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13w04a is the sixth snapshot released for Java Edition 1.5.[1]

An experimental version of 13w04a was released by Dinnerbone on Mojira to try and fix a white line bug.[2]

Additions[]

Mobs[]

General
  • Mobs now show the name given to them, either by anviling on their Spawn Egg or external editors, above their head when the player looks directly at them within a circular 6 block radius.

Command format[]

Scoreboard
  • A new command feature.
  • Not 100% done yet.
  • The scoreboard can be used to track deaths, players killing another player, players killing something a mob, or players activating commands.
  • The complicated system uses a combination of name, display name, and criteria, and track an integer number of points for players.

Changes[]

Blocks[]

Command blocks
  • Now use their name instead of @ in the chat.
Dispensers
  • Now can face in all directions.
  • Now equip players with armor from one block away.
  • They now activate TNT.
  • They now use bone meal.
  • They now use flint and steel.
Droppers
  • Now can face in all directions.
Redstone Comparators
  • Can now be used with jukeboxes.
  • Output signal strength relates to the disk number.
Slabs
  • 43:8 will now be the "smooth stone full half-slab block" and will remain so.
  • Generally: If the top bit is set, the top texture will be used on all sides, also allowing for smooth sandstone full half-slab blocks (43:9).

Items[]

Armor
  • Held armor can be equipped by right-clicking.
    • In this particular snapshot, this functionality is very faulty, prone to crashing and incorrect slot usage.
    • It will be fixed in the next snapshot.
Bonemeal
  • No longer gives instant growth – instead, each use advances one growth stage:
  • Gives off green particles when used.
  • Note: Dinnerbone has stated that he still has to balance out this new bonemeal growth system.[3]

Mobs[]

General
  • Mobs will not actively path over rails.

Gameplay[]

Creative
  • The player can now hit mobs/players from five blocks away.

Fixes[]

26 issues fixed
From released versions before 1.5
  • MC-127 – Piston extended and retracted at the same time.
  • MC-195 – Flowing water still drags the player while flying.
  • MC-515 – Chest glitch that lets them appear as if they are opened while they are not.
  • MC-519 – Achievements lost after update.
  • MC-562 – Breeding cows can consume more than one wheat.
  • MC-835 – In the server log, /say commands performed by the server do not appear to be in the console but do appear to the players.
  • MC-1914 – Mob spawners sometimes show up as pig spawners.
  • MC-2503 – Boats and minecarts should not be dropped in Creative.
  • MC-3316 – Armor enchantments (besides Thorns) have no effect on mobs.
  • MC-3981 – Dispensers no longer dispense item through blocks in the downward direction.
  • MC-4052 – Powered redstone mechanisms react to change in redstone power level.
From the 1.5 development versions
  • MC-5742 – Redstone signals shortened by devices that output a shorter signal.
  • MC-6069 – Server loading issue.
  • MC-6118 – Monostable circuits only work in a North/South configuration.
  • MC-6228 – Hopper doesn't accept items from second slot when container has different items in first slot.
  • MC-6486 – Variable redstone strength causing strange update behavior.
  • MC-6779 – Particle effects are messed up again...
  • MC-6851 – Doorhandle position is in the wrong place.
  • MC-6906 – Chest minecart won't deposit items in hoppers while moving.
  • MC-6952 – Iron door stays powered when retrieving the redstone block.
From the previous development version
  • MC-7619 – If a minecart with hopper falls into the Void, the game will crash.
  • MC-7627 – Changing the texture pack in game renders strange.
  • MC-7663 – Hopper minecart behaves like they are on powered activator rail if they never touched one.
  • MC-7668 – Using pick block on Minecart with TNT or hopper gives you just a minecart.
  • MC-7940 – Wrong death message of renamed mobs spawned by dispensers.
  • MC-8042 – Minecart with hopper is not placed on rail.

References[]

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