Minecraft:Java Edition Classic 0.0.2a

0.0.2a<ref name="0.0.2a">TigIRC logs: "(13:05:07) notch: does it say "0.0.2a" in the top left corner of the applet?" [...] "(13:08:05) notch: dock: If you have the courage to run it again, i'd love to know if you get version 0.0.2 and what the mouse look is on in there.." [...] "(13:08:31) fartron: i have 0.0.2a now" [...] "(13:08:41) dock: yes this is 0.0.2a"</ref> is a version of Minecraft:Java Edition Classic released on May 16, 2009, at 16:52 or 17:05 UTC,<ref name=':0'>TigIRC logs: "(12:52:42) notch: I uploaded a new version with a (huge annoying) version label"</ref> which added in game version number, frame rate and chunk update counter, and fixed some issues with the mouse look.

This is the first version of Minecraft to have a version number; version 0.0.1a has been skipped.<ref group=note>Evidenced by the amount of attention version "0.0.2a" received, as well as this being the version succeeding the request to add a version number. "0.0.1a" would therefore have been what Notch saw as the preceding versions.</ref>

Additions

General

Minecraft:Debug screen

• Version number<ref name=":0"/>
  • Very large text.<ref name=":0"/>
  • Located in the top-left corner.<ref name="0.0.2a"/>
• Added a frame rate and chunk update counter.
  • Located in the top left corner, below the version number.
  • Before this, the game would output the current FPS and any chunk updates to the developer console.

Minecraft:Font

• Added the default font.
  • Filename: default.gif.
  • Taken from Notch's game Minecraft:Legend of the Chambered.

Fixes

1 bug fixed

• Fixed more issues with mouse looking.<ref>TigIRC logs: "(12:53:53) notch: did the mouselook get better?" [...] "(13:09:14) fartron: mouse look is good again"</ref>

Bugs

2 bugs reported

• When a key is pressed down and the game is blurred without being clicked out of, the game still registers that key being pressed.<ref>TigIRC logs: "(13:23:42) notch: so if you walk forwards and tab out, it should keep walking forever. Which is a bug."</ref> This still occurs in modern Minecraft, making this the game's oldest bug.<ref>Template:Bug, resolved as "Invalid" because it is an issue with LWJGL.</ref>
• Some issues reported were low sensitivity,<ref name="lowsense/crashing"/> crashing,<ref name="lowsense/crashing">TigIRC logs: "(13:28:39) Dragonene: notch: it's damned sweet, but it's unplayable because of the low sens, and it crashed the browser on exit"</ref> jerky mouse looking,<ref>TigIRC logs: "(13:29:31) Dragonene: FPS is fine but looking around is really awkward" [...] "(13:29:53) Dragonene: jerky and slow"</ref> and low FPS.<ref>TigIRC logs: "(13:36:02) Dragonene: i'm most certainly *not* getting high fps"</ref>

Trivia

• This was deemed "relatively stable" by Notch, and the URL for the game was posted to other users in the IRC channel.<ref>TigIRC logs: "(13:11:24) notch: ok, I deem this "relatively stable" now, so if anyone else wants to help test:" [...] "(13:11:25) notch: http://www.mojang.com/notch/minecraft/"</ref>
• This was the first version of Minecraft to have its code obfuscated.<ref>TigIRC logs: "(13:45:03) PFawkes: at com.mojang.minecraft.c.run(Unknown Source)" [...] "(13:45:20) PFawkes: at com.mojang.minecraft.a.g.a(Unknown Source)"</ref>Template:Check version

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