Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.8.0 alpha

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v0.8.0 alpha is a major update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition that was released on December 12, 2013. It added new blocks, items, crops, and other features, as well as some changes and fixes.

Additions

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Blocks

Template:Animate Template:Animate Template:Animate Minecraft:Wood planks, Minecraft:slabs, and Minecraft:stairs

Added spruce, birch, and jungle varieties.
Each one can only be crafted with their respective wood type.
Jungle variants are unobtainable in Survival mode.

File:Block of Coal JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Block of coal

Can be crafted with nine Minecraft:coal.
Can be used as fuel in a furnace, smelting up to 80 items.

Template:Animate Minecraft:Carpets

Thin blocks that can be used as decoration.
Red carpets can be crafted with two red wool blocks.
The other 15 colors are unobtainable in Survival mode.

File:Cobblestone Wall (EWU) BE1.png Minecraft:Walls

Decorative blocks that can be used to create boundaries.
Comes in cobblestone and mossy cobblestone variants.
Cobblestone walls can be crafted with six cobblestone.
Mossy cobblestone walls are unobtainable in Survival mode.

File:Hay Bale (UD) JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Hay bales

Decorative, flammable blocks that serve as compact storage of Minecraft:wheat.
Can be crafted with nine wheat.

File:Iron Bars (EW) JE1.png Minecraft:Iron bars

Serve a similar purpose to Minecraft:glass panes.
Can be crafted with six iron ingots.

File:Carved Pumpkin (S) JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Pumpkins

Fruit blocks that grow from fully-grown pumpkin stems.
Can be crafted into jack o'lanterns, pumpkin pie, or pumpkin seeds.

File:Jack o'Lantern (S) JE1 BE1.png Jack 'o' lanterns

Solid blocks that provide light.
Can be crafted with a pumpkin and a torch.

File:Rail (NS) JE1.png Minecraft:Rails

Non-solid blocks that provide a path along which minecarts can travel.
Can be crafted with iron ingots and a stick.

File:Powered Powered Rail (NS) JE2 BE2.png Minecraft:Powered rails

A type of rail that increases the velocity of moving minecarts.
Can be crafted with gold ingots, a stick, and redstone dust.

Crops

File:Jungle Log (UD) BE1.png Jungle wood

Serves as a decorative block.
Is unobtainable in Survival mode.

File:Jungle Leaves JE1 BE2.png Minecraft:Jungle leaves

Serve as a decorative block.
Are unobtainable in Survival mode.

File:Fern BE1.png Minecraft:Ferns

Aesthetic plants that have the same characteristics as Minecraft:grass.

File:Dead Bush JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Dead bushes

Aesthetic plants that can only be placed on sand.
Are unobtainable in Survival mode.

File:Sponge JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Sponges

Currently serve no purpose.
Are unobtainable in Survival mode.

Template:Animate Minecraft:Bark

Currently serves no purpose.
Is not yet obtainable.
Only obtainable through world editors

Items

File:Beetroot Seeds JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Beetroot seeds

Have a Template:Frac chance of popping out from grass when tilled.

File:Minecart JE3 BE1.png Minecraft:Minecarts

Train-like vehicle entities that run on rails.
Can be crafted with five iron ingots.

File:Pumpkin Seeds JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Pumpkin seeds

Obtained from the Minecraft:nether reactor.

File:Redstone Dust JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Redstone

Drops from redstone ore when mined with an iron or diamond pickaxe.
Can be used to craft clocks, compasses, and powered rails.

Minecraft:Foods

File:Beetroot JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Beetroots
- Restore Template:Hp when eaten.
File:Beetroot Soup JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Beetroot soup
- Restores Template:Hp when eaten.
File:Carrot JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Carrots
- Restore Template:Hp when eaten.
File:Potato JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Potatoes
- Restore Template:Hp when eaten.
File:Pumpkin Pie JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Pumpkin pie
- Restores Template:Hp when eaten.
File:Baked Potato JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Baked potatoes
- Restore Template:Hp when eaten.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Breeding

Feeding animals their respective food items makes them enter "love mode."
- Hearts come out of animals while in love mode.
When two animals of the same species are in love mode, they pathfind toward each other and produce a baby animal.

