PC Minecraft Update Thread: latest and all updates recorded.

This is a list of all the updates for MineCraft PC, new and old!
Each is listed within a spoiler of the update, newest being first.

Minecraft Snapshot Update 18 Dec, 2014
[spoiler=1.8.2 Pre7]
Update: Version 1.8.2-pre7 solved these issues:

• [Bug MC-0] – Not enough hugs given since the holidays ended
  
• [Bug MC-141] – "/spawnpoint" command fails directly on Pressure Plates, Cobwebs, Signs, Open Fence Gates
  
• [Bug MC-3416] – Player location marker invisible on map (wrong Z-Order). One-line fix included.
  
• [Bug MC-13057] – Multiplayer "back to title screen" button incorrect
  
• [Bug MC-47832] – Certain entities can't be selected by type
  
• [Bug MC-57691] – Water generates above sea level as part of ocean monument generation
  
• [Bug MC-63370] – Baby Cows are Milkable
  
• [Bug MC-66090] – TNT is no longer colliding with a block placed above it when the TNT is triggered
  
• [Bug MC-67150] – Ocean Monument cuts unnaturally into ocean floor
  
• [Bug MC-72574] – /stats command doesn't work on players who aren't op
  
• [Bug MC-77047] – Fullscreen Mouse Out-Of-Bounds Behavior
  
• [Bug MC-77055] – Non-ASCII characters rendered wrong (Unicode issue)
  
• [Bug MC-77174] – Wither Skull Dupe Glitch
  
• [Bug MC-77432] – Enchanted fishing rods make enchanted carrot on a sticks
  

Update: Version 1.8.2-pre6 was just released, it contains fixes for the following issues and some other bugs that were introduced in pre5:

• [Bug MC-77018] – Day light doesn't affect water and particles
  
• [Bug MC-77021] – Beacon shows additional glitchy beam
  

Update: Version 1.8.2-pre5 was just released, it contains some performance tweaks, a bonus hug and fixes the following issues:

• [Bug MC-1973] – Items placed into a beacon are lost upon destroying it or reloading a world
  
• [Bug MC-4405] – Beacons work inconsistently in the Nether
  
• [Bug MC-48219] – Keyboard input causes mouse look to stutter or jerk (Fixed in LWJGL 2.9.3)
  
• [Bug MC-48969] – Tellraw crashes if clickEvent is an URL without "http://"
  
• [Bug MC-49704] – Mooshroom udder texture does not display correctly
  
• [Bug MC-50769] – Mooshrooms incorrectly display custom mushroom models
  
• [Bug MC-67727] – Beacons in Nether need clear path to "sky"
  
• [Bug MC-73406] – Beacon stops working at a certain height
  
• [Bug MC-75083] – Single Player: Can't select any of the previous created worlds in Java 8 (Fixed by installing Java 7) (Windows 8)
  
• [Bug MC-76493] – Able to hit a block behind out of range entity.
  
• [Bug MC-76611] – villages.dat stores player names instead of UUIDs
  
• [Bug MC-76614] – Preexisting vines on east and west sides of blocks are rendered at the wrong face of the block (floating)
  
• [Bug MC-76650] – Glass Pane image flipped
  
• [Bug MC-76691] – Huge Mushrooms Generate Incorrectly
  
• [Bug MC-76716] – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException: Updating screen events
  
• [Bug MC-76747] – Various particles near world border rendered incorrectly.
  
• [Bug MC-76778] – Hoppers grab items from minecarts, that aren't standing directly above them
  
• [Bug MC-76946] – Changing owner of Enderpearl doesn't work.
  

Update: Version 1.8.2-pre4 was just released and fixes the following issues:

• [Bug MC-40275] – Credit screen/End Poem music not playing correctly
  
• [Bug MC-51804] – Corner fences / cobblestone wall with a block next to them turn black (Smooth lighting off)
  
• [Bug MC-71163] – Bed can overlap when placed on grass
  
• [Bug MC-76562] – Hoppers don't work
  

Update: Version 1.8.2-pre3 fixes the following issue:

• [MC-76556] – Creepers, Blazes, Pigs, Ocelots and Rabbits take damage every 0.5 seconds
  

Update: Version 1.8.2-pre2 has been released with some more performance tweaks and the following bug fixes:

• [MC-417] – Arrows first bounce back then appear at correct location
  
• [MC-3885] – Arrows shot into the underside of a block appear black
  
• [MC-8578] – Hopper sometimes doesn't suck items above when they are overlaying
  
• [MC-41881] – Hopper minecart acts like it is in a different position
  
• [MC-59549] – Graphical Arrow Glitch in Position
  
• [MC-70104] – Arrow visual glitch (fake arrow)
  
• [MC-73866] – Game crash when an item is thrown into a nether portal.
  
• [MC-74580] – Marker Tag doesn't make hitbox small anymore
  
• [MC-76239] – Minecraft Realms main menu button's text between quotation marks
  

• [Bug MC-51573] – Hostile mobs continue to follow/attack you in spectator mode
  
• [Bug MC-65697] – Explosion force on entities is directionally biased
  
• [Bug MC-66089] – Explosion physics changed, range of some TNT cannons greatly reduced
  

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Minecraft Update 1.8 2 Sep, 2014

[spoiler=1.8]
Hello!


