Java Edition Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5

Minecraft Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5
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Edition

Java Edition

Release date

October 27, 2011

Type

Pre-release

Pre-release for

1.0.0

Downloads

Client (.json)
Server

Protocol version

21

Minimum Java version

Java SE 5

Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5 is the fifth pre-release for Java Edition 1.0.0, released on October 27, 2011,[1] which adds several new achievements and controls, changes some mobs and the texture of some blocks, and fixes some bugs.

Additions

General

Achievements

  • Several new achievements added.
    • Overkill: Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit
    • Enchanter: Use a book, obsidian and diamonds to construct an enchantment table
    • Librarian: Build some bookshelves to improve your enchantment table
    • DIAMONDS!: Acquire diamonds with your iron tools
    • We Need to Go Deeper: Build a portal to the Nether
    • The End?: Locate the End
    • The End.: Defeat the Ender Dragon
    • Local Brewery: Brew a potion
    • Into Fire: Relieve a Blaze of its rod
    • Return to Sender: Destroy a Ghast with a fireball
      • "The End." achievement is impossible.

Controls

  • Debug controls (from the pre-re-uploaded version of Beta 1.8 Pre-release):
  • F9: Freezes the camera in its current position.
  • F6: Enables a strange "bouncy" movement. It locks the player's Y coordinate (meaning they cannot jump or fall). It makes the player accelerate relatively slowly when moving. Additionally, the player can also clip into blocks slightly - at a high enough speed, the player can push all the way through a block. Transparent blocks have no clipping whatsoever.
  • N and M: Changes the view's rotation clockwise and anti-clockwise, respectively. Hold both keys simultaneously resets the rotation.
  • Y and H: Decreases and increases the field of view, respectively. These keys seem to affect the field of view differently to how the FOV option does - the player's hand (or anything the player is holding) also becomes stretched as the field of view increases or decreases, which does not happen if the player changes the FOV option in the menu. Holding both keys simultaneously resets the field of view.
  • I: Makes the player look up, J looks left, K looks down, and L looks right. These movements are normally done by moving the mouse. This setting cannot be reset by holding any keys simultaneously.
  • U and O: Moves the third-person camera forwards and backwards, respectively. This setting cannot be reset by holding both keys simultaneously.
Image with a build and tilted screen, using the m and n keys
Example of changing the rotation

Commands

Changes

Blocks

Block of Diamond

  • Texture changed from .

Block of Gold

  • Texture changed from .

Block of Iron

  • Texture changed from .

Buckets

  • In Creative mode, using an empty bucket no longer fills it up when removing fluids with it.

Dirt

  • Texture changed from .

Fences

  • Fence post selection boxes now resemble their collision boxes.

Glowstone

  • Texture changed from .

Grass Block

  • Texture changed from .

Gravel

  • Texture changed from .

Netherrack

  • Texture changed from .

Stone

  • Texture changed from .

Water

  • Now flowing downwards creates source blocks, instead of flowing water.

Wooden Planks

  • Texture changed from .

Mobs

General

  • Hostile mobs act neutral in Creative mode.
  • Entity punch range in Creative mode reduced, as a result.

Ender dragons

  • Now have a new dying animation even though they still do not spawn.
  • Their health has been changed to 1HP♥ to test this.

Slimes

  • Now spawn on levels 0-40 rather than 0-16, making them much more common.

General

HUD

  • The version number once again displays on the top-left of the screen.
  • Selecting an enchanted item no longer causes the hotbar to glow white.

Video settings

  • Added an option to turn off clouds.

Fixes

8 bugs fixed

  • Monster spawners could not be collected with a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch.
  • Mycelium and end stone are now available in the creative inventory list.
  • The step on stairs is properly lit.
  • Lily pads now have the correct coloration in the inventory and have a name tag.
  • End stone now has a name tag (previously "unnamed").
  • Melons once again drop the correct number of slices.
  • Data error when attempting to block with an enchanted sword fixed, blocking with enchanted sword now possible.
  • In multiplayer, breeding two animals now gives birth to a baby animal instead of a fully-grown animal.

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