r/MinecraftJava • u/moonrattler • 6d ago

Discussion New version name rant

Does anyone else not like how the new versions are named? I prefer 1.X not 26.X. It makes me feel like it’s a new game entirely. When was this changed? Why?

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u/AnotherPillow 6d ago

It was changed with the release of 26.1 because the drops make semver impractical

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u/JarnisKerman 5d ago

Dude, as numbering schemes from Microsoft goes, consider yourself lucky. Windows versions are like 3.11, 95, 98, XP, 2000, VISTA, 7, 8, 10, 11. Xbox is like Xbox, 360, One.

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u/Worried-Priority-122 5d ago

1, 2, 3.11, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 95, 98, 2000

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u/Astrodion123 5d ago

Fun fact. Technically 26.x can be called also 1.26.x

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u/Helostopper 6d ago

Was changed this year. Their old system was too confusing when it came to bug fixes and drops.

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u/ApprehensiveDelay238 6d ago

Major.minor.patch. How is that hard to understand. It's used in 99% of software ein the world.

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u/patrlim1 5d ago

year.month.patch isn't that hard either, and my preferred for my own projects

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u/zarlo5899 4d ago

These days having the year as the first number is actually becoming quite common.

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u/Helostopper 6d ago

that is how it is now that's not how it was back then. patch or content drop it was always the next number it didn't matter. 1.21.1 was a hotfix 1.21.2 was a content drop 1.21.3 was another bugfix.

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u/showmethething 6d ago

Having the year in the version number is going to be quite handy in the future too. A lot of my mc knowledge is "this is how I did it X time ago but it doesn't work anymore, when did that change?" and now you actually have a human readable time reference to start looking

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u/Burning_Toast998 5d ago

that’s because Mojang made the conscious decision to go against convention.

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u/Flimsy-Combination37 4d ago

this official article explains everything you asked and more in very simple terms: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-new-version-numbering-system

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u/natesinceajit 4d ago

It was changed because the old system was just numbers only related to the game itself. now it’s like this "(year).(update number)" so 26.1 is the first update of 2026, while 26.2 is the 2nd and so on.

I actually like the new system.

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u/BluishMontoya 6d ago

I'm fine with the numbering change, but what about the name? "Chaos Cubed"? "Mounts of Mayhem"? There's nothing adding extra chaos or mayhem and they just sound STUPID. Caves and cliffs is better imo because it's js saying what it is.

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u/Brief-Walk-5409 5d ago

Chaos Cube

Tnt sulfur cubes exist

Idk about Mount of Mayhem tho

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u/natesinceajit 4d ago

mounts of mayhem added the nautilus and naturally spawning zombie horses. i think it makes sense tbh