Minecraft Beta is out

[Deleted_171835]

I just updated the client and the server to Minecraft Beta 1.0

* Working server-side inventory! Finally! (And as a result of that, a whole pile of bugs and issues got fixed)
* Made SMP servers save chunks way less often in most cases. Chunks don’t resave if they got saved in the last 30 seconds
* Moving too far away from a container, or having it blow up, closes the inventory screen
* Fixed /kill
* Introduced leaf decay again. It acts differently from before
* You can now throw eggs
* On a whim, added super exclusive clan cloaks for Mojang Employees
* .. and something else, which is even more rare[/p]

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Time to download it! Not many new features though! I wonder what the "something else" is!

 

[purechaos996]

Wow, Notch just tweeted this like 2min ago. You people are crazy fast!!!

 

[purplesludge]

Yep wish there were more features. Atleast I don't have to burn leaves any more.

 

[Deleted_171835]

Wow, Notch just tweeted this like 2min ago. You people are crazy fast!!!

I'm trained in the art of posting.
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Spoiler: Beta

Time to look for the "something else"!
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There are descriptions for items that you hover over.
The meat is called Pork Chops, now.
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PIG ZOMBIES!

Spoiler

[TITLEroof]

Edit: I was wrong. That was there since the Nether update.

 

[Jax]

Oh wow! It's so... so... not different!

 

[WildWon]

I've been slowly getting back into MC after a long while off. In fact, played yesterday (or saturday?) for the first time in months. Now that Beta is out, i'm excited to see the next steps!

 

[Depravo]

It's a shame my GPU went for a shit the other day. The latest version of my integrated graphics driver is so obsolete it won't even load Minecraft. I just get some kind of OpenGL error. Rats cocks.

 

[WildWon]

@Depravo: Is it an intel integrated card?

Wife®'s dell workstation has that. And i get the Java/OpenGL error. I've tried finding fixes, only to find out NOONE with this onboard card can get it to work.

 

[Joe88]

woot, just bought my account yesterday just in time for beta today

 

[Berthenk]

@Depravo: Is it an intel integrated card?

Wife®'s dell workstation has that. And i get the Java/OpenGL error. I've tried finding fixes, only to find out NOONE with this onboard card can get it to work.

Any recent GPU will be able to run it. Even I am able to, but I've got an integrated 4200 Radeon from AMD/ATI. An 8500 GT works fine too, you just need a GPU/IGP with proper OpenGL support.

 

[Depravo]

@WildWon: Yep, it's an 'Intel 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family' whatever that may be. The drivers were dated 2004 (when I got the computer) so I updated to the latest which were dated 2006. I don't suppose it matters - Minecraft would probably melt it anyway.

It's about time I got an entirely new computer as this one is six years old and not worth upgrading. I just need to find a job first...

 

[WildWon]

woot, just bought my account yesterday just in time for beta today

Wow. Way to go. You've also successfully locked yourself into get all future updates for free.
Beta purchases will get all beta updates for free, but not the game when it's out.

All alpha purchases up to Beta release are good to go with MC indefinitely (notch mentioned all this on his blog).

Any recent GPU will be able to run it. Even I am able to, but I've got an integrated 4200 Radeon from AMD/ATI. An 8500 GT works fine too, you just need a GPU/IGP with proper OpenGL support.
That's the problem though. There's a specific glitch w/ intel integrated graphics. As you have a Radeon, you're still in the clear. Since that's not Intel

Also, Wife®'s work station is a slim tower that connects to her monitor via a large clip on the back... so it's painfully small for changing anything, and i'd need a new, slimline(?) AGP card (i think), due to it's lack of a PCIe slot. Stupid old computers not keeping up with today's standards... *grumble grumble*

QUOTE(Depravo @ Dec 20 2010, 02:20 PM)

@WildWon: Yep, it's an 'Intel® 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family' whatever that may be. The drivers were dated 2004 (when I got the computer) so I updated to the latest which were dated 2006. I don't suppose it matters - Minecraft would probably melt it anyway.

It's about time I got an entirely new computer as this one is six years old and not worth upgrading. I just need to find a job first...

Yup, that's the one!

 

[Joe88]

waited till almost last min to buy it


it plays fairly decent on my 4100 in my laptop
4870 has no problems in my desktop

 

[BobTheJoeBob]

woot, just bought my account yesterday just in time for beta today

Wow. Way to go. You've also successfully locked yourself into get all future updates for free.
Beta purchases will get all beta updates for free, but not the game when it's out.

All alpha purchases up to Beta release are good to go with MC indefinitely (notch mentioned all this on his blog).

People who buy the beta do get the full game when it's released. It says here.

 

[Joe88]

they miss out on all expansion packs released thereafter however
they will still receive bug fix/updates

 

[DeadLocked]

Wasn't expecting much difference as of today.
That "Something else"....maybe an npc >.> doubt it.
Anyways, here to the future!..-updates and expansions!

 

[RupeeClock]

A lot of shit seemed to be broken, before Beta 1.0_0.1 you couldn't move things to two rows of your inventory from a large chest, and apparently a lot of Mac users are unable to play the game.
On top of that people are complaining of high resource consumption.

 

[Deleted_171835]

Client 1.0_01 is up, fixing a double chest issue and a rare crash on load level bug.

There’s a serious problem getting the client started for some people (especially Mac OSX?). I’ve also heard about weird item duplication bugs with dropped items, and a severe performance reduction.

It’s 7:40 PM here, but I will work on these bugs tomorrow.

I’m also hoping to be able to squeeze in some fun for xmas.. Perhaps a new mob?[/p]
http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2390438980/mi...gfixes-tomorrow

New mobs for XMAS, perhaps?

 

[RupeeClock]

New mobs for XMAS, perhaps?

I wouldn't count on it, he has too much other stuff to fix and other promises to keep up before he should even think about introducing another mob.

 

[WildWon]

People who buy the beta do get the full game when it's released. It says here.

Well that's interesting. I'm curious about which way he's going.

As of his blog on the 11th:
http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2175441966/mi...ecember-20-2010

We'll see which way this goes.