs reported

• Rana now spawns in large numbers, causing lots of lag as they accumulate.^[8]
• Flammable blocks no longer ignite in lava.^[9]
• Armor sprites only show up after saving and reloading a level.^{[verify for Java Edition]}

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  Bottom view of a floating island
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  An island, covered with lava
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  An eerie screenshot

• Minecraft IRC logs, Adura.7z, 2010-01-22_#minecraft.log, January 22, 2010 (UTC−5).