Minecraft:Java Edition Alpha v1.0.4

Alpha v1.0.4, also known as Seecret Friday 4, is the fourth Minecraft:seecret update and the second of Minecraft:Java Edition Alpha, released on July 9, 2010,<ref>Template:TWON</ref> which added Minecraft:winter mode, Minecraft:snowfall, and two new Minecraft:blocks. This is the oldest Alpha version to be available in the Minecraft:launcher.

Additions

Blocks

File:Ice JE3 BE5.png Minecraft:Ice

• Slippery when stepped on.
• Generates when water is exposed to the sky on world generation.
• It can be melted by Minecraft:fire or Minecraft:lava.

File:Snow (layers 1) JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Snow

• Spawns on top of most blocks when exposed to snowfall.
• Cannot be obtained yet.
• It can be melted by Minecraft:fire or Minecraft:lava.

World generation

Minecraft:Winter mode

• Added a new "Winter mode" map type, featuring:
  • Snowfall.
  • Blocks exposed to sky generate with a thin layer of Minecraft:snow and those exposed to snowfall slowly get covered by it.
  • Minecraft:Water exposed to snowfall generates as Minecraft:ice.
    • However, water found on gravel beaches is not entirely frozen upon generation.
  • Upon world creation there is a 25% chance for it to become a winter world.<ref>A winter world is defined by the boolean Minecraft:NBT SnowCovered=1 in level.dat.</ref>

Gameplay

Body positions

• Added a new Minecraft:sitting position.

General

Particles

• Updated Template:Code.

Minecraft:Splash

• Added new splashes:
  • "Livestreamed!"
  • "Haunted!"
  • "Polynomial!"
  • "Terrestrial!"
  • "All is full of love!"
  • "Full of stars!"
  • "Scientific!"
  • "Cooler than Spock!"
  • "Collaborate and listen!"
  • "Never dig down!"
  • "Take frequent breaks!"
  • "Not linear!"
  • "Han shot first!"
  • "Nice to meet you!"
  • "Buckets of lava!"
  • "Ride the pig!"
  • "Larger than Earth!"
  • "sqrt(-1) love you!"
  • "Phobos anomaly!"
  • "Punching wood!"
  • "Falling off cliffs!"
  • "0% sugar!"
  • "150% hyperbole!"
  • "Synecdoche!"
  • "Let's danec!"
  • "Seecret Friday update!"
  • "Reference implementation!"
  • "Rude with two dudes with food!"
  • "Kiss the sky!"
  • "20 GOTO 10!"
  • "Verlet intregration!" Template:Sic
  • "Peter Griffin!"
  • "Do not distribute!"
  • "Cogito ergo sum!"
  • "4815162342 lines of code!"
  • "A skeleton popped out!"
  • "The Work of Notch!"
  • "The sum of its parts!"
  • "BTAF used to be good!"
  • "I miss ADOM!"
  • "umop-apisdn!"
  • "OICU812!"
  • "Bring me Ray Cokes!"
  • "Finger-licking!"
  • "Thematic!"
  • "Pneumatic!"
  • "Sublime!"
  • "Octagonal!"
  • "Une baguette!"
  • "Gargamel plays it!"
  • "Rita is the new top dog!"
  • "SWM forever!"
  • "Representing Edsbyn!"

Changes

Blocks

File:Snowy Grass Block JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Grass block

• Snowy grass blocks appear when the grass blocks are under snow.

Mobs

General

• As a result of ice's slipperiness, the physics of mobs have changed and jumps are now shorter.

Non-mob entities

File:Minecart JE3 BE1.png Minecraft:Minecarts

• Removed the Minecraft:chest model.

General

Minecraft:Main menu

• Added an animated title screen.
• Logo is now made out of stone, rather than cobblestone, and has been changed from File:Java Edition logo 1.png to File:Java Edition logo 2.png.

File:Loading Screen JE2.png

Loading screen added in this version.

Minecraft:Splash screen

• Changed the loading screen to a "Mojang Specifications" logo screen.

Technical

General

• Improved performance.

Fixes

3 bugs fixed

• Fixed a bug in the Minecraft:mob spawn code.
• The player no longer suffocates when they ride a minecart through a two block tall space.
• Breaking minecarts no longer crashes the game.

Gallery

• The Minecraft webpage with this version
  The Minecraft webpage with this version
• A winter mode world in this version
  A winter mode world in this version