Minecraft:Java Edition Demo (PC Gamer)

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The demo DVD packaged with issue 214 of PC Gamer.

Minecraft Demo (PC Gamer), commonly referred to as the PC Gamer Demo, is a demo version of Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.3_01, which was included in a DVD that was bundled with issue 214 of the American edition of PC Gamer magazine. It provides 100 minutes (equal to five in-game days) of gameplay, after which the player is required to buy the full version of the game in order to continue playing on the current world.

Features

The PC Gamer Demo provides access to all the features found in the full version of the game, except that the Minecraft:player can only access one world called the demo world. The demo world, which uses the seed glacier (108181935 when hashed),Template:Fn has been altered slightly to help guide newcomers to Minecraft. The demo spawns the player at x = 166, y = 65, and z = -57.

The demo adds the following to the world: Template:Columns-list

While the player cannot interact with most blocks, items, or mobs after the demo expires, they can still interact with existing Minecraft:boats, and can milk cows if they have a Minecraft:bucket.

The player's save game is saved in the standard game directory and is fully compatible with the full version; thus, the player can continue playing the demo world after purchasing the full game.

The demo contains an exclusive Minecraft:cow skin branded with the PC Gamer logo.

Changes

General

Minecraft:Controls

• Backported the default Minecraft:inventory hotkey change from Beta 1.4. It is now Template:Key instead of Template:Key.
• Template:Key + Template:Key does not create a 36450×17700 pixel screenshot.
• Pressing Template:Key does not show the Minecraft:debug screen.

Minecraft:Splashes

• Added "PC Gamer Demo!".
• Removed all other splashes.

Fixes

2 bugs fixed

• Minecraft:Pumpkin and Minecraft:jack o'lantern inventory texture now correctly faces forwards.
• Pumpkins are no longer worn backwards on the Minecraft:player.

Bugs

• If the player's game window is at its smallest size at time of playing, upon enlargement of said window, all blocks become transparent until the mouse is moved or until the player interacts with their keyboard. This reveals all underground caves, thus revealing where ores and other valued blocks can be found without the need to dig.
• If the player opens two windows of the demo, one of them playing the world, but paused, and the other one, on the title screen, reset the demo world and then click back to game on the other window, an error message occurs, and if the player plays the demo, the time is reset, but not the world, and their inventory items are lost, but not the items in the Minecraft:block entities.

Trivia

• Purchased versions of Java Edition have code from the demo, which was not used until 1.3.
• If the Minecraft:player digs directly underneath the Minecraft:sign telling them how to open the Minecraft:chest, they can find a Minecraft:chest that contains 22 Minecraft:gunpowder. The amount of gunpowder in this chest is supposed to be randomly determined (anywhere from 1 to 88), but the random number generator that determines how much gunpowder is given is seeded with the same number (19) for each new world, thus meaning that it generates the same amount of gunpowder in the same positions each time.
• If the player goes to sleep in a Minecraft:bed and skips the night, it removes that time from their clock, decreasing their play time.
• While mining, if the player opens and closes their inventory without releasing the Template:Control key, the pickaxe does not move until they stop mining.
• The "PC Gamer" logo can be mined. It is composed of snow blocks, red wool, and black wool.
• By editing the Template:File file, it is possible to change the time. Positive number means less time. Negative number means more time. Entering a huge negative value as the time causes the demo timer to show 0:00 but the time still counts.
• The demo disables the F3 Minecraft:debug screen, the F8 Minecraft:cinematic camera, and Shift + F2 to take an extremely high resolution screenshot (a feature of retail Minecraft between Minecraft:Beta 1.2_02 and Minecraft:Beta 1.5). These are all fairly obscure and experimental features, which were likely disabled to avoid confusing new players.
• The player's score (which is always 0 in the retail Minecraft:Beta 1.3) is not shown upon death.
• Debug code that prints the player's position into a log or command line (if one can be printed to) is present. The message "Spawnpos: (a number which is the X location that you spawn at), (a number which is the Z location that you spawn at)" is output to the log every time the player is spawned. An example of this message is "Spawnpos: 166, -57" when spawning into the demo world for the first time.
• The second hint message has a link to the old Minecraft Wiki, at http://www.minecraftwiki.net.
• The screenshots showing what other players have made, which appear when the demo time runs out, were made by users in this Reddit thread: https://reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/g2rd8/i_need_your_help_making_screenshots
• The top line of each daily message to the player could be a reference to The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, in which similar text appears at the start of every in-game day ("Dawn of the First Day", "Dawn of the Second Day", and so on).

