NOTICE
An updated version of the prerelease (with some major fixes!) is now available!
As with major version releases, prerelease copies are normally distributed to trusted users and developers for bugfix testing and to enable mod updating in time for the official release.
Unfortunately, a version of the prerelease had been publicly leaked by one of the groups.
After a while the leak was sanctioned by Mojang and permission was given for this topic to be published.
Current Version
Minecraft 1.8 Prerelease Version 2: http://assets.minecr...2/minecraft.jar
Server 1.8 Prerelease Version 2: http://assets.minecr...raft_server.jar
If the file ends in .zip, simply change it to .jar
Changes
Mineshaft generation halved
Three strongholds now spawn per map instead of one
Bugfixes:
- No more lag when experience balls are dropped
- Furnace now smelting all items correctly
- No more client crashes when placing chests
- Can now break blocks in Nether
- Now able to go into position over broken Nether blocks in Creative mode
- Actual silverfish name displayed when they kill a user instead of base name
- No more items being wiped when accessing Creative mode
- No more randomly catching fire in Creative mode.
- Unlimited water is now available in Creative Mode
- Dyes are now in palette
- Endermen no longer hold grass with side texture visible on top
- Missing items from Creative Mode inventory have been added
Source:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/611 ... try8076442