[Nazotchi25]

Minecraft has LOADS of new features and updates coming for the next version of it (1.3)
Here is a list for anyone wishing to know.

Planned release date=unknown.
Version Planned Changes Planned Release Date Major versions 1.3
General

• Large amount of internal changes.^[1]
• Will be able to see blocks other players are mining/breaking in MP ^[2]
• Demo mode playable through non-premium Minecraft.net accounts.^[3]
• Added Adventure Mode but it still needs more work. ^[4]
• "Large Biomes" world type.^[5]
• Creative Mode updates
  
• Ender Portal Frames added in Creative Mode
• While in Creative Mode, players can supply a powered minecart with fuel by right clicking it as if they were holdingcoal.
• Flying in Creative Mode is no longer affected by water and lava.
• ⇧ Shift-clicking in Creative improved.
• Potions will be in the creative inventory screen.^[6]
• Improved creative inventory screen.
  
• Category Tabs and Searching
• Survival Inventory Tab
  
• "Backpack" inventory, 2x2 crafting grid, armor, and deletion box.

[/list] [*]Singleplayer will be a local server.^[7]
[*]Commands in Singleplayer.^[3]
[*]Optional bonus chests placed close to the player when creating a new Singleplayer world.^[3]
[*]Hardcore in multiplayer (HMP).^[8]
[*]While sitting inside of a minecart pushing the directional keys will make it move the direction you are pressing.

• Only works on rails.

[*]Added a /publish command to singleplayer to allow LAN connection.

• Temporary, and isn't accessible with cheats off.

[/list]Blocks & Items

• Added Emerald
• Added Emerald Ore.
• Added Block of Emerald^[9].
• Added Ender Chest.
  
  • Drops 8 obsidian when broken without Silk Touch.
• Added Sandstone Stairs.
• Added Cocoa Plants that generate on the sides of jungle trees, which can be harvested for cocoa.
  
  • Cocoa Beans have a new texture.
  • Cocoa Beans drop from jungle tree leaves at the same rate as apples.
• Added Tripwire Hooks.^[10][11]
  
  • The hooks are connected (up to 40 blocks)^[12] by string, which will be placeable.^[13]
  • Tripwires work on all entities.^[12]
• Added Book and Quill and Written Book.
  
  • Ability to write in Book and Quill (up to 50 pages), save them to edit later, and sign them and title them to finish off the book.
• Added a new type of Golden Apple^[14]. with attributes the Golden Apple had before 1.1^[15].
• Added Bottle o' Enchanting to survival mode.
• Added Chainmail Armor to survival mode.
• New slabs of the 3 new plank types.
  
  • Wood slabs behave as wood, not as stone.
• New Gravel texture.
• New Dispenser features:
  
  • Dispensers will eject water and lavasource blocks (from buckets).
  • Will also take water and lava source blocks if there is an empty bucket inside.
  • Will be able to place Minecarts on rails and Boats in water.
• Stackable items now stack outside inventory when thrown to the ground individually.
• Specific names for different Wood,Wooden Planks, Leaves, Saplings,Sandstone, Stone Bricks, and Monster Eggs. (e.g. Oak Wood, Birch Plank, Spruce Leaves, Jungle Sapling, Smooth Sandstone, Chiseled Stone Bricks, Stone Monster Egg).^[5]

Inventory, crafting & smelting

• Different crafting recipe for books.
• Easier item manipulation within inventory
  
  • Brewing Stands allow use of shift clicking to put items in it.
  • ⇧ Shift+clicking can now be used to wear armor.
• Empty Buckets are now stackable up to 16.^[16][17]
• Wooden tools can be burned in furnaces.

XP and Enchanting

• Silk Touch will be able to pick up Ender Chests, Ice, and Glass Panes.^[18]
• The first 16 levels are linear, while level 17+ require more points per level to the maximum level of 30 (although one can still have more than 30 XP levels to spend).
• XP orbs can now be gained through mining ores, and using a furnace for smelting.
• Enchantment has been reorganized so the higher/stronger level enchantment is on the bottom while the lowest is on the top. (The middle obviously being in the middle of the enchantment table.)
• Maximum level for enchanting is 30.

Map & Structures

• Added Pyramids, a new structure in Desert biomes.
• Added Jungle Temple.
• Villages spawned in Desert Biomes now have a different style.
• Stars are slightly smaller and slightly brighter^[19].

Villagers and Mobs

• Villagers spawned from spawning eggs will get a random profession.
• Trading with Villagers.^[20]

Bug Fixes

• Arrows "warping upwards" in multiplayer fixed.
• All multiplayer sounds have been fixed.^{[21][22][23][24]}
• Better chunk loading in SMP.^[25]
• Fishing lines are now visible in SMP.^[23][26]
• Fix for glitchy mob prediction in multiplayer.^[27][28]
• Using buckets filled with lava no longer consume the bucket when smelting items.
• Armor and Tool Enchantments now show on multiplayer.

this chart was from The Minecraft Wiki

Edited by Nazotchi25, 19 June 2012 - 05:24 AM.