Beta 1.8-pre2

Beta 1.8-pre2

Type	Pre-release
Release date	September 13, 2011
Pre-release for	Beta 1.8
Download	Client Server
Other editions of 1.8-pre2	Computer
◄◄ Beta 1.7 ◄ Beta 1.8-pre1 Beta 1.8 ► 1.0.0 ►►

This article is about the computer edition. For other editions, see Version history (disambiguation).

Beta 1.8-pre2 is the second pre-release for Beta 1.8.

Changes

• Abandoned mineshafts
  • Their density is now halved
• Strongholds
  • Increased stronghold count to three per map instead of one
• Swords
  • Blocking now works in SMP
• Creative inventory
  • Some of the missing blocks are now on the creative selection screen
• Creative
  • You can no longer eat in creative
• Drops
  • Chickens and cows killed by burning now drop their cooked meat
• Squid
  • Squid now drop experience orbs when killed
• Options
  • "Generated Structures" is now on by default
• Bone meal
  • You can now use bone meal on pumpkin and melon seeds
  • Huge mushrooms can only be made if a mushroom is planted on grass or dirt
• Cracked and mossy stone bricks now drop themselves instead of regular stone bricks.
• Fog
  • Adjusted fog strength at low altitudes to be less extreme
• Other
  • F6 and F7 working as a result of left-in debug code is now removed
• Fog key mapped to F

Fixes

7 bugs fixed

• Fixed endermen having client-side problems in SMP
• Sprinting with right-click or sneaking is now fixed
• Fixed furnace tile entity crash
• Fixed leaving the crafting table with items on the grid creating phantom blocks
• Fixed SSP chunk memory leak
• Fixed vines and leaves no crashing the game when placed in the Nether
• Fixed farmlands rejecting melon and pumpkin seeds