Pocket Edition v0.10.0 alpha/Development versions

This is a list of Pocket Edition v0.10.0 alpha development versions.

v0.10.0 alpha build 1

v0.10.0 alpha build 1 is the first build version released for v0.10.0.

Additions

• Upgraded the rendering system to use OpenGL ES 2.0 (coming from 1.1), using OpenGL 3.0 where available.
• Ported tinted lighting from Java Edition.
• Ported the round fog from Java Edition.
• Some performance increase on most devices.
• Mesa biomes have gold at every elevation and can spawn mine shafts on the surface.
• Added dust particles falling from unstable gravel and sand.
• Added more wood types for fences and gates.
• Added adjustable brightness (gamma) setting to adjust the darkness of dark terrain.
• iOS: Added a 64-bit build for compatible iOS devices.

Changes

• New double-sided lighting on entities and clouds that's more coherent with the terrain.
• Enabled mipmaps on Android devices supporting GLES 3.0.
• New water shader.
• Water is now brownish in swamps.
• Faster rebuilding of chunks.
• Added smooth lighting on water and smooth color transitions.
• Huge mushrooms now spawn in swamps.
• Ignore swipes from outside the screen so exiting fullscreen/activating Control Center doesn't turn the view.
• The selection overlay on vines/tall grass now has the correct shape.
• Added a selection overlay on Chests and Signs.
• The error messages when a World can't be opened are now more informative about what happened.
• Enabled Day/night cycle in Creative.

Fixes

14 bugs fixed

• Fixed a crash when rendering Mob Spawners.
• iOS: Fixed freezing when receiving a notification/showing the Control Center.
• iOS: Fixed a crash/memory leak happening when showing the system keyboard - signs and the chat.
• Android: fixed a corruption and possible crash when switching apps.
• Fixed the "spawning in the air" bug.
• Fixed a crash when creating lava during world generation.
• Water now pushes things
• Fixed a white artifact on torches held in hand.
• Fixed holes appearing in the clouds.
• Fixed a brown artifact appearing on the bottom of Minecarts.
• Fixed a random crash in multiplayer.
• Fixed a possible crash when selecting double chests.
• The time of day is now more accurately synced in multiplayer.
• Fixed chunks vibrating and becoming detached at high X/Z coordinates.

v0.10.0 alpha build 2

v0.10.0 alpha build 2 is the second build version released for v0.10.0.

Changes

• Added smooth lighting back on leaves.
• Smoother depth transitions between swamps and normal water.
• The "round fog" is now actually round.

Fixes

28 bugs fixed

• Added back the cross-hair when using Split Controls or the bow.
• Fixed a lot of graphical issues when using Fancy on some old GPUs (PowerVR SGX535, SGX531, SGX540)
• Fixed a crash when rendering minecarts.
• Fixed a random crash when starting some worlds.
• Fixed a crash when emitting particles.
• Fixed disappearing GUI and weird mob bodies when having certain items on screen.
• Fixed missing sides on slabs.
• Fixed signs text showing through walls.
• Fixed items having incorrect lighting.
• Fixed items blinking white when next to a blinking TNT.
• Items no longer push you when falling.
• Fixed an issue with 3rd person camera not raycasting through non-solid blocks.
• Fixed arrows getting stuck on non-solid blocks.
• Fixed falling tiles getting stuck on torches.
• Fixed mineshafts spawning a ton of wooden platforms if discovered at night.
• Fixed mushrooms being able to generate anywhere in chunks loaded in at night.
• Fixed black lines on torches.
• Mooshrooms now consume bowls when "milked".
• Fixed a possible crash when falling under the world.
• Bed undersides now have the correct texture.
• Fixed Mob Spawner particles.
• Fixed damage bars in inventories.
• Water in dark places does not have bright borders anymore.
• Fixed water transparency under lily pads in swamps.
• Glass blocks do not have flickering faces between each other anymore.
• Fixed colors of vines.
• Baby animals are now able to swim without sinking.
• Fixed weird water colors when placing blocks on deep water.

v0.10.0 alpha build 3

v0.10.0 alpha build 3 is the third build version released for v0.10.0, which fixes bugs.

