Minecraft:Java Edition 13w16a

13w16a is the first Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.6.1, released on April 18, 2013,<ref name=":0">Template:Cite</ref> which adds some new features including horses and their relatives, leads, and carpets. To run this snapshot, it was required to use a new Minecraft:launcher, the initial version of which was released at the same time.<ref name=":0" />

The client of 13w16a was reuploaded three times: once 13 minutes after release and twice the day after release.Template:More info The server of 13w16a was reuploaded once.

Additions

Blocks

Template:Animate Minecraft:Carpets

• Made using 2 of the player's desired colors of wool in a horizontal line.

File:Hay Bale (UD) JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Hay blocks

• Can be placed in all orientations, just like wood.

Items

Template:Animate Minecraft:Horse armor

• Exist in diamond, iron and gold variants.
• Crafted with six iron/gold/diamond and a wool block.

File:Lead JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Leads

• Can be used to bind mobs to fences or lead them around.
• Use Template:Mouse on the mon first, then use Template:Mouse on a fence, or on the mob again to get the lead back.

File:Horse Saddle JE1.png Minecraft:Horse saddle

• Stacks to 32.
• Crafted with five leather and three iron ingots.

File:Horse Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Horse spawn egg

• When used, a different horse breed is created each time.
• Works like any other spawn egg.

Mobs

File:Black Horse Revision 1.gif Minecraft:Horses

• Ridable by right-clicking them, move with usual movement keys, maximum speed, and jump height differ between horses.
• Have various amounts of maximum health, use wheat and carrots to heal them.
• Drop leather when killed.
• Can be bred using wheat – baby horses can be grown using apples, golden apples, wheat, and hay bales.
• Players can make them jump by pressing and holding the space bar.
• They naturally step up over 1 block, which enables rider to walk up hills.
• They can also use ladders, when steered towards them.
• Creation assisted by DrZhark (creator of the Mo' Creatures mod).

File:Donkey JE1.png Minecraft:Donkeys

• Like horses, but can carry chests on their back although no inventory is currently available.
• Can be bred with horses to make a mule.

File:Mule JE1.png Minecraft:Mules

• Mules can be obtained by breeding a donkey and a horse.

File:Skeleton Horse Revision 1.png Minecraft:Skeleton horses

• Require NBT editing to view in-game.
• An unused mob.

File:Zombie Horse Revision 1.png Minecraft:Zombie horses

• Require NBT editing to view in-game.
• An unused mob.

Changes

Mobs

General

• Changed the idea of mob difficulty.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
  • Regional difficulty: The longer the player stays in one area, the harder it gets.
  • Scales with difficulty – Items, enchants or AI improve with difficulty.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Enchanting

• Improved Minecraft:Respiration.
  • Now also helps seeing underwater (depends on the enchantment level).

Riding

• Add mob's health bar to the Minecraft:heads-up display when riding on it (both Minecraft:pigs and Minecraft:horses).
• When riding something, like a mob or a boat, dismounting is only possible using the Template:Ctrl key.

General

Credits

• Added Mo' Creatures developers to Template:Cd.

Game window

• Now displays the client's version in the window title (for example: "Minecraft 13w16a").

Directory structure

• Template:Cd directory structure is changed:
  • Template:Cd folder; stores resources such as language packs and sounds.
    • All Minecraft:music discs now use Template:Cd format instead of Template:Cd format.
  • Template:Cd folder; stores Java libraries such as LWJGL and Template:Cd.
  • Template:Cd folder; there are files Template:Cd (meta data) and folders that stores Template:Cd for each versions (but its name is the same as its version; the jar for 13w16a is Template:Cd).

Minecraft:Game directory

• Both the game's main class (net.minecraft.client.main.Main) and the new Minecraft:launcher began to support an optionally specified game directory, where the game stores its files (/saves, options.txt, etc.). The main class' parameter for the game directory was named as (a misleading) --workDir, and it was later changed (in 13w24a) to a more adequate --gameDir.

Trivia

• This is the earliest snapshot available in the Minecraft:Minecraft launcher. Although earlier snapshots are not available in the launcher, almost all of them have been archived.
• This is the first snapshot to require Java 6 and is also able to launch with Java 9 and up.
• This is the first snapshot of the older snapshots and versions that are available in the Minecraft launcher to not require be launched by a helper-wrapper class (net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch) that was used for pre-1.6 versions to tweak the old code to the modern launcher's needs. This and the later snapshots and versions are being launched normally, by their main class (net.minecraft.client.main.Main).