Minecraft Upcoming 1.9 Patch Will Bring Many Cool Features
The last major patch that Mojang has released for Minecraft is Bountiful Update (version 1.8) and the fans were wondering when they will get a new patch. Their dream is about to come true, as in two days, Mojang will launch Combat Update (version 1.9) which will change completely the way miners and crafters will play this game.
Mojang won’t bring another set of blocks and other improvements to the game. Minecraft will suffer a great combat change, and the players will explore and farm better. Dual wielding is the big change and will allow the players to hold a torch in one hand and a mine in the other, or seeds in one hand and in the other a hoe. Both way, the farming operation will become more efficient, and the game will feel a little bit more realistic. Multitasking was necessary, as it will help the players use the best combinations for dual wielding.
The players are not only capable of working and eating at the same time (while holding food in one hand and a tool in the other), they can also enter dangerous cavern systems holding a torch in one hand and a sword in the other, for protection.
Another change in patch 1.9 is the “delay” to the combat, and the players will have more time to plan their strategy. Also, they will build an arena, where they will find many things. But, here’s the entire list of changes that will be brought by the Combat update:
Shields– while holding a shield in one hand and a weapon, the players will be better protected when others are soaking up arrows. Also, shields can be customized with a logo;
Axes– will be 60 percent slower, and the players can use an ax in one hand and a shield in the other;
Arrows– there will be 14 new arrow tips which can be used for healing or poisoning etc. For example, if the player is wounded, he can be shot by a healer with an arrow and this will raise his health;
Hidden Dungeons– the fans will have more opportunities to explore these places, which are placed usually in snowy areas;
Beets– with this new vegetable, the players can make soup and feed themselves;
The Changes to The End– the players will need to raid cities and ships in order to get rare materials. Also, they will harvest Chorus flowers, but it’s not sure what their role will be.
End Cities– End Rods (crafted using chorus fruit and blaze rods) will provide light as the “End” version of a lantern;
New Blocks– the most useful ones will be Purpur Blocks, which are located in End Cities. There will be four different variations, such as block, pillar, slab and stairs.
Minecraft: Wii U Editionhas been out for a couple months now, and many Nintendo gamers have since put in countless hours exploring its blocky environments. All the same, it’s not aperfectversion of the game, with many fans complaining about certain features that were absent from this release. Naturally, the game is a work in progress, and a new patch has just gone live that adds a hefty amount of extra stuff.
This update is the third to go out for the Wii U, and it brings the game up to par with the Xbox 360 version’s 33rd patch. The full patch notes can be foundhere; it’s quite an exhaustive list of additions and tweaks. There are new mobs, blocks, items, and biomes, and dozens of tweaks to existent materials. Alas, there’s still no GamePad inventory management, but it’s nonetheless nice to see Mojang continuing to improve this edition.
What do you think? Are you glad to see this update? What would you like to see added in future updates? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
More than 100 Minecrafters are competing in White Plains to win Minecraft’s Galactic Mission, a worldwide competition that lasts for four weeks. The ultimate winner receives a $15,000 scholarship. Starlord is an 11-year-old gamer, who lives in New Rochelle. He’s been playing Minecraft for five years and is reporting on the competition for lohud.com and The Journal News.
This week, he’s joined by DinoGio, one of the handful of girls competing in the championship.
During last week’s round there were a few Wi-Fi issues that delayed the start, but this week ran smoothly, except for one little problem, according to team DinoGio: “We had one hack who compromised the server and cheated, raiding other teams. He fixed it so he wouldn’t die and controlled the leader board. Not fair!”
Her dad added that the techs running the competition were really on top of all the kids, caught all the bad behavior and put a stop to it immediately.
Starlord and DinoGio recap Round Two:
DINOGIO
Who I am: Hi! I am 9 ½ and my name is Brianna, but I like to be called Brie. I started Minecrafting when I was only in kindergarten (“I think”). My mom downloaded it five years ago just to keep me busy not knowing anything about it. I love Minecraft because if it’s in your imagination, you can build it; you can do anything. I am hooked on DanTDM, my favorite Minecraft YouTuber, who just married Jenn. They try out all the latest software.
