Minecraft updated, "sheep and cows look like sheep and cows now"

For some games, patch notes read more like beat poetry than a list of code tweaks. Minecraft is one of those games. The latest update for Minecraft includes such gems as "zombie pigs eventually forgives" and "lava flows further in the Nether". Read on for the full list of changes.

Players and mobs in lava or fire no longer spam sound effects
Getting hit with a higher damage while recovering from a smaller one now works as intended
Lava flows further in the Nether
Zombie pigs eventually forgives
Added support for custom skin packs
Fixed duplicate buttons when resizing screens
Zombie pigs and ghasts no longer get hurt by fire or lava
Fixed volume sliders now saving properly

Multiplayer fixes:

Hellworld=true no longer overwrites old save chunks. Player positions will still break if you switch it on a running server, though
Boats are now visible to other players
Minecarts move nicer
Fishing kinda sorta works, but needs more work
Sheep and cows look like sheep and cows now
Buckets work now
Fixed stairs being really difficult to destroy
Increased the timeout before “Took too long to log in”
Made it possible to ride carts and boats
Added (after lots of work) the ability to steer server-side boats
Added “no-animals” setting. if true, animals will immediately vanish
Added support for more animation settings. Currently it's just the “riding” animation, but the same system will be used for sneaking

[via VG247 ]

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