Serious Changes to Minecraft

[stickguy7]

Jeb is planning to release the next update with many changes to the world map.

Here is the link.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/404- ... -released/

[cruiserman]

Posted that in the chat box as well

[strider1997]

Can some 1 plz translate everything from that post from computer nerd to English?

[stickguy7]

*Maximum build height has been increased to 256 (was 128)
*Empty sections of the world are not loaded into memory
*Block ids have been increased to 4096 (was 256) by adding a 4 bit data layer (similar to how meta data is stored)
*Block ordering have been changed from x/z/y to y/z/x in order to improve compression
*Packets for sending chunks have been updated (a full 128-high chunk is smaller than the old format, and a chunk with lots of empty space is much smaller)
*Biomes are saved per x/z column, which means they can be altered by tools

(This is what I think. Correct me If am I am wrong)
Translation:
*The map height is doubled, meaning your towers can be taller.
*Not quite sure if it means air will no longer be loaded to hog up precious memory.(Someone tell me what this does?)
*The amount of blocks in minecraft that we can have is now 4096, meaning more new blocks can be added mod or vanilla.
*The way the game sees chunks by viewing them row, slice, or column, can help minecraft saves be smaller.
*The packets or data send between and the server and your computer, is smaller now, meaning less time waiting for chunks to load.
*Chunk biomes can be apparently changed, so a chunk that is tiaga can be changed to desert(can someone verify this?)

[cruiserman]

That's about how I read it too

[strider1997]

ok thanks, the only thing I really understood was the doubled building height xD

[SonicFF7]

These changed sound really cool.. and the list is very simple. Lol

[SquareDot]

We should be thanking Jeb for caring about Minecraft >_> *glares at Notch*

[cruiserman]

Also AI of mobs are changing and rare drops are being added snap shot #6 and #5 repectfully.

Spoiler:

http://www.mojang.com/2012/02/09/minecraft-snapshot-12w06a/

[iExspee]