What else do you do besides Minecraft? My mom says I need more days in the week for all the things I do: I take Taekwondo, Hip Hop, Jazz lyrical and I cheer for my school and I cheer competitively. I started singing the “National Anthem” for Mahopac High School basketball games (three times so far plus another in two weeks). I play the viola, I love art, attend CCD and I have also have been a Girl Scout for five years and do things for the community.
How was the Galactic Mission on Saturday? My favorite part was the building part, but I thought the whole competition was soooo amazing!
What was the hardest part?Hmm, I would have to say the hardest and most challenging was the P.V.P. because I think they should give you more time for more challenging stages. The looting part was way too short and I could hear all the frustrated kids around me. As you check the close looted chest, then the faster kids would kill you.
Any surprises?I loved how comfortable I felt and really fit right in from the minute I walked in that theater, even if I was one out of only five girls. I was very surprised how nice and awesome my team was. We all cooperated and listened to each other’s ideas and needs. I walked in not knowing anyone. My friend Maddie is obsessed with Minecraft and had to cancel last minute because her software was not up-to-date. I felt bad. So I didn’t know what to expect entering into a large group of over 100 unknown crafters. But I found the competition to be totally amazing.
How did you do? My team, The Exotic PVP won the League for the building challenge.
Any challenges? My least favorite thing was logging in to find I had to play as a Steve because I played under my brother’s game tag. Of course the they thought I was a boy! They never checked online or in person to find out who is a boy or a girl. It was also intense getting in and seated, and set up.
What’s your strategy for next week?I can’t wait to go back. My teammates exchanged contact information with me and we will try a few gaming sessions; maybe just maybe It will be super hard because we are all so busy after school.
STARLORD
Where did you get the name Starlord?Since there was another Starlord in the system, I had to tweak my gamer name a little. Now my name is jamesstarlord10. I got the name Starlord after watching the movie “Guardians of the Galaxy” in which one of the characters is named Peter Quill a.k.a Starlord. I liked Starlord because his name is astronomy-related and I love astronomy. Plus he is a really cool character in the movie; he is the hero of the story.
You had a week to get prepared for Round 2. Did you practice? To get ready for round 2, I read “Minecraft Essential Handbook” on laptop controls when playing with the mouse and each day I practiced for an hour.
What did you do differently this week? I had the same plan, just to be more focused and to have fun.
Did you feel more confident? Yes, this week I felt more confident. I had time to practice with the laptop, which is different from playing on PC and PS4, how I usually play.
What was your strategy this week, build faster or get rid of your opponents? This week we played a survival game called “The Walls.” In my Team Base there is a character called The Wither (which is a materials trader). My team built a cage of Cobblestones to protect the Wither from people attacking him. When we played “Mayhem” (which is a survival game) we gathered as much loot (diamond sword, diamond armor and diamond pick-axe) as possible.
What were the other competitors doing? Most of the competitors were trying to get the most points and the most kills, along with building the best desert world they could.
Are people still having fun or is it getting serious? This week was more competitive; many teams were planning different strategies and trying to win. Next week I expect it to be 10x more competitive as the teams bond with each other.
Right now, who is the Minecrafter beat? The top three Minecrafters were amazing. They got the most kills in the survival games and had the lowest amount of deaths. They also knew when to get loot from the chest and when to strike.
What do you think your chances are of winning the tournament? This week my team did an amazing job. We grew a lot as a team speaking to one another and planning strategies. I think are chances are good.
What are you planning for next week? To practice more, be more focused and to have fun.
Minecraft Pocket Edition 0.14.0 Download Available on Google Play Store
The mobile edition of the famous game was released in August 2011, for the Xperia PLAY on Google Play and its price was $6.99. In October, the game arrived on iOS and in November, it was added to the iOS App Store. A year later, in September, Mojang has released it on the Amazon Appstore and in April 2014, the Amazon Fire TV owners were able to play it as well. Eventually, the Pocket Edition reached the Windows Phone devices in December 2014 and the version for Windows 10, also known as Minecraft Windows 10 Edition Beta, was brought in July 2015. Today we’ll talk about the new update of Minecraft Pocket Edition, 0.14.0, which can be downloaded from the Play Store and played on Android devices.
