Minecraft 1.6

• Added Horses
  
• Added Donkeys, Mules
  
• Added Horse Armor
  
• Added Leads
  
• Added Carpets
  
• Added Hardened Clay, Stained Clay
  
• Added Block of Coal
  
• Added Name Tags (item)
  
• Added Hay Bales
  
• Texture packs are now o resource packso that also can hold sound etc
  
• Food meter is now drained when healed by full food meter
  
• Removed Herobrine
  
• Minecraft Beta 1.6 version:
  

• Minecraft Beta 1.6

  
  
  This update requires both a client and a server update.
  
  Changelist:
  
  1.6:
  
  New features:
  + Added Nether support to multiplayer
  + The client will ask minecraft.net if the current login is valid. If the server says o no", a warning message appears in the client. You can still play the game even if this happens.
  + Added craftable maps
  + Added hatches
  + Added tall grass in some biomes
  + Mushrooms now spreads (very) slowly
  + Added server property view-distance. Sets the radius of terrain updates (in chunks) to send to the players. Range 3-15, default 10.
  + Added dead shrubs in deserts
  + Added allow-nether (set to true or false) in server.properties
  + Blocks destroyed by other players in multiplayer now shows the breaking block particle effect
  + Doors make sound for other players in multiplayer
  + The record player now supports more than 15 different songs (you cano t get the records yet, though)
  + Activated dispensers make sounds and trigger particles in multiplayer
  + Players stuck in walls will slide towards the nearest gap if there is one
  
  Changes:
  * Disabled Advanced OpenGL until we can fix some bugs with it
  * Ito s no longer possible to build solid blocks on the top layer of the maps (sorry!)
  * Made booster tracks speedier
  * Severely nerfed fire so it spread slower, and doesno t spread infinitely
  * Seeds are now found in tall grass, using a hoe on the ground no longer works
  * Compressed network traffic more agressively
  * Blocks that dono t change appearance when the data changes dono t send block updates when their data changes now
  * Arrows shot by players can now be picked up by all players
  * Nothing riding anything or being ridden by anything can enter portals
  
