Minecraft:Java Edition Classic 0.24 SURVIVAL TEST

0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST<ref name="creeper">Template:Ytl</ref> is a version of Minecraft:Java Edition Classic and the first version of Minecraft:Survival Test, released on September 1, 2009,<ref>"Survival Mode Test Released" – Minecraft:The Word of Notch</ref> at 16:54 UTC.<ref>IRC logs: "A11:54:53 <08Notch> http://www.minecraft.net/survivaltest/" (16:54:53 UTC)</ref>

Additions

Mobs

File:Creeper JE1.png Minecraft:Creepers

• Minecraft:Hostile mob.
• Has Template:Hp health points.
• Flashes when at low health
• Returns to full brightness when hit.
• Minecraft:Explodes on death, dealing damage and destroying the blocks around it and dropping them as items.
• Pursues and attacks the player, dealing melee damage.
  • Deals Template:Hp to Template:Hp when attacking and up to Template:Hp when exploding on death.Template:Verify

File:Pig JE1.png Minecraft:Pigs

• Minecraft:Passive mob.
• Has Template:Hp health points.
• Wanders aimlessly around the world.

File:Skeleton JE1.png Minecraft:Skeletons

• Minecraft:Hostile mob.
• Has Template:Hp health points.
• Pursues and attacks the player, dealing melee damage.
  • Deals Template:Hp to Template:Hp damage.
• At the time, skeletons did not shoot arrows, instead, they attack the player directly.

File:Zombie JE1.png Minecraft:Zombies

• Minecraft:Hostile mob.
• Has Template:Hp health points.
• Pursues and attacks the player, dealing melee damage.
  • Deals Template:Hp to Template:Hp damage.

Non-mob entities

File:Plate Helmet.png File:Plate Chestplate.png Minecraft:Plate armor

• Visual feature only.
• Provides no protection.
• Can only be worn as a Minecraft:helmet or Minecraft:chestplate by zombies and skeletons.

File:Chainmail Helmet JE1.png File:Chainmail Chestplate JE1.png Minecraft:Chain armor

• The model and texture are not used.
• Visual feature only.
• Provides no protection.

File:Arrow JE1.png Minecraft:Arrows

• Can be shot by pressing Template:Key.
• Deals Template:Hp damage.
• Does not deal damage after flying for more than 1 second.

Minecraft:Drops

• Blocks and mobs are now able to drop items:
  • Most blocks drop themselves, with exceptions:
  • Minecraft:Leaves drop saplings (Template:Frac chance).
  • Minecraft:Grass block drops Minecraft:dirt.
  • Minecraft:Logs drop 3-5 planks.

Minecraft:Player

• Added the player's fist in the lower right corner.

File:Sign Entity.png Minecraft:Signs<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>

• Added as an Minecraft:entity.
• Can be spawned by pressing Template:Key.
• Cannot be edited.
• Always says: "This is a test of the signs. Each line can be 15 chars!".

Gameplay

Minecraft:Damage

• Minecraft:Mobs and Minecraft:players jump back and flash white when taking damage and have a dying animation.
• Taking damage causes the player's camera to tilt towards the damage source, acting as a directional damage indicator.
• Enemies fall over when killed.

Damage after falling

• The players and mobs take fall damage after falling more than 3 blocks.
  • At the same time, they take about Template:Hp damage for every block fallen over their safe fall distance.

Drowning

• The player can drown and has limited breath indicated by bubbles.
• A player who runs out of Minecraft:air underwater begins drowning, taking Template:Hp damage per second.

File:Healthbar.png Minecraft:Health

• Has Template:Hp health points.
• Each heart is 2 health points.
• When the player reaches Template:Health health points, they die and are shown a "Game over!" screen with the option to generate a new level.

Minecraft:Particles

• Re-added sapling particles, although they are now darker than before.Template:Verify

Score points

• Added score.
  • Score can only be seen after death.
  • Killing Minecraft:zombies gives 100 points.
  • Killing Minecraft:skeletons gives 100 points.
  • Killing Minecraft:creepers gives 250 points.
  • Killing Minecraft:pigs gives 10 points.

Minecraft:Survival mode

• Players can not respawn and the level needed to be restarted.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Dandelion

• No longer decays in darkness.

Minecraft:Grass block

• Now drops Minecraft:dirt when destroyed.

