Additions
Blocks
Redstone Repeater
Slabs
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Cobblestone Slab
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Wood Slab
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Have to be mined with a pickaxe to collect, were not affected by fire, and had stronger blast resistance than wood planks
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Sandstone Slab
Command format
/whitelist
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Added whitelisting to multiplayer servers.
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Can turn on/off the whitelist.
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Can add/remove players from the whitelist.
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Can give a list of whitelisted players and reload that list.
General
Options
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New graphics setting screen.
Splash screen
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New Mojang logo.
Changes
Blocks
Beds
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Can now be obtained without inventory editors.
Redstone dust
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Will get darker the farther away it is from a source of power.
Sandstone
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Now found at the bottom of naturally generated sand.
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Mine time for sandstone has been decreased.
Slabs
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Breaking a block made of two slabs now drops 2 slabs.
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Stone slabs are now created by using 3 of the materials.
Stone pressure plate & Wooden pressure plate
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Now require two of its materials, instead of 3.
Items
Gunpowder
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Renamed back from Sulphur
Mobs
General
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Fewer passive mobs spawn when on harder modes.
Slimes
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Now have a higher spawn rate.
World generation
Overworld
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Players can now choose the name of the world.
Seed
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Players can now choose the seed for world generation.
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More than 5 worlds can now be created.
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Deleting world confirmation changed slightly.
Gameplay
3rd person mode
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Player can be visibly seen to bob side to side when the player walks (only when View Bobbing is enabled).
General
Controls
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F1 and F3 are now toggled when pressed.
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When F3 is toggled on, mobs display their unique entity ID numbers over their heads.
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F8 toggles mouse smoothing.
Options
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Ability to toggle between classic lighting and "smooth" lighting.
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Scrollbars added in the map selection screen.
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Players can choose the name of the world when starting a new one.
McRegion
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Worlds now use a generic McRegion chunk save format, with a built-in auto conversion.
Texture packs
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Scrollbars added in the texture pack list.
Release Date: 2011-02-22
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