Java Edition 14w28a

14w28a is the thirty-fourth snapshot released for 1.8.

This version was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.

Additions

 * Commands
 * Usage:
 * Alternative and more featureful way of interacting with
 * Will update a scoreboard objective based on the number of entities/blocks which has been affecting the command, it updates the objective for the entity that ran the command, fake players can be used when run in a command block
 * After the  there are currently 4 possible stats that can be updated: ,  ,   and
 * For example: will update a scoreboard objective named 'Test' for all players whenever a command is performed relative to them, the objective will update by the number of blocks affected by the command since the stat was set to
 * Will update a scoreboard objective based on the number of entities/blocks which has been affecting the command, it updates the objective for the entity that ran the command, fake players can be used when run in a command block
 * After the  there are currently 4 possible stats that can be updated: ,  ,   and
 * For example: will update a scoreboard objective named 'Test' for all players whenever a command is performed relative to them, the objective will update by the number of blocks affected by the command since the stat was set to

Changes

 * Servers
 * Servers can now customize network compression in
 * Enchantments & Effects
 * Enchantments and effects now accept named IDs as well as numerical IDs
 * Video Settings
 * Added Alternative Block option to disable (or enable) weighted alternative block models
 * When turned off, the least complex highest priority model will always be used for each block
 * Block States
 * Chunks now use block states instead of metadata
 * Rendering
 * Improved performance with rendering
 * Many optimizations to both the server (including singleplayer) and the client
 * Cakes
 * Now have 7 slices instead of 6
 * Produce a signal for comparators to detect
 * Each slice is equivalent to 2 redstone signal strength, for a maximum of 14