Mojang just rolled out version 1.2.5 today! The server is up to date and running so, hop on in and check it out. The changelog is belong, check it out!

New Features:

• Added shift-clicking support in furnaces.
• Added method to easily acquire blocks you have selected in the world in Creative mode using the “Pick block” key.
• Made the Direct Connect dialog remember the last IP for the current session.
• Made cats less eager to sit on things and less patient.
• Made using a stack of bowls on Mooshrooms not consume the whole stack of bowls.
• Made punching a TNT block with flint and steel in hand destroy and drop a TNT block (right-clicking will activate the TNT).

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issues detected certain links in chat.
• Fixed wild ocelots behaving like tamed cats.
• Fixed various chat crashes.
• Fixed world generation failing under certain circumstances.
• Fixed issues turning off sound under certain circumstances.
• Fixed ghost entities in multiplayer.
• Fixed crash when pasting certain characters in chat.
• Fixed slash (/) key not behaving correctly in certain environments.
• Fixed command matching being too greedy (for example: typing “/stophammertime” no longer stops a server).
• Fixed not being able to click coloured links.
• Fixed potential issue with village door detection (which could cause too many villagers to spawn).
• Fixed ⌘+Q shortcut not quitting the app on OS X.

Notable bugs:

• See the Version History page on the wiki.

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Official Minecraft 1.2.4 support is here. The server is up to date and ready for business so hop on in and have fun! Note that most of the changes were already implemented because we were using Bukkit’s developer builds. The difference is that the recommended build is more stable, has passed their extensive testing process and has complete features and API.

Want to know those features? From their changelog:

Improvements:

• MobSpawner should retains durability/data values.
• Add BlockChangeDelegate.isEmpty method
• Custom generator needs to use the new chunk format
• Obey the result of world.addEntity when consuming blocks used in spawning an iron golem or snowman
• Help should allow the amendment of topic permissions in help.yml
• Allows server admins to ignore whole plugins from help using help.yml
• Create plugin-level sub-indexes that list only the commands from a single plugin
• Add option to exclude command help topics from default help index
• Add color code support to help.yml
• Add search to help
• New DamageCause MELT for Snowmen
• A way to start inventory iteration in the middle?
• Add method for creating custom index topics in help.yml
• Add option to completely disable automatic help topic generation

New Features:

• API for Item data
• Projectile Launch Event
• BLOCK_BREAK event needs a method to get (and set) the drops
• Add method to check if the player is blocking
• New 1.2 entities need to be created
• Ocelot API needs to be added
• Villager API needs to be expanded upon
• Create EXP bottle API (thrown entity)
• Ability to get hostname a player logged in with
• Add Chunk API to set biome ID per x/z coordinate.
• Villagers cannot have their age modified
• A way to get a single chest inventory from a double chest BlockState
• Make the connection throttle configurable and disable-able (useful for testing).
• Add methods to toggle or check if a player is in flight

Fixed Bugs:

• See the complete changelog HERE

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Mojang just released version 1.2.4 of Minecraft. The server is up and ready to go so log on and check out the new features! From the wiki:

New Features:

• Chat history and much better chat editing.
• A few new decoration blocks (Wooden planks now have the color of the type of wood they came from instead of the original wooden plank texture.)
• “Back” and “Quit” buttons added to “Out of memory” screen.
• Cats will now sit on chests and beds, purposely preventing players from using them.
• Added a “minimal” debug menu for testing with. It can be accessed with Shift+F3 and is the same as the regular F3 menu, except without the graph/profiler.
• Armor outlines in the inventory are back.

