The pre-release version of the 1.5 patch is now available for the PC edition of the multiplatform video game, “Minecraft.” According to a report by Mojang on March 7, the new update, which is codenamed “Redstone,” adds several new items and commands to the open-world sandbox video game. Several gameplay adjustments and bug fixes were also made. You can check out some screens of the 1.5 patch, as well as several other shots, in the slideshow at the top of this article. The list of new features can be found below (courtesy of Mojang):
- 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
The official version for the 1.5 patch will be released on March 13.
“Minecraft” was released first on the PC for the North American region on Nov. 18, 2011. The open-world sandbox video game, which was developed and published by Mojang, also came out for the Xbox 360 on May 9, 2012, under the name of “Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition.” A port to the Playstation platform is under consideration as well.
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