Minecraft:Lava

• Now deals damage.

Minecraft:Rose

• No longer decays in darkness.

Minecraft:Sapling

• Now grows into a tree if there is enough space and if it's placed on grass.
• No longer decays in darkness.

Items

Minecraft:Brown mushroom

• Heals Template:Hp when eaten.
• No longer decays in darkness.
• Now will decay if not on stone, cobblestone, or gravel. Previously they had to be on dirt or grass blocks.

Minecraft:Red mushroom

• Depletes Template:Hp when eaten.
• No longer decays in darkness.
• Now will decay if not on stone, cobblestone, or gravel. Previously they had to be on dirt or grass blocks.

Mobs

File:Steve JE2.png Mob

• Texture changed from File:Steve JE1.png, adding a second layer of hair.
• Can no longer be spawned by pressing Template:Key.

World generation

General

• More cliffs.
• Longer and narrower Minecraft:caves.
  • The deeper down in the world, the bigger the caves are.
• A layer of lava now generates above the bedrock layer.<ref>IRC logs: "P1:23:30 <Drakim> yeah, guys, the bottom is all lava"</ref>

Gameplay

Minecraft:Controls

• Right-click to build and left-click to mine.
• The Minecraft:player can auto-jump again.
• Player reach reduced by 1 block.

Minecraft:Sky

• Changed color from Template:Color to Template:Color.

General

Minecraft:Options menu

• Bobbing and the "View Bobbing" option added.
• Anaglyph 3D added.
• Level size options under "Generate New Level" are now closer together.

Technical

Performance

• Faster rendering.

Removals

Blocks

General

• Minecraft:liquid raising. Minecraft:Sand and Minecraft:gravel now fall through liquids instead of sitting on top of them.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Creative mode

• Removed.

General

Minecraft:Controls

• White block selection box removed.
• Pressing Template:Key key no longer sends the player back to spawn point.
• Removed the ability to spawn mobs by pressing Template:Key key.

Bugs

11 bugs reported

• If a creeper blows up a Minecraft:liquid, the liquid drops itself.<ref name="creeper" /><ref>IRC logs: "A11:57:36 <Sharkz> creeper took out loads of water and it dropped water blocks i can place to raise water level"</ref>
• Cracking animation only shows on one side of a block.<ref>IRC logs: "A11:59:28 <liq3> Notch: Cracks are only drawning on one face. :("</ref>
• Skeletons can enter 1-block high holes.Template:Verify
• Minecraft crashes upon loading for some users.<ref>IRC logs: "P12:00:12 <darkparadox> it says the game broke :\"</ref>
• OpenGL invalid value bug.<ref>IRC logs: "P12:02:40 <Zarigani> OpenGL Exception: invalid value 1281"</ref>
• Arrows do not deal damage after flying for more than 1 second.
• Players cannot damage themselves with arrows.
• Middle-clicking a block (pick-block) adds it into the player's Minecraft:inventory even when they do not yet have that block.<ref>IRC logs: "P12:47:58 <AnnihilatorBeta> if you middle mouse click on a block, you'll get it added to your inventory [...] P12:52:31 <Mikeh> I had 42 soil chunks, Middle clicked a mushroom and now I have 42 red mushrooms, Wooooo"</ref>
  • Only works on blocks that could previously be copied.<ref>IRC logs: "P12:53:08 <Snowman> You can't clone ore [...] P12:53:47 <setveen> Well notch, not really a problem with survivor, but when you middle click an admin block, nothing happenes"</ref>
  • Doing so replaces the block type of whatever you are holding, but not its amount.
• Placing a block at the build limit consumes the block, destroying it without placing anything.
• Looking at glass no longer makes glass textures directly behind it disappear.Template:Verify
• Walking on the very edge of a block causes the amount of sounds required to play to build up. Once the player stands on a block, those sounds play every 0.125 seconds.

Gallery

• The world flooded with lava by a player
  The world flooded with lava by a player
• A cornered pig
  A cornered pig
• Mushrooms generated in a cave
  Mushrooms generated in a cave
• "Game over!" screen
  "Game over!" screen
• Thumbnail from a dead 0.24st video
  Thumbnail from a dead 0.24st video

References

• Template:AnchorIRC logs on Archive.org; #minecraft.20090901.log. September 1, 2009 (UTC−5).