Minecraft Pocket Edition 0.9.0 certainly took a while to be released, and even longer to release five bug fix updates. But 0.10.0 is already in development, and Mojang is aiming for smaller, faster updates. Johan, one of the main Pocket Edition developers, posted this on Twitter:
Restructuring code won't necessarily help performance, but if OpenGL ES 2.0 is included in the update it could help. And before you ask - no, OpenGL ES 2.0 won't make your old device run infinite worlds any better.
Johan also revealed some additional information about the update. When asked if he had an estimated date for the release, he said:
And finally, one of the biggest features remaining to be added to Minecraft Pocket Edition is Redstone. We finally have an estimated date on that, but it's not anytime soon:
So maybe in a MCPE 0.11.0 or 0.12.0 update. Or maybe by then they will call it 1.0, who knows? See the source link for the original tweet.
Source: Twitter
This week, I'm working on restructuring some of the code. Will in the long run reduce the number of bugs by a lot. This is also the first step for 0.10.0 and next week I will start working on skins.
Restructuring code won't necessarily help performance, but if OpenGL ES 2.0 is included in the update it could help. And before you ask - no, OpenGL ES 2.0 won't make your old device run infinite worlds any better.
Johan also revealed some additional information about the update. When asked if he had an estimated date for the release, he said:
Not yet but within a couple of months is the goal. Difficult to say when we depend on external services for a release.
And finally, one of the biggest features remaining to be added to Minecraft Pocket Edition is Redstone. We finally have an estimated date on that, but it's not anytime soon:
We have a few other things that need to be implemented for redstone to work but I'm hoping for the first half 2015.
So maybe in a MCPE 0.11.0 or 0.12.0 update. Or maybe by then they will call it 1.0, who knows? See the source link for the original tweet.
Source: Twitter