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Minecraft Server Changelog

What's new in Minecraft Server 1.7.2

Oct 25, 2013
  • New world generation:
  • Double the amount of biomes, with new trees/flowers/blocks.
  • New “Amplified” world option.
  • Less ocean, more awesome.
  • New blocks:
  • Two new types of wood.
  • Stained glass! With both blocks and panes.
  • Packed ice, red sand, podzol.
  • Lots of new flowers, including double-tall versions of current plants.
  • Portals can be bigger sizes!
  • Fishing:
  • Added more type of fish.
  • Redone the fishing mechanics. Can now catch junk and treasure too.
  • Fishing rod enchantments!
  • Maps:
  • Put them in an item frame and hang them on your wall. They’re extra big!
  • Lots of new colors for lots of blocks!
  • Now with less lag!
  • Achievement & Statistics overhaul:
  • Now both world (or server) specific.
  • In multiplayer, it’s announced to everybody when you get an achievement.
  • You can move your mouse over this in the chat to see what it was!
  • Some new achievements and statistic types were added.
  • Zoomable achievements screen!
  • Multiplayer enhancements:
  • Servers can now put a 64×64 image called “server-icon.png” in their folder, that you will see on your server list.
  • You can see who’s online before joining a server; move your mouse over the player count!
  • Lots of hidden preparation for allowing name changes.
  • Resource pack changes:
  • You can now have multiple selected.
  • They can completely re-do your sounds, adding new ones or changing current ones.
  • Servers can now recommend a resource pack for you to use.
  • Chat & command improvements:
  • New commands to spawn mobs or blocks of any type.
  • Command block minecart!
  • Clickable links to achievements and items.
  • Click on somebody’s name in the chat to message them!
  • Lots and lots of technical work:
  • Completely rewrote how the network (multiplayer) works.
  • Completely rewrote the sound manager.
  • New graphics options.
  • Basic shader support testing.
  • Many bugs fixed, including:
  • [MC-291] – Screenshots are treated as links in the console.
  • [MC-673] – Sky/lighting doesn’t get darker during a thunderstorm
  • [MC-715] – V-Sync in Window mode, settings not activated between sessions.
  • [MC-784] – Letters in Arabic Language not connected
  • [MC-881] – Boat inflicts fall damage if it runs aground in some fashion (Slabs, Mobs, Soul Sand)
  • [MC-944] – Armour with Protection on it seems to reduce against hunger damage
  • [MC-1018] – Black Lighting under overhangs
  • [MC-1105] – Villagers act like it is Raining when they are in the Desert, and it Rains elsewhere.
  • [MC-1379] – Transparent texture makes transparent texture behind invisible
  • [MC-2638] – Old AI mobs and Wolves don’t turn back to passive in Creative
  • [MC-2915] – Attempting to tp to an invalid coordinate returns “commands.generic.double.invalid”
  • [MC-3305] – Cyrillic font not displaying on signs and in chat (Russian language)
  • [MC-3871] – Cauldron water does not put out fire / damage blaze
  • [MC-3973] – Silk Touch, pre-lit Redstone Lamps
  • [MC-4150] – Baby Zombies do not drop any loot / xp
  • [MC-4482] – Saplings placed on Farmland are not affected by Bonemeal
  • [MC-4732] – Tools and weapons lose durability without doing damage
  • [MC-4921] – Sounds (eg. Mobs / Portals / Water) Don’t Immediately Fade
  • [MC-4973] – Zombie Pigman from Nether Portal still spawns even if doMobSpawning is false
  • [MC-5238] – 10 MB server texture pack limit too small
  • [MC-5305] – Arrows from a flame bow aren’t extinguished from rain
  • [MC-5550] – Night Time Doesn’t Immediately Allow Sleep
  • [MC-6820] – The generation of terrain surface layer produces local straight glitches (fix included)
  • [MC-7449] – Silverfish infected Stone Brick varients appears as normal stone brick.
