Java Edition 12w50a

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12w50a is the second snapshot for Java Edition 1.4.6, released on December 13, 2012,^[1] which added new Christmas chest textures and the Thorns enchantment.

Chests

• Added 3 new textures: xmaschest.png, largexmaschest.png, and skis.png.
  • xmaschest.png changes the chest texture to resemble a red gift.
  • largexmaschest.png changes the large chest texture to resemble a green gift.
  • skis.png is unused, dummy file. Dinnerbone said he added this file as a red herring.^[2]
  • Chests use these textures on December 25.

Tools

• Added tool highlight when switching items in the hotbar.
  • Renamed items display the changed name.
  • To disable it, player needs to open options.txt and change heldItemTooltips to false.

Villagers

• Enchanted books are now available through villager trading.

Dungeons

• Enchanted books can be found in dungeons with special enchantments normally not obtainable.

Enchanting

• Added Thorns enchantment for armor.
  • When player wearing such armor gets hit by a mob, the mob receives damage.

General

• Item entities are rendered as 3D objects in the world when in fancy graphics mode.
  • This includes items placed in item frames.
• Items now show their enchantments when dropped on the ground.

Firework rocket

• Tweaked the effect the item gives and sounds.

Creative

• Removed the firework rocket from the Creative inventory.

Enchanting

• Efficiency now has no effect when using tools on the wrong block types.
• Protection is no longer as effective as all the other Protection-type enchantments combined.
• Unbreaking can be applied to anything with durability using enchanted books.

Controls

• Pressing + by default (Or the "Drop" button if changed in controls), the player drops a full stack instead of one item.

Notices

• Added a notice/warning for users still playing on PowerPCs or Java 5 (Java 1.5).
  • Mojang plans to drop support for Java 5 by version 1.6.^[3] This is due to the most recent versions of LWJGL no longer supporting Java 5, with PowerPC also no longer supported by Apple to be made compatible with Java 6 or newer.^[4]

14 issues fixed

• MC-255 – Graphical issue with trading.
• MC-312 – Item textures of spawn eggs and firework stars not aligned properly when stacked.
• MC-674 – Items different only in damage cannot be swapped.
• MC-1626 – Z-fighting in beacon block bottom.
• MC-1959 – Placing double slabs ignore damage values.
• MC-1969 – minecarts cant travel through nether portals.
• MC-3593 – Lightning does not flash.
• MC-4499 – Beacon tiers do not work at y=0.
• MC-4510 – Enchantment not showing in item frame.

From the previous development version

• MC-4193 – Firework star duplication glitch.
• MC-4199 – Deaths not logged to console.
• MC-4200 – The Nether and the End generating random blocks clientside in multiplayer.
• MC-4203 – Enchanted Books: Unenchantable item can receive any enchantment.
• MC-4433 – Falling sand spawners failing to save properly, and causing crashes.

• 12w50a is the first correctly labeled snapshot released on the 50th week of a year, as 11w50a is labeled incorrectly as 11w49a.