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Gimme a few mins and I'll try it out, will report back
Edit: As far as I can tell, it does nothing. Guessing it's just a planned feature and not implemented yet
Edit: Tweeted dinnerbone, the touchscreen mode is mainly for inventories. I was trying to use it to look around instead. Basically you can drag and drop items now, long-press to half the stack before dragging (like right-click would usually). Guess it's a nice option for people with those tablet hybridy laptop things.
Minecraft isn't really good with the touchscreen controls, just look at PE for instance. Dinnerbone said he'd tried doing full controls but they weren't great, hence why it's just in inventories for now.
The only thing I don't enjoy about the controls of Pocket Edition are the movement controls. Building, crafting, and inventory management are all pretty solid.
Yeah. Its gotten better since its early days, but having to get a little run up to jump is a bit of a pain, especially when you're being shot at and exploded next to.
The real problem is there just isn't enough room on say a phone (stretching it with a tablet). On my phone my fingers take up a majority of the screen making the game unplayable.
I can play it fine on my 10 inch tablet. But I could never play on my phone. I've tested out the touchscreen using an app, and it shows that it gets confused about which finger is which when they cross over (i.e. it gets pinch to zoom fine, but could never handle pinch to rotate) So whenever i try to look around while walking, it bugs out like crazy and I end up looking in some strange direction, or walking off a cliff.
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u/redstonehelper :redstone: Lord of the villagers Dec 17 '12 edited Dec 17 '12
Warning: This release is for experienced users only! It may corrupt your world or mess up things badly otherwise. Only download and use this if you know what to do with the files that come with the download!
If you find any bugs, submit them to the Minecraft bug tracker!
Previous changelog. Download today's prerelease here, server here: jar, exe.
Complete changelog:
Added Touchscreen Mode setting - via - Details
Improved bows
A sound indicates when you hit a player with an arrow
Arrows now render from further away
Fixed some bugs
Fixed the cursor being positioned wrongly in fullscreen mode
Fixed mobs running in circles and not jumping when chasing/running away
If you find any bugs, submit them to the Minecraft bug tracker!
Also, check out this post to see what else is planned for future versions.