Minecraft 1.2 Beta 6 - What's New?

The developers continue working on bug fixes and improvements for Minecraft 1.2 and today released a new beta version of the update. You can download the new test version here, and below you can check out the full list of changes.

List of changes:

• Custom skins are working again!
• Changed several graphical elements in the recipe book to improve navigation.
• Hostile mobs will no longer spawn on top of glowstone blocks.
• Water bottles can now be placed in the brewing stand again when using the pocket interface.
• Fixed a bug with skin scrolling.
• Empty armor slot indicators now display in the armor tab of the recipe book.
• Improved performance of the recipe book.
• The crafting toggle now appears in all tabs of the recipe book in survival mode.
• 3x3 item recipes now appear in the recipe book, but have a red background if they cannot be crafted.
• The crafting output window in survival mode now shows the number of items being crafted.
• Empty maps can now be created using the recipe book.
• Pressing the X button in the search bar will clear the query.
• Fixed a crash on the storage screen.
• Fixed a crash when the player opened the settings screen after loading content from the marketplace.
• Fixed the fishing rod hook animation.
• Banners no longer appear black in multiplayer.
• Fixed various bugs with armor stands.
• Horses will no longer take damage when adding a saddle after taming.
• Jumping, falling from heights, and climbing ladders will no longer interrupt sprinting.
• Fixed some other bugs and improved game optimization.

On Android, after the update, with a render distance of 16 chunks, FPS stays stable at 30-35.

Enabling the Plutonium mode option in video settings increased the frame rate to 40-50.