Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5

Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5 is the fifth pre-release for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.0.0, released on October 27, 2011,<ref>Template:Tweet</ref> which adds several new achievements and Minecraft:controls, changes some mobs and the texture of some blocks, and fixes some bugs.

Additions

Gameplay

Achievements

• Added 10 achievements.

Minecraft:Controls

• Debug controls (from the pre-re-uploaded version of Minecraft:Beta 1.8 Pre-release):
• Template:Key: Freezes the camera in its current position.
• Template:Key: Enables a strange "bouncy" movement. It locks the player's Y coordinate (meaning they cannot jump or fall). It makes the player accelerate relatively slowly when moving. Additionally, the player can also clip into blocks slightly - at a high enough speed, the player can push all the way through a block. Transparent blocks have no clipping whatsoever.
• Template:Key and Template:Key: Changes the view's rotation clockwise and anti-clockwise, respectively. Hold both keys simultaneously resets the rotation.
• Template:Key and Template:Key: Decreases and increases the field of view, respectively. These keys seem to affect the field of view differently to how the FOV option does - the player's hand (or anything the player is holding) also becomes stretched as the field of view increases or decreases, which does not happen if the player changes the FOV option in the menu. Holding both keys simultaneously resets the field of view.
• Template:Key: Makes the player look up, Template:Key looks left, Template:Key looks down, and Template:Key looks right. These movements are normally done by moving the mouse. This setting cannot be reset by holding any keys simultaneously.
• Template:Key and Template:Key: Moves the third-person camera forward and backward, respectively. This setting cannot be reset by holding both keys simultaneously.

Image with a build and tilted screen, using the m and n keys

Example of changing the rotation

Commands

Template:Cmd

• Toggles the Minecraft:weather.
  • If weather is currently clear, Minecraft:rain or snow starts.
  • If weather is currently rain, snow, or a Minecraft:thunderstorm, it becomes clear.

Template:Cmd

• The command take a player name and then a number of xp orbs to award.

Changes

Blocks

File:Block of Diamond JE3 BE2.png Minecraft:Block of diamond

• Texture changed from File:Block of Diamond JE2 BE1.png.

File:Block of Gold JE4 BE2.png Minecraft:Block of gold

• Texture changed from File:Block of Gold JE3 BE1.png.

File:Block of Iron JE3 BE2.png Minecraft:Block of iron

• Texture changed from File:Block of Iron JE2 BE1.png.

File:Bookshelf JE2 BE1.png Bookshelves

• Texture changed from File:Bookshelf JE1.png.

File:Bricks JE4 BE2.png Minecraft:Bricks

• Texture changed from File:Bricks JE3.png.

File:Brick Slab JE2 BE2.png Minecraft:Bricks slab

• Changed texture from File:Brick Slab JE1.png.

File:Brick Stairs (N) JE2 BE2.png Minecraft:Brick stairs

• Changed texture from File:Brick Stairs (N) JE1.png.

File:Dirt JE2 BE2.png Minecraft:Dirt

• Texture changed from File:Dirt JE1 BE1.png.

File:Glowstone JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Glowstone

• Texture changed from File:Glowstone JE1.png.

File:Grass Block JE5.png Minecraft:Grass block

• Texture changed from width=32x32.

File:Gravel JE3 BE2.png Minecraft:Gravel

• Texture changed from File:Gravel JE2 BE1.png.

File:Mycelium JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Mycelium

• Now named "Mycelium" in the inventory.

File:Netherrack JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Netherrack

• Texture changed from File:Netherrack JE1.png.

File:Nether Brick Fence (EW) JE1.png Minecraft:Nether brick fence

• Fence post selection boxes now resemble their collision boxes.

File:Oak Planks JE4 BE2.png Minecraft:Wooden planks

• Texture changed from File:Oak Planks JE4.png.

width=32x32 Minecraft:Stone

• Texture changed from File:Stone JE2 BE1.png.

File:Water JE11 BE1.gif Minecraft:Water

• Now flowing downwards creates source blocks, instead of flowing water.

File:Oak Fence (EW) JE1.png Minecraft:Wooden fence

• Fence post selection boxes now resemble their collision boxes.

File:Petrified Oak Slab JE3.png Wooden slab

• Changed texture from File:Petrified Oak Slab JE2.png.

File:Oak Stairs (N) JE3 BE3.png Minecraft:Wooden stairs

• Changed texture from File:Oak Stairs (N) JE1 BE1.png.

Items

File:Bucket JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Bucket

• In Creative mode, using an empty bucket no longer fills it up when removing fluids with it.

Mobs

General

• Hostile mobs act neutral in Creative mode.
  • Entity punch range in Creative mode reduced, as a result.

File:Ender Dragon.gif Minecraft:Ender dragon

• Now has a new dying animation even though it still does not spawn.
• Its health has been changed to Template:Hp to test this.

File:Slime JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Slimes

• Now spawn on levels 0-40 rather than 0-16, making them much more common.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Enchanting

• Minecraft:Silk Touch can no longer pick up Minecraft:monster spawners and lit furnaces.
• Minecraft:Silk Touch is now incompatible with Minecraft:Fortune.

General

Minecraft:HUD

• The version number once again displays on the top-left of the screen.
• Selecting an enchanted item no longer causes the hotbar to glow white.

Video settings

• Added an option to turn off clouds.

Fixes

8 bugs fixed

• Fixed several unobtainable blocks being obtainable using a tool enchanted with Minecraft:Silk Touch.
• Minecraft:Mycelium and Minecraft:end stone are now available in the creative inventory list.
• The step on stairs is properly lit.
• Minecraft:Lily pads now have the correct coloration in the inventory and have a name tag.
• End stone now has a name tag (previously "unnamed").
• Melons once again drop the correct number of slices.
• Data error when attempting to block with an enchanted sword fixed, blocking with enchanted sword now possible.
• In Minecraft:multiplayer, breeding two animals now gives birth to a baby animal instead of a fully-grown animal.

Gallery

• File:Fireseed.png