  • [MC-8331] – Command block text disappears if too long
  • [MC-9271] – Opening a singleplayer world is counted as a multiplayer join in the statistics
  • [MC-9547] – Incorrect usage string for `/scoreboard teams empty`
  • [MC-9779] – Old versions of output-server.log and lock files remain on harddisk
  • [MC-10077] – Ajasent Obsidian Blocks prevent Nether portal appearing
  • [MC-10257] – when a pig gets struck by lightning it spawns without a sword
  • [MC-10984] – GS4 query listener fails to send player list when len(players) > 127
  • [MC-11027] – Axes accelarate the speed at which Slabs are broken
  • [MC-11280] – Sometimes Water flows out of newly generated Village Farms
  • [MC-11518] – RCON and Scoreboard Command Output Formatting
  • [MC-12450] – Missing usage string commands.scoreboard.players.list.usage
  • [MC-12452] – Scoreboard team join command fails on invalid team name
  • [MC-12454] – Scoreboard option seeFriendlyInvisibles not listed in usage
  • [MC-12541] – the letters for the ‘off’ setting on smooth lighting aren’t capitalised
  • [MC-12731] – Minecraft crashes if you click edit or delete on a LAN game
  • [MC-12769] – when typing /help with a number higher than 4, it produces the wrong message
  • [MC-12984] – getting a locked chest pushed into your head crashes the game
  • [MC-13565] – Fireworks sometimes don’t stack when they should
  • [MC-13661] – When re-sizing window before game loads internal view doesn’t resize
  • [MC-14521] – Boats cannot be steered by using the “left” and “right” keys
  • [MC-14865] – Carpets Are Not Flammable
  • [MC-15547] – Structures (witch huts, nether fortresses etc.) don’t get saved with the world file
  • [MC-15564] – Start up failure: “Cannot determine close requested state of uncreated window”
  • [MC-15688] – Axe breaks all slabs in adventure mode. No drops for stone.
  • [MC-16324] – Massive Amount of “[SEVERE] Reached end of stream” messages
  • [MC-16435] – Boats Still Break on Lily’s
  • [MC-16849] – Crash near pyramid
  • [MC-16910] – Packet250CustomPayload(dk)
  • [MC-17090] – Invalid teamcolors throw an NPE in the console
  • [MC-17831] – Crash selecting resource pack [13w24b]
  • [MC-18569] – Server resourcepacks not implemented yet
  • [MC-18672] – Textures disappearing after setting player walkSpeed to 0
  • [MC-19483] – sounds playing after leaving world
  • [MC-19604] – Cannot /playsound records
  • [MC-21870] – Screen goes blank when modifying walk speed
  • [MC-22927] – Animals running forever after being hit
  • [MC-26151] – Minecraft has advice on an error report that should be deleted.
  • [MC-26608] – /spreadplayers confirmation text is wrong
  • [MC-26660] – Constant minecart sound
  • [MC-27284] – /scoreboard teams option color: Tab doesnt list all options.
  • [MC-27904] – The Hindi, Malay and Norsk (Bokmål) language appear 2 times
  • [MC-28400] – Breeding animals gives xp even if doMobLoot gamerule is false
  • [MC-28405] – The saddle equip sound effect does not play when equipping a pig with a saddle.
  • [MC-28478] – Successful hit sound effect does not match the sound in the assets sound folder
  • [MC-28625] – The horse armor equip sound does not play when replacing others
  • [MC-28768] – Horse Breeding Doesn’t Produce Markings Correctly on Foal
  • [MC-29088] – Shearing sound does not play when shearing a mooshroom
  • [MC-29279] – Bug: the command block can be damaged by the explosion of Blue Wither Skulls
  • [MC-29321] – Jukeboxes play at the sound volume for effects until you change the music volume
  • [MC-29361] – Oceans are too big
  • [MC-29424] – Players appear offset for other clients after going through nether portals
  • [MC-31031] – Spawn eggs can be used on top of water, but not lava
  • [MC-31065] – Villages not generating? (snapshot 13w37b)
  • [MC-32250] – Typo on “Unable to Load Worlds” screen
  • [MC-32534] – piston extention givies tile.nill.name
  • [MC-32679] – Spawned in enderportals are not nameable