apr 20, 2011 - Beta 1.5_01

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Fixed:
8 bugs fixed
Blocks can now be placed on snow.
Rain no longer goes through translucent blocks.
Pumpkin and Jack o'Lantern inventory texture now correctly faces forward.
Pumpkins are no longer worn backward on the player.
Game no longer crashes when rails are placed next to detector rails, or vice versa.
Wolves are less common than in 1.5, but still more common than in 1.4.
Blocks cannot be placed back into the output slot of furnaces, thus fixing the statistic exploit.
If Minecraft detects a broken save file, it will attempt to recover the world.

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