Beta 1.0 had a memory leak related to chunk serialization. When saving a game after returning from the Nether, the level.dat file would sometimes truncate, losing the player’s inventory list. before writing the save file. If the checksum failed, the game would retry the save operation three times. This was invisible to players, but for the first time, Minecraft had a self-healing save system.
Beta 1.0 had a memory leak related to chunk serialization. When saving a game after returning from the Nether, the level.dat file would sometimes truncate, losing the player’s inventory list. before writing the save file. If the checksum failed, the game would retry the save operation three times. This was invisible to players, but for the first time, Minecraft had a self-healing save system.