Minecraft 12w50a and 12w50b snapshots

Minecraft has released a couple of new snapshots a couple days ago. Seems to mainly consist of bug fixes and tweaks more then new content, except maybe the new thorns enchantment that acts as a damage shield You can click on the links below for the official information or you can read the copy and paste here from my site.

http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/696-12w50a-snapshot-ready-for-testing/
http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/697-mists-of-pandaria-build-contest-results/  (end of post for 50b snapshot)


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12w50b

		Thorns damage is now customizable.[2] Fire Protection now extinguishes players more quickly. Blast Protection now reduces explosion recoil. Bug fixes[3]: Fixed mobs walking slow when you hit them Fixed server/client desync of chests Fixed flame effect on arrows when fired into a pressure plate and player immediately engages flight mode Fixed Tool highlight shows when itemstack changes Fixed NullPointerException when pressing Ctrl+Q with nothing in your hand Fixed zombies which sometimes stop attacking Fixed the Unbreaking enchantment not working on armor Fixed opening a GUI and showing the item name in the hotbar again Fixed an enchanted item bug in 3D Fixed the inability to remove partial XP bars from the "xp -1L" command when you're between level 0 and 1 12w50A
		Tweaked Fireworks effect and sounds Item entities are rendered as 3d objects in the world when in Fancy graphics mode This includes items placed in Item Frames Items now show their enchantments when dropped on the ground Added Enchanted Book to Villagers and Chests Can be found in dungeons with special enchantments normally not obtainable Overall Protection enchantment is no longer as effective as all the other Protection enchantments combined[5] Silk Touch can now be applied to shears by using the anvil Cobweb can be harvested utilizing this feature Unbreaking enchantment can be applied to anything with durability using Enchanted Books Added “Thorns” enchantment for armor When hit by a mob, the mob will receive damage Added tool highlight when switching items in the hotbar Renamed items will display the changed name To disable it, open options.txt and change heldItemTooltips to false. Added a notice/warning for users still playing on PowerPCs or Java 5 (Java 1.5) Mojang plans to drop support for Java 5 by Minecraft 1.6.[6] This is due to the most recent versions of LWJGL no longer supporting Java 5, with PowerPC also no longer supported by Apple to be made compatible with Java 6 or newer.[7] When pressing CTRL+Q By defult (Or your "Drop" button if changed in controlls), you drop a full stack instead of one item Removed Firework Rocket in Creative inventory Added xmaschest.png, largexmaschest.png, and skis.png textures[8] Chest will use these textures on December 25 Bug Fixes: Fixed the Firework Star crafting recipe consuming unneeded items Fixed arrows shot at Endermen disappearing Fixed a bug with custom mob spawners not spawning different types of entities correctly Fixed animals appearing to walk through fences in SP Fixed some items with multi-layer textures rendering both layers separately when on the ground Fixed tools differing only in damage not being able to be swapped in the inventory Fixed some Z-Fighting with the beacon Fixed some graphical issues in the trading GUI Fixed /say not showing the text in the original purple color Fixed placing double slabs ignoring damage value Fixed minecarts being unable to travel through Nether portals Fixed lightning not flashing Fixed Firework Star duplication crafting recipe Fixed the Nether and the End generating random client-side blocks in MP Fixed FallingSand spawners failing to save properly and causing crashes Fixed the blocks in lowest layer of the map not being recognized by beacons Fixed enchantments not showing in Item Frames