A week ago, it was confirmed that the Minecraft Overworld update will be available for Windows 10 and the Pocket Edition, and now, the Minecraft Pocket Edition 0.14.0 can be found on the Play Store. This update allows the gamers to dress up as a witch, to play with new components and enjoy cauldron-powered Redstone comparators. Also, witches will assist the players in creating potions, dyes for the armor, and to generate power.
The update brings also slime blocks, red sandstone and 15 new redstone specialist skins for Redstone engineering, mining, rail-riding and TNT-ing; wearable pumpkins (a little bit too late or early for Halloween); improved chicken jockey mobs (baby zombies will have a 15 percent chance to want to be a jockey); item frames to display the coolest loot; dispensers; droppers; hoppers; trapped chests; more Minecart types etc.
These are some of the features that haven’t been included in the desktop version, but they passed the stable version for Android. The players have been waiting for them since the end of January and now they’re finally able to enjoy them, as well as the new features.
At this year’sNew York Toy Fairthere was a fresh take on how drones could offer a more positive contribution.
The first new trend was to combine the high-tech flying gadget with popular brands. Even Barbie got a look in, with her Starlight Adventure R/C drone.
Standing in hover boarding pose, as she is in the movie, this uses a hidden quadcopter to magically fly Barbie around the house. It sounds a little odd, but is actually a lot of fun.
After some practice, and a few crashes we were able to take Barbie to places she’d never been before.
Along similar lines is the Minecraft Ghast drone. This takes the floating ghost character from Minecraft games as inspiration for a hovering toy.
The controller is styled in Minecraft bricks and looks great. Again a bit of practice is required but once mastered the drone Ghast offers hours of entertainment – well, until the battery runs out at least.
The second toy-drone trend was to up the tech quotient. Adding more technology into the mix is the Skylanders Viper Hover Racer. This makes the flying of the drone easy with child friendly features.
Best of all is an auto take-off and hover mode that lets kids practice more easily. The drone can then be used in a series of video-game inspired missions with progress displayed on a smartphone app.
By placing special beacons around the room (or out in the garden) you can create a virtual track to race around. The app records your fastest time and lets you upgrade the performance of the drone between missions.
There is a co-operative two player mode where one person taps the screen to take down virtual missiles while the other player completes the mission.
Of the three, Hover Racer looks best placed to revolutionise the drone toy market. Provided it delivers on the prototype’s promise it could well be the must-have toy later this year.
Certainly there is a lot of investment in drones as toys, both in making the tech work better and combining it with big brands.
Update:Mojang has pushed the release date for Minecraft 1.9 to Monday, February 29.
Original report:Minecraft’s 1.9 update will launch on Thursday, February 25, Mojang has announced.
The update is also now in pre-release, giving dedicated players the ability to test it ahead of launch and give some feedback to Mojang.
Whilst you’ll have to wait for the complete patch notes, here’s a snippet of what to expect:
Notable changes:
Bugs fixed
Increased durability of shields
Some crystals in the end are protected by cages again
Added 34.7% more hype for Minecraft 1.9
Bugs fixed:
[Bug MC-96863] – Marker ArmorStand Should Not Have Passenger Offset
[Bug MC-97217] – Weird placement of player while riding an entity after swimming with elytra
[Bug MC-97235] – Resource pack in minecraft world save file not working
[Bug MC-97251] – Rail Duplication Glitch
If you wish to try the patch pre-release follow these instructions: “To get snapshots (or, in this case, the pre-release), open your launcher and press the “New Profile” button. Call it “snapshots” and check the box saying “Enable experimental development snapshots” and save. To switch to the normal version, you can select it in the dropdown at the bottom left corner of the launcher. Back up your world first or run the game on in a different folder (See the “new profile” dialog).”
