Minecraft:Java Edition 14w31a

14w31a is the forty-first Minecraft:snapshot released for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.8, released on July 30, 2014.<ref>Template:Cite</ref>

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Banners

• Added missing upward gradient and right solid half patterns, upside-down diagonal halves, bottom half, and right half.
• Changed the name of existing patterns according to Vexillology.
• Can be used as fuel in Minecraft:furnaces.

Minecraft:Cobblestone stairs

• Renamed "Stone Stairs" to "Cobblestone Stairs".

Minecraft:Daylight sensors

• Can be inverted with a right click.
  • Reaches full strength at the opposite time than it would when set to normal.
  • This can allow for a light that turns on at night rather than day without the need of a NOT gate.

Minecraft:Ladders & Minecraft:melons

• Mined faster using Minecraft:axes.

Items

Minecraft:Maps

• Zoomed maps now snap to a grid rather than being centered on the original map.

Mobs

Minecraft:Rabbits

• Now take fall damage.
• Now have sounds.
  • Have 'hurt', 'death', 'hop', and 'idle' sounds.
    • The 'hop' and 'idle' sounds are barely audible.
• Changed model.
  • Added tail.

World generation

Minecraft:World border

• The time parameter of the world border size changing can now be larger.
• Only players get damage outside of the world border.

Command format

Template:Cmd

• Can now be run in single player.
• New arguments for debug /debug <start|stop|chunk> [<x> <y> <z>].
  • x/y/z are required and valid only for chunk mode.
  • May be removed, as the command was supposed to be dev only.<ref>http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/2c5f35/minecraft_snapshot_14w31a_has_been_released/cjct3k1</ref>

Gameplay

Minecraft:Inventory

• Items which have been renamed have their tooltips displayed as italic when highlighted, rather than just being straight.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Minecraft:Trading

• Clerics now sell Minecraft:bottles o' enchanting, prices range from 3 to 11 Minecraft:emeralds each.

General

Optimizations

• Threaded mob pathfinding.
• More optimizations.Template:More info

Trivia

• 14w31a was previously removed from the Minecraft:launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.