Huckleberry News

November 24th 2014

General Changes

Update 27

• The textures for Iron Blocks/Iron Ingots have been made darker to stand out above other metals.
• Podzol blocks can now be gathered using the Silk Touch enchantment.
• New Blocks: Stained Glass! Crafted using dye and glass.
• New Blocks: Stained Glass Panes! Crafted like normal panes but with Stained Glass.
• The recipes for Leash, Hopper, Powered Minecart, TNT Minecart, Chisel and Writable Book have been corrected in the Crafting Guide.
• Solved an issue where the inventory would not update when crafting runes.
• Iron Ingots should now be textured darker than before.
• When being minced by a grinder plate, particle effects should now appear!
• Grinder Plates / Animal Cages will no longer stay without a block under them.
• Grinder Plates can now be disabled with redstone power.
• Grinder Plates now have a small red light on them indicating when they are on.
• Pressing F12 will now reload all player skins without needing to reload your client.
• Scrolling on the Crafting Guide has been improved.
• Solved an issue where a Rose was appearing without a name.
• New items: Firelighters! Available in red, blue, yellow and green, allows coloured fire!

November 21st 2014

General Changes

Update 26

• New Block: Slime Block! Falling on this block will induce no fall damage and spring you back up!
• Solved an issue that was causing scrolling on the latest changes panel to be buggy.
• Redwood Spider is now correctly named. (Promise, this time!)
• Sound effects have been added to grinder plants when stood on.
• New Feature: Animal Cages! When placed on the ground, the next animal to wander over them will become trapped inside. When the filled cage is used, the animal will be free again!
• Sound effects have been added when opening/closing a mailbox.
• Grass with a mailbox on top of it should no longer turn to dirt.
• Zombies can now break all types of wooden doors.
• Villagers can now open all types of wooden doors.
• Player heads should no longer become stuck on the minimap when that player dies.
• Solved an issue where using XP bottles could give the player two XP bars.
• Players can no longer store their XP in a bottle if they have less than 1 level.
• Solved an issue that was preventing Redwood Trees from growing from a sapling.
• Solved an issue where saplings would sometimes turn into glitched Oak Saplings.
• 2x2 thick trees can no longer be grown from saplings planted by players.
• Leaves no longer have a chance to drop apples. (A new method of obtaining apples coming soon.)
• Gravestones will now face the correct way when placed.
• Solved an issue where pumpkins/skulls were not rendering when worn by a player.
• The sound settings should now scale properly and be less glitchy.
• Jukeboxes are now correctly controlled by the 'Music' volume slider under sound settings.
• When changing the 'Music' volume slider, background/record music should no longer stop.
• Backpacks can no longer be stored inside other backpacks. (Fixed, again!)

Update 26.1

• Breaking an animal trap manually should no longer crash you indefinitely.
• The surface of Slime Blocks are now slippery and cause less friction
• Mobs caught in animals traps can no longer take damage.
• Animal Cages and Grinder Plates no longer float with nothing below them.

November 20th 2014

General Changes

Update 25.1

• Redwood Spider should now be correctly named.
• Podzol should no longer break instantly when punched with any tool.
• New Block: Redwood Leaves. Formed with Redwood Trees and drops Redwood Saplings.

Update 25.2

• You can now scroll on the latest changes panel using the mouse wheel.
• Backpacks can no longer be stored inside other backpacks, sorry!
• Solved and issue that was preventing Wolf Fur Backpacks from being dyed.
• Text on the latest changes panel should now wrap when going off the screen.
• Multiple server error messages have been edited to be more helpful.

Update 25.3

• The mouse scroll-wheel for the latest changes panel has been inverted.
• Backpacks should no longer loose their colour when opened/closed.

November 19th 2014

General Changes

Update 25

• Players in creative mode should no longer prevent the day skipping when everyone sleeps.
• XP can now be stored in a glass bottle by using an enchanting table.
• New block: Podzol! - Similar to grass in functionality, however does not spread.
• New Block: Redwood - Includes logs, planks, half-step, stairs and saplings.
• New tree: Redwood - Grown from redwood saplings and found naturally in a new biome.
• The recipes for Acacia / Dark Oak stairs has been fixed and they should now be craftable.
• New biome: Redwood Forest - A prime source of podzol and redwood!
• New monster: Redwood Spider - Lurking in Redwood Forests these spiders have a fiery bite.
• The recipe for Dark Oak Planks should now correctly display in the recipe guide.
• New item: Redwood Door! Crafted using Redwood Planks, it functions just as any other door.
• New blocks: Tin, Copper, Bronze, and Steel Blocks. Crafted using 9 of the respective ingots.
• Beacons now accept tin, copper, bronze and steel blocks/ingots for construction/use.
• Player names in Huckleberry will now be coloured to reflect their rank on Runsafe.
• Cloak rendering has been optimized to prevent minor performance loss when worn.
• New feature: Backpacks - When wearing a backpack, press "P" to open!
• New item: Leather Backpack! Crafted out of leather, it can hold 18 items and can be dyed.
• New item: Wolf Fur Backpack! Crafted out of wold fur, it can hold up to 36 items and can be dyed.

November 17th 2014

General Changes

Update 24.1

• Polished Manarock should now be correctly textured and named.
• Red Sandstone Stairs should now be correctly named.
• Crafting Recipes for TNT are now displayed in the crafting guide.

Update 24

• New Block:' Gravestones! Craftable in two different styles in five block types.
• Dead Bushes will now appear as the correct colour on the minimap.
• Solved an issue where players would not appear as "Sleeping" on the player-list.
• New Item/Block: Glass Door! Crafted the same as a normal door, just using glass.
• Runestones now display their use in the item tooltip when hovered over in your inventory.
• Ogres should now be aggressive toward players.
• New Feature: Crafting Guide! available in the workbench showing all available crafting recipes.
• Acacia/Dark Oak slabs can now be used when crafting a Daylight Sensor.
• Red Sand can now be used in the creation of TNT in-place of normal sand.
• Mossy Stone brick can now be crafting using a Stone Brick and a Crude Chisel.
• Chiseled Stone Brick can now be crafted using Stone Brick and a Crude Chisel.
• Cracked Stone Brick can now be crafted using two Stone Brick Slabs.
• Polished Manarock can now be crafted using four blocks of Manarock.
• Using a Mailbox/Runic Plinth whilst holding a block should no longer place the block.
• Red Sandstone stairs can now be crafted using Red Sandstone.