Java Edition Classic 0.28

0.28

Edition	Java Edition
Release date	October 27, 2009
Server version	1.9
Downloads	Client not archived
Protocol version	7
Minimum Java version	Java SE 5
al_version	Unknown
◄◄  0.27 SURVIVAL TEST Classic 0.28 0.29 ►► 0.28_01 ►

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0.28 is a version of Java Edition Classic released on October 27, 2009, at 13:19 UTC. It was announced on TWoN at 14:04 UTC

Additions

General

Game modes

• Re-added Creative mode.
• Game modes are now changed via a line in Minecraft.class.

Mobs

Sheep

• Drop 1–3 cloth when hit.
• Drop 0–2 mushrooms when killed.
• Reward the player with 10 points when killed.
• Are only available in Survival mode, which is disabled in this version.

Blocks

Obsidian

• Very hard.
• Drops 1 cobblestone when mined.

Changes

Blocks

• Dark and light gray cloth are now darker.
• Water and lava now display in the hotbar.
• Changed the texture of TNT.

Entities

• Changed the player's texture, removing its beard and second-layer of hair.

General

• Altered the level saving/loading code.
• Added ores, stone slabs, iron blocks, bricks, bookshelves, mossy cobblestone, and TNT to the creative inventory.
• Re-added menu and death screen shading.
• The rendering engine now supports 2 layers of transparency.

Multiplayer

• Now works again.
• When the player stands near/inside another player, it pushes the player away slightly.
  • It is possible to walk through a player, but it feels slightly "solid".

Gameplay

Performance

• Higher FPS.

Controls

• Left-click removes a block.
• Right-click adds a block.
• The hotbar no longer saves when a new level is generated.
• Pick-block now works, attack speed is no longer limited, and reach increased back to 5 blocks (Creative only).
• Arrow counter is hidden in Creative mode.

Survival mode

• Only available through modding the client.
• Only sheep spawn.
  • Other mobs can still exist and still function as normal.
• TNT disappears upon detonation.
• Blocks do not drop items (although sheep still do).

Fixes

• Fixed exploit where someone logging in with an illegal name would cause players to disconnect.

From 0.24 SURVIVAL TEST

• Looking at glass now makes glass textures directly behind it disappear once again.

From 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST

• Slabs can be placed under slabs without them collapsing into a full block. (Still can't be placed on top though)
• Top slab texture is no longer invisible if there is a block directly above.
• Placing a block on a slab no longer causes it to become a double-slab.

From 0.27 SURVIVAL TEST

• Water and lava no longer display parts of other textures.

Bugs

• This version has a bug that allowed players to kill others in creative mode.

Gallery

• 

  The bug that allowed players to kill others in Creative mode.

Non-vanilla screenshots

• 

  A screenshot with a texture pack.

• 

  A town built in this version with a texture pack.

• 

  Showcase of all available blocks with a texture pack.

• 

  Custom made trees with a texture pack.

Trivia

• 0.28 is the only version of Late Classic that is missing.

References

• IRC logs on Archive.org; Adura.7z (UTC−5)