1.9 Pre-release 2

1.9 Pre-release 2 was an update to the original The Aether mod, which was released on 23 July, 2012.

Additions

• Added Holystone Brick
• Added proper texture to Quicksoil Glass
• Merged Book of Lore into just one book
• Added lore menu button to creative mode
• Added more lore entries for items

Changes

• Switched to forge config api, now at .minecraft/config/Aether.cfg
• Mob spawn size is now configurable
• Made repulsion shield work against ghast and Zephyr balls
• Extended poison cure time
• Removed automatic mating of Aerbunnies
• Removed Nature Staff

Fixes

• Fixed achievements resetting on start of game
• Fixed winning the game from deleting Aether inventory
• Aether inventory slots now drop their items on death
• Achievements page now shows up properly
• Fixed the Shield of Repulsion working all the time. It just works when standing still
• Fixed Shield of Repulsion not being used up
• Made Sun Altar drop itself and have proper hardness values
• Fixed inventory player head rotation being locked
• Removed duplicate recipes for Cloud Parachutes
• Renamed Leather Glove to be Leather Gloves
• Fixed 0-stack chest rewards
• Fixed feathers rendering over food bar
• Fixed Altar using the name Enchanter
• Fixed typo for Skyroot Fence
• Fixed Sun Spirit evaporation of water
• Fixed Zephyr snowballs while in creative mode
• Fixed Holystone Axe, which previously was doing spade functions instead of chopping
• Fixed Berry Bush bug when the grass is removed from beneath it
• Fixed naming inconsistencies with some config items
• Fixed menu music, and the multiplayer GUI stopping music when it shouldn't
• Fixed error report with the mainmenu
• Fixed bug in createWorldGUI
• Fixed multiplayer issues with placing portals and gaining Book of Lore items
• Stopped main menu world from saving, by wrapping world.chunkprovider to return false from cansave()
• Fixed crash when Book of Lore gain key is used in the menu when the menu world is disabled
• Fixed crash when Berry Bushes are destroyed in the main menu
• Cleaned up by removing MapGenWaterLily and LayerIsland which came from accidental other sources
• Fixed error message when in select world screen