It’s time for us to pre-release the next major Minecraft update, the Bountiful Update! This will bring Minecraft to version 1.8, and should be officially be published in the launcher onTuesday, September 2. This is the update that to date has taken the longest time to create (over 300 days), and is the result of many, many changes.

These changes consist of both new features, and large game structure changes such as replacing the hard-coded “block renderer” with a system that is able to read block shapes from data files, or performance enhancements such as multi-threading the client-side chunk rendering. We hope you will enjoy it!

Here’s a list of the major changes in the game:

• Added Granite, Andesite, and Diorite stone blocks, with smooth versions
  
• Added Slime Block
  
• Added Iron Trapdoor
  
• Added Prismarine and Sea Lantern blocks
  
• Added the Ocean Monument
  
• Added Red Sandstone
  
• Added Banners
  
• Added Armor Stands
  
• Added Coarse Dirt (dirt where grass won’t grow)
  
• Added Guardian mobs, with item drops
  
• Added Endermite mob
  
• Added Rabbits, with item drops
  
• Added Mutton and Cooked Mutton
  
• Villagers will harvest crops and plant new ones
  
• Mossy Cobblestone and Mossy Stone Bricks are now craftable
  
• Chiseled Stone Bricks are now craftable
  
• Doors and fences now come in all wood type variants
  
• Sponge block has regained its water-absorbing ability and becomes wet
  
• Added a spectator game mode (game mode 3)
  
• Added one new achievement
  
• Added “Customized” world type
  
• Added hidden “Debug Mode” world type
  
• Worlds can now have a world barrier
  
• Added @e target selector for Command Blocks
  
• Added /blockdata command
  
• Added /clone command
  
• Added /execute command
  
• Added /fill command
  
• Added /particle command
  
• Added /testforblocks command
  
• Added /title command
  
• Added /trigger command
  
• Added /worldborder command
  
• Added /stats command
  
• Containers can be locked in custom maps by using the “Lock” data tag
  
• Added logAdminCommands, showDeathMessages, reducedDebugInfo, sendCommandFeedback, and randomTickSpeed game rules
  
• Added three new statistics
  
• Player skins can now have double layers across the whole model, and left/right arms/legs can be edited independently
  
• Added a new player model with smaller arms, and a new player skin called Alex?
  
• Added options for configuring what pieces of the skin that are visible
  
• Blocks can now have custom visual variations in the resource packs
  
• Minecraft Realms now has an activity chart, so you can see who has been online
  
• Minecraft Realms now lets you upload your maps
  
• Difficulty setting is saved per world, and can be locked if wanted
  
• Enchanting has been redone, now costs lapis lazuli in addition to enchantment levels
  
• Villager trading has been rebalanced
  
• Anvil repairing has been rebalanced
  
• Considerable faster client-side performance
  
• Max render distance has been increased to 32 chunks (512 blocks)
  
• Adventure mode now prevents you from destroying blocks, unless your items have the CanDestroy data tag
  
• Resource packs can now also define the shape of blocks and items, and not just their textures
  
• Scoreboards have been given a lot of new features
  
• Tweaked the F3 debug screen
  
• Block ID numbers (such as 1 for stone), are being replaced by ID names (such as minecrafttone)
  
• Server list has been improved
  
• A few minor changes to village and temple generation
  
• Mob heads for players now show both skin layers
  
• Buttons can now be placed on the ceiling
  
• Lots and lots of other changes
  
• LOTS AND LOTS of other changes
  
• Removed Herobrine
  
• [Bug MC-61844] – Creepers target Iron Golems, causing terrain damage without interaction of a player
  
• [Bug MC-62066] – String duplication glitch
  
• [Bug MC-66511] – Creeper's new Attack Golem AI takes priority over Avoid Ocelot/Cat
  
• [Bug MC-69052] – Hang up when move out of 30,000,000
  
• [Bug MC-69638] – Combined minecart explosions duplicating destroyed armor stands' items and creating ghost items
  
• [Bug MC-46082] – Crashes when populating a chunk with empty (void) columns
  
• [Bug MC-57926] – Thrown splash potions have the colour of water
  
• [Bug MC-64521] – Inverted Daylight Sensor doesn't drop anything when mined
  
• [Bug MC-67626] – Item frames do not work outside 524289 x -524288 coordinates
  
• [Bug MC-68718] – Placing Redstone dust on certain other objects destroy the object
  
• [Bug MC-68726] – Skin is using wrong model
  
• [Bug MC-68740] – Cannot Summon Fireball/WitherSkull With/Without Direction (Unable To Summon Object)[Bug MC-68748] – Crash: Command "Summon SmallFireball" on Mobs!
  

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Minecraft Update 1.7.10 26 Feb, 2014

[spoiler=1.7.10]

• Minecraft Realms adds mini game support
  
• Several server-side performance improvements and bug fixes
  
• Preparations to bring Minecraft Realms to more countries!
  

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