Game company Mojang has released a new update for the PC version of the highly-popular "Minecraft" title.
The previous security update, patch 1.8.4, was released last month to address an issue wherein players are known to remotely crash servers. However, there are still bugs that were not addressed, and the developer decided to come up with the newest update. The new version will bring the patch to 1.8.6.
According to the patch notes on Mojang's site, the update adds the fix for Bug MC-75630, which exploits the game with signs and command blocks. The newest update siginificantly adds to the fixes made in last week's 1.8.5, which plugged at least four known bugs in the game. It addressed: Bug MC-80480, wherein certain attribute values were found to be unbounded; MC-80479, which invalidates beacon effects; MC-80478, which invalidates server movement packets; and Bug MC-79632, in which the glitch places a phantom custom player in the scorecards and UUIDs of non-player elements after a player logs in again into the game.
Although the newest patch is not mandatory, Mojang states that the new update is fully compatible with all patch 1.8 versions. The developer also highly recommends the update to players.
The new updates are in response to a flood of complaints from players of the sandbox title. Also, the developer encourages players to use the in-game bug tracker to report glitches, rather than doing so publicly online.
"Minecraft" developer Searge said on Twitter: "Security issues should only be reported via bugtracker. In my opinion, every other public mention is irresponsible and puts people at risk."
"Minecraft" is the hugely popular sandbox game from Mojang, which Microsoft acquired last year. Just like what a sandbox is for kids, the game brings players' imaginations to life using a combination of blocks and other items.