Gallery

• Minecraft:Menu screen logo.
  Minecraft:Menu screen logo.
• The first day dawns.
  The first day dawns.
• The demo's spawn point.
  The demo's spawn point.
• The Minecraft:chest and Minecraft:sign next to spawn.
  The Minecraft:chest and Minecraft:sign next to spawn.
• The chest items.
  The chest items.
• The secret Minecraft:gunpowder chest unveiled.
  The secret Minecraft:gunpowder chest unveiled.
• The giant "PC Gamer" logo, found across the lake from the starting area.
  The giant "PC Gamer" logo, found across the lake from the starting area.
• A Minecraft:map of the area around the spawn point in the demo world.
  A Minecraft:map of the area around the spawn point in the demo world.
• Chat message telling the player that they cannot interact with the world, but they can still interact with some Minecraft:items.
  Chat message telling the player that they cannot interact with the world, but they can still interact with some Minecraft:items.
• The demo disc with the issue it came with.
  The demo disc with the issue it came with.
• Two slightly different versions of the demo DVD.
  Two slightly different versions of the demo DVD.

Cow

• Unique Minecraft:cow skin found only in the demo.
  Unique Minecraft:cow skin found only in the demo.
• The PC Gamer cows and sign.
  The PC Gamer cows and sign.
• The texture used for the cow in this version.
  The texture used for the cow in this version.
• The render of the PCG cow available in this version
  The render of the PCG cow available in this version

Demo messages

• Day 1: Message when starting a new world that teaches the Minecraft:player how to move.
  Day 1: Message when starting a new world that teaches the Minecraft:player how to move.
• Day 2: Further explains basics, namely Minecraft:crafting. It uses the link to the old Minecraft Wiki, https://www.minecraftwiki.net.
  Day 2: Further explains basics, namely Minecraft:crafting. It uses the link to the old Minecraft Wiki, https://www.minecraftwiki.net.
• Day 3: Explains how the full version and the demo handles worlds.
  Day 3: Explains how the full version and the demo handles worlds.
• Day 4: Explains what happens when the player's time is up.
  Day 4: Explains what happens when the player's time is up.
• Day 5: Explains full version of the game.
  Day 5: Explains full version of the game.
• Day 6: Tells the player to buy the game, shows creations.
  Day 6: Tells the player to buy the game, shows creations.
• Day 6: Tells the player to buy the game, shows creations.
  Day 6: Tells the player to buy the game, shows creations.
• Day 6: Tells the player to buy the game, shows creations.
  Day 6: Tells the player to buy the game, shows creations.
• Day 6: Tells the player to buy the game, shows creations.
  Day 6: Tells the player to buy the game, shows creations.
• Day 6: Tells the player to buy the game, shows creations.
  Day 6: Tells the player to buy the game, shows creations.
• Day 6: Tells the player to buy the game, shows creations.
  Day 6: Tells the player to buy the game, shows creations.
• Day 6: Tells the player to buy the game, shows creations.
  Day 6: Tells the player to buy the game, shows creations.
• Day 6: Tells the player to buy the game, shows creations.
  Day 6: Tells the player to buy the game, shows creations.
• Day 6: Tells the player to buy the game, shows creations.
  Day 6: Tells the player to buy the game, shows creations.
• All of the day 6 images in sequence.
  All of the day 6 images in sequence.
• One of the texture files for the screenshots that appeared at the end of the PC Gamer Demo.
  One of the texture files for the screenshots that appeared at the end of the PC Gamer Demo.
• One of the texture files for the screenshots that appeared at the end of the PC Gamer Demo.
  One of the texture files for the screenshots that appeared at the end of the PC Gamer Demo.
• One of the texture files for the screenshots that appeared at the end of the PC Gamer Demo.
  One of the texture files for the screenshots that appeared at the end of the PC Gamer Demo.

See also

• Minecraft:Java Edition Classic
• Minecraft:Minecraft 4k
• Minecraft:Demo Mode