Minecraft snapshot 14w04a released

Minecraft snapshot 14w04a has been released, bringing new additions to both survival mode and for mapmakers along with a slew of bug fixes. Thankfully, Nathan "Dinnerbone" Adams has provided a nice, clear and concise list of all the new additions and fixes. Have a look below.

Notable additions for survival:

  • Item frames can give off a signal detected by Comparators.
  • Lots of changes to villager AI. Some of them now actually do stuff!
  • Fortune now gives 1% change of rare loot per level
  • Iron Golems/Zombie Pigmen now drop items on normal kills
  • You can now spawn Iron Golems/Snow Golems/Withers with dispensers + pumpkin/skulls respectively
  • Bushes can now catch fire
  • Buttons can now be placed on ceiling/floors
  • Seecret Changes
  • Balancing tweaks!

Notable additions for mapmakers:

  • New command /particle to show particle effects in the world. It can also be relative to entities. Example: /particle lava ~ ~1 ~ 1 1 1 0.5 2 @e[type=Chicken]
  • Added the ability to filter block types in the /fill command, but only if it’s used to fill in replace mode with “normal” blocks. It does not work when filling with block entities. Syntax: /fillreplace [filterBlockName] [filterData]
  • Fixed most of the remaining issues with the /clone command, for example chest orientation.

Bugs fixed in this snapshot:

  • [Bug MC-1253] – Ladder, Sign, Fence, Gate, Trapdoor causes block it is placed in to darken
  • [Bug MC-2399] – Transparent blocks raise the light level of the block they're in visually by one
  • [Bug MC-9582] – Whole-word selection behaves erratically in chat
  • [Bug MC-16457] – Pumpkin texture flips when made into snowman
  • [Bug MC-18284] – New AI mobs see through invisibility
  • [Bug MC-18984] – Dead bushes and Saplings do not burn
  • [Bug MC-24336] – Withers are harmed by the explosions of their Wither Skulls
  • [Bug MC-25370] – Mouse is centered when going to previous menu with ESC
  • [Bug MC-31081] – Stone monster eggs Spawn 2 Silverfish
  • [Bug MC-31203] – Furnace Progress Remains After Changing Ingredient
  • [Bug MC-32301] – Lava fizz sound plays whenever a flowing lava block destroys an air block
  • [Bug MC-36847] – No Colon after Game Mode in World Options
  • [Bug MC-37355] – server-icon.png alpha channel display
  • [Bug MC-43984] – Normal players can use player selectors
  • [Bug MC-44551] – Silverfish can infest Granite/Andesite/Diorite
  • [Bug MC-44592] – Lava spreads further than it should
  • [Bug MC-44805] – /difficulty doesn't update on singleplayer
  • [Bug MC-44890] – Doors get added to the list of village doors over and over again
  • [Bug MC-44893] – /kill Not Killing Invulnerable Entity
  • [Bug MC-45011] – /clone doesnt clone TileEntity orientation
  • [Bug MC-45056] – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException: Loading entity NBT
  • [Bug MC-45063] – Tripwire is invisible
  • [Bug MC-45071] – The world freezes if an Enderman is being hit.
  • [Bug MC-45082] – Skin Layers Appear to be Off when Travelling through Portals
  • [Bug MC-45084] – Skin's Second Layers Invisible in First Person
  • [Bug MC-45087] – Id for cooked fish is "minecraft:cooked_fished"
  • [Bug MC-45172] – New skin layer jacket acts enchanted when enchanted pants equipped
  • [Bug MC-45235] – Double Shift = Sprint
  • [Bug MC-45448] – Problem with auto-completion of commands

Mojang notes that any bugs you discover can be reported here.