Minecraft:Java Edition 13w02a

13w02a is the third Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.5, released on January 10, 2013.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130112233704/http://www.mojang.com/2013/01/minecraft-snapshot-13w02a/</ref>

An experimental version of 13w02a was released by Minecraft:Dinnerbone on Minecraft:Mojira to try to fix an issue with white textures.<ref>MC-6764 (comment 35251) – Nathan Adams on Mojira, January 11, 2013.</ref>

Additions

Blocks

File:Activator Rail JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Activator rails

• Used to trigger Minecraft:minecarts with TNT.
• Need to be powered by Minecraft:redstone.
• Transmit power up to 8 activator rails far.
• Crafted the same way as normal Minecraft:rails except without a stick in the middle.

File:Block of Quartz JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Block of quartz

• New building block.
• Made by using 4 pieces of Minecraft:nether quartz in a square.

File:Chiseled Quartz Block (UD) JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Chiseled quartz block

• New building block.
• Crafting recipe is 2 Minecraft:quartz slabs vertically.

File:Quartz Pillar (UD) JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Pillar quartz block

• New building block.
• Crafting recipe is 2 blocks of quartz vertically.

File:Quartz Slab JE1 BE2.png Minecraft:Quartz slabs

• New slab block.
• Crafting recipe is the same except that it is made out of any quartz block.

File:Quartz Stairs (N) JE1.png Minecraft:Quartz stairs

• New stair block.
• Crafting recipe is the same except that it is made out of any quartz block.

Non-mob entities

Minecraft:Minecart with TNT

• Triggered by Minecraft:activator rails.
• Crafting recipe is a Minecraft:TNT block on top of a Minecraft:minecart (allowing for creation in the 2×2 inventory).
• When it derails, it explodes instantly, ignoring the usual timer delay.
• Explodes even more violently the faster it goes.
• In Creative mode, when left clicked while moving, the minecart with TNT explodes.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Death messages

• Now includes the cause of death, the player the deceased player was fighting at time of death, and the name of the item used to kill.
• For death messages for fall damage, a complicated system was introduced.
  • There are now two types of messages, "[player] <first>" and "[player] <first> and <last>".
    • <first> can be:
      • fell [off a ladder/off some vines/out of the water/fell from a high place]
      • was [shot/pummeled/blown/fireballed/knocked] [off a ladder/off some vines/out of the water/from a high place]
      • was [shot/pummeled/blown/fireballed/knocked] [off a ladder/off some vines/out of the water/from a high place] by [player/mob]
    • <last> can be:
      • into a pool of lava
      • fell out of the world
      • into a patch of fire
      • into a patch of cacti
      • got finished off by [player/mob]
      • got finished off by [player/mob] using [item]
      • got finished off using [item]
  • There are 352 different death messages for falling. (Technically there are 416 because the verb "blown" exists twice in the en_US.lang file.)

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Anvils

• Improved naming of containers.
  • Renamed chests, trapped chests, dispensers, furnaces, brewing stands, and enchantment tables display the new name in their GUI where the normal name used to appear.

Minecraft:Hoppers

• Is now controllable by Minecraft:redstone – players can power it to disable item forwarding.
• Added a proper icon.
• Is no longer considered wooden (cannot be used as a fuel in a furnace, etc.).
• New crafting recipe uses Minecraft:iron ingots rather than Minecraft:stone.
• The redstone signal emitted when a Minecraft:redstone comparator is placed against it directly has changed.
  • 1 item gives a signal strength of 1, a 1/3 of a stack (21 for items which stack to 64) gives a signal strength of 2.
  • The number of full stacks x 3 = signal strength.
  • E.g. 2 stacks of an item/block give a signal strength of 6, while 2 potions also give a signal strength of 6 (because a potion occupies one stack).

Minecraft:Lava

• Changed textures.
• Now flows more quickly in Minecraft:the Nether.
• Enclosed hidden lava Minecraft:springs now generate in the Nether.

Minecraft:Redstone comparator

• Updated texture.
• When fed by containers, they now start giving out a signal as soon as 1 item is in the container, allowing for empty container detection.

Minecraft:Slabs

• The final "seamless" stone slab (and, by extension, Minecraft:smooth stone) has been removed as a result of the addition of quartz slabs.

Minecraft:Trapped chests

• Now in "Decoration Blocks" tab in Minecraft:Creative inventory.

Items

Minecraft:Fireball

• The texture of fireballs has been accidentally changed from File:Fire Charge JE1 BE1.png to File:Ghast Fireball 13w02a.png.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Mobs

General

• Improved naming of Minecraft:spawn eggs.
  • Mobs spawned from renamed eggs have the name of the egg and the names appear in the death message.
  • Mobs can now display their custom name as nametag using Minecraft:NBT data.

Minecraft:Skeletons

• Improved aiming.
• Now shoots from 15 blocks away, instead of 10.
• Accuracy changes with Minecraft:difficulty.

World generation

Minecraft:Mineshafts

• Changed the chests to Minecraft:minecarts with chests.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Language

• Updated language files.
  • Language files can now be updated via the background downloader (no need for a new Minecraft release).

Minecraft:Missing textures and models

• Changed the missing texture from Template:Pximg to Template:Pximg.
• Is now present in the Minecraft:texture atlases Minecraft:stitched_terrain.png and Minecraft:stitched_items.png.

Minecraft:Texture packs

• Textures now use one file per block/item, which are stitched together at runtime – texture sizes don't need to be consistent.
• Any block and item can be animated by putting the frames underneath each other in the right .png – player can use an optional .txt to specify frame order and duration.
• Textures for animated blocks or items (water, lava, fire, nether portal, compass and clock) are no longer procedurally generated, and now have their own texture files.
• Existing texture packs are "automagically" converted.
• Vanilla textures are used if texture files are missing.