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Minecraft Xbox 360 update 8 hopes to deliver 40 fixes this week

Martin Gaston
By Martin Gaston, News Editor

Eighth free update to Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition aiming to arrive in January, provided it gets through Microsoft's certification process.

The eighth update to Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition is aiming to live on consoles before the end of January, according to a tweet by developer 4J Studios, but the team needs "to wait and see how it does in Cert Testing."

Chief amongst the additions are a suite of crash fixes, some tweaks to Love Mode, and changes so Blazes now drop Glowstone Dust alongside Blaze Rods. The full patch notes are below.

4J Studios previously said The End, an alternate plane of the Minecraft world which features floating islands and is the homeworld of the Endermen, would feature in TU8, but this has now been pushed back to TU9.

The full list of updates in TU8 of Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition:

- Fix for random crash on Kick Player.
- Fix for a random crash on loading the tutorial.
- Fix for freeze when writing on a sign as an autosave starts.
- Fix for crash when attempting to enter an online enabled game session after losing connection to the Xbox LIVE service.
- Performance improvement for the Enchantment interface.
- Fix to display a message when monsters are nearby on trying to sleep in a bed.
- Fix for an issue causing blocks to reappear after being destroyed when the server is busy.
- Fix for Experience Orbs being invisible for a period of time when created.
- Fix to force a Nether Fortress, Blaze Spawner and Nether Wart to always be present in the Nether for a newly created world.
- Fix for autosave not working when the host has gone into an idle state.
- Fix to increase the spawn rate for Mooshrooms.
- Change to make Blazes drop Glowstone Dust as well as Blaze Rods.
- Fix to player experience level display in two player vertical splitscreen mode.
- Fix for Quick Move not being possible while holding something in the cursor.
- Fix for armor position on Bad Santa when sat down.
- Changed “Download Content” menu to “Minecraft Store”.
- New photo frames for avatar items in the Minecraft Store.
- Fix for Magma Cube hit boxes.
- Added an Awkward Potion to the Potions page in the Creative Menu.
- Fix to show the aura of enchanted items for other players in an online game.
- Fix for tools enchanted with Unbreaking occasionally repairing themselves.
- Changes to improve breeding – Love Mode status is now network synchronised, and animals react more correctly if spawn limits are reached when breeding.
- Fix for issue with “Take Half” in the Brewing Stand interface.
- Fix to allow the map to be displayed when the player has turned off Display Hand.
- Fix for potion effects being removed after using the Nether Portal.
- Fix to stop the item in hand being changed when traveling to/from the Nether.
- Fix for Compass not pointing to the original spawn point after having been in The Nether.
- Fix to allow players to be able to eat food even if they are not allowed to build and mine.
- Fix to allow client players to toggle Custom Skin Animation.
- Fix for player gamertag border color being wrong after a respawn/dimension change.
- Fix for issue in splitscreen where it was possible to craft items without a player having the resources required.
- Fix to remove the Love Mode tooltip when animals are unable to enter Love Mode.
- Change to moderator option description in the Host and Player Options.
- Fix for the submerged edge of the world emitting a faint light.
- Fix for lighting issue with mobs in water.
- Fix to stop food being removed when feeding animals in Creative Mode.
- Fix to stop Bones being removed when taming wolves in Creative Mode.
- Change to make baby wolves tame when born.
- Fix for Blaze Rods not being identified as fuel for a furnace.
- Fix for issue with sky lighting values making bedrock layer fully lit.

Martin Gaston
By Martin Gaston, News Editor

Martin Gaston has absolutely never at all had the song from Beauty and the Beast sung to him at any point during his life, ever.

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tgwolf
tgwolf

If this were other than on the worst platform of this generation I would raise the pertinent question of whether there is a fix for the mind-numbing boredom that characterizes the repetitive gameplay...and of course whether that means it can FINALLY graduate to something other than an online social hub for middle schoolers!

decepticondevil
decepticondevil

@tgwolfI like how you try to sound smart by using words like "pertinent", while you type nonsensical ramblings like "If this were other than on the worst platform". Yes, you're too smart and mature for Minecraft.... which totally gives you away as being about 15, insecure, and trying to prove how "grown up" you are by playing totally bloody games with lots of bad words. But try not too worry too much, you'll start growing hair in weird places soon!

DarkReign2552
DarkReign2552

I'm a little disappointed that The End wasn't added, but I'm absolutely thrilled that they're forcing the Nether to have Blaze Rods. I found an amazing world with an excellent seed and my friend and I had a few dozen hours put in before we went to the Nether and discovered no fortress and no Blaze Rods, which completely spoiled even having the world. Now that it's forced, I'll have to copy that seed over and start everything from scratch again. 

