Mojang has revealed a breakthrough change for the Pocket and Windows 10 versions of Minecraft: redstone is finally being added in with the next update.
As many fans already know, redstone is a vital resource, allowing players to power automated doors and vehicles. This change brings the Pocket and Windows 10 editions of the game closer in line to the original Java version. Considering that the Windows 10 version is the one to get VR support, by way of Hololens, Oculus Rift, and ever GearVR, it’s important for Mojang to get this done as quickly and perfectly as possible.
This update also comes with bunnies, desert temples, and wooden doors. You can read the full changelog below.
New Features
- Redstone Circuits: Redstone Wire, Torch, Lamp, Levers, Buttons, Pressure plates, Tripwires, Trapped Chests and Detector Rails. Craft them all!
- Cute, fluffy, crop-eating, bunnies
- Desert temples
- New types of wooden doors
Removed Features
- Stonecutter (RIP)
- Herobrine (RIP)
Tweaks
- Redstone can be used to control doors, trapdoors, TNT and rails
- Faster boats with improved handling
- Increased item tooltip visibility time in Windows 10 Edition Beta
- Stack count labels now use a bigger and more readable font
- Slimes and Ghasts now actually spawn!
- Hunger restored by food items now match the PC version
- Flowers created by using Bone Meal on Grass now depend on the biome
- Skeletons now run away from Wolves
- Obsidian now breaks in 6.5 seconds rather than 3
- Minecarts now stack on top of each other
- Boats now stack
- Beetroot soup now stacks
- Fixed Curved Rail and Redstone behaviour
- Improved Slime spawning
- Block lag should be significantly reduced. Everything should feel more responsive now
- Updated door textures all over the place
- Even more Ghast and Slime spawning
Bug fixes
- Mobs no longer suffocate in carpets (because that was kinda cruel)
- Held items now look better in first-person mode
- Loads of other bug fixes that are too boring to go into here
