Monday, February 13, 2012

Upcoming Minecraft Patch

The latest Minecraft patch, 12w06a, is introducing many new things, as well as fixing some minor bugs.

  • The Ocelots/Cats (introduced in snapshot 12w04a) have gained sounds. They will now hiss, purr, meow, cry, and howl.
  • The Wooden Doors will make a banging sound when Zombies try to break them down. (Part of the new Zombie AI, where they can bust down Wooden Doors on Hard difficulty and Hardcore Mode.)
  • Doors have been fixed to recognize if they are open or closed.
  • The Villagers AI has been improved. They will now interact with each other and passive mobs, they will go inside shelter if it is raining, and they will run from Zombies.
  • Along with busting down Wooden Doors in Hard difficulty and Hardcore Mode, the Zombies will now also chase and attack Villagers and try to escape sunlight.
  • Water movement has been slowed down for most mobs, exept for Cave Spiders and Zombie Pigmen. Cave Spiders will swim fast with a current, but barely move against it. Zombie Pigmen will now generally swim faster.
  • Rare item drops have been created for Zombies, Skeletons, and Zombie Pigmen. There is now a small chance that Zombies will drop an Iron Ingot, Helmet, Shovel, or Sword. Skeletons will drop eiher a regular or enchanted Bow. Zombie Pigmen will drop a Gold Ingot, Shovel, Helmet, or Sword.
  • Instead of a spinning Pig, Mob Spawners will now show a spinning version of the mob being spawned.
Along with the improvements and additions, there are also some notable bugs.
  • There is a chance that the Wolf AI will completely break, making them not able to follow or teleport to the player. They can still be tamed and told to sit. They may also teleport if the player is hit, even while sitting.
  • Zombies can break down Iron Doors on Hard difficulty.
  • Mobs with a sight radius of 16 blocks will not see the player if the player is 1-2 layers above said mob.
  • Cave Spiders will sometimes not swim.
  • Redstone circuitry will still stay lit after a Redstone Torch is removed if it was used to power Pistons that repeatedly push blocks.
Here is a Skeleton Mob Spawner



A crowd of villagers hiding from the rain

A Villager being chased by a hoard of Zombies


Regular and enchanted Gold Swords dropped by Zombie Pigmen


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