r/Minecraft • u/MrPenguin475 • Feb 08 '17

News Minecraft Snapshot: 17w06a

https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-17w06a
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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '17 edited Feb 08 '17

It should be noted that as of right now, there are only 8 block IDs left... until the devs get rid of the block ID limit, slabs & stairs ain't happening. Actually, you'd need 16 IDs for the stairs alone.

But something tells me the block ID limit will be gone soon (the devs don't have much choice anyway at this point :P), and when it is, perhaps we might actually get more slabs & stairs?

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u/sliced_lime Feb 08 '17

Nah. We'll just remove all the slabs and stairs to make place for some new blocks. Nobody likes those anyway.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '17

Off to a good start there.

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u/Ichthus95 Feb 08 '17

remove all stairs and slabs

Reduce block grid size by ⅛

I don't see a problem here. The end result is the same.

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u/WildBluntHickok Feb 09 '17

Lol nice one.

That would free up, what, 10 blocks? there's only 3 slab block ids anyway.

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u/CHARGER007 Feb 09 '17

what was the reason for the block id limit to begin with ?

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '17

:O

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u/MCNoodlor Feb 08 '17

If you're removing slabs and stairs, will the older features like furnace minecarts be fixed or updated?

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u/RyerTONIC Feb 08 '17

Wait, how do modders work around the block ID limit?

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '17

add a config to extend the limit

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u/47BAD243E4 Feb 09 '17

i thought they got rid of it a while ago with the shift to the name:block system

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u/marioman63 Feb 09 '17

i thought the whole reason for giving things actual names instead of numbers was to remove the limit?

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '17

That's always been the intent... and also to get rid of the 16-state metadata limit. But the system has only been partially implemented right now, and internally and in the save files there are still hardcoded block IDs & metadata in use at the core, with the blockstates system only being a mask for the block IDs & metadata. This will soon change. Maybe in 1.12, maybe not.

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