Java Edition Classic 0.0.19a

0.0.19a^[1] was a version of Java Edition Classic released alongside server version 1.5 on June 19, 2009, at 22:35 UTC.^[2]

Additions[]

Blocks

• Sponge^[1]
  • Used to dry up a 5-block-wide area of water around the sponge, 2 blocks to each side of it.^[3]
  • Disappears after a while.^[4]
  • Sponge does not soak up lava, but it will stop it from flowing in.^[5]
• ( recreation) Glass^[1]
  • The glass texture in this version is not the same one as appears in a development screenshot.^[6][7]
    • Glass is textured, but is semi-transparent.^[8]
    • It does not render in the inventory and when underwater due to the above.^[9]

General

• Hotbar^[1]
  • Visually displays available blocks.

Changes[]

• Removed sand and cobblestone from the inventory (hotbar) because of a lack of space.^[10][1][11]
• Water and lava now have animated, and slightly different textures.^[1][12]
• Limited frame rate to 100 fps.^[1]
• Generating a new level while on a server, or saving the server level, no longer works.

Fixes[]

• Fixed a client crash bug in chat.^{[citation needed]}

Bugs[]

• Sponges sometimes do not soak up water when placed and removed in certain ways, especially when water can flow in from above.^[13]
• Water cannot be seen through glass.^[14]
• Glass cannot be seen through water.^[15]
• Glass is invisible in darkness.^[16]
• Water has Z-fighting issues.^[17]
• Mobs have backwards heads.^[18]
• Pressing pick-block on sand gives switches to glass and copying cobblestone switches to sponge.^[19]

Trivia[]

• A version of Wurm Online, which Notch developed from 2003, is called "0.0.19a".

Gallery[]

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  A build in this version.

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  Another build in this version.

References[]

• June 19 IRC logs: IRC logs on Archive.org; #minecraft.20090619.log. June 19, 2009 (UTC−5).
• June 20 IRC logs: IRC logs on Archive.org; #minecraft.20090620.log. June 20, 2009 (UTC−5).