Minecraft:Java Edition 14w04a

14w04a is the sixth Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.8, released on January 23, 2014,<ref>Template:Tweet</ref><ref>Template:Cite</ref> which adds the Template:Cmd command.

14w04a was reuploaded an hour and a half later to fix the server not working.<ref>Replying to Template:Tweet: Template:Tweet</ref>

Additions

Command format

Template:Cmd

• Spawns particles in a given area.
  • It can also be relative to entities.
  • Usage: Template:Cmd.
  • Example: Template:Cmd.
    • List of particles: hugeexplosion, largeexplode, fireworksSpark, bubble, suspended, depthsuspend, townaura, crit, magicCrit, smoke, mobSpell, mobSpellAmbient, spell, instantSpell, witchMagic, note, portal, enchantmenttable, explode, flame, lava, footstep, splash, wake, largesmoke, cloud, reddust, snowballpoof, dripWater, dripLava, snowshovel, slime, heart, angryVillager, happyVillager, iconcrack_(ID)_(DATA), blockcrack_(ID)_(DATA), blockdust_(ID)_(DATA).

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Anvils

• Prior work cost increase changed from linear (1 per repair) to exponential (times 2 plus 1 per repair).
• Repairing with a "sacrifice" now costs 2 levels rather than only 1.

Minecraft:Button

• Can now be placed on ceiling/floors.

Minecraft:Dead bushes

• Now flammable.

Minecraft:Furnaces

• When a furnace runs out of fuel, the smelting progress reverses at twice the normal speed.

Minecraft:Item frames

• Items in item frames can now be rotated by 45 degrees (eight possible orientations).
• Item frames can give off a signal detected by Minecraft:comparators, based on the item's current orientation.
  • Signal strength is as follows: 0: empty; 1: item; 2: item rotated once; 3: item rotated twice; ...; 8: item rotated 7 times.

Minecraft:Moss stone

• Now craftable in a shapeless recipe with one Minecraft:cobblestone and one Minecraft:vine.

Mobs

Minecraft:Iron golem

• Can drop iron ingots again by any means of death.
• Can be spawned with pumpkins + dispenser.

Minecraft:Snow golem

• Can be spawned with pumpkins + dispenser.

Minecraft:Withers

• Can be spawned with skulls + dispenser.

Minecraft:Villagers

• Now harvest, collect and replant grown potatoes, wheat, and carrots.
  • They do not have unlimited seeds; seeds must be replenished to replant crops.
• Craft wheat into bread, and drop it to other villagers.
• Can now become willing to breed by consuming food: 3 bread, 12 potatoes or 12 carrots.

Minecraft:Zombie pigman

• Can drop gold nuggets again by any means of death.

Command format

Template:Cmd

• Added the ability to filter block types, as long as the filler block is not a tile entity
  • Only if it's used to fill in replace mode with "normal" blocks.
  • Syntax: Template:Cmd.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Enchantments

• Looting now gives an extra 1% chance of getting rare loot per level.

Minecraft:Village mechanics

• Doors are now added to the closest village.
• This does not break iron farms, but change them a little, enough to make them "practically pointless".<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>

General

Minecraft:Debug screen

File:Crosshairsindebug14w04a.png

3D crosshairs showing the XYZ axis in debug screen.

• The x coordinate line is now bold when looking east/west, similarly the z coordinate line is now bold when looking south/north.
• The crosshair displays 3 short colored lines to indicate the direction of each axis: x/red, y/green, z/blue.

Rendering & performance

• Only transparent blocks now render as transparent (eliminates the use of x-ray texture packs).

Minecraft:Skin customization

• Now displays the right arm's second layer in first person view.
• Skins and capes are now distributed through servers.
  • Skins server outages will occur less frequently and have less impact.
  • Server-altered skins/capes are not possible – only signed URLs are stored server-side.
  • Skin changes will no longer require client restarting, at worst re-logging will update the skin for everybody.
  • Duplicate skins no longer need to be downloaded twice.
  • Server traffic will barely be affected.

Trivia

• 14w04a was previously removed from the Minecraft:launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.