Java Edition 1.2.4

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1.2.4 is a minor update to Java Edition released on March 22, 2012,^[1] which adds new planks and sandstone blocks, improves chat editing, and fixes some of the bugs and crashes in 1.2.3.

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Birch wood planks

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Spruce wood planks

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Jungle wood planks

• All planks currently have the same tooltip: "Wooden Planks".

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Sandstone variants

• Use a modified version of the unused sandstone texture from 1.2.1.
• Have the same name as the normal sandstone.

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Glass

• Now drops itself when broken using a tool with Silk Touch.

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Sandstone

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Wool

• Slightly desaturated every color, changing from 👁 Image
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Cats

• When in a standing position, cats now purposely go and sit on nearby chests, active furnaces, and beds.
  • This prevents players from using them.

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Pigs

• Saddles can no longer be put on baby pigs. Saddled baby pigs from previous versions can update to this version and still be ridden.

Chat

• Added chat history and improved chat editing.
  • Links are now clickable in chat.
    • When clicked, a warning screen appears that asks players if they want to continue.
  • Players can copy and paste links in chat.
  • The mouse wheel can be used to scroll up/down for history.
    • and keys can also be used
  • Up/down keys scroll through recently sent messages.
  • The chat edit box is no longer prefixed with a greater-than sign ().
• When typing a player's name, pressing automatically fills in the rest of the username.
  • Text can now be copied and pasted.
  • Similar to how the formatting code displays random characters in chat, , , and creates bold, striked, underlined and italic text respectively, while resets any set states
    • These cannot be typed using vanilla clients
  • Pressing acts as a command key: it opens the chat with a / in place.
  • Pressing or moves the insertion point (text pointer) in the respective direction, allowing text to be modified.

Out of Memory screen

• Added "Back" and "Quit" buttons

Debug screen

• Added a "minimal" debug menu
  • The same as the regular menu, except without the graph/profiler.
  • Accessible by  + .

Inventory

• Re-added armor outlines in the armor slots in the inventory.
• Text color lightened to
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25 bugs fixed

• Made placing half blocks on existing half blocks (to make a full block) easier.
• Limited framerate on menu screens; no longer uses 100% CPU.
• Fixed fatal crash for converted worlds to anvil, when there's blocks at max height.
• Fixed signs clearing text while being edited in multiplayer.
• Fixed a crash when logging in while there are blocks at the maximum height level at spawn.
• Fixed TNT ghost blocks in multiplayer.
• Fixed chest minecarts turning enchanted tools placed in them unenchanted upon being broken.
• Fixed crashes on invalid server addresses when joining a server.
• Fixed entities being uninteractable if they existed at login in multiplayer.
• Fixed duplication exploit with paintings.
• Fixed furnaces and dispensers turning enchanted tools placed in them unenchanted upon being broken.
• Fixed the "flickering" of chat as it vanishes off the screen.
• Fixed text rendering over items in the container screens.
• Fixed exploit with jungle saplings (turns other saplings into jungle ones).
• Fixed launcher opening Minecraft dir if the path contains a space.
• Fixed an off-by-one lighting bug.
• Fixed liquid block transmutation.
• Fixed placing mushrooms in daylight, where they cannot survive.
• Fixed redstone lamps dropping powered block items when destroyed while on.
• /save-all now works even when /save-off has been used.
• Fixed turning half-blocks into full-blocks while you're standing on them.
• Fixed seed displaying in debug when the seed is unknown in multiplayer.
• Fixed villager texture changing client-side per profession.
• Fixed falling off ledge corners while holding shift.
• Glass blocks can be picked up using Silk Touch enchanted tools again.