General

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Blocks far away from the player have lower resolution textures to make textures smoother at a further distance.

Minecraft:Settings

Added far (8 Minecraft:chunks) and farthest (12Template:Frac chunks) render distances.

Changes

Blocks

The textures of some blocks are now randomly rotated, for a more natural effect. This includes:
- Minecraft:Grass blocks (top and bottom sides only)
- Minecraft:Dirt
- Minecraft:Sand
- Minecraft:Leaves (top and bottom sides only)
- Minecraft:Sponges
- Minecraft:TNT (top and bottom sides only)
- Minecraft:Obsidian
- Minecraft:Snow blocks
- Minecraft:Snow layers
- Minecraft:Clay
- Minecraft:Netherrack
- Minecraft:Glowstone
- Minecraft:Sandstone (top and bottom sides only)
- Minecraft:Blocks of coal

Wood

Is now rotatable, with the wood placed with the inner side facing the player.

Minecraft:Paintings

Rendering has been remade.

Minecraft:TNT

Can now be ignited by Minecraft:fire and Minecraft:lava.

Minecraft:Lava

Now creates Minecraft:stone when it flows vertically into Minecraft:water.

Minecraft:Redstone ore

Now drops Minecraft:redstone dust when mined with an iron or diamond pickaxe.

Minecraft:Signs and Minecraft:chests

Improved synchronization lag in Minecraft:multiplayer.

Minecraft:Chests

Items being moved to/from a chest is now correctly rendered.

Minecraft:Flowers

Position on the block is now randomized.

Minecraft:Saplings

Can now be used as furnace fuel, smelting 0.5 items each.

Minecraft:Grass block

Changed texture from File:Grass Block BE3.png to File:Grass Block BE4.png.
Inventory icon changed from File:Grass Block (item) BE3.png to File:Grass Block BE4.png.

Minecraft:Oak leaves

Changed texture from File:Oak Leaves BE3.png to File:Oak Leaves JE3 BE4.png.

Minecraft:Birch leaves

Changed texture from File:Birch Leaves BE1.png to File:Birch Leaves JE1 BE2.png.

Minecraft:Oak sapling

Changed texture from File:Oak Sapling (texture) JE3 BE1.png to File:Oak Sapling (texture) JE4 BE2.png.

Minecraft:Wool

Changed textures from File:Beta color spectrum.png to File:1.2.4 color spectrum.png.

Minecraft:White Wool

Can now be crafted with white wool and bone meal.

Minecraft:Sandstone

Changed texture from File:Sandstone JE1 BE1.png to File:Sandstone JE2 BE2.png.

Minecraft:Gravel

Changed texture from File:Gravel JE3 BE2.png to File:Gravel JE4 BE3.png.

Minecraft:Lapis lazuli block

Changed texture from File:Block of Lapis Lazuli JE1 BE1.png to File:Block of Lapis Lazuli JE2 BE2.png.

Minecraft:Grass

Changed texture from File:Grass BE1.png to File:Grass JE2 BE2.png.

Minecraft:info_update

Changed texture from File:Info update BE2.png to File:Info update BE1.png.

Minecraft:info_update2

Changed texture from File:Info update2 BE1.png to File:Info update BE1.png.

Minecraft:reserved6

Changed texture from File:Stone JE4.png to File:Reserved6 BE1.png.

Minecraft:Ice

Inventory icon changed from File:Ice (inventory) BE1.png to File:Ice BE2.png.

Items

Minecraft:Bone meal

Now works like Template:In.
Can grow Minecraft:ferns and Minecraft:grass in Survival and Creative.
Minecraft:Pumpkin and Minecraft:melon stems only grow by one when bone meal is used.
Minecraft:Flowers now spawn other flowers when bone meal is used.
Grows Minecraft:sugar cane to maximum height.

