Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.4

Beta 1.4 is a version of Minecraft:Java Edition Beta released on March 31, 2011,<ref>Template:Twon</ref> which added Minecraft:wolves, Minecraft:cookies, Minecraft:locked chests, and a new Minecraft logo as well as other changes and fixes.

Beta 1.4 was reuploaded an hour and a half after release to remove debug code.<ref>diff_1.4-1_b1.4-2.diff – Gist</ref>

Additions

Blocks

File:Chest (S) JE1.png Minecraft:Locked chest

• Randomly generates in the world if the date is set to April 1.
• Originally linked to the Minecraft:Minecraft store, but the page now redirects to the official download page for Minecraft.
• Can only be broken with explosions.

Items

File:Cookie JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Cookie

• New Minecraft:food Minecraft:item, which restores Template:Hp.
• Can be stacked up to 8, making it the first stackable food item.
• Crafted with Minecraft:wheat and Minecraft:cocoa beans.

Mobs

Template:Animate Minecraft:Wolves

• Neutral mobs.
• Common in Minecraft:taiga biome.
• Players can tame them using Minecraft:bones.
  • Once tamed, a wolf does not accept any more bones.
  • The number of bones required is random: each bone has a 1⁄3 chance of taming the wolf.
• Tamed wolves defend their owners against attackers and can assist in combat.
• When wolves are hit by the Minecraft:player or the player's tamed wolves, they become angry.
• A tamed wolf's tail rises and lowers depending on its Minecraft:health.
• Minecraft:Raw porkchops can be given to wolves.
• When killed, they drop nothing.
• Has Template:Hp.

Sounds
Name	Sound	Description	Volume	Attenuation distance
Wolf barks	File:Wolf idle1.ogg File:Wolf idle2.ogg File:Wolf idle3.ogg	Randomly	0.4	16
Wolf pants	File:Wolf panting.ogg	Randomly while tamed	0.4	16
Wolf whines	File:Wolf whine.ogg	Randomly while with Template:Health health or less	0.4	16
Wolf growls	File:Wolf growl1.ogg File:Wolf growl2.ogg File:Wolf growl3.ogg	Randomly while angry	0.4	16
Wolf dies	File:Wolf death.ogg	When a wolf dies	0.4	16
Wolf hurts	File:Wolf hurt1.ogg File:Wolf hurt2.ogg File:Wolf hurt3.ogg	When a classic wolf is damaged	0.4	16

General

Missing content

• File:Missing Texture JE1.png Added the missing texture.
  • Used if a texture is absent from the game files.
  • Only visible through modding (including removing an image file from the jar).
  • Previously the game would just outright crash if a texture was absent.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Bed

• Sleeping in a bed now resets spawn position, though does not work for most users.
  • At the moment the spawn point unintentionally only changes if "Leave bed" is clicked and the function is limited to multiplayer.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>

Minecraft:Ladders

• Sneaking while climbing hangs on to the Minecraft:ladder.

Minecraft:Wheat crops

• Now grow more quickly.

Mobs

Minecraft:Sheep

• Can now spawn with pink or brown Minecraft:wool (very rarely, however).

Minecraft:Spiders

• No longer trample Minecraft:crops.
• Have their walking sounds removed.

World generation

Minecraft:Monster room

• Added Minecraft:cocoa beans to chests.

Gameplay

Achievements

• Lots of infrastructure has been implemented.
  • Among these are opening the Minecraft:inventory, mining wood, and building a Minecraft:crafting table.

Minecraft:Controls

• The new default hotkey for the Minecraft:inventory is Template:Key.

General

Minecraft:Multiplayer

• Servers can now have a new world seeded with an option in the server.properties file.

Minecraft:Options

• GUI scale may now be changed in options.txt located in the .minecraft folder.

Minecraft:Statistics

• Lots of infrastructure for statistics lists have been implemented.

Minecraft:Title screen

• Changed Minecraft logo from File:Java Edition logo 6.png to File:Java Edition logo 7.png.

Fixes

4 bugs fixed

• Minecraft:Zombies and Minecraft:spiders now hurt the player in all instances.
  • Before this version, zombies and spiders only hurt the Minecraft:player if they were 1 block above their location.Template:More info
• Client-sided Minecraft:slime spawn on Minecraft:multiplayer has been fixed.
• Arm no longer swings when player cannot place a block.
• Opening and closing the Minecraft:inventory quickly while swinging no longer removes the character 'swinging' animation, which previously made destroying blocks faster (Multiplayer only).

Reupload

Beta 1.4 was reuploaded around an hour and a half after its initial release. The later version removed a small unused section of code added in the initial version which tracks the player's walking distance in memory, presumably testing code accidentally left in the game for Minecraft:Beta 1.5, which added Minecraft:statistics – namely, a statistic that tracks how many meters the player has walked.

Gallery

• The prompt which the locked chest would bring up when used.
  The prompt which the locked chest would bring up when used.
• Debug screen
  Debug screen
• Early wolf design
  Early wolf design
• Ditto
  Ditto
• File:Herobrine house.png
• File:Herobrine mine.png
• File:Herobrine on MinecraftAM.png