Minecraft:Java Edition Classic 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST

0.26 SURVIVAL TEST<ref name=:0>Template:Twon</ref> is a version of Minecraft:Survival Test released on October 24, 2009, at roughly 00:13 UTC.<ref name=:0 />

Additions

Blocks

File:Bookshelf JE1.png Template:Pximg Minecraft:Bookshelf

• Currently impossible to obtain without a pre-edited map.
• Can be broken by explosions.
• Drops nothing when broken.

File:Bricks JE1.png Template:Pximg Minecraft:Bricks

• Currently unobtainable.

File:Block of Iron JE1.png Template:Pximg Minecraft:Block of iron

File:Mossy Cobblestone JE1.png Template:Pximg Minecraft:Moss stone

File:TNT JE1.png Template:Pximg Minecraft:TNT

• 10 are given to the player upon world generation.
• When activated, a TNT block is replaced with an entity called Minecraft:primed TNT that creates an explosion after two seconds.
  • Primed TNT is affected by gravity.
  • Players have to hit TNT to prime the block.
  • Explosions would not ignite TNT, instead they blew it up like any other block.Template:Verify

File:Smooth Stone Slab JE1 BE1.png Template:Pximg Stone slabs<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>

• File:Double Smooth Stone Slab JE1 BE1.png Two can be stacked in the space of one block.
  • Template:Pximg This stacked form has a hotbar equivalent, though it can never be obtained through normal gameplay.

Mobs

File:Spider JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Spiders

• Hostile mob.
• File:Spider (pre-release).png Initially had a different texture during Minecraft:Java Edition Classic 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST/Development.<ref name="dev_brown_spiders">https://web.archive.org/web/20110302153325/http://notch.tumblr.com:80/post/220964272/new-enemy-type-the-idea-is-that-these-will</ref><ref name="killing_spiders">https://web.archive.org/web/20100822072905/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/221280934/i-think-im-flooding-you-guys-with-youtube-vids</ref> (more information)
• Drop 0-2 brown Minecraft:mushrooms upon death.
• Reward the player with 10 points upon death.Template:Verify

General

Options

• Frame rate limiter.
  • Disabled by default.
    • Before this update, the frame rate limiter was automatically enabled by default, and it was not set as an option.

Particles

• Added Template:Code, Template:Code and Template:Code.

Minecraft:Rain<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>

• Created by pressing F5.

Minecraft:Textures

• Template:Darkbg Added a Minecraft:cobweb texture to Minecraft:terrain.png. The cobweb block itself does not exist, and the texture is unused.

Changes

Blocks

File:Block of Gold JE2.png Minecraft:Block of gold

• Changed texture from File:Block of Gold JE1.png.
• Inventory sprite changed from Template:Pximg to Template:Pximg.

Minecraft:Coal ore

• Now drops 1–3 Minecraft:stone slabs when broken.

File:Gold Ore JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Gold ore

• Changed texture from File:Gold Ore JE1.png.
• Inventory sprite changed from Template:Pximg to Template:Pximg.
• Now drops 1–3 Minecraft:blocks of gold when broken.

Minecraft:Iron ore

• Now drops 1–3 Minecraft:blocks of iron when broken.

Minecraft:Stone

• Now drops Minecraft:cobblestone when broken.

Mobs

File:Creeper JE2.png Minecraft:Creepers

• Changed texture from File:Creeper JE1.png.
• Now show explosion Minecraft:particles upon death.<ref name=:0/>
• Cannot destroy dirt-type blocks.
• Can no longer destroy stone blocks.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Controls

• Pressing B no longer places a sign.

Minecraft:Damage

• The player can now deal damage faster.

General

Minecraft:Light

• Blocks immediately on top of water no longer cause a shadow on its surface.

Minecraft:Hitboxes

• Shrunk the hitbox of all Minecraft:plants.

Minecraft:Menu screens

• Gradient for backgrounds was disabled.
  • This means that the death screen is no longer tinted red, and the menu screens are no longer tinted gray.

Removals

Non-mob entities

Minecraft:Signs

• Removed.

Bugs

4 bugs reported

• Old saved worlds from previous versions might not work.Template:Dubious
• Slabs can't be placed under slabs without them collapsing into a full block.
• The top slab texture is invisible if there is a block directly above.
• Placing a block on a slab causes it to become a double-slab.
• Killing a spider during rain crashes the game.

