Java Edition 12w17a

Minecraft 12w17a

Edition	Java Edition
Type	Snapshot
Release date	April 26, 2012
Snapshot for	1.3.1
Downloads	Client (.json) Server (.exe)
Protocol version	31
◄◄ 1.2.5 ◄ 12w16a 12w18a ► 1.3.2 ►►

12w17a is the third snapshot released for Java Edition 1.3.1.

Additions

Blocks

Slabs

• Wooden slabs for each of the four shades of wood added.
  • New block IDs 125 for double wooden slabs and 126 for single wooden slabs.
  • These new slabs no longer act like stone.
  • An axe should be used to break them.
  • They are no longer immune to fire and lava.
  • Wooden slabs created in older versions of Minecraft are still stone-like and fireproof and will not change to the new slabs when placed or mined.

Items

Book and quills

• Editable Books – Book and quill, crafted using a book, feather, and ink sac
  • When a book and quill is made, it can be right-clicked to open a screen that allows you to type the book.
  • Pressing "Done" will save whatever was typed and allow you to edit the book again later, yet will not "sign" it.
  • When "signing" a book, it will allow you to choose a title up to 16 characters long and disable editing of the book, the Book and quill then become a written book, with the icon changing along with the label.

Written book

• Looks the same as a regular book, but has a shine like an enchantment.
• After being finished, the written book cannot be edited again.

Commands

General

• /help added.

General

Options

• Added 'Chat Options'.
  • Added chat opacity, letting the chat be semi-transparent.
  • Added chat disabling, removing the chat for Multiplayer servers.
  • Added chat colors option.
  • Added "Only Commands" mode to chat.

Changes

Blocks

Ice

• Ice no longer turns into Water in the Nether.

Saplings

• Saplings now have their proper names (e.g. Spruce Sapling).

Items

Books

• Leather is now required to craft books.

Tools

• Now have infinite durability in Creative mode.

Mobs

Animals

• Livestock, such as chickens, can now be "walked through" instead of pushing the player around in crowded pens.

Non-mob entities

Boats

• Can now be destroyed in one hit in Creative mode.

Minecarts

• Can now be destroyed a single hit in Creative mode.

Gameplay

Bonus chest

• The player can no longer have a bonus chest in Hardcore mode.

Creative mode

• Flying through water in Creative mode is no longer slow.

Enchantments

• Silk touch can now retrieve ice and glass panes.

Command format

General

• Server Commands now appear in italics in multiplayer.

Fixes

3 bugs fixed

• Fixed entity collision errors.
• Fixed the pick block function.
• Fixed chat issues.