Java Edition pre-Classic rd-20090515

rd-20090515
Edition	Java Edition
Release date	May 14, 2009
Downloads	Client not archived No corresponding server

rd-20090515 is a pre-Classic version made on May 14, 2009, at 22:00 UTC. This version was never released. Although there is a version titled "rd-20090515" in the launcher, attempting to play it downloads rd-161348 instead.

Additions

Blocks

• Dirt
• Stone
• Planks

General

• Spawn Human mobs by pressing G.
  • Can't be spawned outside of the world edge.
• Block picking using the number keys 1–4.
• Support for different block types and dynamic blocks.
• Fullscreen mode.
• Crosshair (+)
  • In this version, it was very thin. The graphic was made thicker in rd-161348.

Changes

Physics

• Grass exists on dirt while under light.
  • Grass blocks revert to dirt when they are no longer under light.
    • Grass blocks revert to dirt when a block is on top of it.
  • Grass has to spread to Dirt Block in order for Dirt to grow Grass
• Shadows brightened

Level generation

• Unless a level.dat from an older version is launched, the world is no longer flat.
• Loading a world from older pre-Classic versions causes all blocks to become stone

Textures

• Grass block
  • Top Texture is slightly brighter.
  • Grass Blocks now have side and bottom textures, rather than the same texture on each side.
• Changed texture of Cobblestone

Blocks

• Removed the ability to place Grass Blocks legitimately.

Movement

• Moving is much slower when in midair.
• Changed Player's physics. Now they can jump farther, and fall faster.

Trivia

• This version is the version shown in the "Minecraft progress." video.
• Unlike other pre-classic versions, this does not use a "ddhhmm" (day-hour-minute) format, but instead a "yyyymmdd" (year-month-day) format.
• The game is renamed from "Cave Game" to "Minecraft: Order of the Stone" in this version.
• The "rd" prefix in the update's name stands for RubyDung, a previous game Notch worked on and abandoned, and was used as some of Minecraft's inspiration.
• There was a version in the launcher titled "rd-20090515", however, rd-20090515 is not on the Minecraft download servers - attempting to download will download rd-161348 instead, a much later version.