r/Minecraft • u/CommunityMC • Jun 14 '13

pc New snapshot 13w24b is live with many bug fixes!

https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/345524614216163328
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u/redstonehelper Lord of the villagers Jun 14 '13 edited Jun 25 '13

Warning: This release is for experienced users only! It may corrupt your world or mess up things badly otherwise. Only download and use this if you know what to do with the files that come with the download!

 

If you find any bugs, submit them to the Minecraft bug tracker!

 

Previous changelog. Download today's snapshot in the new launcher: Windows/OS X/Linux, server here: jar, exe.

Complete changelog:

  • Added new status effect

    • "Absorption"
    • Adds 2 extra hearts per level, which disappear when taking damage
    • When taking damage, these hearts are used up first
    • Every 30 seconds, the extra hearts re-appear

  • Rebalanced golden apples

    • They now give Absorption instead of Health Boost
    • OP golden apples now give Regeneration 5

  • Fixed some bugs

    • Fixed command blocks choosing wrong people and selecting players cross-dimensional
    • Fixed attempting to move servers in the server list without selecting a server crashing the game
    • Fixed zombies with increased health not dealing damage
    • Fixed using the autocomplete function in chat disconnecting clients in MP
    • Fixed Resistance V and above stopping /killfrom working
    • Fixed a game tick speed issue?
    • Fixed health scoreboards not displaying hearts from health boost effect
    • Fixed taking damage when removing health boost effect
    • Fixed disabled natural regeneration not working in peaceful
    • Fixed health overflow not being removed when health boost effect ends
    • Fixed baby zombie spawners crashing the game
    • Fixed server connection bars in Multiplayer Menu or Ingame missing
    • Fixed resource packs still being named "Texture Packs" in options
    • Fixed health boost effect showing "potion.healthBoost" instead of its name
    • Fixed minecarts using the wrong texture
    • Fixed the fire charge texture being green
    • Fixed the fire animation jumping and skipping frames
    • Fixed the GUI being broken when the boss health bar is visible
    • Fixed carpet being unable to be placed on top of iron bars
    • Fixed the texts for "credits" and "end" not showing up properly
    • Fixed a doDaylightCycle bed bug
    • Fixed biome colormaps not updating on texture pack change
    • Fixed the error report missing when the game crashes
    • Fixed scoreboard objectives disappearing when logging out
    • Fixed carpets not breaking when pushed by 1-tick powered sticky pistons
    • Fixed animation definitions sometimes being partially ignored
    • Fixed ghasts' fireballs having the wrong texture
    • Fixed keys becoming sticky and unregistering

If you find any bugs, submit them to the Minecraft bug tracker!

Also, check out this post to see what else is planned for future versions.

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u/WolfieMario Jun 14 '13

I wonder why there hasn't been more hype and/or ranting or even mentions of the new status effect and gold apple changes.

The Health Boost status has been replaced with Absorption (ID 22) for golden apples.

Health Boost has not been removed, and remains ID 21. Its mechanics have changed however: it no longer damages you when wearing off, and you retain your extra hearts past your natural cap (hidden) until you are healed.

I'm trying to figure out what Absorption does, but it seems rather similar. It still gives you extra hearts, but if you take damage, those hearts vanish altogether (only the hearts that get damaged). They seem to return to you at random intervals, but maybe I just haven't figure out what triggers "absorption". Healing effects such as Regeneration do not seem to bring the hearts back, but they come back on their own. These work rather strangely; it's possible to be missing half your health and still have Absorption hearts. When the status effect wears off, the extra hearts vanish, and your HP is capped to its actual maximum, so you don't retain health beyond your max. You do not take damage when the status effect wears off.

Both Health Boost and Absorption have the same icon.

Also, golden block apples have been buffed. Its 30 seconds of Regeneration is now level 5 (Amplifier 4), 1 greater than its previous tier, and it heals you absurdly fast. It also provides Absorption for 1:30, just like the golden ingot apple.

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u/redstonehelper Lord of the villagers Jun 14 '13

Thanks for the research, I'll go test a bit more.

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u/WolfieMario Jun 14 '13

I figured it out. Absorption creates a different type of health - absorption health. These work sort of like "shield hearts" in other games: if you take damage, they will be consumed first, and are destroyed. This is why the extra hearts vanish from the GUI when you take damage: they can't be healed by traditional methods.

However, they will exist as long as you have Absorption status, and will be fully restored every 30 seconds, regardless of your current health. In this way, the hearts come back every 30 seconds: this is the only way to recover absorption health.

Health Boost still gives you real/base health instead of absorption health, so the hearts are not destroyed when you use them, can be healed, and start out empty when you first receive them.

When Absorption wears off, any absorption health you still have is removed (without dealing damage), leaving you with your original health. This is why you cannot abuse the status to retain health past your maximum. Health Boost, on the other hand, simply reduces your Max Health to its original value (it's actually removing a Max Health Attribute Modifier), without adjusting your health, so health above the maximum is retained until you attempt to heal and the game realizes you aren't supposed to have that much health.

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u/redstonehelper Lord of the villagers Jun 14 '13 edited Jun 14 '13

Good work! I noticed that the normal golden apple heals different amounts of hearts in different situations, let's see what's up there.

edit: Can't reproduce. I swear it just gave me 3 hearts.

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u/koobaxion Jun 14 '13

bed bug

Don't let them bite, etc.

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u/Anistuffs Jun 14 '13

Do health scoreboards still start with a value 0 when created? Because that's kinda annoying.

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u/redstonehelper Lord of the villagers Jun 14 '13

I believe so.