This update is a tiny one just to make the client download skins directly from Amazon S3 instead of from minecraft.net.
Much of this week was lost migrating the server to the cloud, something that Tobias did an amazing job working on. Most of the site has been moved now, and seems to be running much faster than before. We've got five servers behind a load balancer, and a dedicated server for payment processing, and another for ingame authentication and login, although that won't be in use until we update the game launcher.
Speaking of the Launcher, I spent the start of the week working on it, and here's what it currently looks like:
That news area is loaded from the interwebs and will contain release notes so you know what's changed. When you start the game, the launcher will ask you if you want to download the new update or not. Eventually there will also be an option in the launcher to choose where to load/save maps from.
Awesome. I like the launcher.
Eh. This news is outdated by a day or so. But I'm sure it's only cause Kizzy has a real life he needs to attend to.
But yeah. New launcher! Awesome sauce.
Or because articles aren't immediately posted (They need to be validated by staff before they go public)
Really? I always thought it was once one post was validated, they all were. Huh. You learn something new everyday.
yeah, it can take up to 1 day or so to validate it.
I couldn't find any word about Lapis Lazuli giving 4-9 of the dye per block, but the wiki says it's true. I tried it out and it didn't work...