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]

*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?)

This has got to be one of the best things ever added to mine craft!
Thx for posting this sonic, but any changes with the world (1.0 map) I think and hope it will all stay the same, now that we have a /mine world we can get new stuff from there