Minecraft:Java Edition 13w38b

13w38b is the sixth Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.7.2, released on September 20, 2013,<ref>Template:Cite</ref> to fix some of the bugs and crashes in Minecraft:13w38a and add a warning message in the Minecraft:title screen for graphics cards that do not support OpenGL 2.1.

Additions

General

Minecraft:Options

• "Super Secret Settings"
  • Added bumpy shader.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Air

• Redefined the concept of air.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
  • Is now an actual block instead of the absence of a block (null).<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
• It can be kept in the inventory.
  • When in the inventory, dropped, and inside an item frame, it uses the Minecraft:missing texture, but when held in the player's hand, it appears entirely invisible.
• Drops from entities that would normally drop nothing, including Minecraft:villagers, Minecraft:bats, Minecraft:silverfish, and the Minecraft:ender dragon.

World generation

Minecraft:Swampland

• Removed marsh-like areas (later readded in Template:Verlink).<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190710031443/http://i.imgur.com/wE7PK24.png</ref>

General

Minecraft:Title screen

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Old graphics card warning in the title screen.

• A warning message now appears on computers with a graphics card that does not support OpenGL 2.1, warning the player that their configuration may prevent them from playing a future version.
  • Clicking on the warning will take the player to a page on the Mojang Support website, with more information about Minecraft's system requirements.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Trivia

• 13w38b was previously removed from the Minecraft:launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.
• As with Minecraft:13w38a, this snapshot was released on the same day as 1.6.4.