Java Edition pre-Classic rd-20090515

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rd-20090515 is a pre-Classic version made on May 15, 2009, around 22:25 UTC,^{[note 1]} which adds new blocks, block picking, support for fullscreen, introduces hills and more.^{[1][note 2]} This was the first version to be made under the new name of the game, Minecraft: Order of the Stone.^[2]

This version was never released and is not available on the Minecraft download servers. While an entry for "rd-20090515" exists in the launcher, loading it will run rd-161348 instead.

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Cobblestone

• Recycles the previous texture for stone, although with modified contrast.

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Dirt

• New block.
• Generated under grass blocks.
• Transforms to grass when is next to a grass block.

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Planks

• A new wood-type block.

Controls

• Crosshair (+).
  • In this version, it was very thin.
• Block picking using the number keys from to .
  • The currently selected building block now displays in the top-right corner of the screen.
• Fullscreen mode.
• Pressing will spawn mobs.^[3]

• Support for different block types and dynamic blocks.
• A subtle layer of fog can now be seen in the distance of lit block surfaces.

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Grass block

• Texture changed from 👁 Image
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• Grass blocks revert to dirt over time when they have no light or when a block is on top of it.^[3]
• Removed the ability to place grass blocks.

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Stone

• Texture changed from 👁 Image
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Mob

• Reduced the number of mobs who spawn from 100 to 10.
• Mobs who fall below level Y = -100 are now removed from the world.
• Mobs now appear darker when in shade.^[3]

Player

• Changed player's physics.
  • Now they can jump farther, walk and fall faster.
  • Moving is much slower when in midair.

General

• Bumps may now appear, making hills and sometimes cliffs.

Light

• Shadows have been brightened.

• Unless a level.dat from an older version is launched, the world is no longer flat.
• Loading a world from older pre-Classic versions causes all blocks to become stone.

• This version is the version shown in the "Minecraft progress." video.
• The "rd" before the version number stands for RubyDung, a game Notch was working on before Minecraft, whose codebase was later reused for Minecraft.
• This is the only pre-Classic version to not use the rd-ddhhmm format, and instead uses rd-yyyymmdd.