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wraggster
March 10th, 2013, 21:34
Mojang has made live a 'pre-release' version of its Minecraft 'Redstone' update for PC players.http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/dir_2878/image_287831_thumb_wide300.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?mode=article&id=287831)
The full version of the patch goes live next week Wednesday, March 13.The Redstone patch adds a list of new tools and creative functions, including new dispensers, a daylight sensor, a weighted pressure plate, improvements to inventory management and of course the block of Redstone.The pre-release can be downloaded via Mojang's site (http://www.mojang.com/2013/03/minecraft-redstone-update-pre-release/). Here's the full change log:

Added Redstone Comparator (used in Redstone logic)


Added Hopper (collects items and moves them to containers)


Added Dropper (similar to Dispensers, but always drops the item)


Added Activator Rail (activates TNT Minecarts)


Added Daylight Sensor


Added Trapped Chest


Added Weighed Pressure Plate


Added Block of Redstone


Added Nether Brick (item)


Added Nether Quartz and ore


Added Block of Quartz, with half blocks and chiseled variants


New command: /scoreboard


New command: /effect


Containers and mobs can have custom names


Inventory management has been changed, for example you can drag-place items over slots


Texture packs now have separate images for each block and item, and can have animations


Nether Quartz Ore now spawns in the Nether


Smooth lighting now has three settings (none, minimal, maximum)


More detailed death messages


Some hostile mobs now are harder in Hard difficulty


Many, many, bug fixes


Removed Herobrine


Minecraft had sold over 20 million copies (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/395231/minecraft-redstone-update-pre-release-goes-live-full-update-next-week/) across all platforms, according to Mojang figures in January.The PC version had accounted for around 9 million of that figure, while Minecraft Pocket Edition had sold 7.3 million copies. The Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition had sold almost 4.5 million copies by December 2012.

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