Notch and Jeb have just announced the Minecraft 1.8 pre-release .jar can now be downloaded for public testing. They have made clear this is not the final release code version of Minecraft 1.8 and I can vouch for the fact this is buggy. However it does show many of the anticipated new features to be present in the official release. Please also note this will only work if you have purchased Minecraft. Download links: Client: http://assets.minecraft.net/1_8-pre/minecraft.jar Server: http://assets.minecraft.net/1_8-pre/minecraft_server.jar How To Install Minecraft 1.8 Pre-Release: (Windows) 1. Press the 'Windows' key on your keyboard and the 'R' key at the same time 2. Now type %appdata% 3. Locate your .minecraft folder 4. Navigate down into to your bin folder located inside the .minecraft folder 5. Right click on the file named minecraft and rename it minecraftold 5. Download the new minecraft.jar and drag or copy to the bin folder. 6. Run Minecraft as normal to play pre-release 1.8 How To Restore Minecraft 1.7.3 (Windows) 1. Press the 'Windows' key on your keyboard and the 'R' key at the same time 2. Now type %appdata% 3. Locate your .minecraft folder 4. Navigate down into to your bin folder located inside the .minecraft folder 5. Delete the file named minecraft 5. Select the file named minecraftold right click and select rename change to minecraft 6. Run Minecraft as normal to play Minecraft 1.7.3 again
