Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.7.3 alpha

v0.7.3 alpha is a minor update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition that was released on August 15, 2013.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20130821065119/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe</ref> This version adds support for the Minecraft:daylight cycle and Minecraft:splashes, and fixes some of the bugs and crashes in v0.7.2.

Support for iOS 4.3 was dropped with this version, with iOS 5.0 now being the minimum supported version. Users running iOS 4.3 can still play v0.7.2 and earlier.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>

Additions

Gameplay

• Minecraft:Sun, Minecraft:moon, stars, sunrise and sunset added.
• Improved title screen
• Minecraft:Splashes
  • Added 309 splashes. See Minecraft:/Splashes.
• Minecraft:Panorama
  • The menu panorama uses seed 2151901553968352745 in Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.7.3 at coordinates (61, 75, -68).<ref>Template:Reddit
  • Unlike on Minecraft:Java Edition, the panorama pictures is blurred directly instead of an overlay on Minecraft:Java Edition

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• • Panorama pictures is directly blurred instead of overlay on Minecraft:Java Edition
• Pocket realms improvements:
  • Realms can be reset

Blocks

• width=42x42 width=42x42Large Minecraft:chests
  • When chests are put together, items previously in the left chest appear at the bottom half. Items from the right chest will also appear at the top.
  • Chests now have an open/close animation.
  • The player can open chests in creative, but not look inside; they will immediately close.
• Quartz Minecraft:slabs

Changes

General

• Added more friction when flying in Creative Mode (iOS).
• Stopped building the game with typeinfo enabled (iOS).
• Wooden slab material changed to wood instead of stone. Wooden Slabs stored from before 0.7.3 are tagged as Fake Wood Slab and drop regular wooden slabs when mined.
• When creating a new world, the default name shows "My World".

Mobs

• Mobs now light on fire under sunlight.

Gallery

Screenshots

Some of new splashes exclusive to this version.

• "Mostly harmless!Pretty!"
  "Mostly harmless!Pretty!"
• "Now supports"
  "Now supports"
• "From the streets of S"
  "From the streets of S"
• No splash
  No splash

Development images

• Chests and double chests.
  Chests and double chests.
• A preview of an old world.
  A preview of an old world.