Java Edition pre-Classic rd-132211
This page documents a formerly unreleased version.
This version was never intended to be released to the public, but it is available in archived copies.
The only archived copy of this version is edited.
A copy of this version has been archived, however, despite the fact that it plays correctly, it is not bit-perfectly original.
If you believe you have a clean, unedited copy of this version, please post on this page's talk page.
If you believe you have a clean, unedited copy of this version, please post on this page's talk page.
rd-132211
| Edition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date |
May 13, 2009 | |||||
| Build date |
August 6, 2013 (launcher version) | |||||
| Downloads |
Original unavailable | |||||
| Minimum Java version | ||||||
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The first released pre-Classic version was made on May 13, 2009, at 22:11 CEST.[1] It is the oldest version available in the Minecraft Launcher and the current oldest archived version of Minecraft.
The copy in the launcher was last modified on August 6, 2013, making it technically not original.
Additions
Gameplay
- Placing and destroying blocks.
- Left-clicking places a block. Right-clicking destroys a block.
- Blocks cannot be placed past the existing border.
- Players can place blocks on the space they are occupying.
- Added a flashing white overlay that displays on the side of a block that the player has their mouse over.
- Holding down R causes the player to respawn in a random X and Z coordinate at Y=65 every frame until it is released.
- If you fall into the void you fall infinitely unless you press R.
- The level can be saved by pressing ↵ Enter or leaving the game.
Changes
World generation
General
- Level generation improved to be not so messy and random, as shown in the Cave game tech test video, but instead completely flat, which was similar to a superflat world.
- The height limit is Y=64.
- Blocks generate from Y=43 to Y=0 below which is the void.
- Only grass blocks are at Y=43 even if placed and all other blocks are cobblestone.
- Caves no longer generate.
Bugs
1 bug reported
- Blocks can be placed inside the space the player is currently inside.[2] This bug remained to the game until Classic 0.0.9a.
Trivia
- The "rd" before the version number old_alpha rd-132211 stands for RubyDung, a game Notch was working on before Minecraft, whose codebase was later reused for Minecraft.
- Level data is saved in a single
level.datfile inside the launcher folder, unlike future versions that have dedicated folders. - rd-132211 is capable of loading any level.dat file. By compressing (gzipping) any file of 2MB or more into a level.dat file, the game can load that file as a world.
Gallery
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Picture of a house. -
Picture of a castle. -
Picture of a patch of grass. -
A lot of stone. -
Falling over the edge. -
Another screenshot from this version, showing a field of stone. -
Picture of a partially built town. -
Free depiction of this version
References
- ↑ rd-132211.json
- ↑ TigIRC logs: "(14:10:09) Zaratustra: I can spawn blocks where I currently exist" [...] "(14:10:32) notch: yeah, it's one of those bugs.. I keep ignoring it" (18:10 UTC)
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