Fixes

6 bugs fixed

• The game doesn't get stuck on a black screen anymore on devices where it happened.
• The player won't spawn anymore in the air or under bedrock.
• Resolved an issue in old worlds with specific seeds that could cause the world's spawn point to be placed inside the invisible bedrock border.
• Fixed a graphics corruption/crash happening when starting the game with Fancy OFF and turning it on.
• Fixed flickering terrain and water in the distance on some devices.
• The game doesn't freeze anymore when going to sleep.

v0.10.0 alpha build 4

v0.10.0 alpha build 4 is the fourth build version released for v0.10.0.

Changes

• Glass walls have again only one side as in PC
• The game now limits its CPU usage when in the background

Fixes

12 bugs fixed

• Fixed all black screen issues
• Fixed missing stencil shadows on many devices
• Removed black lines from torches and flowers on PowerVR devices
• Fixed excessively close underwater fog with Fancy disabled
• Slope rails now have a correct hitbox
• Fixed the number of dyes obtained from flowers and bones
• Fixed spawning in leaves
• Fixed a crash/corruption happening on app switch/reset
• Fixed a biggish memory leak on world creation
• Now showing shadows on alpha tested tiles (glass, leaves)
• Chickens don't have a black artifact under their head anymore
• The brightness of the player in the armor inventory doesn't follow the in-world brightness anymore

v0.10.0 alpha build 5

v0.10.0 alpha build 5 is the fifth build version for v0.10.0 release on November 3, 2014, which fixes bugs.

Fixes

9 bugs fixed

• Fixed a crash or graphics corruption when underwater
• Fixed black screen on startup on yet more devices
• Fixed black lines on the sides of doors
• Reenabled OpenGLES 3 and mipmaps
• Possibly fixed some depth precision issues
• Chat messages are now cleared when switching worlds
• The game doesn't forget the settings change if quitting before exiting the options screen now
• Fixed sensitivity lowering itself automatically
• Destroying a door by removing the underlying block now correctly yields a door item

v0.10.0 alpha build 6

v0.10.0 alpha build 6 is the sixth build version released for v0.10.0.

Changes

• Walking animations are generally faster and have been tweaked per-animal.
• Better fog on clouds, starting farther away and following the sky color.

Fixes

9 bugs fixed

• Chunks shouldn't fail anymore to be saved.
• Fixed (again) the black screen problem on Android.
• Fixed a possible crash on clients when the server quits the game.
• Fixed growing crops not being saved.
• Fixed empty chests and mob spawners found in mineshafts and strongholds.
• Joining a world as a client doesn't reset the spawn position to the log-in position anymore.
• Mobs don't disappear anymore on clients if the client selects "Peaceful" difficulty.
• Clients on "Peaceful" don't auto-heal anymore if playing on a "Normal" difficulty server.
• The underwater fog now has the correct color in swamps.

v0.10.0 alpha build 7

v0.10.0 alpha build 7 is the seventh build version released for v0.10.0.

Changes

• The clouds and the terrain are now tinted red during sunset.
• Modders can now use shader version 300 if they wish to.
• Possibly made text rendering (especially non-ASCII) much faster.
• Added back water sounds.

Fixes

4 bugs fixed

• Fixed an issue with server discovery.
• (Android) Fixed audio remaining muted after switching apps.
• Can sleep again when connecting to a server.
• The player is now rotated correctly when sleeping.

v0.10.0 alpha build 8

v0.10.0 alpha build 8 is the eighth build version released for v0.10.0.

Fixes

2 bugs fixed

• Fixed text on signs being colored white.
• Fixed non-ASCII characters not being rendered correctly.

v0.10.0 alpha build 9

v0.10.0 alpha build 9 (RC1) is the ninth and final build version and first and only release candidate for v0.10.0, as well as the final build released in 2014.

Changes

• Beds are now easily placed on replaceable tiles like tallgrass

Fixes

5 bugs fixed

• Fixed number of blocks or items not showing up in toolbar and item panes
• Fixed crash when shutting down server while client has chest/furnace open
• Fixed entities in multiplayer. They should now work as expected
• Door is now correctly updated (when opened/closed) on clients
• Added back the opening top animation in chests