  Bugfixes:
  * Fixed running out of memory corrupting the current level
  * Fixed the side textures of grass getting extra dark when mining them
  * Fixed anaglyph 3d rendering mode having severe visual bugs
  * Fixed the crash screen vanishing immediately
  * Fixed not being able to target blocks when at x or z pos 1000
  * Fixed the achievements screen messing up the sky color
  * Fixed saving while sneaking dropping the player through the ground
  * Fixed a system clock change messing up the game speed
  * Fixed rain sounds not playing with fast graphics enabled
  * Fixed hair and cloaks being rendered in the wrong locations on sneaking players
  * Fixed the attack/swing animation not being applied to the armor layer
  * Fixed player rotation not being loaded correctly when loading a saved game
  * Fixed arrow physics, making them not get stuck midair when you open a door
  * Fixed arrows hitting reeds, portals, and other non-solid blocks
  * Fixed keybindings not getting saved properly under certain conditions
  * Fixed the player not being able to sneak off lowered blocks like cacti
  * Fixed a bug where the player could mine without swinging their arm
  * Fixed boats placed on snow being placed too far up
  * Fixed submerged boats rising very very fast
  * Fixed sand dropping onto boats getting stuck in a falling animation
  * Fixed a game crash when riding a vehicle or animal into the nether
  * Fixed falling while riding not dealing damage to the rider
  * Fixed buttons and levers too close to the player being impossible to use
  * Fixed dispensers shooting through walls
  * Fixed fire hurting through wall corners
  * Fixed entities reaching water through wall corners
  * Fixed placing doors next to cacti creating half-doors
  * Fixed buttons and levers being placeable on leaves in o fast graphics" mode
  * Fixed furnaces and dispensers not dropping their contents when destroyed
  * Fixed dispensers biasing later slots
  * Fixed farmland taking too long to dig
  * Fixed tilling below some blocks being possible
  * Fixed tilling the underside of blocks somehow working
  * Fixed fences and stairs sometimes becoming invisible
  * Fixed walking on top of fences not producing step sounds
  * Fixed fire sometimes existing mid-air as an invisible block of pain
  * Fixed fences and wooden stairs not being flammable
  * Fixed fire effect on burning entities sometimes getting rendered in the wrong location
  * Fixed fishing rod rendering being a bit lacking
  * Fixed fishing rods being stackable
  * Fixed mining glass hiding the clouds behind the glass
  * Fixed rain falling through liquids
  * Fixed items in glass blocks not getting ejected properly
  * Fixed water interacting strangely with glass
  * Fixed glass not blocking rain sound
  * Fixed fences and signs preventing grass from growing
  * Fixed rain and snow being incorrectly lit
  * Fixed grass staying alive below stair blocks
  * Fixed the achievement screen not pausing the game
  * Fixed some screens breaking the sky tint color
  * Fixed fullscreen mode switching causing mouse issues and screen closes
  * Fixed chat messages surviving through game switches
  * Fixed ice so it regenerates regardless of whether ito s snowing or not
  * Fixed rain falling too slowly
  * Fixed levers being placeable on weird locations
  * Fixed floor levers sometimes not delivering a signal downwards
  * Fixed floor levers sometimes not being removed when the floor is removed
  * Fixed rail tiles sometimes not properly connecting to a new neighbor
  * Fixed minecarts next to each other causing extreme velocities (sorry!)
  * Fixed wolves not following their owner if the name has different caps
  * Fixed creepers retaining charge level when they cano t see their target
  * Fixed dying in the nether spawning new portals
  * o Fixed" beds in the nether
  * Fixed inventory acting weird when portaling by making the portal close all screens
  * Fixed wooden pressure plates being mined with pickaxes
  * Fixed redstone repeaters having the wrong particles
  * Fixed saplings being plantable through snow onto non-grass blocks
  * Fixed ore density varying per quadrant from the center of the world
  * Fixed dispenser graphics being one pixel off. ONE PIXEL!!!
  * Fixed mushrooms spawning everywhere during nights
  * Fixed animals only spawning near light during the night
  * Fixed the multiplayer join screen input field being too short
  * Fixed IPv6 addresses being parsed wrongly. To connect to a specific port in IPv6, use the format [1234:567::1]:25565
  * Fixed network packets being sent unbuffered, causing huge amounts of packets being sent
  * Fixed entity positions going out of synch sometimes. They get re-synched every 20 seconds now.
  * Fixed inventory icons not animating after being picked up in multiplayer
  * Fixed mushroom soup not leaving a bowl in multiplayer
  * Fixed entities above the map height limit becoming invisible
  * Fixed healing not flashing the health bar in multiplayer
  * Fixed arrows being animated really strangely in multiplayer
  * Fixed arrows triggering too many entity move updates in multiplayer
  * Fixed the compass not pointing at the spawn location in multiplayer
  * Fixed fires being impossible to put out in multiplayer
  * Fixed record players spawning client-side fake records in multiplayer
  * Fixed records not playing for other players in multiplayer
  * Fixed players spawning in the wrong location and quickly lerping to the correct location
  * Fixed monsters not being visible for players with their difficulty set to peaceful
  * Fixed pigs getting hit by lightning in multiplayer spawning client-side zombie pigmen
  * Fixed loads of exploding tnt generating way too many particles, possibly crashing the client
  * Fixed bonemeal use in multiplayer sometimes spawning fake client-side trees
  * Fixed saplings sometimes spawning trees client-side in multiplayer
  * Fixed weather sometimes changing client-side in multiplayer
  * Fixed grasscolor.png and foliagecolor.png not being read from texture packs
  * Fixed stats getting saved to different files in offline mode if the caps in the player name differ from the true spelling
  * Fixed fireballs not being visible in multiplayer
  * Fixed ghastso fireing animation not being visible in multiplayer
  * Fixed receiving more items than the maximum stack size sometimes causing an oversized stack in the inventor