Turns out, there are a few new things in 1.8 that use blocks we already have in 1.7.9, so I've gone ahead and added those recipes in. I'll try to add as much from the update as possible, but anything with new blocks will not work. All of these changes apply to the Vanilla+ server as well! Vote here to help decide whether or not we should keep the new set of changes! Features missing from Vanilla+ and Survival: 1.8 mob AI Potion brewing recipes Structure spawning Slime blocks moving other blocks New sign text length Coloring banners
Bunnies won't be implemented until actual 1.8 gets on the server (which requires the Bukkit update... no Ginger, this doesn't give you an excuse to derail the thread with comments about bukkit). The most we can add in ahead of time is crafting recepies for stuff that already exists but was not directly craft-able and stuff like the sponge functionality.
What about banners? Those can be added in too now can't they? Or are those like the slime blocks and the sea stuff
Added W.I.P. stone variants to the list of added features, but they will not show up correctly in inventories until 1.8 is actually on the server (unless I get REALLY hacky ). Testing is being done on Vanilla+ because things are less likely to break over there.
Oh my god, the updates! There is now an awesome spigot plugin that allows 1.8 blocks to exist in the 1.7.10 server! Only problem is 1.7.10 clients have a chance to crash if they 'see' the new blocks (or just not render them). Nevertheless, to the additions! Stone varians (Andesite, diorite, granite) all fully functional! New door types added and all doors stack to 3 (stacking is buggy still) New fence types added and fence recipe changed to 1.8 recipe New fence gates added All prismarine related blocks craftable and placeable All red sandstone related blocks (slabs can't stack when placed, working on it!) Iron trapdoors added Slime blocks added I'll link a poll thread in a bit at for keeping these changes, because players still using 1.7.10 will have a bad time. Poll added, link here!
Thanks to an update (actually, a few updates I missed) in the plugin we're using on vanilla, almost all 1.8 features have been added to the server! As a result, only players with 1.8.* can connect.
No, it has a crafting recipe with quartz and cobble (all of the new stone types have this). And if I have to regen areas that were griefed, the new stone regens as well.