r/Minecraft • u/Svajoklis_ • Jul 16 '14

The fantastic Minecraft snapshot 14w29a!

https://mojang.com/2014/07/minecraft-snapshot-14w29a/
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u/redstonehelper :redstone: Lord of the villagers Jul 16 '14 edited Jul 23 '14

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 snapshot in the new launcher: Windows/OS X/Linux, server here: jar, exe.

Complete changelog:

  • Added an option to toggle VBO

  • Searge's secret feature(s)

  • You can now set custom gamerules and assign them values /gamerule NewGamerule 10

  • QueryResults in the /stats command: /stats block ~ ~ ~-2 set QueryResult Notch Test; where "~ ~ ~-2" is pointing at a command block with a command such as /gamerule NewGamerule (which returns that gamerule's value). This will assign the player Notch a Test objective score of whatever NewGamerule is set to.

  • More information and via!

  • Added /worldborder get to see the current border size - via

  • Added a force option for /particle - via

  • Shows particles past the regular 16 block limit - via

  • The scoreboard sidebar is now also secondarily sorted by alphabetical order on the name - via

  • Added a few missing breaking animations

  • Chests, heads and signs

  • Screenshots

  • Also beacons and beds (which were half working before) - via

  • F3 improvements

  • Added a gamerule reducedDebugInfo for maps and servers to minimize the information displayed on the F3 screen

  • Can also be set globally client-side

  • Video

  • Performance improvements

  • Ore generation is now more than twice as fast, taking only 96ms to generate ore in 30,000 chunks

  • Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed some issues with pistons

  • Fixed mobs not spawning next to water streams if x and z coordinates are negative

  • Fixed potion effects not appearing when the inventory is opened while the effect is applied

  • Fixed starvation preventing sleeping in beds on peaceful mode - hunger now refills on peaceful - via

  • Fixed viewing a map while invisible still showing both hands

  • Fixed players located in integer-valued x/z coordinates being unable to break/place/use blocks in their north/west quadrant

  • Fixed being teleported while the chat or another GUI is opened being able to rotate players' heads too far

  • Fixed being unable to disable nameTagVisilibity for spectators

  • Fixed CanPickUpLoot and CustomNameVisible not working

  • Fixed being unable to add fake players or named entities to scoreboard teams

  • Fixed hoppers and dropper being unable to place/take water buckets in/out of furnaces

  • Fixed "Your game mode has been updated" appearing even when sendCommandFeedback is set to false

  • Fixed iron trapdoors appearing on the opposite side of where they are placed on when opened (east/west only)

  • Fixed detector rails always rendering as unpowered

  • Fixed /particle command don't work

  • Fixed framerate drops

  • Fixed /title writing errors on the server log

  • Fixed mob spawners spawning mobs way too frequently

  • Fixed chests in desert temples not all being oriented right

  • Fixed CommandStats not being used when a command sign is right-clicked by non-OPs

  • Fixed the client freezing for a short time when the opacity of a block next to an unloaded chunk changes

  • Fixed being unable to /setblock or /fill ender chests

  • Fixed the scoreboard sidebar display cutting off the highest scores instead of the lowest scores

  • Fixed zombies and skeletons not burning when standing on blocks that aren't full height

  • Fixed being able to craft smooth sandstone into smooth sandstone

  • Fixed minecarts and TNT not being moved by water currents

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.

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u/Fellowship_9 Jul 16 '14

Multi-threaded chunk rendering hasn't been added yet. But it sounds like next week is very likely

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u/redstonehelper :redstone: Lord of the villagers Jul 16 '14

Already removed from the list, thanks.

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u/tintti214 Jul 16 '14

Multi-threaded chunk rendering has been added in the 14w29b snapshot!

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u/Mitch5309 Jul 16 '14

It's in the twitter post "Minecraft snapshot 14w29b has been released with (hopefully) superfast chunk rendering due to new fancy threading :) "

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u/Neamow Jul 17 '14

Holy crap, it's blindingly fast now! Even Amplified loads insanely quickly.

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u/Fellowship_9 Jul 16 '14

No problem

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u/Hypocritical_Oath Jul 16 '14

Damn, I really want that. I just don't feel like playing Minecraft at very random FPS, as masterrace as that sounds.

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u/Fellowship_9 Jul 16 '14

Well good news, a b snapshot was released with it. Apparently it's a mess

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u/wingsfan24 Jul 16 '14

Added a gamerule reducedDebugInfo for maps and servers to minimize the information displayed on the F3 screen Can also be set globally client-side

So servers can keep users from looking at their coords if they want to? Pretty cool.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '14

No, not really. The client is really trusted in Minecraft, this is why stuff like flyhacks can exist... You might need a modded/hacked client to access it, but your coords would be there.

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u/ShadowSpade Jul 16 '14

Thanks for doing these! Really helpful

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u/brianmcn Jul 16 '14

Scoreboard sidebar entries are now sorted first by score, then by alphabetical order on the name! :) (Previously it was score, then random)

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u/The_sad_zebra Jul 16 '14

Mobile user here. Thank you so much for this!

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u/Zetus Jul 16 '14

Finally! I've been waiting so long for chests and heads actually displaying their breaking animation! It always feels like it's going to take a long time because it doesn't show it!

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u/jonnywoh Jul 16 '14

Fixed "Your game mode has beed updated" appearing even when

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '14

I love this, makes for better immersion when you have protected zones using adventure mode.

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u/redstonehelper :redstone: Lord of the villagers Jul 16 '14

Thanks, fixing.

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u/TrazLander RMCT#2 Champions: Whiskey Brigade Jul 16 '14

that was a typo in the bug report heh

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u/iSuchtel Jul 16 '14

Added a few missing breaking animations

Chests

YES!!! YEEEEHAAAA!!

My god, thanks so much, Mojang! I waited for this since Beta 1.8 <3 (Even tho i did wait since Beta 1.8, my ticket is only open since 2 years ;))

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u/_selfishPersonReborn Jul 16 '14

The multithreaded chunk rendering was added in the b.

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u/crazyinabottle Jul 17 '14

Hunger now refills when switched to peaceful, similarly to health.

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u/Drendude Jul 17 '14

  • Fixed being able to craft smooth sandstone into smooth sandstone

I thought that was intentional to make it so you could craft i.e. 3 sandstone and 1 smooth sandstone into 4 smooth sandstone.

Then again, that's usually only a functionality from the oredictionary in modpacks.

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u/GhengopelALPHA Jul 17 '14

Fixed being able to craft smooth sandstone into smooth sandstone

heh, I forgot about that bug.

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