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*****I Will Be Updating This Post Daily With Information, and I will also keep this thread up to date with all major updates in the future*****
1.7.3 Update (Released July 13th, 2012)
-Added pistons & sticky pistons.
-Added stackable fences.
-Added shears - required to get wool from sheep, and to collect leaf blocks.
-TNT needs flint and steel or redstone to detonate.
-Redstone wire will now connect to a repeater.
-New textures for cobblestone and brick.
-Added Character Skin Selector to allow players to choose their skin from the default skins, or from
Downloadable Content skin packs.
-Added lighting improvements (brought forward from 1.8.2 update) and snow & rain improvements.
-Added a save file cache to improve the speed of displaying the saves list.
-Added ban list functionality to allow players to self-ban from levels they feel contain offensive content.
-Added a ban list section to the How To Play menus.
-Added an option for the host to limit online games to only players in their friends list (no friends of friends).
-Added a seed display to the level load screen (requires existing levels to be saved out again to add the display).
-Changed the tooltip display setting to in-game tooltip display, so that tooltips always display in menus.
-Added the crosshair to the list of things affected by the opacity slider.
-On using the quickselect bar, the opacity of the quickselect, tooltips, splitscreen gamertag display, and crosshair will be set to 80, and will fade back down to the user opacity setting after six seconds of no quickselect bar use.
-Added some more tips & trivia to the loading/saving screen display.
-Added stackable fences.
-Added shears - required to get wool from sheep, and to collect leaf blocks.
-TNT needs flint and steel or redstone to detonate.
-Redstone wire will now connect to a repeater.
-New textures for cobblestone and brick.
-Added Character Skin Selector to allow players to choose their skin from the default skins, or from
Downloadable Content skin packs.
-Added lighting improvements (brought forward from 1.8.2 update) and snow & rain improvements.
-Added a save file cache to improve the speed of displaying the saves list.
-Added ban list functionality to allow players to self-ban from levels they feel contain offensive content.
-Added a ban list section to the How To Play menus.
-Added an option for the host to limit online games to only players in their friends list (no friends of friends).
-Added a seed display to the level load screen (requires existing levels to be saved out again to add the display).
-Changed the tooltip display setting to in-game tooltip display, so that tooltips always display in menus.
-Added the crosshair to the list of things affected by the opacity slider.
-On using the quickselect bar, the opacity of the quickselect, tooltips, splitscreen gamertag display, and crosshair will be set to 80, and will fade back down to the user opacity setting after six seconds of no quickselect bar use.
-Added some more tips & trivia to the loading/saving screen display.
1.7.3 Tutorial World changes & additions:
-Added optional tutorial for pistons and redstone.
-Added a self-building bridge to the castle using pistons.
-Added some sugar cane, cactii and clay to the world.
-Added a few other things for players to discover.
-Fix for only the host being shown the pop-up when any player attempts to place lava near the spawn point.
-Fixed tooltip for flint and steel.
-Fix for note blocks not showing notes.
-Fix for leaderboard reads taking too long.
-Fix to block players re-entering a level they have been kicked from, until the level is restarted.
-Fix to stop players being able to join a game when they are not a friend of any player in the game.
-Fix for Netherracks re-appearing after being mined.
-Fix for a rare crash on entering the Nether.
-Fix for attacking enemies at a different level not damaging them.
-Fixed a problem causing some save games not to load.
-Removed Herobrine. Haha just thought I'd add that.
-Added a self-building bridge to the castle using pistons.
-Added some sugar cane, cactii and clay to the world.
-Added a few other things for players to discover.
-Fix for only the host being shown the pop-up when any player attempts to place lava near the spawn point.
-Fixed tooltip for flint and steel.
-Fix for note blocks not showing notes.
-Fix for leaderboard reads taking too long.
-Fix to block players re-entering a level they have been kicked from, until the level is restarted.
-Fix to stop players being able to join a game when they are not a friend of any player in the game.
-Fix for Netherracks re-appearing after being mined.
-Fix for a rare crash on entering the Nether.
-Fix for attacking enemies at a different level not damaging them.
-Fixed a problem causing some save games not to load.
-Removed Herobrine. Haha just thought I'd add that.
1.8.2 Information (No Official Release Date Yet, THE UPDATE HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK TO OCTOBER)
I'll just start by saying There is NO OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE FOR THE 1.8.2 UPDATE. Altough it is expected to be released in mid to late September. So everyone, please stop posting topics like, "When's The New Update Coming Out.". Follow Mojang's twitter for news on the update. [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
What You Can Expect in The 1.8.2 Update
- Biomes are MUCH larger and uniform than before
-Swamp biome was added to the list of existing biomes - look for vines on trees!