File:Eating Steve.png Eating Minecraft:particles

Are shown to look like the food being eaten rather than random pixels from the food.

Minecraft:Bowls and wooden Minecraft:tools (except Minecraft:axes)

Can now be used as furnace fuel, smelting 1 item each.

Minecraft:Magenta dye

Can now additionally be crafted with Minecraft:pink dye and Minecraft:purple dye, or with Minecraft:lapis lazuli, Minecraft:rose red, and pink dye.

Minecraft:Gray dye

Can now be crafted with Minecraft:bone meal and an Minecraft:ink sac.
- Is still unobtainable in Survival mode due to ink sacs not being obtainable.

Minecraft:Light gray dye

Can now be crafted with bone meal and gray dye, or with two bone meal and an ink sac.
- Is still unobtainable in Survival mode due to ink sacs and gray dye not being obtainable.

Minecraft:Cocoa beans

Can now be crafted with Minecraft:orange dye and an ink sac, or with Minecraft:dandelion yellow, rose red, and an ink sac.
- Is still unobtainable in Survival mode due to ink sacs not being obtainable.
Changed texture from File:Cocoa Beans JE1 BE1.png to File:Cocoa Beans JE3 BE2.png.

Minecraft:Bow

New rendering and animated items.
Can now be used as furnace fuel, smelting 1 item each.
Changed texture from File:Bow JE2 BE1.png to File:Bow BE2.png.

Minecraft:Leather armor

Changed textures from File:Leather Cap (item) JE1 BE1.pngFile:Leather Tunic (item) JE1 BE1.pngFile:Leather Pants (item) JE1 BE1.pngFile:Leather Boots (item) JE1 BE1.png to File:Leather Cap (item) JE3 BE2.pngFile:Leather Tunic (item) JE3 BE2.pngFile:Leather Pants (item) JE3 BE2.pngFile:Leather Boots (item) JE3 BE2.png.

Minecraft:Apple

Changed texture from File:Apple JE1 BE1.png to File:Apple JE2 BE2.png.

Minecraft:Bread

Changed texture from File:Bread JE1 BE1.png to File:Bread JE2 BE2.png.

Minecraft:Raw porkchop

Changed texture from File:Raw Porkchop JE1 BE1.png to File:Raw Porkchop JE2 BE2.png.

Minecraft:Cooked porkchop

Changed texture from File:Cooked Porkchop JE2 BE1.png to File:Cooked Porkchop JE3 BE2.png.

Minecraft:Raw chicken

Changed texture from File:Raw Chicken JE1 BE1.png to File:Raw Chicken JE2 BE2.png.

Minecraft:Cooked chicken

Changed texture from File:Cooked Chicken JE1 BE1.png to File:Cooked Chicken JE2 BE2.png.

Minecraft:Raw beef

Changed texture from File:Raw Beef JE1 BE1.png to File:Raw Beef JE3 BE2.png.

Minecraft:Steak

Changed texture from File:Steak JE1 BE1.png to File:Steak JE3 BE2.png.

Minecraft:Coal and Minecraft:charcoal

Changed texture from File:Coal JE2 BE1.png to File:Coal JE3 BE2.png.

Minecraft:Clocks

Changed texture from File:Clock (texture) JE1 BE1.png to File:Clock JE1 BE1.png
Now display the current position of the sun and moon.
Can now be crafted with gold ingots and redstone dust.

Minecraft:Compasses

Changed texture from File:Compass (texture) JE1 BE1.png to File:Compass JE1 BE1.png
Now point to the world spawn point.
Can now be crafted with iron ingots and redstone dust.

Minecraft:Arrows

Have updated sounds.

Removed arrow sound	Track
Arrow Contact (pre-0.8)	File:Arrow Old.ogg

Mobs

All Minecraft:mobs

New visual effect for burning mobs.

