Minecraft:Java Edition Classic 0.28

Template:For Template:Lost version Template:Infobox version 0.28 is a version of Minecraft:Java Edition Classic released on October 27, 2009, at 13:19 UTC.<ref>IRC logs: (13:19:11) <Notch> ok, client update coming up</ref> It was announced on Minecraft:The Word of Notch at 14:04 UTC.<ref>Template:Twon</ref>

Additions

Blocks

File:Obsidian JE1 BE1.png Template:Pximg Minecraft:Obsidian

• Extremely tough to break.

Mobs

File:White Sheep JE1.png Minecraft:Sheep

• Drop 1–3 Minecraft:cloth when hit.
• Drop 0–2 brown Minecraft:mushrooms when killed.
• Reward the player with 10 points when killed.
• They eat grass to regrow wool on their bodies, reverting Minecraft:grass block to Minecraft:dirt.
• Are only available in Survival mode, which is disabled in this version.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Creative mode

• Re-added Creative mode.

Changes

Blocks

File:Light Gray Cloth JE2.png Light Gray Cloth

• Changed texture from File:Light Gray Cloth JE1.png.
• Inventory sprite changed from Template:Pximg to Template:Pximg.

File:Dark Gray Cloth JE2.png Dark Gray Cloth

• Changed texture from File:Dark Gray Cloth JE1.png.
• Inventory sprite changed from Template:Pximg to Template:Pximg.

File:Lava JE6.png Minecraft:Lava

• Changed texture application from File:Lava JE7.png.
• Now displays in the Minecraft:hotbar: Template:Pximg.

File:Water JE4.png Minecraft:Water

• Changed texture application from File:Water JE5.png.
• Now displays in the hotbar: Template:Pximg.

File:TNT JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:TNT

• Changed texture from File:TNT JE1.png.
• Inventory sprite changed from Template:Pximg to Template:Pximg.

Non-mob entities

File:Steve JE3 BE1.png Minecraft:Players

• Changed texture from File:Steve JE2.png, removing the beard and second layer of hair.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Controls

• The hotbar no longer saves when a new level is generated.
• Creative mode controls changes:
  • Pick-block now works.
  • Attack speed is no longer limited.
  • Reach increased back to 5 blocks.
• Arrow counter is hidden in Creative mode.

Minecraft:Multiplayer

• Now works again.
• When the player stands near/inside another player, it pushes the player away slightly.
  • It is possible to walk through a player, but it feels slightly "solid".

Minecraft:Creative mode

• Added ores, stone slabs, iron blocks, bricks, bookshelves, mossy cobblestone, and TNT to the Minecraft:Creative inventory.

Minecraft:Survival mode

• Only available through modding the client.
• Only sheep spawn.
  • Other mobs can still exist and still function as normal.
• TNT disappears upon detonation.
• Blocks do not drop items (although Minecraft:sheep still do).

General

Minecraft:Menu screens

• Re-added menu and death screen shading.

Technical

General

Performance

• Higher FPS and less Minecraft:chunk updates.

Level format

• Altered the level saving/loading code.Template:More info

Rendering

• The rendering engine now supports 2 layers of transparency.Template:Verify

Minecraft:Game mode

• Game modes are now changed via a line in Minecraft.class.

Fixes

6 bugs fixed

• Fixed exploit where someone logging in with an illegal name would cause players to disconnect.

From 0.24 SURVIVAL TEST

• Looking at glass now makes glass textures directly behind it disappear once again.Template:Verify

From 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST

• Slabs can be placed under slabs without them collapsing into a full block (still can't be placed on top though).
• Top slab texture is no longer invisible if there is a block directly above.
• Placing a block on a slab no longer causes it to become a double-slab.

From 0.27 SURVIVAL TEST

• Water and lava no longer display parts of other textures.

Bugs

1 bug reported

• This version has a bug that allowed players to kill others in Creative mode.

Gallery

• The bug that allowed players to kill others in Creative mode
  The bug that allowed players to kill others in Creative mode

Non-vanilla screenshots

• A screenshot with a texture pack
  A screenshot with a texture pack
• A town built in this version with a texture pack
  A town built in this version with a texture pack
• Showcase of all available blocks with a texture pack
  Showcase of all available blocks with a texture pack
• Custom made trees with a texture pack
  Custom made trees with a texture pack

Trivia

• 0.28 is the only version of Late Classic Creative that is missing.

References

• Template:Anchor Template:Cite IRC logs