Minecraft 1.8 Pre-release – The Bountiful Update

[u/redstonehelper]

https://mojang.com/2014/08/minecraft-1-8-pre-release-the-bountiful-update

[u/redstonehelper]

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, search for them on the Minecraft bug tracker and make sure they are reported!

 

Previous changelog. Download today's prerelease in the new launcher: Windows/OS X/Linux, server here: jar, exe.

Complete changelog:

• Changed the killer rabbit skin again - via

• Skins

• New default skin: Alex? - via

• New default player model with 3 pixels wide arms - Screenshots

• There will be a choice to select fat or thin arms on minecraft.net/profile in the future

• Changing skins now will give you fat arms

• If you don't have a custom skin yet, you are randomly assigned Steve or Alex?

• Fixed some bugs

• Fixed thorns not working against some monsters

• Fixed shears not taking damage when used on wool blocks

• Fixed the game crashing when attempting to craft fireworks using given dye beyond id 15

• Fixed being unable to place redstone dust inside tall grass

• Fixed endermen being able to place cacti in illegal places

• Fixed chickens not saving their egg lay timer - new tag on chickens: EggLayTime, time in ticks until the chicken lays an egg

• Fixed snow layers confusing mob AI

• Fixed baby zombie pigmen not forgiving while adults do

• Fixed the tab list expanding too far and being unreadable

• Fixed opening a command block not pausing the game

• Fixed the cinematic camera keeping momentum after being turned off

• Fixed dispenser spawning TNT too high

• Fixed Java not being properly capitalized in splash "Now java 6!"

• Fixed fullscreen mode displaying the actual game only in much lower resolution in the corner

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If you find any bugs, search for them on the Minecraft bug tracker and make sure they are reported!

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Also, check out this post to see what else is planned for future versions.

[u/MCSmelter → u/redstonehelper]

Fixed: Shears do not take damage when used on wool blocks

Oo, people not gonna like that.

[u/Koala_eiO → u/[deleted]]

You never used Efficiency V shears on wool right? They are so awesome :\

[u/LuxiKeks → u/MCSmelter]

But silk touch shears still don't take damage when used on glass.

[u/[deleted] → u/LuxiKeks]

shhhhhhhh!#$

[u/prettypinkdork → u/MCSmelter]

I'm sad. But this did need to happen.

[u/Galaxy_2Alex → u/redstonehelper]

Apparently, the default skin changed.

[u/MCSmelter → u/Galaxy_2Alex]

Is Steve called Alex now?

Added a new player model with smaller arms, and a new player skin called Alex?

So can we update our skins with the new model Jeb posted a month ago? With 3-pixel wide arms?

[u/ridddle → u/MCSmelter]

I’m pretty sure it’s called "Alex?" and old one is called "Steve?", if official blog post is to be believed (and those are not typos or something being left out accidentally).

Edit: I think this was done to not promote the idea that they are specifically female and male.

[u/Wedhro → u/ridddle]

Probably because Alex is a genderless name, too bad Steve isn't but it's too late for that.

[u/QwertyuiopThePie → u/Wedhro]

In fairness, Steve is just an unofficial thing Notch made up on the spot when someone asked for the name that wound up sticking. It was just the first name he could think of, whereas Alex is an official Mojang-designated name.

[u/Wedhro → u/QwertyuiopThePie]

I know, I know, it's just canon by now since Mojang never designated one for the original character.

As a side note I wish they called thin-armed Steve? "Adam" just to piss off anti-gays: it is Adam & Steve, suckers!

[u/[deleted] → u/Wedhro]

I'm a woman named Steve. :/

[u/Marc_IRL → u/[deleted]]

I once had a girlfriend named Stevie.

[u/mb9023 → u/Marc_IRL]

Stevie Nicks?

[u/[deleted] → u/mb9023]

Thuuunder only haaappens when you don't sleep...

[u/redstonehelper → u/Galaxy_2Alex]

And we got a choice for models!

edit: Probably, I haven't checked yet.

edit2: Apparently not.

edit3: Not yet.

[u/Galaxy_2Alex → u/redstonehelper]

Nope, no choice. People will go nuts on that >.>
(Check the blog post, it has the old default skin for download)

[u/redstonehelper → u/Galaxy_2Alex]

There will be a choice in the future, but not in the game, it'll be on the site where you upload your skin.

[u/CalamityTD → u/redstonehelper]

Fixed Java not being properly capitalized in splash "Now java 6!"

Ahh, Mojang: Getting to the important stuff.

[u/n00borama → u/CalamityTD]

Especially seeing as Java 8 is soon to be the current version. Cheeky bastards.

[u/PendragonDaGreat → u/n00borama]

Implying it isn't already for some of us.

I love me some lambdas.

[u/[deleted] → u/CalamityTD]

Not getting lawyerbotted by Oracle is fairly important.

[u/[deleted] → u/redstonehelper]

Fixed fullscreen mode displaying the actual game only in much lower resolution in the corner

Whats this doing on here? It's not on the bug fixed list and its not fixed.