Minecraft:Java Edition 12w17a

12w17a is the third Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.3.1, released on April 26, 2012.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Additions

Blocks

File:Oak Slab JE1.png Wooden Slabs

• Slabs for each of the four types of wood added.
  • New block IDs 125 for double wooden slabs and 126 for single wooden slabs.
  • These new slabs no longer act like stone.
  • An Minecraft:axe should be used to break them.
  • They are no longer immune to Minecraft:fire and Minecraft:lava.
  • Wooden slabs created in older versions of Minecraft are still stone-like and fireproof and don't change to the new slabs when placed or mined.

Items

File:Book and Quill JE1 BE1.png Book and Quills

• Editable books, crafted using a Minecraft:book, Minecraft:feather, and Minecraft:ink sac.
  • When a book and quill is made, it can be right-clicked to open a screen that allows player to type in the book.
  • Pressing "Done" saves whatever was typed and allows player to edit the book again later, yet does not "sign" it.
  • When "signing" a book, it allows player to choose a title up to 16 characters long and disable editing of the book, the book and quill then becomes a written book, with the icon changing along with the label.

File:Written Book JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Written Book

• Looks the same as a regular book, but has a shine like an enchantment.
• After being finished, the written book cannot be edited again.

Commands

General

• Template:Cmd and alias Template:Cmd added.

General

Minecraft:Options

• Added 'Chat Options'.
  • Added chat opacity, letting the chat be semi-transparent.
  • Added chat disabling, removing the chat for Multiplayer servers.
  • Added chat colors option.
  • Added "Only Commands" mode to chat.

Changes

Blocks

File:Ice JE2.png Minecraft:Ice

• Ice no longer turns into Minecraft:water in Minecraft:the Nether.

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• Now have their proper names (e.g. "Spruce Sapling").

Items

File:Book JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Books

• Now require Minecraft:leather to craft.

Minecraft:Tools

• Now have infinite Minecraft:durability in Creative mode.

Mobs

File:Chicken JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Animals

• Livestock, such as Minecraft:chickens, can now be "walked through" instead of pushing the player around in crowded pens.

Non-mob entities

Template:Animate Minecraft:Boats and Minecraft:minecarts

• Can now be destroyed in one hit in Creative mode.

Gameplay

File:Bonus Chest.png Minecraft:Bonus chest

• The player can no longer have a bonus chest in Hardcore mode.

Minecraft:Creative mode

• Flying through water in Creative mode is no longer slow.

Minecraft:Enchantments

• Minecraft:Silk Touch can now retrieve Minecraft:ice and Minecraft:glass panes.

Command format

General

• Server commands now appear in italics in multiplayer.

Fixes

3 bugs fixed

• Fixed entity collision errors.
• Fixed the pick block function.
• Fixed chat issues.