Minecraft 1.6

Gaming Minecraft
#1

So for those of you are behind or simply have been living in a cave for the past few weeks (get it? ;D) here is a consolidated list of confirmed features for 1.6.

Player Maps!

  • Lets you create maps which show the world top down as you explore it
  • You have to look down at the map
  • Maps can be passed to other players
  • Maps show any other players in the area plotted on the map

SMP Nether

Hatches
Work the same as doors, but in the ground like a trapdoor (does not let water through though). Hatches open outwards, not inwards.

Pistons postponed
Planned for 1.6 but got delayed

Potentially a Mod API

Sky dimension?






#2

Huzzah! I will be the first to circumnavigate the entire map! ;D

When is 1.6 planned to come out?

#3

soon italian soon… anyway i will be the first not you! haha!
but then again im workin at the airport thing so it may be a while xD

#4

If I remember correctly, you can’t map out the entire world - only a large area around you from where you start the map

#5

Yeah, when crafting you can choose how ‘zoomed in’ you want the map to be too. So you can have a detailed one of the immediate area, or a less detailed one covering a large area.

#6

Sounds awesome :smiley:

#7

I’m really excited about the hatches/trapdoors. These will make hideouts/hidden entrances a lot easier to conceal.

#8

aww… im gunna have to reinstall all my mods :frowning:

#9

Notch just tweeted he could be adding in a new sky dimension

#10

the ather!

#11

No way. If he installs the aether, in my opinion that will ruin the game. It’s just not realistic enough (from what I saw). But, I shall wait and see.

#12

he will probably make his own version derpaherp

#13

Yes, but he has to get an idea from somwhere.

EDIT: Well, I just saw the pics Andy posted, and that looks epic! I’ll want it! :smiley:

#14

1.6 coming out next week, confirmed on twitter- (notch) “You’re the awesomest people ever! <3 Oh, and 1.6 is coming next week.”

#15

aether?
nether?
skydimensions look super! would there be a ground? like earth? or just straight to void? INFINATE SUICIDES!! i wonder if there would bedrock?

#16

Just remember, the server won’t be upgraded to 1.6 until a stable version of Bukkit is released. So don’t update your client if you want to keep on playing on PCB.

#17

That’s true. Hopefully the developers of Bukkit will have it quickly.

#18

This may sound like an odd question, but I figure it will help others as well.

How do we prevent the game from auto updating? Last time this happened, many of us were out of the game for a few days because of it. I know I was just being lazy. I could have looked for how to downgrade…

#19

Do you not have the new launcher? Re download it from minecraft.net When there is an update available it gives you the choice to download it or not.

#20

Ah ha! So that was it. Thanks.