Java Edition 13w04a

Minecraft 13w04a

Edition	Java Edition
Type	Snapshot
Release date	January 24, 2013
Snapshot for	1.5
Downloads	Client (.json) Server (.exe)
Protocol version	55
◄◄ 1.4.7 ◄ 13w03a 13w05a ► 1.5.1 ►►

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

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.
  • This will accurately decrease the durability of the tool.

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:
  • Crops require seven bone meal.
  • Saplings and Cocoa Beans require two bone meal to grow into Trees and Cocoas, respectively.
  • Brown and Red Mushrooms still grow into Huge Mushrooms instantly.
• Gives off green particles when used.
• Note: Dinnerbone has stated that he still has to balance out this new bonemeal growth system.

Mobs

General

• Mobs will not actively path over rails.

Gameplay

Creative

• The player can now hit mobs/players from five blocks away.
  • This does not apply to Survival and Adventure mode, retaining the normal range.

Fixes

26 bugs 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 snapshots

• 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 snapshot

• 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.