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Snapshot 13w38a ! Good or bad?

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Its that time again in the week, when the team of Mojang release a new snapshot. Is this one any uselful? Well thats what this blog is going to be all about.
The Snapshot 13w38a, is it good or bad?

First of all, once again they didn't post the update log, but i think they are just too lazy to do it, so they let the community find them. Through a bit of research i've found some of the updates, not sure if thats all of them, but here is the list so far:
  1. Maps can now be fully placed next to eachother, to create a giant picture. Well, first of all, this upgrade was implemented because the well known guy named "Zisteau" suggested it to Dinnerbone. If this would be from the less known community, then Dinnerbone wouldn't mind it, but just because he knew Zisteau he made this. But that doesn't mean that its bad, its actualy pretty nice. This opens an ability to make giant pictures / message board. And as some of you might already know, using redstone you can change the stuff shown in the map, so you could make a giant screen for a tv or whatever you want. And also, custom paintings without resource packs :)
  2. Super Secret Settings now aviable. This is so tripping! They added simple yet fun shaders. Here's an example: fnhpng
    And yes, its meant to be upside down. So they added around 15 shaders, including a cartoony one, motion blur one even one that makes you feel like you're on the dancefloor. It seems like they are trying to recreate drugs :D And this could be used on drug servers in a fantastic way. Also, i hope they add the ability to be able to change the players shader with command blocks, you will be able to add a drunk mode to your maps, with motion blur and nausea. I suggest cheking out Sethbling's video about this snapshot. This is something really cool for video makers, however i don't quite understand, why are they working on these if they are kinda useless and they could do so much more needed things...
  3. Some rendering and performance upgrades have been made, some new options in video settings. I actualy like that, cause i found out i'm having +5 fps now :) Renderdistance can be changed from a few chunks to 16 now, so a much more to modify. Also max framrate can be changed.

  4. 1.6.4 is out, its not really a part of the snapshot, but i just wanted to inform people about it. Its just to fix some quite major bugs, that happened in 1.6.3, like the weird traveling to portals glitch.


There isn't really anything else big i could tell you about, theres not too much to this snapshot, but that is okay, but now lets get to the part of my thoughts.

So, overall, is the snapshot Good or Bad?

I would say its not the greatest, but its not bad too. Atleast they didn't completely wreck something like seen in some previous updates, and they didn't add anything too gamechanging. The shaders, were not really that needed, its kinda silly how this update is mainly based on the shaders. We'll see the creative ways of their usages soon , but till then i'l let you guys tell me your thoughts about this snapshot. So, what do you like and what do you dislike, and whats missing?

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Update #1 : by ZvedeENG 09/21/2013 9:24:47 amSep 21st, 2013

Added info about 1.4.6

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09/21/2013 8:18 am
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CUZ DER IZ DRUGZ! I GIV U A DIEMON CUZ DRUGZ ROK!
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09/21/2013 2:18 am
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umm... why is there a :D after "It seems like they are trying to recreate drugs"... Also, it wasn't just because Zisteau asked for it, it has been a planned feature for a while. What do you mean by "...so much more needed things..."?
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09/20/2013 5:15 pm
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The filter that looks like it's painted would be great for cover pictures with text (exactly like you did). I think I'll enjoy that new feature.
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09/20/2013 1:02 pm
Level 36 : Artisan Ranger
madmax3004
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Popular reel!
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09/19/2013 4:26 pm
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-Rusty-
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One of last settings in a flashing colors lol now were really tripp'n XD
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09/19/2013 3:47 pm
Level 36 : Artisan Ranger
madmax3004
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How did you actually add the text to the pic, cause i'm really a noob at that >.
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09/19/2013 4:06 pm
Level 46 : Master Lad
ZvedeENG
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Thats picture editing, you can do it with softwares, the simplest one is paint, but i would suggest to use programms like Pixlr , PaintNET or Photoshop.
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09/19/2013 4:07 pm
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madmax3004
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ok, thanks!
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