- Vines
Can be collected with shears, in the manner of leaf blocks. Vines will grow on any surface they are placed on
- Beef and Chicken added
-Red and Goldem Apples
- Strongholds - spawn once per world
- Ruins (basically strongholds on the ground)
- Giant mushrooms (Do not generate yet)
- Silverfish
- Creative mode
Allows flying, insta-break, unlimited items from an item palette, no damage, and more
- Abandoned mine shafts
- Endermen
Normally passive, these night-spawning mobs will teleport to (and attack) you if you look directly at them. When defeated, they can drop Ender Pearls, which presently do nothing
- Bow charging
Variable damage with charge, can also land critical hits. Additionally, attacks can crit if you hit a player or mob when descending from a jump
- Sprinting
Run faster, knock mobs back that are hit during a sprint - appears to deplete the hunger bar faster
- New high-quality Main Menu
- Chest animation (lids open, close)
- Hunger
Depletes slowly over time, can be filled by eating food. At 9 more more bars, you will regenerate health slowly.
- Eating animation
- Arrows stick to mobs
- New lighting engine (Colored lights, smoother lighting)
- Clouds are now at the ceiling of the world
- Cave spiders
- Zombies drop rotten flesh, which can be consumed
- Watermelons (as well as watermelon and pumpkin seeds)
- Glass panes
These can be crafted at a crafting table by making a 3x2 grid of Glass Blocks - makes 16 panes. These panes can be placed in lines, corners and crosses, and they will adjoin with the nearest adjacent block.
- Iron Bars
Created by making a 3x2 grid of iron ingots at a crafting table. Can be placed in the same manner as glass panes
- Brick, Stone Brick stairs
- Smooth stone brick
-Ravines
-NPC Villiages
-Fence Gates
-Swamp biome was added to the list of existing biomes - look for vines on trees!
- Vines
Can be collected with shears, in the manner of leaf blocks. Vines will grow on any surface they are placed on
- Beef and Chicken added
-Red and Goldem Apples
- Strongholds - spawn once per world
- Ruins (basically strongholds on the ground)
- Giant mushrooms (Do not generate yet)
- Silverfish
- Creative mode
Allows flying, insta-break, unlimited items from an item palette, no damage, and more
- Abandoned mine shafts
- Endermen
Normally passive, these night-spawning mobs will teleport to (and attack) you if you look directly at them. When defeated, they can drop Ender Pearls, which presently do nothing
- Bow charging
Variable damage with charge, can also land critical hits. Additionally, attacks can crit if you hit a player or mob when descending from a jump
- Sprinting
Run faster, knock mobs back that are hit during a sprint - appears to deplete the hunger bar faster
- New high-quality Main Menu
- Chest animation (lids open, close)
- Hunger
Depletes slowly over time, can be filled by eating food. At 9 more more bars, you will regenerate health slowly.
- Eating animation
- Arrows stick to mobs
- New lighting engine (Colored lights, smoother lighting)
- Clouds are now at the ceiling of the world
- Cave spiders
- Zombies drop rotten flesh, which can be consumed
- Watermelons (as well as watermelon and pumpkin seeds)
- Glass panes
These can be crafted at a crafting table by making a 3x2 grid of Glass Blocks - makes 16 panes. These panes can be placed in lines, corners and crosses, and they will adjoin with the nearest adjacent block.
- Iron Bars
Created by making a 3x2 grid of iron ingots at a crafting table. Can be placed in the same manner as glass panes
- Brick, Stone Brick stairs
- Smooth stone brick
-Ravines
-NPC Villiages
-Fence Gates
Major New Features
CREATIVE MODE!
Strongholds
Abandoned Mineshafts
Ravines
NPC Villiages
The End
Superflat Option (Entire World Is Flat)
Strongholds
Abandoned Mineshafts
Ravines
NPC Villiages
The End
Superflat Option (Entire World Is Flat)
New Mobs
Cave Spiders
Enderman
Silverfish (not really fish, just guard strongholds)
Enderman
Silverfish (not really fish, just guard strongholds)
New Biome's
Ocean Biomes(Lots of Water, Basically an Ocean.)
Swamp Biome(Swampy Area Obviously )
Swamp Biome(Swampy Area Obviously )
Video Info For Those Of You Who Don't Know What Will Be Added
Video On New Mobs
Video On Sprinting, Crops, Parrying With Swords, Stackable Food and More.
Click This Link For EVERYTHING That Will Be Coming With the 1.8.2 Update With Proof From Mojang's Twitter
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Xbox_360_Edition_upcoming_features
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Finally someone did this
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TooMuchTekkerz wrote Finally someone did thisI know, there have been SO many topics asking about the update
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You know that in about an hour this will be off the main page and people will start asking again
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NismoM22 wrote You know that in about an hour this will be off the main page and people will start asking againI know, that's why I'm hoping people will keep replying to keep it alive.
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Where did you hear about the enchanting feature being added?
Edit: Oh that's cool that they are adding it.
P.S. Thanks for this topic. I see you keep updating it. That's good.
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Edit: Oh that's cool that they are adding it.
P.S. Thanks for this topic. I see you keep updating it. That's good.
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7Eleven wrote Where did you hear about the enchanting feature being added?Minecraft Wiki, the sticky about the chat update and Minecraftforum.net
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Glad to hear about the new mobs but watch out for cave spiders, there absolutely terrible.
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Breezeh- wrote Glad to hear about the new mobs but watch out for cave spiders, there absolutely terrible.Yes They are haha. Also everyone let me know if I'm missing anything, and I'll add it.
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I didnt know that they were having enchanted items in the new update Thanks for telling me
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