Update Log - Minecraft 1.2!

Jeb has recently tweeted that there will be new:

• Maximum build height has been increased to 256 (was 128)
• Empty sections of the world are not loaded into memory
• Block ids have been increased to 4096 (was 256) by adding a 4 bit data layer (similar to how meta data is stored)
• Block ordering have been changed from x/z/y to y/z/x in order to improve compression
• Packets for sending chunks have been updated (a full 128-high chunk is smaller than the old format, and a chunk with lots of empty space is much smaller)
• Biomes are saved per x/z column, which means they can be altered by tools

He also said that the next snapshot will be out on the 15th (tomorrow) instead of Thursday!

*Also next weeks top 5 will be the top 5 minecraft minecart tracks!