Java Edition Classic 0.0.14a

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0.0.14a
Edition

Java Edition

Release date

May 27, 2009

Downloads

Client not archived
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Minimum Java version

Java SE 5

al_version

Unknown

0.0.14a[1] is a version of Java Edition Classic released on May 27, 2009,[2] shortly before 22:26 UTC, which added new blocks and changes world generation.[3]

Additions

Classic 0.0.14a block and item additionsInvicon Sand.png: Inventory sprite for Sand in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Sand with description: SandInvicon Gravel.png: Inventory sprite for Gravel in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gravel with description: GravelInvicon Coal Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Coal Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal Ore with description: Coal OreInvicon Iron Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Ore with description: Iron OreInvicon Gold Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ore with description: Gold OreInvicon Oak Log.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Log in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Log with description: Oak LogInvicon Oak Leaves.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Leaves in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Leaves with description: Oak Leaves

Blocks

Coal Ore

  • Can be found in amounts ranging from roughly 10 to 30 in the deposit.

Iron Ore

  • Can be found in amounts ranging from roughly 10 to 30 in the deposit.

Gold Ore

  • Can be found in amounts ranging from roughly 10 to 30 in the deposit.

Gravel

  • Affected by gravity.
    • If placed above any number of air blocks, the gravel immediately appears at the bottom.

Leaves

  • Generated as a part of trees.

Wood

  • Generated as a part of trees.

Sand

  • Affected by gravity.
    • If placed above any number of air blocks, the sand immediately appears at the bottom.

World generation

Trees

  • Made of logs and leaves.

Worlds

  • Improved level format, now supporting the ability to save entities to levels.
    • There is now a cap of 256 mobs that can exist in a world.

Gameplay

Controls

  • Scroll-wheel block picking support.
    • Only picks blocks that number keys can select.
  • Holding down a mouse button allows for auto-building or breaking a block every 0.25 seconds.

General

Clouds

  • Added clouds.

Fog

  • Fog rather than blank areas now control render distance.
    • The fog only gets applied on lit surfaces. Blocks in the shade appear as they normally would.

Create New World

  • Ability to choose level size.

Changes

Blocks

Cobblestone

  • Changed the texture from .

Planks

  • Changed the texture from .

Water

  • Flows faster.[4]
  • Now flows from world border.
  • Shows its texture when selected to place.

Gameplay

Controls

  • The player always spawns at the same place when pressing R to respawn, unless this spawn is underwater.[5]

Bugs

2 bugs reported

Videos

Trivia

  • Many features implemented in 0.0.14a have, erroneously, been cited by Mojang as being implemented in version 0.0.14a_01.[9]

References

  • IRC logs, #minecraft.20090528.log (May 28, 2009, UTC+2)
  1. "0.0.14a is up at minecraft.net" (archived) – The Word of Notch, May 28, 2009.
  2. "Holy crap new tiles!" – TigSource, May 27, 2009, 15:31:58, UTC−8
  3. IRC logs: "(00:26:45) <TheMystic89> seeing a nice number up to the left too", "(00:26:54) <Rotab> 0.0.14? =D" (May 27, 2009, 22:26 UTC)
  4. "Minecraft water flow test" – YouTube, May 23, 2009. [https://youtube.com/watch?v=CNeaH8JVRy8 (Archive)]
  5. IRC logs: "(00:34:59) <Rotab> so you have a fixed spawn point now?" (May 27, 2009, 22:24 to 22:36 UTC)
  6. IRC logs: "(00:24:59) <TrueWolves> Minecraft is not working!" [...] "(00:28:11) <@notch> it doesn't seem to load levels properly, I'm trying to fix" [...] "(00:36:35) <@notch> 0.0.14a_01 is up, fixing the level load bug" (May 27, 2009, 22:24 to 22:36 UTC)
  7. "Had some issues with level saving/loading"The Word of Notch, May 25th, 2009
  8. IRC logs: "(01:17:03) <justinforasec> I might have found a BUG, when i click to return to game it will lay down a block at the same time" (May 27, 2009, 23:17 UTC)
  9. "Block of the Week: Leaves"Minecraft.net, August 18, 2017.

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