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On March 31, 2016, Mojang released a hoax announcement for 1.RV, also known as the Trendy Update.[1] 1.RV-Pre1 was the first and only pre-release for the joke update.
The version has since been removed from the launcher.
Additions
Blocks
- USB Charger Block
- Functions the same as a redstone block, emitting a redstone signal with strength 15.
- Can be used as a decoration block
- Can be crafted with this recipe:
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Iron Ingot + Redstone + Gold Ingot |
Items
- Reality Vision
- Equipped via the "helmet" armor slot
- When equipped, it shows a minimap in the bottom-center of the screen (which moves when the player's camera moves).
- The minimap shows all chunks that are currently rendered.
- The player's location is represented by a green beacon beam marker on the map.
- Will make a sound when equipped.
- Displays vision overlay (similar to the pumpkin overlay).
- The overlay will change to a new overlay if you go into third person (unlike the pumpkin overlay), making the screen appear like an old television screen.
- The overlay is called
cantseeshitcaptain.pngin the assets folder.
- Activates shader when equipped (
scan_pincushion). - Signs display the text "OBEY" while glasses are equipped. This is a reference to the movie They Live.
- Ankle Monitor
- Equipped via the "boots" armor slot.
- Will make a sound each time you get a notification.
- When equipped in Survival mode, you can't take it off.
- Can be taken off in Creative mode.
- This behavior was later introduced into Minecraft in the 1.11 snapshot 16w39a, in the form of the Curse of Binding enchantment.[2]
- Gives the player Slowness I effect when equipped.
- If the player moves too far from the world spawn at nighttime, it will display the text "CURFEW WARNING! You are violating your house arrest! Get back by X meters!" (where x is the distance).
- When player travels to another dimension, it displays various messages from the monitor, in a special order.
- For example: "CURFEW WARNING!" You are violating your house arrest! Uuuh... where are you, anyway?"
- Smarter Watch
- Equipped via the "off hand (shield)" slot
- Shows the time above the hotbar where item tooltips are shown in human readable format (18:00, and 22:00 for example)
- Will make a sound each time you get a notification.
- Push notifications in the chat whenever a statistic reaches 10, 20, 30 ... 100, 200, 300 ... etc.
- For example: "Notice! [Distance Flown] is now 600!"
- Other messages are shown when you take damage and sometimes even shows item specific information in chat when you craft items.
Changes
- Mobs now have a chance of being equipped with any of the 3 items in "Additions".
- When they wear the reality vision, they will not attack the player, even if the player attacks them.
- However, endermen with reality vision will still attack when looked at.
- When they wear the reality vision, they will not attack the player, even if the player attacks them.
- Signs have a different unique texture.
- Sign text is now green.
- Signs read "OBEY" while reality shades are equipped. This is a reference to the movie They Live.
Trivia
- Sounds are saved in
minecraft/sounds/buzzwords/sound_name.oggwhere "sound_name" is replaced with the actual name of the sound, example "equipvr.ogg". - The update was released before April 1st by the developers.
- The overlay for the reality vision in the assets folder,
cantseeshitcaptain.png, is a reference to a popular meme from the TV show "Star Trek". - The shader for the reality vision can be disabled by using F4.
- However, when you go in third person view, the shader is activated again.
Gallery
A player wearing the new gear.
OBEY on signs.
See also
- Minecraft 2.0
- 15w14a
1.0