Java Edition RC1

Minecraft RC1
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Edition

Java Edition

Release date

November 13, 2011

Type

Release Candidate

Release candidate for

1.0.0

Downloads

Client (.json)
Server

Protocol version

22

Minimum Java version

Java SE 5

"Beta Sound Update" redirects here. For the soundtrack by C418, see Minecraft - Volume Beta.

RC1 is the first release candidate for Java Edition 1.0.0 which was released on November 13, 2011,[1] which adds durability to bows, sounds to some mobs, the player, tools and armor, adds some new splashes, and fixes some bugs. This is the first ever release candidate released in 2011.

Additions

General

Splash

  • Added new splashes:
    • "Made by Jeb!"
    • "Has an ending!"
    • "Finally complete!"
    • "Feature packed!"
    • "Boots with the fur!"
    • "Stop, hammertime!"
    • "Testificates!"
    • "Conventional!"
    • "Homeomorphic to a 3-sphere!"
    • "Doesn't avoid double negatives!"
    • "Place ALL the blocks!"
    • "Does barrel rolls!"
    • "Meeting expectations!"
    • "PC gaming since 1873!"
    • "Ghoughpteighbteau tchoghs!"
    • "Déjà vu!"
      • This splash is intentionally duplicated.
    • "Got your nose!"
    • "Haley loves Elan!"
    • "Afraid of the big, black bat!"
    • "Doesn't use the U-word!"
    • "Child's play!"
    • "See you next Friday or so!"
    • "From the streets of Södermalm!"
    • "150 bpm for 400000 minutes!"
    • "Technologic!"
    • "Funk soul brother!"
    • "Pumpa kungen!"

Changes

Blocks

Redstone Wire

  • Changed single redstone wire model from a cross to a dot shape.

Items

Bows

  • Now have a durability bar, with 385 uses.

Non-mob entities

Thrown eggs

General

Options

  • The "Quit Game" button now appears regardless of how the game is launched.

Splash

  • Changed some splashes:
    • "OpenGL 1.1!" to "OpenGL 1.2!".
    • "Coming soon!" to "It's here!".
    • "When it's finished!" to "It's finished!".
    • "That's not a moon!" to "That's no moon!".
    • "Absolutely dragon free!" to "Kind of dragon free!".
    • "Superfragilisticexpialidocious!" to "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!".
    • "Tyrian would love it!" to "Tyrion would love it!".
    • ""Noun" is an autonym!" to ""Autological" is!".

Sound Update

Alongside the release of this version, the asset server was updated with the following new sounds:

  • The chest opening and closing now has its own sound, different from the door sound.
  • Experience orbs now make a twinkling sound when collected.
  • The entity damage sound has been changed to a genderless bone-cracking sound.
    • Players and all mobs make the same bone-cracking sound when taking fall damage.
  • Eating and drinking now have sounds.
  • Blazes have been given an ambient breathing noise.
  • Endermen now have their own sounds instead of using zombie sounds. ​
    • When they teleport, it sounds like a shortened version of the Nether portal sound.
  • Magma cubes now make sounds.
  • Silverfish now make sounds.
  • Arrow landing was changed to a more twangy sound.[note 1]
  • Tools and armor now make a breaking sound, and have a breaking animation.

The following sounds were replaced with new versions on the asset server; thus, the updated sounds also applied to older versions of the game.

Fixes

7 bugs fixed

  • Fixed wooden door bug from Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6 (sound effect).
  • The "Particles" option no longer overlaps the warning when playing on far render distance with a 32-bit Java installation.
  • Fixed the bug that caused the player's experience level to revert to 0 again after The End credits are finished from Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6.
  • The full names of Scaevolus and Hippoplatimus are now used in the ending credits.
  • The player can now chat while entering a portal in multiplayer.
  • Obsidian's mining time was increased to 8 seconds from ~3 seconds in 1.9 Prerelease 6.

Trivia

  • When RC2 was initially uploaded, the changing of the version number to RC2 was forgotten, causing it to be displayed as RC1.[2] This was later fixed in a reupload.[3]
  • As with RC2, RC1 was released on the latest calendar date out of all release candidates, on November 13.

Notes

  1. The sound was renamed, meaning older versions of the game still play the old version, unlike the firing sound.

References

  1. "Release candidate 1! Doors can be opened! New sfx! http://assets.minecraft.net/rc1/minecraft.jar ( + minecraft_server.jar)"@jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), November 13, 2011
  2. "Forgot to change the version number to "RC2". We're professional. :D"@notch (Markus Persson) on X (formerly Twitter), November 13, 2011
  3. "Uploaded new RC2 that says "RC2" \o/"@jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), November 13, 2011

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