The Official Minecraft Thread V4 - Beta 1.8 Pre-release, OH GOD

[Novus]

(Introduction stolen from Mub)

What is Minecraft?

Minecraft is a sandbox construction game created by Markus Persson and is currently in pre release alpha. Minecraft development started around the 10th of May 2009, pre-orders for the full game started being accepted on the 13th of June.

The game involves players creating and destroying various types of blocks in a three dimensional environment. The player takes an avatar that can destroy or create blocks, forming fantastic structures, creations and artwork across the various multiplayer servers in multiple game modes.

Where Can I Buy it?

There is Minecraft Classic which is a free striped down version of minecraft available for free

Single player | Multi player

And then There is survival mode which you need to pay for, once you pay, all updates and expansions are free.

Buy Minecraft for €14.95 (roughly $19.60 USD)

Extra Links: Notch's Twitter | Notch's Tumblr | Official Minecraft Forum | Official Minecraft Wiki

Now that that's done discuss some Minecraft!

Latest Official Minecraft Version: Beta 1.8.1 - Latest Unofficial Minecraft Version: 1.9 PR 5

Beta 1.9 Pre-release 5 has been officially released! Simply click the picture below, and put the minecraft.jar into your .minecraft/bin folder!



Prerelease 5 Changelog: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/co...leased/c2uw8vo

[Novus]

1.9 Prerelease Pt. 3 Stuff (Thanks to Mub for all this info)

Baby Animals


Potion Brewing:


Black Goo:



Cauldron:

(Both this and the blaze stand allow you to craft potions for perks. The potion effects are depend upon what recipes you use.)

New Dimension is official:


Enchanting:


Glyphs:


Performance Debug:


Broken Air Portals that supposedly lead to new dimension:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/...0#entry9016770

They seem to be fixed by ender eyes.

[Novus]

PRE-RELEASE FEATURES
(Not the full list of features for the Adventure Update, just the pre-release.)

The 1.8 Pre-Release is available for testing right now! We've done some extensive testing, and discovered the following features:

- Biomes are MUCH larger and uniform than before

-Swamp biome was added to the list of existing biomes - look for vines on trees!

- Vines
Can be collected with shears, in the manner of leaf blocks. Vines will grow on any surface they are placed on

- Beef and Chicken added

- Strongholds - spawn once per world

- Ruins (basically strongholds on the ground)

- Giant mushrooms (Do not generate yet)

- Silverfish

- Creative mode
Allows flying, insta-break, unlimited items from an item palette, no damage, and more

- Abandoned mine shafts

- Endermen
Normally passive, these night-spawning mobs will teleport to (and attack) you if you look directly at them. When defeated, they can drop Ender Pearls, which presently do nothing

- Bow charging
Variable damage with charge, can also land critical hits. Additionally, attacks can crit if you hit a player or mob when descending from a jump

- Sprinting
Run faster, knock mobs back that are hit during a sprint - appears to deplete the hunger bar faster

- New high-quality Main Menu

- Chest animation (lids open, close)

- Player list on SMP; Server listings

- Setting gamemode on SMP "/gamemode username 0/1", 1 being Creative and 0 being Survival

- Hunger
Depletes slowly over time, can be filled by eating food. At 9 more more bars, you will regenerate health slowly.

- Eating animation

- Arrows stick to mobs

- Xp bar (Gain xp from killing mobs and other players)

- New lighting engine (Colored lights, smoother lighting)

- Clouds are now at the ceiling of the world

- Cave spiders

- Zombies drop rotten flesh, which can be consumed

- Watermelons (as well as watermelon and pumpkin seeds)

- Glass panes
These can be crafted at a crafting table by making a 3x2 grid of Glass Blocks - makes 16 panes. These panes can be placed in lines, corners and crosses, and they will adjoin with the nearest adjacent block.

- Iron Bars
Created by making a 3x2 grid of iron ingots at a crafting table. Can be placed in the same manner as glass panes

- Brick, Stone Brick stairs

- Smooth stone brick
Can be crafted by placing Stone in a 2x2 grid, makes 4 Stone Bricks

- F6 & F7 Adjust the time of day when pressed/held

[Novus]

Post reserved

[Js2Kings]

Jesus calm down man it's only the beta and you should of made the 1.8 in general since it's coming out this month. Sadly I'm far away from my computer to try this out but I will Monday.

Also tell me what happens when you approach Enderman as you look directly at him.

[Novus]

Jesus calm down man it's only the beta and you should of made the 1.8 in general done it'd coming out this month. Sadly I'm far away from my computer to try this out but I will Monday.

Also tell me what happens when you approach Enderman as you look directly at him.

Sorry, I have been waiting ages for 1.8 to finally come. Even though this is just the pre-release, it's still any Minecraft-addict's dreams. :O

And okay.

[woopwoop11]

This is the greatest minecraft update ever. I am checking this pre-release thing out for sure.

[slimd1995]

...so awesome.

[Novus]

...so awesome.

Oh god yes.

Runs pretty slow on my laptop for some reason, but still awesome.

I've heard some complaints about that. I have no idea why that happens.

[ikhaoticzz]

Runs pretty slow on my laptop for some reason, but still awesome.

It run's fine on my laptop. :/

[Js2Kings]

[QUOTE=Novus;476442I've heard some complaints about that. I have no idea why that happens.[/QUOTE]

People are saying this leaked version isn't fully optimized yet, however it could be because of the new lighting and effects.

[Spiderpig24]

I like to think I have a pretty awesome computer, and I get lag spikes every so often with the pre-release 1.8. However, it's AMAZING so far. I spawned next to this gigantic ocean, and the new features are fantastic.

Edit: Doors still aren't stackable items
Still, incredible update. I thought before that the NPC villages would be easy to find, but I haven't found one yet, still stuck in a huge forest. It feels much more like a survival game.

[Ronthis the Werewolf]

As you progress through the level it will lag, because it's generating it.

As for the Endermen... HOLY SHIT!

They are fucking creepy, even when you are invincible!

[Spiderpig24]

Single player is awesome, going to be testing out my own server in just a few to see how that goes.

Edit: So I just started my server up for 1.8, and it's very strange how I had to actually get it going. I couldn't get the standard Minecraft server to work, or the Bukkit server, so I have to run them both together. Essentially, the server is being ran by both Bukkit and the traditional software at once. O.o

Also, not sure if this is rare/common in the 1.8 update, but I started up a new world in my server and spawned next to this HUGE cavern full of caves:

[Ronthis the Werewolf]

@Spiderpig24: Yep, there are now underground, canyon thingys.

[Novus]

Ravines.

[Sarashi]

I know, 1.8 is leaps and bounds better than 1.74
Massive improvements in the world modelling. So much more creative.

[Phoenix]

Doesnt work you in browser version.

Fuck you PC

[Js2Kings]

Not the hardest thing to do (aside from the sound, because I have no idea what it's from), but still cool.

[Js2Kings]

Those are noteblocks, he activated them with noteblocks. They're really fun to use, and you can make some really cool songs with it if your good.

Noteblocks are now the next thing to learn on my list, but I understand redstone repeaters so it shouldn't be to hard.