Java Edition 14w07a

14w07a is the twelfth snapshot released for Java Edition 1.8.

Blocks

 * Iron trapdoor
 * Can only be opened and closed using redstone, similar to an iron door.
 * Crafted by placing iron ingots in a 2×2 pattern, yields 1 iron trapdoor.

Command format

 * Allows commands to be run from the position of specified entities using.
 * Example:.
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 * Compares two areas of a world.
 * Example:.
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 * Scoreboard
 * Scoreboard objectives for fake players with a name starting with # will never show up on the sidebar.
 * New subcommands:  and.
 * The  subcommand can apply arithmetic operation to scores (+ – * / %) and accumulate player scores.
 * Example: adds every red player's count of kills on blue to the red team's score of kills.
 * The  subcommand can be used to test if a scoreboard value is between a min and a max value.
 * Example: checks whether the global score of the given objective is between 12 and 19, inclusive.
 * Different teams can now have different objectives displayed in the sidebar.
 * Example: (referring to team color, not team name).
 * Teams can now have settings on how the nametags are to be shown - . Also possible: hideForOwnTeam, never, always (default).


 * Target selectors
 * New selector parameters for entity selectors to detect entity rotations with rxm – x rot min, rx – x rot max, rym – y rot min, ry . y rot max.
 * Example:.

Blocks

 * General
 * Updated the block model format.
 * Now less exploitable.
 * UV has to be [0,1] (Textures can no longer be "borrowed" from neighboring block textures).
 * Planes need to have 1 axis 'identical' (so aligned to either x, y, or z).
 * Plane rotation can only be -45/45 on a single axis.
 * From/to and uv coordinates are now in 'pixelspace' (multiples of 1/16th of a block).


 * Command blocks
 * Now show the entity (@e) parameter.


 * Dispensers
 * Can now place command blocks with pre-configured commands, rather than dispensing it


 * Redstone torches, torches
 * Now have an angled top side when placed on walls.

Items

 * Blaze rods
 * Are now held similarly to tools.

Command format

 * Can now test for partial matches of NBT lists.
 * Example:.
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 * Can now insert values from scoreboards into messages.
 * Example:.
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Gameplay

 * Creative mode
 * Players can create a copy of a block entity in their hotbar, including all NBT data, with ctrl+Pick Block key (ctrl+middle mouse button by default).


 * Spectator mode
 * Players can now share LAN.

General

 * Debug screen
 * Looking at a block in the world will show the coordinates of that block on the debug screen.
 * BlockItem instances can now hold a custom NBT tag that is merged into a block entity when it’s placed.
 * Example:.


 * Inventory system
 * Rewrote the inventory system.
 * Reverted before the full release of Java Edition 1.8.
 * Fixes some bugs, improves performance and allows easier improvements.
 * Allows custom NBT that isn't handled by the game to be added onto items.
 * Custom tags will remain even if the items NBT is changed in-game. (i.e. by renaming).


 * Resource packs
 * Resource packs can now be bundled with a world, put it in the map save directory and name it "resources.zip".
 * Example:.

Trivia

 * 14w07a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.