12w30a is the fifteenth snapshot released for Java Edition 1.3.1.
Additions[]
General[]
- Snooper Settings
- Allows the player to toggle whether their data are sent to Mojang for analysis and improvements, shows which data will be sent to Mojang.
- Added Vertical Synchronization in Video Settings
- Has to be toggled manually in
options.txt
- Has to be toggled manually in
- Fullscreen mode setting is now persistent
- Has to be toggled manually in
options.txt
- Has to be toggled manually in
Changes[]
Blocks[]
- Stairs, when placed on the upper half of a block's side, will now be placed upside-down.
Mobs[]
- Depending on difficulty, explosion damage is now scaled.
- Peaceful: No damage.
- Easy: ~50% less damage.
- Normal: same damage as before.
- Hard: ~33% more damage than before.
- "In full diamond armor + hard difficulty a creeper can knock you down to 2 hearts."[2]
World generation[]
- Made the Nether less laggy.
Command format[]
/gamemode 3
- Survival mode's command is now
/gamemode 0
General[]
- In F3 mode, the y coordinate now shows both the feet level and the eye level.
- Performance
- Accelerated chunk loading.
- Decreased lag spike frequency.
- Made chat work smoothly even when the server is lagging.
- Decreased unnecessary world updates.
- Decreased packets sent between client and server.
- Explosions
- Creeper explosions, fire charge explosions, and TNT give off a knock back.
Fixes[]
- 19 bugs fixed
- Fixed existing signs not showing text.
- Fixed monster spawners all looking like pig spawners.
- Fixed ⌘ Cmd + C, ⌘ Cmd + x and ⌘ Cmd + V not working on Mac OS X.
- Fixed sneaking players' nameplates not staying hidden when loading the chunks the sneaking players are in.
- Fixed multiple chunks often not displaying.
- Fixed higher server-set view distances instantly kicking joining players.
- Fixed sections above Y = 191 becoming invisible when loading worlds.
- Fixed not completely generated chunks not updating visually until walking into them.
- Fixed compasses not pointing to spawn but to X=8 & Z=8 after respawning.
- Fixed other players' fishing lines looking like they start from their feet.
- Fixed a bug with Unbreaking-enchanted tools and destroying blocks.
- Fixed being able to move LAN servers in the server list and crashing the game.
- Fixed opening SP worlds to LAN, saving and quitting it leaving the server running and showing up in the server list.
- Fixed pushing a minecart with the movement keys causing the camera to shake in the direction pressed.
- Fixed potion effects losing their graphical effects when traveling between dimensions.
- Fixed Ghast's fireballs getting stuck mid-air when unloading their chunk, might apply to fire charges and blaze's fireballs as well.
- Fixed the last slot in the opened creative inventory's hotbar being one pixel too short on all but the survival inventory tabs and a few pixels being off on the survival inventory tab.
- Fixed blocks disappearing when you placing them under yourself and jumping.[3]
- Fixed the client trying to trample crops instead of letting the server dictate trampling.