Minecraft 1.8.2 Update: Mojang Game Expected to Drop Today
Minecraft 1.8.2 update is releasing today (Feb 19) according to an announcement by Mojang.
"Minecraft (PC) will be updated to 1.8.2 on Thursday. This is primarily a stability and performance update," Jens Bergensten - a Minecraft developer - tweeted on Feb 17.
The pre-release will allow Minecraft players to try out the content before it is officially launched by the company. The objective of the update is also to check for any bug and report it to the company.
Players interested in pre-release can perform the following steps:
- Open the Launcher
- Select New Profile
- Name it Pre-releases
- Click Enable experimental Development Snapshots in the check box
- Save the profile
- Download it and play
The 1.8.2 update will offer following features:
- Not enough hugs given since the holidays ended
- "/spawnpoint" command fails directly on Pressure Plates, Cobwebs, Signs, Open Fence Gates
- Player location marker invisible on map (wrong Z-Order). One-line fix included.
- Multiplayer "back to title screen" button incorrect
- Certain entities can't be selected by type
- Water generates above sea level as part of ocean monument generation
- Baby Cows are Milkable
- TNT is no longer colliding with a block placed above it when the TNT is triggered
- Ocean Monument cuts unnaturally into ocean floor
- /stats command doesn't work on players who aren't op
- Fullscreen Mouse Out-Of-Bounds Behavior
- Non-ASCII characters rendered wrong (Unicode issue)
- Wither Skull Dupe Glitch
- Enchanted fishing rods make enchanted carrot on a sticks
Minecraft - a sandbox independent video game - was originally created by Swedish programmer Markus "Notch" Persson and later developed and published by the Swedish company Mojang.
