Minecraft:Java Edition pre-Classic rd-132211

Template:Unreleased Template:No unedited version Template:Infobox version rd-132211 is the first labeled Minecraft:pre-Classic version of Minecraft:Minecraft, created on May 13, 2009, at 20:11 UTC.<ref>...</ref> It is the earliest version available through the Minecraft:Minecraft Launcher and the oldest archived version of Minecraft.

The copy in the launcher was last modified on August 6, 2013, making it technically not original.

Additions

Gameplay

Minecraft:Controls

• Placing and destroying Minecraft:blocks.
  • Left-click places a block. Right-click destroys a block.
  • Blocks cannot be placed beyond the world border.
  • The build limit is Y=64.
  • Players can place blocks within the space they occupy.
  • Added a flashing white overlay highlighting the face of the targeted block when hovering with the mouse.
• The level is saved when Template:Keys is pressed or when the game is exited.

Changes

World generation

General

• Level generation was redesigned from the irregular terrain shown in Minecraft:Cave game tech test to produce a completely flat world, similar to a modern Minecraft:superflat world.
• Terrain generates from Y=0 to Y=43.
• Space below Y=0 is empty.
• The top layer at Y=43 consists of Minecraft:grass blocks, while all lower terrain consists of Minecraft:stone.

Removals

World generation

Minecraft:Caves

• No longer generate.

Bugs

3 bugs reported

• Minecraft:Blocks can be placed directly within the space occupied by the player.<ref>TigIRC logs: "(14:10:09) Zaratustra: I can spawn blocks where I currently exist" [...] "(14:10:32) notch: yeah, it's one of those bugs.. I keep ignoring it" (18:10 UTC, May 16, 2009)</ref> This bug remained in the game until Minecraft:Classic 0.0.9a.
• On some systems, commonly those using Intel GPUs, severe lag may occur when approaching the ground after starting the game, reducing performance to approximately 1 FPS. Building upward by at least three blocks may alleviate the issue on some systems.<ref group="note">This fix varies across different computers, as sometimes it gets bypassed entirely, and sometimes it does not work.<ref>Template:Cite</ref> A tutorial on how to fix this can be found here.</ref>
• The camera pivot bug causes the view to rotate around a fixed point in the world instead of rotating on the player's axis. This causes the player's perspective to shift as the camera rotates.

Trivia

• The "rd" prefix in the version title stands for Minecraft:RubyDung, a game Notch was developing in early 2009 whose codebase was repurposed for Minecraft.
• Level data is saved in a single Template:Cd file inside the game's root directory, unlike future versions that have dedicated folders.
• Although the intended world size is 256×64×256, worlds of any dimensions can be loaded. Worlds smaller than the intended size have terrain generated over them, while larger worlds are truncated.
• Grass blocks are stored using the same block ID as stone; the difference between them is purely visual.
• Despite normally only using 2 block IDs (0 and 1), 0–255 are all possible IDs. Invalid IDs appear as air, but do not get converted into it upon saving the world.
• Because of these behaviors, nearly any gzipped file named Template:Cd can theoretically be loaded as a world, including a [[Minecraft:Java Edition level format#level.dat format|modern Template:Cd file]]. Saving such a world is likely to corrupt it because of terrain generation or truncation.

Gallery

• A house
  A house
• A shelter
  A shelter
• A castle
  A castle
• Falling over the edge of the world
  Falling over the edge of the world
• Grass patch from a world created in a later version
  Grass patch from a world created in a later version
• Stone basin from a world created in a later version
  Stone basin from a world created in a later version
• Stone field from a world created in a later version
  Stone field from a world created in a later version
• Partially built town
  Partially built town
• Free depiction of this version
  Free depiction of this version