PseudoKnight

What’s New In 1.2.3

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Now that I’ve updated the server to Minecraft 1.2, there’s some things you should know. This is my modified changelog for the server.

  • Height limit of 256 instead of 128
  • New mob AI — pathfinding, among other things like zombies banging on doors
  • Rare drops for mobs (skeleton, zombie, and zombie pigman)
  • New items and blocks
    • Slabs and Stairs can be placed upside-down by placing them on the underside of a block
    • Glowstone lamps that can be turned on with redstone
    • Fire Charge (a fireball) that can be shot from dispensers
  • Villages improved
    • Iron Golems, defenders of villages, can be built using iron blocks
    • Villagers breed naturally
    • Zombie sieges will occur occasionally at night
  • Jungle biome added
    • Ocelots, which can be tamed into cats, which scare off creepers
    • Bone mealing 2×2 jungle tree saplings can create a giant jungle tree
    • Vines can now be climbed
  • Other notes:
    • F3 debug screen notable additions — b: Biome, bl: Block brightness
    • Crafting ladders gives you 3 instead of 2, and crafting slabs gives you 6 instead of 3.
    • Tamed wolves can now be bred (puppies)
    • Some odd lighting glitches are normal in 1.2.3
    • Ladders are reverted to their previous collision boxes
    • Glass can no longer be picked up with Silk Touch. (should we change this?)
    • Doors have been updated so that double-doors work better with redstone, but current doors may need to be re placed.
    • You can hit mobs in the legs in mob grinders now, like in singleplayer
    • The world border will be expanded on Gamma soon
  • Some plugin changes:
    • The player list tab has colors again
    • Hunger is back on
    • Nether and End portals will not work until Multiverse-NetherPortals is updated
    • Water no longer updates when you remove a sponge (bug or unintentional side effect?)
    • OtherDrops should be fully compatible now. (sponge splitting and infinite cauldrons)
    • See the plugin page for a full list of updated versions

I’ll end with my favorite Minecraft 1.2 overview video from Generikb.

Have fun, guys! 🙂
Height limit of 256 instead of 128

9 comments on “What’s New In 1.2.3”

    1. PseudoKnight Post author

      I think my overall point was that they keep nerfing the silk touch pick (mob spawners, ice, and now glass). I don’t see why those need to be like that, except maybe the mob spawner.

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      1. Nef

        Yeah, but personally I think that using it on glass seems like a waste, while using it on ice wouldn’t be. It’s easier to make glass than it is waiting for water to freeze, y’know?

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        1. PseudoKnight Post author

          Maybe. If you’re testing around with glass configurations and have a couple silk touches, maybe it’ll save you time. But why limit a person to make that choice if it’s so cost ineffective?

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  3. Polymo6

    I think it kinda ruins the point of silk touch. Glass is one of the materials I use it most on. And I use glass much more than ice, I don’t know if anyone else does too but that’s my opinion.

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