Minecraft: Beta 1.7 brings the piston blocks - update: source code release is for MOD developers

1.6 Beta is already available, now is already the Beta 1.7 for Minecraft. The "adventure update" to bring some new features. A first video is now a new feature: the piston, which you can use to refine different things or even new creations build.
Minecraft 1.7: The update brings not only the Pistons feature. With 1.7 and the source code will be a small group of developers available, to develop mods. Update: With Minecraft 1.7, and the source code of the game of a small group of developers will be made available, announced Marcus 'Notch' Persson in his blog. This is the preparatory program at some point after 1.7 of a true modding API to publish. Thanks also to PC games-user pSyCeNeTiC for the reminder! Here is the blog to Minecraft 1.7 original message: Minecraft further floats on a wave of success, but that does not mean that the developers rest. After the beta-version 1.6.6-wide sliding properly runs, the men of Mojang work on the update 1.7, the so-called "adventure update". What will contain the patch is still unclear, but according to inventor Markus 'Notch' Persson, there will be some new features for the block Simulator. One of them now in detail introduced Jens Bergensten, a developer of the game, in a YouTube video. This is piston (English "Pistons"), which should provide for new play and components. With the piston, it is for example possible to build water locks for large plantations or dare to secret inputs, which therefore come with executable steps.
Also, certain types of block (for example sand) can destroy with the Pistons. However, can not move workbenches, boxes and ovens. In addition to sticky piston ("sticky Pistons") create, so you move blocks and again ranking drawing can. The about four minutes long can see it below this message in their entirety. When the beta version 1.7 is not determined by the way still. But still a release towards the end of this month is possible and likely. Beta 1.8 could appear in July and extend the game to other features. The announced sky Islands Markus Persson betrayed also nothing further, however expect fans that they celebrate already their debut in the game with the next patch, as well as the several times suggested colored light. We keep you about upcoming features and announcements to Minecraft course to date.

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