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[darrenstraight]

So this one, has some pretty big changes in it!

• Added new world file format called “Anvil” (256 max height and 4096 block IDs*)
• Multi-player light calculations do no longer cause affected blocks to be transmitted to the clients, instead the clients will recalculate the light on their own
• Villagers will repopulate villages based on how many houses there are available
• Some nights in villages will be worse than others…
• Added a redstone-controlled light source
• Decreased chance for the rare mob drops
• All animals use the new AI system now

Redstone Lamps sound fun... Dicuss this snapshot!

[MadRAD]

I was going to post this but YEAH new redstone toys

[AustinSeb]

Redstone lamps look great. I had been experimenting with retractable lamps (à la CNB) in singleplayer, but retractable lamps take up a lot of room for wiring, repeaters and pistons. This looks like a great alternative. It is interesting that the wiki seems to say two lamps can power each other and that they are even brighter than torches. It will be fun having lamps you can turn on with a switch!

Edited by AustinSeb, 15 February 2012 - 02:39 PM.

[Calisurf]

Will mobs spawn if the lamps are off when you leave the house?

[Captain_Marbles]

Will mobs spawn if the lamps are off when you leave the house?

I'd imagine so, as there won't be any light, but mobs only spawn when you're around and the chunk is loaded. I can't wait to rig my house up and install lightswitches

[Dale]

Cool The lamps seem like they would be a great addition to the game! And a plus 1 for block Id's

Edited by Dale, 15 February 2012 - 04:00 PM.

[Death Linaty]

No need to worry about the block ID's as they are implementing 4000 or so new ones in 1.2 to keep the modders busy

[Murasna]

So this one, has some pretty big changes in it!

• Added new world file format called “Anvil” (256 max height and 4096 block IDs*)
• Multi-player light calculations do no longer cause affected blocks to be transmitted to the clients, instead the clients will recalculate the light on their own
• Villagers will repopulate villages based on how many houses there are available
• Some nights in villages will be worse than others…
• Added a redstone-controlled light source
• Decreased chance for the rare mob drops
• All animals use the new AI system now

Redstone Lamps sound fun... Dicuss this snapshot!

redstone lamps look really cool and could be really fun for people that do redstone, but i do hope that spawn tower does not hit the new 256 limit that would really stink to climb down unless we did the freefall into water thing.

Oh and i also have been looking at vids and stuff and the height will be able to be converted into any map! so even when we do the move when 1.2 comes out we will have the 256 high cap. also we may have to make sure that the towns are away from NPC village chunks, less we want a ton of villagers spawning in player houses and crashing in them at night

Edited by Murasna, 15 February 2012 - 10:49 PM.

[AustinSeb]

Oh, wow. I didn't think about NPC villagers spawning in our houses! But don't two villagers have to fall in love and have a villager baby like mob animals do? If they can't get in our houses, they won't have their babies there, right?

[Murasna]

Oh, wow. I didn't think about NPC villagers spawning in our houses! But don't two villagers have to fall in love and have a villager baby like mob animals do? If they can't get in our houses, they won't have their babies there, right?

well in videos people making houses near/on village areas are being counted as a "empty house" even if they live in it! luckily this is still beta so there may be a way to thwart that from happening though i doubt it. Easy way for them to do it would be to put some coding in for beds in the house mean that a player is occupying it or something along those lines... just be careful in that new world guys lest you would like a Roomie!