Java Edition 1.4.6 (pre-release)

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Pre-release 1.4.6 is the first and only pre-release for Java Edition 1.4.6, released on December 17, 2012.^[1]

This version was re-uploaded on the same day to fix an issue with mobs spinning.^[2][3] The release version of 1.4.6 differs from this reupload by fixing a crash issue.^[4]

This is the final pre-release released in 2012.

Bows

• A high pitched sound is played when a player hits another player from far away with a bow.

Options

• Added an option to toggle touchscreen mode.

38 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.4.6

• MC-429 – When a bat flies through the water, it gets stuck, and it will stay stuck.
• MC-678 – Water splash sound gets overridden by other sounds.
• MC-756 – Player not shown in actual location after breaking boat.
• MC-833 – Inventory items, when placed in an ender chest, disappears.
• MC-971 – Mis-identified server version.
• MC-1005 – Fresh install of 1.4.2 on fresh install of OS X 10.6.8 hangs.
• MC-1347 – Items do not "update looks" when stacked on ground.
• MC-1348 – Dropped items only auto-stack when moving, not when going through portals.
• MC-1599 – File Handle leak in RegionFileCache (MCP).
• MC-1734 – Duplicating Sand/Gravel/Dragon Egg still works with tweaks to an existing design.
• MC-1883 – Destroying a Jukebox NPE&Kick.
• MC-1957 – Minecraft graphics messed up.
• MC-2442 – Redstone directional bug.
• MC-2568 – Ghost block bug.
• MC-2610 – Game freezes at the start of a previously saved game.
• MC-2622 – Cannot modify the Render Distance setting - Stays at "Far" regardless of changes.
• MC-2673 – Shift-Clicking smelted ores out of furnace cause minor visual bug.
• MC-2712 – The player cannot look around without moving vertically or horizontally.
• MC-2747 – Minecraft client crashs when connection times out.
• MC-2873 – Minecarts disappearing.
• MC-2879 – Error 50% of the time when the player tries to join their server. Failed to login: Error
• MC-2904 – Zombie pigman knockback stunlocks Iron Golems, defeating their intended purpose.
• MC-3122 – The player cannot change texture packs.
• MC-3255 – Blaze fire ball crashes the game.
• MC-3280 – Some textures appear as dark terrain.png images.
• MC-3346 – Minecraft crashing every time the player gets on for a little while.
• MC-3632 – Game only loads the chunk the player currently standing on when they logged in. Then the game freezes and crashes.
• MC-3860 – Client crashes when underground near piston and redstone machine.
• MC-3899 – Skeletons will come close to attacker.
• MC-3934 – Particle overload when returning from AFK.
• MC-3988 – Slime audio bug.
• MC-4432 – Minecart off track and into walls.
• MC-4784 – Skeletons not retaliating to Iron Golems/Wolves.
• MC-4792 – Minecraft crashed, exception world.
• MC-4829 – Game client gets stuck on 'building terrain' screen.

From the 1.4.6 development versions

• MC-4644 – Mobs running in circles and not jumping when chasing/running away.

Other fixes

• Fixed mouse wrongly positioned in fullscreen.

From the current version, reuploaded

• Fixed a mob spinning bug.^[2]