Java Edition Beta 1.4
"Beta 1.4" redirects here. For beta versions of Bedrock Edition 1.4.0, see Bedrock Edition 1.4.0/Development versions.
Minecraft Beta 1.4
| Edition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date |
March 31, 2011 | |||||
| Downloads |
Original client (.json) | |||||
| Protocol version |
10 | |||||
| Minimum Java version | ||||||
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Other editions with a version "1.4":
There is a guide for this update!See Java Edition guides/Beta 1.4 releases for a guide to all of the new features introduced in Beta 1.4 releases.
Beta 1.4 is a version of Java Edition Beta released on March 31, 2011,[1] which added wolves, cookies, locked chests, and a new Minecraft logo as well as other changes and fixes.
Beta 1.4 was reuploaded an hour and a half after release to remove debug code.[2]
Additions
Blocks
- Randomly generates in the world if the date is set to April 1st.
- Originally linked to the Minecraft store, but the page now redirects to the official download page for Minecraft.
- Can only be broken with explosions.
Items
- New food item.
- Heals the player for 1 hearts.
- Can be stacked up to 8, making it the first stackable food item.
Mobs
- Neutral mobs.
- Players can tame them.
- When killed, they drop nothing.
General
Added the missing texture.
- Used if a texture is absent from the game files.
- Only visible through modding (including removing an image file from the jar).
- Previously the game would just outright crash if a texture was absent.
Changes
Blocks
- Sleeping in a bed now resets spawn position, though does not work for most users.
- At the moment the spawn point unintentionally only changes if "Leave bed" is clicked and the function is limited to multiplayer.[3]
- Sneaking while climbing hangs on to the ladder.
- Now grows more quickly.
Mobs
- Can now spawn with pink or brown wool (very rarely, however).
- No longer trample crops.
- Have their walking sounds removed.
Gameplay
- Lots of infrastructure has been implemented.
General
- The new default hotkey for the inventory is E.
- Changed Minecraft logo from
to 
.
- Servers can now have a new world seeded with an option in the server.properties file.
- Scale of UI may now be changed in
options.txtlocated in the.minecraftfolder.
- Lots of infrastructure for statistics lists have been implemented.
World generation
- Added cocoa beans to dungeon chests.
Fixes
4 bugs fixed
- Zombies and spiders now hurt the player in all instances.
- Client-sided slime spawn on multiplayer has been fixed.
- Arm no longer swings when player cannot place a block.
- Opening and closing the inventory quickly while swinging no longer removes the character 'swinging' animation, which previously made destroying blocks faster. (Multiplayer only).
Reupload
Beta 1.4 was reuploaded around an hour and a half after its initial release. The later version removed a small unused section of code added in the initial version which tracks the player's walking distance in memory, presumably testing code accidentally left in the game for Beta 1.5, which added statistics – namely, a statistic that tracks how many meters the player has walked.
Gallery
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The prompt which the locked chest would bring up when used. -
Debug screen. -
Early wolf design. -
Ditto. -
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Videos
References
- ↑ "The 1.4 update and the April Fools joke" – The Word of Notch, Tumblr, March 31, 2011.
- ↑ diff_1.4-1_b1.4-2.diff – Gist
- ↑ "Bed respawn point only works in SMP, and only if you click leave bed." – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), April 4, 2011
