Proto:Minecraft: Java Edition/Alpha/Alpha 1.2

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To do: Document the rest of the differences. Every build is already here.

Alpha 1.2, also known as the Halloween Update was the last alpha build of Minecraft, it is notable for being the first build to include the Nether.

Alpha 1.2.0

To do: Maybe get a sample of both creeper sounds? Should the bit about the Farlands even be here, seeing as the Farlands is just the world gen buggin' out?

• New to this update, hell The Nether was added.

• The terrain generator was overhauled, making things look less... bizarre, along with adding biomes.

• • This also caused the world setting "Winter Mode", to be removed with this patch as well.

• Fishing, along with Raw Fish and Cooked Fish were added.

• Clocks were added.

• Stairs, crafting tables, chests, and furnaces now face the same direction as the player when placed.

• Creeper sounds were changed.

• Higher lighting values are required the deeper they are to keep mobs from spawning.

• Grass and Leaves are now a darker shade of green.

• The sunrise now has a red shade.

• Pressing F1 hides the HUD and the view-model from the person's view. In third person mode, pressing F1 will create a view looking back at the player's own face.

• Fake chunks generate in the Far Lands, as a side effect of the new world gen

Alpha 1.2.0_01

• Soul Sand no longer generates in the Nether.
• Armor no longer blocks damage.

Alpha 1.2.0_02

• Soul Sand spawns in the Nether again.
• Fixed a bug where dropped items would disappear.

Alpha 1.2.1

• Leaves particle colors now reflect the biome instead of having the grayscale texture
• Mob spawning code were strangely reverted to the older version.
• Music now plays in Multiplayer.
• Mob Spawning was optimized.
• Signs on the sides of cacti no longer crash the game.

Alpha 1.2.1_01

• Armor now blocks damage again.

Alpha 1.2.2

Two versions of this build are available in the launcher, 1.2.2a, and 1.2.2b.

• More animation support was added in 1.2.2b.
• Texture pack support was added.
• It now takes longer for the "took too long to log in" screen to appear when connecting to a server.
• Players and mobs on fire, in lava, or next to cacti no longer spam sound effects.
• Getting hit with a higher damage while recovering from a smaller one works as intended.
• Duplicating buttons when resizing screens fixed.
• Zombie pigmen and ghasts no longer get hurt by fire and lava.
• Fixed volume sliders not saving properly.
• Present in only 1.2.2a is a debug command. By pressing F4 on the keyboard, the player will spawn a Nether Portal.

Alpha 1.2.3

• The debug screen now shows the player's position.
• Leaves now decay again.
• Hurting animations for players and animals were added.
• It's possible to attack things in Multiplayer now.
• The debug screen only displays by holding F3.
• Fixed a crash relating to lighting.
• Players in boats and minecarts now receive terrain updates.

Alpha 1.2.3_01

• Fixed single player mode.
• Fixed infinite looping by disabling leaf decay.

Alpha 1.2.3_02

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Alpha 1.2.3_04

• A bug related to mobs vanishing was fixed.

Alpha 1.2.4/Alpha 1.2.3_05

When this was released, Notch accidentally mislabeled this as Alpha 1.2.3_05.

• Proper hurt animations and sounds were added to mobs.
• The multiplayer join server screen now remembers the latest entered IP.
• Creepers now animate before exploding.
  • Explosions now animate properly.
• Increased chunk saving frequency on the server.
• You can now see sneaking players. Names of sneaking players aren’t visible through walls, and are visible a much shorter distance.
• Buttons, levers, and pressure plates animate properly when activated.
• Leaving sneak mode no longer rapidly plays all the step sounds that it silenced during the sneak.
• Swords and other weapons now deal damage properly.
• Fixed dead players logging in as invisible ghosts.
• Made arrows visible and deal damage.
• No more infinite free arrows.
• Hoes now produce proper seeds.
• Server logging now appends to server.log rather than overwriting it.
• Fixed minecarts and pigs moving twice as fast as they should when ridden.

Alpha 1.2.4_01

• Fixed a bug where only Creepers would spawn.

Alpha 1.2.5

• Fixed a memory leak bug in the server.
• Riding carts and boats now works properly when you travel long distances.
• Harvesting crops no longer yields fake seeds.
• Removed command /home.
• Snowballs are given again.
• Fixed a door bug.

Alpha 1.2.6

This was the last Alpha build.

• Added the /kill command.
• Added small lakes and rare lava pools, both on the surface and randomly in caves.
• Items no longer get used when opening chests (e.g., food being eaten, lava being poured out, etc.)
• Breaking a boat in a certain fashion no longer causes it to drop 4 times the normal amount.
• Patched client to prevent duplicated entities.
• Fixed a crash bug when destroying the vehicle from under a player.
• Fixed a door bug.