Java Edition RC2
The pre-reupload server version of this release is lost.
While this release is known to exist, it has not been archived in the launcher or elsewhere, and is therefore considered lost.
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Minecraft RC2


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| Release date |
November 13, 2011 | |||||
| Type | ||||||
| Release candidate for | ||||||
| Downloads |
Original:
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| Protocol version |
22 | |||||
| Minimum Java version | ||||||
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RC2 is the second and final release candidate for Java Edition 1.0.0, released on November 13, 2011,[1] which changes the lighting of blocks in the inventory and fixes a bug. This is the final release candidate released in 2011.
RC2 was reuploaded twice. The first reupload fixed a bug that broke multiplayer,[2] while the second corrected the version number from "RC1" to "RC2".[3]
Changes
- The lighting of blocks in inventory screens has been adjusted.
Fixes
1 bug fixed
- Fixed a bug that caused all tools to break quickly after loading a world that was saved in RC1.
From the current version, hotfixed
- Fixed multiplayer.
Trivia
- This was the last release candidate for a version until 1.16 Release Candidate 1 in June 2020, a period of 8 years, 7 months and 5 days (3140 days).
- After RC2, there was no second release candidate until 1.16.2 Release Candidate 2.
Gallery
References
- ↑ "So yeah, let's do a release candidate 2" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), November 13, 2011
- ↑ "Ok RC2, now with multiplayer! http://assets.minecraft.net/rc2/minecraft.jar (+ minecraft_server.jar)" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), November 13, 2011
- ↑ "Uploaded new RC2 that says "RC2" \o/" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), November 13, 2011
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