Java Edition 14w11a

14w11a

Edition	Java Edition
Type	Snapshot
Release date	March 13, 2014
Snapshot for	1.8
Downloads	Client (.json) Server (.exe)
Protocol version	14
◄◄ 1.7.10 ◄ 14w10c 14w11b ► 1.8.1 ►►

14w11a is the seventeenth snapshot released for Java Edition 1.8.

Additions

Mobs

Endermite

• Appearance is similar to a silverfish's appearance, except they are purple and emit ender particles.
• Endermen are hostile towards them.
• Sometimes spawn in place of an enderman teleporting away.
• Despawn after 2 minutes.
• Spawn with a 5 percent chance when an ender pearl lands.
• Not yet completed – endermites may have something to do with dragon eggs.
  • Model will be changed in the next snapshot.

Changes

Blocks

General

• Now internally use states instead of metadata.
• Metadata will still be used for a while.
• Block states of the block being looked at will now be displayed on the debug screen - Examples: redstone, door.
• Internally, metadata no longer needs to be calculated out of the 4-bit data value, instead, the values of specified properties can now be easily gotten and set.

Block models

• Converted fence gates, brewing stands.
• Lighting now works with models (most models for some users).

Graphics

• Dropped items now face the player in all three directions on fast graphics.

Fence gates

• Show two holes in their item icon.

Mobs

Creepers, skeletons, witches, zombies, zombie pigmen

• now run away from exploding creepers.

Endermen

• Walks slightly faster.

Silverfish

• Will occasionally before moving again (similar to most mobs).

Slime

• Seem to jump a bit more randomly.

Non-mob entities

Minecarts

• Changed minecart physics.
  • Minecarts now go faster and farther.
  • Improved collision and position handling.
  • Minecarts can derail at corners if going too fast, as well as refuse to go uphill.

Minecart with Furnace

• They now give a much greater boost to other minecarts.
• When powered, they can move on non-powered rails without decelerating.

Minecart with TNT

• Minecart with TNT explosions no longer stack.

General

Debug screen

• On the right hand side, a display shows up if you are looking at a block, giving various pieces of information and NBT data about it.
• Looking at a door and redstone shows you the state of the block.
  • Door: which way it is facing, if it is open, which half you are looking at, if it is powered, and what side the hinge is.
  • Redstone: power direction (up, down, side, none) for all compass directions (north, south, east, west) and power level.
• Not 100% complete, data for a lot of blocks still missing.

Fixes

6 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.8

• MC-36822 – Minecart with command block merging.

From the 1.8 development versions

• MC-47695 – Minecart hitbox is too tall.
• MC-50413 – Custom UUIDLeast/UUIDMost pair yields error.

From the previous development version

• MC-50452 – Rails don't render from below.
• MC-50838 – Entity UUID WitherSkull.
• MC-50904 – ender man acting weird.

Gallery

Pictures of fix to in block faces.

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Trivia

• 14w11a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.