Java Edition 12w30a
Minecraft 12w30a

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July 23, 2012 | ||||||
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38 | ||||||
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12w30a is the fifteenth snapshot for Java Edition 1.3.1, released on July 23, 2012.[1]
Additions
General
- Snooper settings
- Allows the player to toggle whether their data are sent to Mojang Studios for analysis and improvements. Shows which data is sent to Mojang Studios.
- Added "Vertical Synchronization" in video settings.
- Has to be toggled manually in
options.txt.
- Has to be toggled manually in
- Fullscreen mode setting is now persistent.
- Has to be toggled manually in
options.txt.
- Has to be toggled manually in
Changes
Blocks
- When placed on the upper half of a block's side, stairs are now upside-down.
- Now replaces air below y=11.
Mobs
- Depending on difficulty, explosion damage is now scaled.
- Peaceful: no damage.
- Easy: ~50% less damage.
- Normal: same damage as before.
- Hard: ~33% more damage than before.
- "In full diamond armor + hard difficulty a creeper can knock you down to 2 hearts."[2]
World generation
- Less laggy.
Command format
- Invalid numerical game mode IDs are no longer accepted. Previously, specifying an invalid ID would place the target player into Survival mode.
General
- In F3 mode, the y coordinate now shows both the feet level and the eye level.
Performance
- Accelerated chunk loading.
- Decreased lag spike frequency.
- Made chat work smoothly even when the server is lagging.
- Decreased unnecessary world updates.
- Decreased packets sent between client and server.
Explosions
Fixes
19 bugs fixed
- Fixed existing signs not showing text.
- Fixed monster spawners all looking like pig spawners.
- Fixed ⌘ Cmd + C, ⌘ Cmd + x and ⌘ Cmd + V not working on Mac OS X.
- Fixed sneaking players' nameplates not staying hidden when loading the chunks the sneaking players are in.
- Fixed multiple chunks often not displaying.
- Fixed higher server-set view distances instantly kicking joining players.
- Fixed sections above Y=191 becoming invisible when loading worlds.
- Fixed not completely generated chunks not updating visually until walking into them.
- Fixed compasses not pointing to spawn but to X=8 & Z=8 after respawning.
- Fixed other players' fishing rod lines looking like they start from their feet.
- Fixed a bug with Unbreaking-enchanted tools and destroying blocks.
- Fixed being able to move LAN servers in the server list and crashing the game.
- Fixed opening SP worlds to LAN, saving and quitting it leaving the server running and showing up in the server list.
- Fixed pushing a minecart with the movement keys causing the camera to shake in the direction pressed.
- Fixed potion effects losing their graphical effects when traveling between dimensions.
- Fixed ghast's fireballs getting stuck mid-air when unloading their chunk, might apply to fire charges and blaze's fireballs as well.
- Fixed the last slot in the opened Creative inventory's hotbar being one pixel too short on all but the Survival inventory tabs, and a few pixels being off on the Survival inventory tab.
- Fixed blocks disappearing when player is placing them under themselves and jumps.[3]
- Fixed the client trying to trample crops instead of letting the server dictate trampling.