20100327 (mar 27, 2010 – mar 30, 2010)

Description:

The game now automatically saves while playing.
The Far Lands generate 12,550,820 blocks away on the X and Z axes.

The terrain generator has been revamped.
The level format has been updated from the Indev level format to the Alpha level format.
The world saving interface has been revamped. It is now identical to the system seen in Alpha through early Beta.
The player dying causes the contents of their inventory to drop, and respawns the player at the starting location, rather than forcing the player to reload the last save.
The player no longer starts with any items in new worlds.
The "generate new level..." button has been replaced with a "single player" button which opens a world selection screen, in which worlds can be loaded, created, and deleted. The "load level.." button has been replaced with a "multi player" button, although it is always grayed out.
Furnaces now smelt faster. (4 seconds per item instead of 8)

Removals
Brick pyramids have been removed.
Caves and flowers no longer generate, as they
are not yet implemented in the new terrain
generator.
The defunct map theme, map shape, and map
type buttons have been removed from the
interface.
Debug tools are removed from the player's
inventory.

Bugs
Naturally-generated places that do not have
direct exposure to the sky (e.g. cliff overhangs)
are completely dark until given a light/block
update.
The top of the map is only lit by the sky and
causes crashes.
Opening a furnace that was still burning when
the game was previously quit crashes the
game.
After dying, the player's body remains lying
where they died. The body can be pushed
around and still has the idle animation, as if it
were still alive.
After loading an existing world, ores and trees
regenerate if the conditions are correct (e.g.
the place where ore would generate is filled
with stone).
Wheat crops retain their growth stage after
being broken, resulting in newly-planted crops
to take on the growth stage of the crops
previously occupying that block.
Containers (i.e. chests and furnaces)
sometimes do not save.
They require a chunk update in their chunk to
update
The Far Lands now generate.

Fixes
The game's performance no longer drastically
degrades progressively.

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