Bug Fixes:

• Made placing half blocks on existing half blocks (to make a full block) easier.
• Limit framerate on menu screens, no longer uses 100% CPU.
• Fixed fatal crash for converted worlds to anvil, when there’s blocks at max height.
• Fixed an old bug with signs clearing text while you’re editing them in SMP.
• Fixed crash when logging in while there are blocks at maxheight at spawn.
• Fixed TNT ghosts in multiplayer.
• Fixed storage minecarts dropping enchanted items.
• Fixed crashes on invalid server addresses when joining a server.
• Fixed entities being uninteractable if they existed at login in multiplayer.
• Fixed dupe exploit with paintings.
• Fixed furnaces and dispensers dropping enchanted items.
• Fixed the “flickering” of chat as it vanishes off the screen.
• Fixed text rendering over items in the container screens.
• Fixed exploit with jungle saplings (turns other saplings into jungle ones).
• Fixed launcher opening minecraft dir if the path contains a space.
• Fixed an off-by-one lighting bug.
• Fixed block transmuting (turning one block into another via pistons).
• Fixed placing mushrooms in daylight, where they can’t survive.
• Fixed redstone lamps dropping powered block items when destroyed while on.
• “save-all” (server command) now works even when you have toggled “save-off”.
• Fixed turning half-blocks into full-blocks while you’re standing on them.
• Fixed seed displaying in F3 debug when the seed is unknown in multiplayer.
• Fixed villager texture changing clientside per profession.
• Fixed falling off ledge corners while holding shift.
• Fixed players falling when reconnecting to servers where they were previously flying.
• Glass can again be picked up using Silk Touch enchanted tools.

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How has everyone been doing? The Bukkit team pushed out their second beta build for Minecraft 1.2.3. We’ve been using Release 2 for a while (developer builds) but this fixes quite a few issues. You can read all about it on their Blog.

From CraftBukkit:

Notable changes in this new beta include:

• a temporary fix for the entity interactivity issue
• a critical crash exploit fix
• a fix for the block transmuter exploit
• many other bug fixes, improvements and changes.

All the plugins are as up to date as humanly possible, only two things I’ve found: dynmap-mobs still doesn’t show Iron Golems and I’ve turned off the [Disposal] sign for Essentials. I’ve installed a Disposal Chest plugin, check the Server Information site for the tutorial video!

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All the new goodies are there! Already found a village, starting on infrastructure and transportation! =P I am using developer builds of bukkit until something official pops up so expect several updates until then (some plugins are still not working right…)

You all know the information, if not you know how to contact me!

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New snapshot for the week. It includes the following (from the Minecraft Wiki):

• Added Iron Golem.
• Removed some Canadian English stereotypes
• Added up-side-down stairs.
• Many changes to the world and lighting system
• Fixed caves generation
• The End now generates
• Redstone torches and Torches can be placed on Glass

You can read more from Mojang’s blog!

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Big snapshot today from Jeb and Mojang! You can get the client and server on Mojang’s blog entry about the snapshot HERE. Here’s a quick list of what you can expect from their site:

• Added new world file format called “Anvil” (256 max height and 4096 block IDs*)
• Multi-player light calculations do no longer cause affected blocks to be transmitted to the clients, instead the clients will recalculate the light on their own
• Villagers will repopulate villages based on how many houses there are available
• Some nights in villages will be worse than others…
• Added a redstone-controlled light source
• Decreased chance for the rare mob drops
• All animals use the new AI system now

If I understand correctly, there is a lighting issue in SMP but I’m not sure this was fixed between 07a and 07b. There was a crash bug with mobs spawning on block height 255 that they fixed in that update.

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An new snapshot from Mojang yesterday, 12w06a!!! What’s inside? Here’s a quick look:

• Many minor bug fixes and tweaks
• Doors have been changed to properly detect if they are open or closed. Double doors in existing maps will need to be updated
• Villagers will move indoors during night and rain, and socialize with each other
• Zombies will break down wooden doors on hard difficulty
• Added cat sounds
• Better movement for mobs in water
• Added rare mob item drops

For more info and the client/server downloads, check out Mojang’s blog post. Also, check out Minecraft Wiki’s 12w06a Version History page for an in depth look at the changes and new bugs. (Like zombies breaking through IRON DOORS!!!!).

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