I just wish I didn't have to start my whole game from scratch. I put a lot of love and dedication into the interior decor of our home. I just hope The End doesn't force us to start a new world yet again. It took me long enough find 5 slime balls to make Sticky pistons for my Obsidian generator. I'm already dreading making it a second time and I don't want to make it a third.

yukidaruma33
yukidaruma33

I've got a fix for them!  How about making it so mobs don't spawn in my house everytime I sleep!?

Hurvl
Hurvl

I thought Microsoft didn't allow free updates? Several games that had free updates for PC games forced Xbox players to pay for them.

TheArcade
TheArcade

There was another update patch for SSF4 you could download for FREE. No MS does not charge for every piece of DLC.

Hurvl
Hurvl

@TheArcade That's good, although we PC gamers seem to get much more free updates than Xboxers and it's weird that companies can't give something for free to every system, if they want to. I don't know how frequent that is, but it's just a feeling that this, a free update, isn't very common for Xboxers.

KingofCabal
KingofCabal like.author.displayName 1 Like

@Hurvl @TheArcade I Think you are confusing Free updates with DLC. You dont pay for Update patches on the X-Box you do pay for DLC (unless its free content DLC) exactly the same as with the PC and Playstation.

Doomsday_Horror
Doomsday_Horror like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 2 Like

@Hurvl @TheArcade I've had an Xbox for five years, and never have I ever had to pay for an update to a game. I do believe you are thinking of add-ons.

The-Neon-Seal
The-Neon-Seal like.author.displayName 1 Like

So its just a patch, but a sorely needed one.

GunBladeHero
GunBladeHero ranger

Hmm I didn't even knew they have added experience points already! I need to get back to it ASAP.

Shingetsu
Shingetsu

How about fixing the water texture that has made half the water in my world a different (albeit more realistic) colour to the rest.

Kepora-Gebora
Kepora-Gebora like.author.displayName 1 Like

@Shingetsu that difference in water color you're seeing is the borders of two biomes meeting each other. Most likely a standard biome meeting the darker water of a jungle biome.

jayjay444
jayjay444

I still have an issue with the game what isn't mentioned in these fixes if anyone could help i'm open minded, anyways on my xbox gamepad the left stick works and lets me move back, forwards, sideways, etc, but the right stick dosent work at all on minecraft, but works on every other game ive got any advice would be nice:)

xXNutcrackerXx
xXNutcrackerXx

@jayjay444

Go to your settings in the game. Your x and y axis sensitivities has likely reset to 0. It happened to me once. I had to poke around in the options a bit to notice what had happened.

jimy1475
jimy1475

can there be news section and minecreft news section?

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KingofCabal
KingofCabal

@queuing_for_PS4 uuhh.......Minecraft is an indie game dude...the entire concept is based on modding, patching and ect. 

Any sony exclusives might not have many problems but pretty much all cross platform games have more problems on the playstation than the x-box. Skyrim case in point.

Blazvatan
Blazvatan like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 2 Like

@queuing_for_PS4 I don't think you fully understand how Minecraft works. It is not a finished game, especially on the Xbox. The developers are updating behind the PC version with the intent of both reaching the same level. What is wrong with fixing bugs? I'm glad there is a staff that still cares to work and improve the game. I'm glad they give somewhat regular updates instead of leaving the game to die. Just my thoughts.

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JayQproductions
JayQproductions

@queuing_for_PS4 @Blazvatan NO, NO, NO, Gears of War 2 was almost perfect at launch with the exception of a few minor glitches. When they tried to fix the glitches they messed the game up even worse.

The-Neon-Seal
The-Neon-Seal

@queuing_for_PS4 @Blazvatan The concept of minecraft is that it is in consant 'Beta'. It is everchanging, ever growing and cannot be held to the same paradigms as other games.

THM80
THM80

 @queuing_for_PS4 @Blazvatan PS3 is the most buggy console in video game history!

obsequies
obsequies

is there a benefit to getting this on console?

raahsnavj
raahsnavj

@obsequies - PortalJumper93 is right. If you have lots of Xbox friends, or like 4 player local multiplayer then this is a good option. But if you have a PC, and those reasons aren't convincing to you, there is no reason to get near this game at all on the X360.

PortalJumper93
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@obsequies It's a lot easier to play with friends. Other than that PC version owns this version. (I own both versions)

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