Minecraft 1.6 Pre-release news

Woho! It's time for a Minecraft 1.6 pre-release! This release is dubbed the "Horse Update", but has a lot of other features, too. Also note, as already stated on this blog a couple of times, this updaterequires a new launcher. Download the launcher here:

• Windows: S3.amazonaws.com
• Mac/OSX: S3.amazonaws.com
• Linux/Other: S3.amazonaws.com

This is the 1.6 update change-log:

• Added Horses
• Added Donkeys, Mules
• Added Horse Armor
• Added Leads
• Added Carpets
• Added Hardened Clay, Stained Clay
• Added Block of Coal
• Added Name Tags (item)
• Added Hay Bales
• Texture packs are now "resource packs" that also can hold sound etc
• Food meter is now drained when healed by full food meter
• Removed Herobrine

This version will officially be released Monday, July 1Shoutouts to cpw (@minecraftcpw on twitter) for making old versions of Minecraft work in the new launcher, and of course to DrZhark (@DrZhark on twitter) for the Mo' Creatures horses! Big thanks!Here's a list of the issues we've fixed since the snapshot yesterday:

• [MC-12569] - Sitting in minecart is higher than it should be
• [MC-13754] - Unable to tie mobs to fence with less than 2 leads
• [MC-14126] - Binding "sneak" to any mouse button and trying to mount an entity crashes the game
• [MC-14355] - Cant hit mobs while jumping on horses
• [MC-15270] - Pushing a leashed mob into a portal duplicates the Lead
• [MC-16467] - Attribute modifiers randomly run out when given via items
• [MC-17867] - "Resource packs" translation missing on crowdin.net
• [MC-17876] - Health Boost extra health vanishes on login
• [MC-17908] - Tamed wolf's health depleted upon world loading
• [MC-18247] - Health Boost and Absorption potions names do not show correctly.
• [MC-18294] - One can spam a server log using anvils
• [MC-18578] - Water sounds when placing water from a bucket to water source reproduce twice
• [MC-18645] - Game crashes with a single frame compass
• [MC-18661] - Strength Potions being nerfed unintentionally [Not related to other Strength issues]
• [MC-18713] - If a team name has "-" in it, the argument for seeing if anyone is in the team doesn't work
• [MC-18730] - Superflat customisation screen have format errors in Australian English / String is missing at crowdin.net
• [MC-18845] - Scoreboard "Health" out of sync (rounds down)
• [MC-18997] - Crash at launch of game with invalid language selection
• [MC-18999] - Using /kill sets health to 2 billion
• [MC-19029] - Instant health effect set to a 29, 61, 93...253 value kills any player without any death message

Get the server files here:

• Cross-platform jar:S3.amazonaws.com
• Windows EXE:S3.amazonaws.com

Report bugs here:

• Minecraft issue tracker!

// The Minecraft and Minecraft Realms teams

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