Minecraft:Sheep

Template:Animate Template:Animate Now have the color overlay of its wool around its face and when sheared.

Minecraft:Zombies

Now rarely drop Minecraft:carrots and Minecraft:potatoes.

Minecraft:AI

System has been improved.
- Minecraft:Mobs can now swim over deep Minecraft:water.
- Hostile mobs are now more intelligent.

Minecraft:Animals

Follow the player when holding Minecraft:wheat (Minecraft:cows and Minecraft:sheep), seeds (Minecraft:chickens), or Minecraft:potatoes/Minecraft:beetroot/Minecraft:carrots (Minecraft:pigs).
Minecraft:Baby animals
- Now follow adult animals of their species.

Minecraft:Spiders

Now move faster.

Non-mob entities

Thrown Minecraft:eggs

Now have a chance of spawning Minecraft:baby Minecraft:chickens instead of adult chickens.

Minecraft:Falling blocks

Now drop their item form when falling onto blocks they cannot replace, such as Minecraft:torches.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Crafting

Craftable recipes are now shown first in the crafting screen.
If there is 99+ of an item in the inventory, the actual quantity is now shown in the list of craftable items, rather than 99+.

Minecraft:Inventory

Changed the flow of the inventory for the armor/crafting screens so that the back button goes back to the inventory.
Items that are not supposed to be obtainable no longer have a red background.
Removed the Xperia Play variant.
Cannot be navigated with the Xperia Play controller.

Minecraft:Hotbar

Is now transparent.
When selecting an item in the inventory, it replaces the one in the selected hotbar slot instead of placing it in the leftmost slot and shifting everything to the right.
Tapping the inventory button now closes the inventory while open.
Items that are not supposed to be obtainable no longer have a red background.

Minecraft:Creative

Players stop burning as soon as they exit Minecraft:fire/Minecraft:lava.
The Minecraft:hotbar is now saved when exiting a world.
Mining speed increases at/near mining distance limit (8 blocks per second).
Minecraft:Creative inventory
- Has been redesigned, and is now split into four different categories.
- Each category contains the following items, with items added in this update colored purple, items not legitimately accessible before this version colored red, and items previously not available in Creative mode colored orange:

Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.8.0 alpha/Creative inventory

General

The icon has gained the iOS gloss effect if installed on iOS 5 and iOS 6.<ref>https://youtu.be/ljSqkJVAICA?t=23</ref>

Minecraft:Clouds

Are now 3D.
Have a new tessellation algorithm.

Minecraft:Settings

Smooth lighting is now always on, and can no longer be disabled.
Fancy graphics are now on by default.

Graphics

Held items are now rendered in 3D, and bob up and down slightly when idle and sway to the side when turning.
Lighter colored Minecraft:sky that changes slightly depending on the biome.
- Water fades to non-transparent in the distance (iOS only).
Refactored most of the rendering to use indexed VBOs.
- Remade the arrow model.
- Minecraft:Inventory is now rendered using cached VBOs.
- New sky rendering using a triangle fan.
Separated far and near chunks into two queues for performance reasons.
- Fog only on far chunks.
- Transparency only on near chunks.
- Alpha-test-only layers are hidden in far chunks.

Minecraft:Lighting

All entities now produce circular stencil shadows on blocks below them.
Lighting on entities is now dynamic and is no longer the same light level on all sides.
Lighting on each entity is now tinted based on how much sky light and block light is on it.
Light direction on entities now depends on the position of the sun. This does not affect stencil shadows.
All lighting changes are only visible when fancy graphics is turned on.

Textures

Block textures are now generated with Minecraft:terrain-atlas.tga instead of Minecraft:terrain.png.
Item textures are now generated with Minecraft:items-opaque.png instead of Minecraft:items.png.
Inventory icons are now generated with their respective texture atlases instead of Minecraft:gui_blocks.png.