Minecraft now in beta 1.2_02.. Not for you? Read this.

Flightster, Fri Jan 21 2011, 06:53PM

Changes:

• Skins are now downloaded from Amazon S3 instead of minecraft.net
  
• Lapis Lazuli Ore now drops 6 - 9 Lapis Lazuli per block mined (Increased from 1).
  
• Fixed various blocks acting really weird when placed (rails, torches, and more)
  
• Optimized performance
  
• Added a new painting that was not added in version 1.2
  
• Reduced spawn rates a bit

Now, if you don't get a forced update (which was the case for me) do the following:

- Close minecraft
- Go to C > Users > Your name > Appdata * > .minecraft
- Delete the bin folder
- Start minecraft
- Once it redownloads your packages, you should have 1.2_02

>> This will not interfere with being able to connect to the server, obviously.


* The Appdata folder might not be visible for you, if you can't find it, to make it visible (in case you don't know):

- Go to Extra (or tools) > Folder options > View

- Find the checkbox that says "Show hidden files, folders and stations" and check it

- Click Apply > OK

- Appdata should now be visible