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v0.9.0 alpha build 1
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| Release date |
June 9, 2014 | |||||
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v0.9.0 alpha build 1 is the first build version released for v0.9.0 alpha, and the first build released in 2014.
Additions
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General
- Added immersive mode for Android.
- Only Android 4.4 KitKat.
- Available on other versions with 3rd party-apps.
- Only Android 4.4 KitKat.
Gameplay
- Superflat world type.
- Updated create world screen - now includes Superflat, Infinite and 'old' world types.
- Unlimited worlds.
- New falling mechanics for sand and gravel.
- New insta ticking of water and lava.
- Grass and foliage colors for different biomes.
- Water color for swamps.
- Added more spawn eggs in creative.
- New interact button (to make the game easier for new players).
World generation
- Ice patches
- Ice spikes
- Lakes
- Double plants
- Tall Grass
- Trees:
- Jungle trees (small and large)
- Mega Jungle trees
- Mega Spruce trees
- Acacia trees
- Version exclusive Fallen trees
- Version exclusive Oak trees (swamp and large oak variants)
- Huge mushroom
- Forest rock
- Lily pads
- Vines
- Melons
- Pumpkins
- Dead bushes
- Monster rooms
- Desert wells
- Fallen logs and stumps
- Emerald ore
- Caves
- Strongholds
- Villages
- Mineshafts
Biomes
Blocks
- Podzol.
- Mycelium.
- Huge mushroom blocks.
- Cocoa.
- End portal frames.
- Double plants.
- Dark Oak and Acacia Wood
- Saplings:
- Jungle saplings,
- Acacia saplings,
- Dark Oak spalings.
- Stained clay (In all its 16 colors).
- Lilypad.
- 12 new Flowers:
- Blue Orchids
- Alliums
- Azure Bluets
- Tulips (red, orange, white, pink)
- Oxeye Daisies
- Sunflowers
- Lilacs
- Rose Bushes
- Peonies.
- Red sand.
- Hardened clay.
- End stone.
- Granite
- With its polished variant.
- Diorite
- With its polished variant.
- Andesite
- With its polished variant.
- Emerald block
- Packed Ice.
- Grassless Dirt.
Items
Mobs
- Slimes.
- Endermen.
- Wolves.
- Mooshrooms.
- Silverfish.
- Villagers
- Baby villagers.
Others
- Particles:
dripWaterdripLava
Changes
General
- The version watermark visible in development versions has been moved from the bottom of the screen to the top.
- Prettier clouds
- New culling of clouds.
- The fog is darker underground.
- Textures
- New leaves rendering.
- Inventory/GUI
- New crafting screen.
- Stonecutter UI Changed.
World generation
- Removed generated structures:
- Oceans
- Added as a biome instead
- Gravel beaches
- Frozen Oceans
- Will no longer naturally generate
- Oceans
Biome
- Removed biomes:
- Shrubland
- Seasonal forest
- Rainforest
- Tundra
- Legacy frozen ocean
Blocks and items
- Correct name for stairs, slabs and spawn eggs.
- Beds no longer give full health in normal difficulty.
- Smooth lighting added for:
- Beds
- Fences
- Walls
- Cobweb
- Chests
- Leaves
- Smooth lighting removed for:
- Glowstone
- Glass
- Jack 'o' lanterns
- Improved performance of TNT.
Mobs
- "New" mob spawning.
- Passive mobs now spawn naturally in creative mode without the use of spawn eggs.
- Tripod cameras have been removed.
AI
- Spiders.
- Now spawn from leaves, creating a higher amount of spiders in tree-rich biomes at night.
- Animation is now twice as fast.
- Improved AI.
Others
- New culling algorithm.[1][2]
- Tile entities are saved differently.
- New leveldb based saving format.
- New entity handling.
- Updated light generation.
- Remade network code (mostly the same packages but new system).
Fixes
From released versions before 0.9.0
- MCPE-1134 – No sharing/broadcast session on LAN for 2nd generation Kindle Fire.
- MCPE-1796 – Sleeping in Bed Resets Health
- MCPE-6185 – mushrooms dont glow
- MCPE-6589 – Typo
- MCPE-6865 – Inconsistent protocol data types usage
- MCPE-7091 –
CompoundTag::putLonghas wrong parameter type (should be long long, not long) - MCPE-7169 – Can't Delete world
From the current version, hotfixed
- MCPE-7354 – There is no Villager Spawn Egg
- MCPE-7463 – Torches
- MCPE-7509 – No villager spawn egg in creative
Others
- Fixed an item duplication glitch that could occur if the game crashed or if the player exited out of Minecraft without saving the world.
References
- ↑ "The Advanced Cave Culling Algorithm™, or, making Minecraft faster" , 31 August 2014.
- ↑ "The Advanced Cave Culling Algorithm™ Part 2 - Traversing the graph" , 31 August 2014.
