Java Edition 13w39a

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13w39a
13w39a Banner.png: Infobox image for 13w39a the version in Minecraft
Java Edition 13w39a.png: Infobox image for 13w39a the version in Minecraft
Edition

Java Edition

Release date

September 26, 2013

Type

Snapshot

Snapshot for

1.7.2

Downloads

Client (.json)
Original server
Reuploaded server (.exe)

Protocol version

80

Resource pack format

1

Minimum Java version

Java SE 6

13w39a is the eighth snapshot for Java Edition 1.7.2, released on September 26, 2013.[1] It adds red sand to mesa biomes and allows for more than one enchantment on a book.

The server was reuploaded just over an hour after release.​

Additions

Blocks

Red sand

  • Generated on the lowest surface levels of the mesa biome.
  • Behaves like normal sand.
  • Can be smelted into glass and crafted into TNT, but cannot be crafted into sandstone.

Non-mob entities

Minecart with command block

  • Can only be obtained using /give @p 422, /give @p hopper_command_block or /summon MinecartCommandBlock.
  • Activated by activator rails.
    • Run their command every so often as long as they are powered - a command block minecart going across a single powered activator rail at full speed runs its command thrice.
  • Can be success-tested while on a detector rail with a redstone comparator next to the rail (just like how the minecart with chest and minecart with hopper can be fill-checked).

Changes

Items

Enchanted books

  • Can now give multiple enchantments.

World generation

Badlands

  • Orange terracotta generates in place of sandstone, but not in the same type of formation.

General

Logging

  • Now done using Log4j 2.
    • Default logging location is now in logs/latest.log, older logs are archived in logs/year-months-day-counter.log.gz with GZIP compress. The year is 4 digits, and the month and day are both 2 digits. The counter is the number of startups on the day. The counter is 1 when the first startup of the day and increasing each startup.
    • The way logs are saved can be changed, examples: HTML page, database, errors only, no logging at all.

Fixes

9 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.7.2

  • MC-673 – Sky/lighting doesn't get darker during a thunderstorm.
  • MC-1105 – Villagers act like it is raining when they are in the desert, and it rains elsewhere.
  • MC-28405 – The saddle equip sound effect does not play when equipping a pig with a saddle.

From the 1.7.2 development versions

  • MC-29521 – Rain doesn't make particles/sound in some biomes (extreme hills).
  • MC-31418 – Snow golems die in extreme hills snow.
  • MC-31432 – XP orb sound bug.
  • MC-31438 – Enemy monster slider controls the sound of items entering one's inventory.

From the previous development version

Trivia

  • 13w39a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.

References

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