`blocks-atlas`

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The specific instructions are: Figure out a way to obtain versions of this from 13w18a to 13w37b

blocks-atlas in 14w21b, the last version to use this file.

blocks-atlas was a texture atlas used by the game to store textures for blocks and fluids, following the deprecation of terrain.png

It was eventually merged with items-atlas to form textures-atlas.

History

Java Edition
1.5	13w02a	Added `blocks-atlas` with the deprecation of `terrain.png`.
1.5	13w02b	`blocks-atlas`'s dimensions must always be powers of two.
1.7.2	13w41a	`blocks-atlas` and its dimensions are now announced in the game log when loading the game and when changing resource packs.
1.8	14w25a	`blocks-atlas` has been merged with `items-atlas` to create `textures-atlas`.

Debug output

Java Edition
1.5	13w02a	The game now outputs copies of the atlas, under the name `stitched_terrain.png`, to the .minecraft folder.
	13w02b	The file produced in the .minecraft folder now has dimensions restricted to powers of two. Whether this also applies to the atlas itself is unknown.
	13w03a	The file produced in the .minecraft folder now has transparency; previously it was completely opaque.
	13w09a	The produced file has been renamed from `stitched_terrain.png` to `debug.stitched_terrain.png`.
1.6.1	13w18a	`debug.stitched_terrain.png` is no longer produced in the .minecraft folder.

Versions of the atlas

Game version		Atlas	Additions	Changes	Removals	Notes
Main	Development	Atlas	Additions	Changes	Removals	Notes
1.5	13w02a		Introduction
	13w02b		Added dispenser front and grass block side overlay textures.
	13w03a		Added dropper front texture.
	13w04a		Added dispenser and dropper facing up textures.
	13w09a
	13w10a		Added activated detector rail texture.
2.0	Blue		Added block of coal, white tinted glass, and burnt-out torch texures.			These textures are version exclusive due to being an April Fools version.
2.0	Purple
1.6.1	13w16a		Added hay bale textures.
1.6.1	13w17a		Added terracotta texture.
Methods to obtain atlases for intermediate versions are forthcoming.
1.7.2	13w38a
	13w39a		Added red sand texture.
	13w41a		Added stained glass and stained glass pane textures.
	13w42a			Changed stained glass textures.
	13w43a		Added acacia and dark oak log, leaves, and sapling textures.
	1.7		Added acacia and dark oak planks textures.	Changed non-oak log tops, acacia log, and dark oak log textures.
1.8	14w02a		Added granite, polished granite, diorite, polished diorite, andesite, polished andesite and slime block textures.
	14w07a		Added iron trapdoor texture.
	14w10a			Changed the hopper top and cauldron textures.
	14w17a			Changed the tripwire texture.

Anisotropic Filtering

When toggled on, this option would add eight pixels to the edge of each texture, taken from the other side. This results in atlases which look considerably different, and with different dimensions.

Game version		Atlas
Main	Development	Atlas
1.7.2	13w38a
	13w39a
	13w41a
	13w42a
	13w43a
	1.7
1.8	14w02a
	14w07a
	14w10a
	14w17a

Mipmapped versions

Up to four mipmapped versions of each atlas would also be generated by the game from 13w38a onwards, depending on the current values in Video Settings. The textures would be shrunk to 8×8, 4×4, 2×2 and 1×1, and would render instead of the normal textures at far distances or sharp angles of incidence.