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Beta 1.3

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Beta 1.3

Version 1#

Minecraft: Java Edition Beta 1.3-1647 was released on February 22, 2011, 16:47 UTC

Additions & Changes#

Unknown.

Note#

There is a server jar found with this timestamp. Possible proof.

Version 2#

debug item in inventory

Minecraft: Java Edition Beta 1.3-1713 was released on February 22, 2011, 17:13 UTC and added a whole lot of important new blocks, as well as many different bug fixes and changes. This specific version contained some debug code that spawns the player with 64 torches, a diamond pickaxe, a diamond shovel, a diamond axe, and 64 beds upon respawning or creating a world.

Additions & Changes#

Blocks#

  • Added Beds
  • Added Redstone repeater
  • Added Stone slab
  • Added Wooden slab
  • Added Sandstone slab
  • Added Seamless stone slab
  • Added Crying obsidian texture
  • Redstone dust gets darker the farther away it is from a source of power.
  • Sandstone is now found at the bottom of naturally generated sand.
  • The mining time for sandstone has been decreased.
  • Stone slabs are now created by using 3 stone instead of cobblestone.
  • Breaking a block made of two slabs now drops 2 slabs.
  • Stone pressure plate and Wooden pressure plate now require two of its materials, instead of 3.
  • Destroying a double slab structure now correctly yields two individual slabs.
  • Wooden blocks no longer burn indefinitely.
  • Mining Lapis Lazuli ore in multiplayer now yields a correct drop rate of 4 to 8 units.

items#

  • Gunpowder renamed from "Sulphur".

Mobs#

  • Fewer passive mobs spawn when on harder difficulties.
  • The texture of cow has changed.
  • Slimes can now spawn again.
  • Squid can no longer be milked.
  • Squid now have the ability to move in three dimensions

Non-mob entities#

  • Texture of painting call "Skull On Fire"
    • This painting originally was added in Beta 1.2_01, but the texture itself was not added until this version

Beta 1.2_01

Beta 1.3

World generation#

  • Players can now choose the name of the world before creation.
  • Players can now choose the world seed before creation.
  • More than 5 worlds can now be created at once.
  • Delete world message now includes "(A long time!)" after "(world name) will be lost forever!".
    • Prior to this, it just says "'' will be lost forever!".
  • Biome transitions between grasslands and deserts have been smoothed out, eliminating visible chunk borders.

Gameplay#

  • The front of the player is no longer shown by holding F1 while in third-person view.
  • View bobbing now also applies in third-person view.
  • Player will spawn with 64 torches, a diamond pickaxe, a diamond shovel, a diamond axe, and 64 beds

Command format#

  • Added /whitelist
    • Can turn on/off the whitelist.
    • Can add/remove players from the whitelist.
    • Can give a list of whitelisted players and reload that list.
  • Added /time
    • Changes or queries the world's game time

Others#

  • Added Smooth lighting engine added with the help of MrMessiah.
  • Added new graphics setting screen.
  • Added "Smooth Lighting" option.
  • New Loading screen.
  • F1 and F3 are now toggled when pressed.
  • When F3 is toggled on, mobs display their unique entity ID numbers over their heads.
  • F8 toggles mouse smoothing.
  • Scrollbars added in the world selection screen.
  • Players can now change the names of existing worlds.
    • This doesn't change the world's save id.
  • Worlds now use a generic McRegion chunk save format, with a built-in auto conversion.
  • Scrollbars added in the texture pack list.
  • Fixed an issue where closing the game client would generate excessive Java log .txt files in the executable directory.
  • The "click mining" exploit, which allowed rapid block harvesting via rapid click-and-release, has been patched in multiplayer mode.
  • Resolved a multiplayer glitch causing player models to jitter or malfunction when standing on fences.
  • Interacting with wooden doors while holding a bow or fishing rod, no longer triggers accidental arrow shots or fishing line casts.
  • Hit registration for hostile mobs in multiplayer has been corrected, allowing players to attack them reliably.

Version 3#

Minecraft: Java Edition Beta 1.3-1733 was released on December 20th, 2010, 17:33 UTC as a minor fix update to remove the debug items the player spawns with.

Fixes & Changes#

  • Player no longer spawn/respawns with debug items.

Version 4#

Minecraft: Java Edition Beta 1.3-1750 was released on December 20th, 2010, 17:50 UTC as a very minor bug fix update.

Fixes & Changes#

  • Fixed a crash bug when opening the world menu without a saves folder.

Beta 1.3_01

Minecraft: Java Edition Beta 1.3_01 was released on February 23, 2011, in order to fix some of the bugs and crashes in Beta 1.3.

Fixes & Changes#

  • Removed all dependencies on Java 1.6.
  • Fixed the recent issues on macOS in which the game would crash when the "Singleplayer" button was clicked.
  • Able to connect client to Minecraft server 1.3.
  • Fixed an item duplication glitch.
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