Java Edition 14w29a

14w29a is the thirty-sixth snapshot for 1.8. This snapshot contains a lot of optimizations specifically targeting render performance.

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

Additions

 * Options
 * Multiplayer settings
 * 'Reduced debug info' toggle to enable/disable reduced information on the F3 debug screen
 * Video settings
 * 'Use VBOs' toggle to enable/disable vertex buffer objects
 * Offers a ~10% performance increase when set to ON
 * Gamerules
 * Gamerule to enable/disable reduced information on the F3 debug screen
 * Op-only unlike the 'Reduced debug info' toggle in multiplayer settings
 * Overrides 'reduced debug info' settings in clients
 * The ability to create gamerule variables
 * These are fake gamerules which don't actually affect your world, but can be used with with the new   argument to update a scoreboard objective based on the value of that gamerule
 * Declare using
 * Access using
 * Access using

Changes

 * Commands
 * argument to check the time
 * Has an another argument after that which can be  or   to check either the number of ticks since the start of the day or the number of ticks since the world was created, respectively
 * argument to see the current size of the border
 * Additionally has a  argument after the   which can be set to   or
 * This forces particles to show even if the player's 'Particle' toggle is set to Minimal or Decreased
 * Signs, chests, beacons, beds, heads and ender chests
 * Now display the cracking animation
 * Beds did display the cracking animation previously, but not on their top and bottom
 * Stairs
 * Flipped inventory texture back to original orientation.
 * Ore generation
 * Ore generation is more than twice as fast
 * Scoreboard
 * The scoreboard sidebar is now also secondarily sorted by alphabetical order on the name
 * Ore generation is more than twice as fast
 * Scoreboard
 * The scoreboard sidebar is now also secondarily sorted by alphabetical order on the name