Trivia

Spider texture

• There is a common misconception that spiders were brown in this version.Template:Cn However, a thorough technical analysis of available evidence has revealed that they were almost certainly black.
  • Various evidence has been referenced to support that spiders were brown in this version, but each one has now been countered.
    • Notch posted a screenshot<ref name="dev_brown_spiders"/> and video<ref name="killing_spiders"/> of brown spiders at October 23, 2009 14:49 UTC and October 23, 2009 22:34 UTC, respectively. Each showed "0.26 SURVIVAL TEST" in the top-left corner.
      • However, that screenshot and video were created before this version was released to the public.<ref name=:0/>
      • Thus, they prove that the spiders were brown during this version's development, but they do not prove so for this version's release.
    • An error screenshot shown to Notch in a forum had as a background an unfamiliar brown texture filling the game screen. The player said they got the error upon being killed by a spider. The screenshot shows "0.26 SURVIVAL TEST" in the corner.<ref name="error_claim"/> There have been claims that this screenshot's background is a close-up of the brown spider texture.
      • However, that screenshot's background can be reproduced using adjacent dirt blocks.
      • This almost certainly proves that the player got the error while closely facing adjacent dirt blocks and that it almost certainly was not a screenshot of a spider.
    • Someone other than Notch made a gameplay video of this version,<ref>Template:Ytl</ref> which shows "0.26 SURVIVAL TEST" in the corner. There have been claims that unusual brown shapes in the distance are brown spiders.
      • This video is low-resolution (480p), so objects in the distance are hard to identify.
      • Any known claims of brown spiders in this video have been shown to be various arrangements of dirt and grass blocks.
  • Further, evidence has now been identified that almost certainly proves that spiders were black in this version's release.
    • Here is a timeline of events supporting that they were black:
      • October 23, 2009 23:38 UTC: TIGSource forums user Xion commented on Notch's brown spider blog post, suggesting to darken the spider texture and give it red eyes.<ref name="xion_suggest">https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=6273.msg276501#msg276501</ref>
      • October 23, 2009, 23:45 UTC: The spider.png texture file is changed at this time, and this file had not been changed by the time 0.27 Survival Test was released, as shown by spider.png in this latter version's jar having the same modify date. This means it's almost a certainty that the spider.png in this latter version (and therefore all spiders in-game) looks exactly as it did in the 0.26 Survival Test.
      • October 23, 2009, 23:48 UTC: Notch asks, "Like this?" on TIGSource forums in response to Xion's suggestion.<ref name="notch_verify">https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=6273.msg276506#msg276506</ref> Although this question no longer has an accompanying picture, review of the evidence shows that it was more likely than not had a screenshot initially, displaying the spider texture that had been modified 3 minutes earlier.
      • October 24, 2009, 00:13 UTC: Version 0.26 Survival Test was released to the general public at roughly this time, which is the time of Notch's October 24 "Survival mode updated..." blog post.<ref name=:0/>
      • October 24, 2009, 00:29 UTC: TIGSource forums user deathtotheweird answers Notch with, "that looks better," and mentions having just been attacked by a spider.<ref name="error_claim"/>
    • In the jar of version 0.27 Survival Test, the spider.png texture file has a modify date of October 23, 2009, 23:45 UTC.
      • Since this time is roughly 28 minutes before the release of the 0.26 Survival Test, it is almost a certainty that this version of spider.png was included in that release's jar file.
      • Therefore, considering that the October 23, 2009, 23:45 UTC version of spider.png is the one defining that spiders are black with red eyes in 0.27 Survival Test, then it is almost a certainty that 0.26 Survival Test had the same black spider appearance at the time of public release.
    • Additionally, the modify date of spider.png is 7 minutes after Xion suggested changing the spider's appearance, supporting that the change was in response to his suggestion. Further support for this is Notch's follow-up post 3 minutes after the spider's texture was modified.

Gallery

• Mining, taken from a frame of a video
  Mining, taken from a frame of a video
• Inside gold house, taken from a frame of a video
  Inside gold house, taken from a frame of a video
• Client error
  Client error
• Evidence that the brown texture background of previous screenshot from this version essentially is not a brown spider<ref group="note">TIGSource forums use UTC-8.</ref><ref group="note" name="repackage">Note the region marked with green in gallery image "Proof_not_brown_spider_1.png". When turned 45 degrees counter-clockwise, this marked region is exactly what is shown as the background of the error screenshot that is often claimed to show the texture of a brown spider. It is merely a close-up of diagonally adjacent dirt blocks.</ref><ref name="error_claim">http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=6273.msg276501#msg276501</ref>
  Evidence that the brown texture background of previous screenshot from this version essentially is not a brown spider<ref group="note">TIGSource forums use UTC-8.</ref><ref group="note" name="repackage">Note the region marked with green in gallery image "Proof_not_brown_spider_1.png". When turned 45 degrees counter-clockwise, this marked region is exactly what is shown as the background of the error screenshot that is often claimed to show the texture of a brown spider. It is merely a close-up of diagonally adjacent dirt blocks.</ref><ref name="error_claim">http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=6273.msg276501#msg276501</ref>
• Several misplaced and unused duplicates of the gold block texture were added to Minecraft:terrain.png
  Several misplaced and unused duplicates of the gold block texture were added to Minecraft:terrain.png