Java Edition 1.16.4

1.16.4 is a minor update to released on November 2, 2020, which adds the social interactions screen and fixes bugs.

The content of 1.16.4 is identical to its release candidate.

General

 * Chat
 * Added an option to hide matched names.
 * Some servers send chat messages in non-standard formats. With this option on, the game will attempt to apply chat hiding anyway by matching the text in messages.


 * Social interactions screen
 * Gives players the ability to disable chatting with certain players, thus hiding any messages received from them.
 * Opens with a configurable key binding, by default.
 * Whether a player is hidden resets when re-joining a server.
 * The status of a player is listed below their name.

Items

 * Netherite leggings
 * Changed the texture of the worn netherite leggings model.

General

 * Accounts
 * When logging in with a Microsoft account, players blocked in that account are now also blocked in the game, and account restrictions are now respected.


 * Accessibility
 * A button to open a link to the Accessibility Guide can now be found in the Accessibility Options screen.


 * Crashes
 * More information is now added to the crash log in cases where poor performance causes the server to crash.


 * Options
 * Added "joinedFirstServer" option to options.txt.


 * Protocol versions
 * New network protocol scheme, with a high bit (bit 30) set for snapshots. The protocol version will increase by 1 for each snapshot, but full releases may keep the same protocol version as the previous full release in cases where the network protocols are compatible.


 * Multiplayers
 * When the server and client version are incompatible, a message reading "Incompatible version!" in red will be displayed, instead of "Client out of date!" or "Server out of date!" in dark red.
 * When multiplayer is disabled, the message displayed will now read, "Multiplayer is disabled. Please check your Microsoft account settings." instead of "Multiplayer is disabled. Please check your launcher settings."


 * Splashes
 * The splashes relating to the Black Lives Matter movement have been added to splashes.txt. These splashes were added to the game via a launcher update but were not in splashes.txt.

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