Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100131-2156

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0.31
Edition

Java Edition

Release date

January 31, 2010

Downloads

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Minimum Java version

Java SE 5

al_version

Unknown

A version of Indev 0.31 was released on January 31, 2010, at 21:56 UTC, which added the title screen.[1] It was announced on TWoN at 22:01 UTC.[2]

This version was reuploaded for the first time at 22:29 UTC.[3]

This version was soon reuploaded for the second time at 22:36 UTC.[4]

Additions

Mobs

General

  • Readded support for older mob models.

General

Title screen

  • Comprises all of the buttons and text for both the main menu and the pause menu.
  • Has a game logo and dirt background which slowly scrolls.

Splash

  • The yellow text "Pre-beta!" pulsates on the menu screen 120 times per minute.

Changes

Blocks

General

  • Changed block shading on the sides of blocks.

Brown Mushrooms

  • Now emit light.[5]

Workbench

  • Texture changed from .

Fire

  • Now deals damage.

Lava

  • Now deals damage.

Lava Spawner

  • Now creates lava even if any previous attached lava was removed.

Water

  • Texture can now be seen while underwater.
  • Swimming creates bubble particles.

Water Spawner

  • Now creates water even if any previous attached water was removed.

Items

General

  • Higher tier tools mine faster.
  • Tools now take damage when used.

Flint and Steel

  • Flint and steel removed from the hotbar.
  • Now has 65 durability.

Sword

Mobs

Mob

  • Changed texture from .
  • The string/feather/sulphur drop is now chosen randomly upon death.

Non-mob entity

Players

  • Punching mobs deals 1HP♥ damage.

World generation

  • Bedrock now appears at the bottom-most 2 layers of the world.
  • The lava sea only generates whenever caves cut through the top layer of bedrock.
    • The bottom layer of bedrock can very rarely have gaps.

General

  • Fullscreen mode now makes the hotbar, GUI's, and text slightly larger.

Fixes

2 bugs fixed

  • The number on hotbar items no longer pulses when new items are picked up.
  • Bows no longer disappear when used without arrows.

Other

  • Minor bug fixes.​

References

  • Miclee's logs​
  1. IRC logs: "[16:56] <Notch> indev's been updated"
  2. Sunday night update – The Word of Notch, January 31, 2010
  3. ITC logs: "[17:24] <Notch> thanks.. update for that coming"..."[17:29] <Notch> ok, the game is updated now"
  4. IRC logs: "[17:36] <Notch> oops Peerko.. Weird.."..."[17:37] <Notch> oh, wait, refresh!"..."[17:37] <Notch> it should be fixed"
  5. "Glowing mushroom" by dehodson – Minecraft Forum, January 31, 2010. "Notch put this in. Congrats Peri. ... Source: minecraft.net/indev. See for yourelf. Put a brown shroom in a perfectly dark room. It glows."

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