Minecraft:Java Edition pre-Classic rd-20090515

Template:Redirect Template:Unreleased Template:Infobox version rd-20090515 is a Minecraft:pre-Classic version made on May 15, 2009, around 22:25 UTC,<ref group=note>May 16 at 00:25 Swedish time</ref> which adds new blocks, block picking, support for fullscreen, introduces hills and more.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200217031946/https://notch.tumblr.com/post/108350782/the-back-of-a-house-i-built-a-new-video-is - datePublished is 2009-05-15 22:25:16</ref><ref group="note">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.</ref> This was the first version to be made under the new name of the game, Minecraft: Order of the Stone.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

This version was never released and is not available on the Minecraft download servers. While an entry for "rd-20090515" exists in the launcher, loading it will run Minecraft:rd-161348 instead.

Additions

Blocks

File:Cobblestone JE1.png Minecraft:Cobblestone

• Recycles the previous texture for stone, although with modified contrast.

File:Dirt JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Dirt

• New block.
• Generated under Minecraft:grass blocks.
• Transforms to grass when next to a grass block.

File:Oak Planks JE1.png Minecraft:Planks

• A new wood-type block.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Controls

• Crosshair (+).
  • In this version, it was very thin.
• Block picking using the number keys from Template:Key to Template:Key.
  • The currently selected building block now displays in the top-right corner of the screen.
• Fullscreen mode.
• Pressing Template:Key spawns mobs.<ref name="progress">Template:Link May 15, 2009. Archived from the original on April 16, 2018.</ref>

General

• Support for different block types and dynamic blocks.
• A subtle layer of Minecraft:fog can now be seen in the distance of lit block surfaces.

Changes

Blocks

File:Grass Block JE2.png File:Grass Block JE2 (facing NWU).png Minecraft:Grass block

• Texture changed from File:Grass Block JE1.png.
• Grass blocks revert to dirt over time when they have no light or when a block is on top of it.<ref name="progress"/>
• Removed the ability to place grass blocks directly.

File:Stone JE2 BE1.png File:Stone JE2 (facing NWU).png Minecraft:Stone

• Texture changed from File:Stone JE1.png.

Mobs

File:Steve JE1.png File:Old human mob walking animation.gif Mob

• 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.<ref name="progress"/>

Non-mob entities

Minecraft:Player

• 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

Minecraft:Light

• Shadows have been brightened.

Technical

Level generation

• Unless a Template:Cd from 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. This is because in earlier versions, the grass and Minecraft:stone had the same block ID. Since this version added block selection, they would be converted to Minecraft:stone, as it kept the block ID of 1.

Trivia

• This version is the version shown in the "Minecraft progress." video.
• The "rd" before the version number stands for Minecraft:RubyDung, a game Notch was working on before Minecraft, whose codebase was later reused for Minecraft.
• This is the only pre-Classic version to not use the rd-ddhhmm format, and instead uses rd-yyyymmdd.