Java Edition pre-Classic rd-20090515
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This page documents an unreleased version.
While there is proof of this version's existence, it was never released to the public.
rd-20090515
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rd-20090515 is a pre-Classic version made on May 16, 2009, around 00:25 CEST, which added new blocks, block picking, support for fullscreen, introduced hills and more.[1][note 1] This version was never released. While there is a version mislabeled as "rd-20090515" in the launcher, loading it will just run rd-161348, which is after rd-20090515 and the last version of pre-classic.
Additions
Blocks
- Recycles the previous texture for stone, albeit slightly modified.
- New block.
- Generated under grass blocks.
- Transforms to grass when is next to a grass block.
- A new wooden block.
Gameplay
- Crosshair (+).
- In this version, it was very thin.
- Block picking using the number keys from 1 to 4.
- The currently selected building block now displays in the top-right corner of the screen.
- Fullscreen mode.
- Pressing G will spawn mobs.[2]
General
- Support for different block types and dynamic blocks.
- A thin layer of fog can now be seen in the distance of lit block surfaces.
Changes
Blocks
- Texture changed from
. - Grass blocks revert to dirt over time when they have no light or when a block is on top of it.[2]
- Removed the ability to place grass blocks.
- Texture changed from
.
Mobs
- Reduced the number of mobs who spawn from 100 to 10.
- Mobs who fall below level Y = -100 are now removed from the world.
- Mobs now appear darker when in shade.[2]
Non-mob entities
- Changed player's physics.
- Now they can jump farther, walk and fall faster.
- Moving is much slower when in midair.
World generation
General
- Bumps may now appear, making hills and sometimes cliffs.
General
- The game was renamed from "Cave Game" to "Minecraft: Order of the Stone" to this version.[3]
- Shadows have been brightened.
Technical
Level generation
- Unless a
level.datfrom an older version is launched, the world is no longer flat. - Loading a world from older pre-Classic versions causes all blocks to become stone with some patch of grass.
Trivia
- This version is the version shown in the "Minecraft progress." video.
- The "rd" before the version number stands for RubyDung, a game Notch was working on before Minecraft, whose codebase was later reused for Minecraft.
- A duplicate of rd-161348 in the launcher is labeled "rd-20090515", however, rd-20090515 is not on the Minecraft download servers, and attempting to download it downloads rd-161348 instead, a later version.
Videos
Notes
- ↑ While the .json file lists the date at being 22:00 UTC on May 14, this is merely the default for versions with no specified release time.
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200217031946/https://notch.tumblr.com/post/108350782/the-back-of-a-house-i-built-a-new-video-is -
datePublishedis 2009-05-15 22:25:16 - ↑ a b c "Minecraft progress" by Nizzotch. May 15, 2009. Archived from the original on April 16, 2018.
- ↑ "Minecraft: Order of the Stone" (archived) – The Word of Notch, May 14, 2009.
