Java Edition Classic 0.28

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0.28 is a version of Java Edition Classic released on October 27, 2009, at 13:19 UTC.^[1] It was announced on The Word of Notch at 14:04 UTC.^[2]

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Obsidian

• Extremely tough to break.

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Sheep

• Drop 1–3 cloth when hit.
• Drop 0–2 brown mushrooms when killed.
• Reward the player with 10 points when killed.
• They eat grass to regrow wool on their bodies, reverting grass block to dirt.
• Are only available in Survival mode, which is disabled in this version.

Creative mode

• Re-added Creative mode.

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Light Gray Cloth

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Dark Gray Cloth

• Changed texture from 👁 Image
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• Inventory sprite changed from 👁 Image
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Lava

• Changed texture application from 👁 Image
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• Now displays in the hotbar: 👁 Image
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Water

• Changed texture application from 👁 Image
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• Now displays in the hotbar: 👁 Image
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TNT

• Changed texture from 👁 Image
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• Inventory sprite changed from 👁 Image
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Players

• Changed texture from 👁 Image
  , removing the beard and second layer of hair.

Controls

• The hotbar no longer saves when a new level is generated.
• Creative mode controls changes:
  • Pick-block now works.
  • Attack speed is no longer limited.
  • Reach increased back to 5 blocks.
• Arrow counter is hidden in Creative mode.

Multiplayer

• Now works again.
• When the player stands near/inside another player, it pushes the player away slightly.
  • It is possible to walk through a player, but it feels slightly "solid".

Creative mode

• Added ores, stone slabs, iron blocks, bricks, bookshelves, mossy cobblestone, and TNT to the Creative inventory.

Survival mode

• Only available through modding the client.
• Only sheep spawn.
  • Other mobs can still exist and still function as normal.
• TNT disappears upon detonation.
• Blocks do not drop items (although sheep still do).

Menu screens

• Re-added menu and death screen shading.

Performance

• Higher FPS and less chunk updates.

Level format

• Altered the level saving/loading code.​^{[more information needed]}

Rendering

• The rendering engine now supports 2 layers of transparency.^{[verify for Java Edition]}

Game mode

• Game modes are now changed via a line in Minecraft.class.

6 bugs fixed

• Fixed exploit where someone logging in with an illegal name would cause players to disconnect.

From 0.24 SURVIVAL TEST

• Looking at glass now makes glass textures directly behind it disappear once again.^{[verify for Java Edition]}

From 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST

• Slabs can be placed under slabs without them collapsing into a full block (still can't be placed on top though).
• Top slab texture is no longer invisible if there is a block directly above.
• Placing a block on a slab no longer causes it to become a double-slab.

From 0.27 SURVIVAL TEST

• Water and lava no longer display parts of other textures.

1 bug reported

• This version has a bug that allowed players to kill others in Creative mode.

• 👁 The bug that allowed players to kill others in Creative mode
  
  The bug that allowed players to kill others in Creative mode

• 👁 A screenshot with a texture pack
  
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• 👁 A town built in this version with a texture pack
  
  A town built in this version with a texture pack
• 👁 Showcase of all available blocks with a texture pack
  
  Showcase of all available blocks with a texture pack
• 👁 Custom made trees with a texture pack
  
  Custom made trees with a texture pack

• 0.28 is the only version of Late Classic that is missing.

• Minecraft IRC logs, Adura.7z, 2009-10-27_#minecraft.log, October 27, 2009 (UTC−5).