Java Edition Classic 0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 1)

0.0.15a

Edition	Java Edition
Server version	Unknown
Release date	May 31, 2009
Downloads	Client (.json)
Protocol version	None
al_version	Unspecified
◄◄ 0.0.14a ◄ 0.0.14a_08 0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 2) ► 0.0.16a ►►

0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 1) is a version of Java Edition Classic released on May 31, 2009, at 19:04 UTC. It is the first version of Minecraft with multiplayer compatibility. This is the only multiplayer test currently archived.

Additions

General

Multiplayer

• Added multiplayer.
• Other players in multiplayer are rendered with the human mob model.
• Block particles don't appear in multiplayer.

Changes

Blocks

Lava

• Now flows slower than before.
• Model is no longer shaded.
• Liquids directly under a block no longer cause an x-ray effect.

Mobs

Humans

• Human mob animation changed
  • The head and arms no longer flail around as much.

Textures

Planks

• Texture changed from .

Leaves

• Texture changed from .

Wood

• Texture changed from .

Gravel

• Texture changed from .
• Now only generates underwater.

Sand

• Texture changed from .

General

• Removed redundant dirt and grass textures, and an unused texture of what seems to be a cloud from 0.0.14a.

Generated structures

Trees

• Trees have a new shape.
• Now look more like modern trees.

Bugs

• Player can place blocks inside other players in multiplayer.

References

• IRC logs: #minecraft.20090531.log (May 31, 2009, UTC−6)

Gallery

Original screenshots

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  Head bug.

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  Notch's original test server in 2009.

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  The Minecraft webpage with this version.

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  A sign made of wood planks.

Present-day screenshots

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  A screenshot of another player in multiplayer mode building a wooden structure.

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  A game of spleef being played on a server.

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  A game of water spleef being played on a server.

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  ‎A server that has been flooded due to the lack of anti-cheat present in Minecraft at the time.

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  Leaf walkways in the sky.