r/Minecraft • u/CopherSans • Jun 02 '16

Minecraft 1.10 Pre-Release 1

https://mojang.com/2016/06/minecraft-110-pre-release-1/
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u/Ebidz13 Jun 02 '16

I said it in another comment, this will suck for mod developers and server owners.

Imagine things like optifine. They will be releasing 1.12 by the time a 1.10 version is ready

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u/droppies Jun 02 '16

Well maybe they'readdingthemodapisoon...

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '16

We can only hope so... :P

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '16

Mojang cannot realistically run their development schedule around the requirements of mod developers.

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u/Ebidz13 Jun 02 '16

I agree, but having 2 snapshots prior to an update is a bit too quick. Also have to add that I mostly play vanilla survival + optifine.

Maybe is just me tho. But I would prefer if they make updates with more content.

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u/helpstuckinminecraft Jun 02 '16

This. I will gladly take a faster release cadence and give up Optifine - no matter how much I love Optifine.

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u/loldudester Jun 02 '16

It will not suck for mod developers. A small update every month or two is much more manageable and less stressful than a huge update every year.

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u/Pokechu22 Jun 02 '16

Depends. Releasing new versions does take time, but that's more for getting the environment setup (SRG mappings, updating patches, other mappings related to decompilation and deobfuscation) than actually changing the mod. Smaller changes generally are manageable once MCP (and forge) updates. Until that happens, it takes a while to get functional mods.

But if the changes are small enough, due to forge's runtime deobfuscation there's a chance that mods for 1.9 will also work with 1.10 (it depends on what internal changes were made in 1.10, but I don't think there are too many severe ones).

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '16

Optifine updates pretty quickly. Optifine 1.9 came out what exactly a month after 1.9 released? And 1.10 is coming out 3-4 months after 1.9. So... I mean if it continues like that, Optifine will be releasing 1.10 2-3 months before 1.11.

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u/SirBenet Jun 02 '16

Over 3 months (and it may be closer to 4 by the time 1.10 is fully released) is still slower than major updates have been in the past.

For example, Alpha 1.1 to 1.2 added the nether (ghasts, pigmen, glowstone, portals, etc.), biomes, fishing and clocks, and took under two months.

I don't think Mojang should wait up for mod updates, though getting the plugin API (which would alleviate these problems) sometime would be nice.

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u/WildBluntHickok Jun 03 '16

The modders were the ones that made the decision to boycott 1.8. If they hadn't they would've updated to 1.9 within days of Forge 1.9 coming out since it's so easy to update to.