Facts about Beta 1.8
Two parts of the update will be released, which is why some features will only be added in Beta 1.9.
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- Shift+Left Click on inventory items will now work correctly.
- Shortcuts for items have been added.
- Redstone schematics will now work correctly after the command "/time set x" in multiplayer.
- Player-placed leaf blocks will no longer disappear.
- Clouds will no longer pass through buildings.
- Weather effects optimization has been improved.
- Instead of feathers, zombies will now drop rotten flesh.
- Glass blocks have been added.
*This block is flat, unlike its "older brother".*
A block with spikes has been added (for traps with pistons).
Arrows will now stick in mobs.
The sound of the ghast's attack in multiplayer has been fixed.
Skeletons now hold a full-sized bow in their hands.
Ivy/grapevine has been added.
♦ Ivy can be placed on walls.
*Ivy does not have an official name, so it is referred to as grapevine in some sources.*
- At least 9 new crafting recipes have been added.
♦ Brick and stone brick slabs.
♦ Brick and stone brick stairs.
♦ A fence gate.
♦ Tables or the ability to place pressure plates on fences.
- New game modes have been added.
- New mobs have been added.
*♦ The Enderman is the tallest mob. It is about 3 blocks tall.*
♦ The Enderman is neutral if you look at it, but it will instantly become hostile if you look away. Notably, the Enderman becomes hostile even if you simply look directly at it.
♦ In addition, the Enderman can steal and place blocks.
♦ If it sees a pumpkin on your head, the Enderman will not attack you.
♦ Enderman takes damage from water.
♦ The Enderman emits smoke.
*♦ There is little official information about this mob.*
♦ The Silverfish will appear to players very rarely.
♦ The texture of Silverfish was added in update Beta 1.7.
*♦ Its name may be changed to "poison spider" or something else.*
♦ This spider is smaller than usual.
♦ Blue spider can be found in abandoned mines (more about that below).
♦ The Blue spider has its own unique mob spawner.
♦ The attack of this mob is poisonous.
♦ It might be possible to cure the poisoning of the blue spider with milk.
- New achievements:
♦ Kill a skeleton with an arrow from 50 meters away.
♦ Shoot at the moon with a bow.
- Critical hits have been added:
*♦ When shooting from a bow with a fully drawn string.
♦ When hitting while jumping.
The power of the bow shot will depend on the time the string is held.
New player animations have been added, as well as attack animations for mobs.
The ability to block mob attacks has been added (by right-clicking).
To gain experience, you need to collect experience orbs dropped from killed mobs.
Cocoa trees may be added.
The ability to grow melons/pumpkins and pumpkins has been added (first, the stem grows, then the fruits will grow next to it).
Food will now heal indirectly.
Hunger has been added, but it can be turned off.
The hunger meter increases through food consumption. If the meter shows 90%, your health will slowly regenerate, but if it shows 0%, you will start to lose health accordingly.
*The hunger meter is highlighted with a green outline.*
- Food can now be stacked multiple items in one slot (similar to cookies).
- Now after eating anything, you have to wait 1.6 seconds before you can eat again.
- A food consumption animation has been added.
- Sound effects for food consumption will likely be added.
- 5 new food items have been added:
♦ Cooked and raw chicken.
♦ Raw and cooked beef.
♦ Watermelon.
- Double-tapping the forward button will make the player move faster.
- Sprinting causes hunger.
- Hitting a mob while sprinting will cause it to be pushed away.
NPC Villages with Farms and Boundaries
*A typical village, which, by the way, is located in a mushroom biome, as mentioned below.*
- Players will be able to claim lands in villages.
- Villages will have wells.
- Villages will have NPC blacksmiths who will use lava.
*In this screenshot, you can also notice a new block - iron bars.*
- There may be an opportunity to trade with NPCs. (If this option is not moved to the second part of the update).
- It is possible that there will also be pigmen as villagers in the villages.
*The regular pigman was added to the game along with the zombie pigman.*
- There will be an option to disable village generation.
Fortresses, Ravines, and Gorges
- Treasure rooms will increase in size and acquire corridors, stairs, and doors.
- Fortresses have been added, consisting of 4 new types of blocks: stone bricks, mossy stone bricks, cracked stone bricks, and iron bars.
Completely New Biome Code
- New biomes have been added.
*♦ A mushroom biome, which will include large mushrooms (brown and red).
♦ A mountain biome.
♦ An ocean biome.
- Biomes have become larger.
- Rivers flowing through or between biomes have been added.
- A new improved lighting system - the day-night cycle will not require chunk updates.
- The light from torches is now warmer.
*The screenshot shows how the light colored the stone blocks in a yellowish hue.*
- Moonlight now has a bluish tint.
- Textures for mossy stone have been changed.
- Options to change the field of view and gamma have been added.
- The HUD has been redesigned, including the addition of two new features - hunger and experience indicators.
*The experience meter is highlighted with a green outline.*
- A new launcher is being tested.
- Many new sounds have been added, especially for minecarts and shears; moreover, the sound of rain has been changed.
- New sounds for doors and big slimes, as well as for bows (including hit sounds), have been added.
- The sound of skeletons walking has been changed.
- New particle effects may be added.
- The ability to see the map generation code (seed) by pressing F3.
- A new main menu.
- Chests now have an opening animation.
Version information will now be displayed in the lower-left corner of the main menu.
A server browser has been added.
Now, when you press the Tab key, a list of players on the server will be displayed.
The ability to enable "Creative" mode on the server has been added.
- Official support for modifications has been added.
- The maximum height of maps can be increased when creating modifications.
Sources: Notch's Twitter
Translation and information sorting: Agressor