Tag: minecraft update

      Minecraft 1.5 released

      April 20, 2011 /
      2011-04-20_11-15-35

      Minecraft 1.5 launched just a couple days ago, bringing a few new craftables, some performance updates, and weather! So far the performance updates have been the best part. I’m getting 80+ FPS while running around in single player worlds, where before I was somewhere around the mid 30s depending on chunk loads. I’m also really excited about the way weather works. I was always sad to see it in YouTube videos since it was gone by the time I started seriously playing. It will be nice to have it back.

      I’ve included a couple screenshots with the post to show off some of the new features. The texture pack I’m using is called Coterie if you’re interested. In one picture you’ll notice the “crying obsidian” texture – that’s actually been replaced with a sidegrass texture in 1.5. Other than that, enjoy the pics – share some of your own in the comments if you have them. Has anyone seen lightning yet?

      Development, Minecraft, News

      Minecraft update to bring beds, repeater block

      February 20, 2011 /

      Minecraft Bed.

      Rock Paper Shotgun got an exclusive leak of the newest item in Minecraft, set to go live this coming Tuesday: beds. The new item will initially allow us to turn night into day (presumably only in single player) and, come March, set spawns according to the last bed slept in.

      The update will also bring the repeater/delayer redstone block that Jeb initially leaked on Twitter. It’s been about a month since the last update, which weirdly feels like a long time. Of course, the first update came roughly a week after I got seriously interested in the game, so I guess that’s probably why a month feels long.

      I’m glad to hear that we can expect another update as early as March. I love Minecraft in a way I have loved few games, but a lot of my love has as much to do with the potential of the game as it does with what’s actually there. Don’t get me wrong, I love building, but I also love setting up different areas for crafting all the cool items the game offers. I have a farm with a farmhouse for wheat and baking bread as well as cake. I have a sprawling mine, a big mob spawner, a couple roads for connecting things, a logging camp. I’m curious to see what sorts of things the new blocks will open up.

      Development, Minecraft, News

      Notch back from vacation, Minecraft update coming soon

      February 15, 2011 /

      mc_cathedral

      The Minecraft community has been growing a bit restless over the past month or two, much like the League of Legends community, in the face of slow development. Notch, the game’s creator and primary developer, has been on vacation for a couple weeks. He’s back in the office, as he posted to his Tumblr today, and ready to crank out some new features.

      Here’s what he said:

      During the two weeks up until GDC, we’ll be working on finishing up the new game launcher and finishing up some new game features for the game, including an official white list implementation for the server and more types of half sized blocks.

      Personally, I’m excited about the changes. I host a small private server for a couple friends and none of us know our way around Linux particularly well. I also don’t really have the time right now to mess around with mods and all that, so the more features built into the basic server package, the better. The half block thing is also good news. I’ve been working on the cathedral type structure you see pictured above over the course of a week and a half and it’s the first time I’ve really done much with the half block pavers. They definitely open up some nice design features for structures.

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