Java Edition 14w07a

14w07a is the twelfth snapshot released for 1.8.

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

Additions

 * 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
 * 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)
 * Selector parameters
 * 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:
 * Commands
 * Allows commands to be run from the position of specified entities using
 * Example:
 * Compares two areas of a world
 * Example:
 * Compares two areas of a world
 * Example:

Changes

 * Torches and redstone torches
 * Torches and redstone torches placed on walls now have an angled top side
 * '''Blaze Rods
 * Are now held similarly to tools
 * Resource packs
 * Resource packs can now be bundled with a world, put it in the map save directory and name it "resources.zip"
 * Example:
 * 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:
 * Creative mode
 * In 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)
 * Command blocks
 * Now show the entity (@e) parameter
 * Commands
 * Can now test for partial matches of NBT lists
 * Example:
 * Can now insert values from scoreboards into messages
 * Example:
 * Dispensers
 * Can now place command blocks with pre-configured commands, rather than dispensing it
 * Block models
 * Updates to 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)
 * The player can now share to LAN for spectator mode.
 * Inventory system
 * Rewrote the inventory system
 * Reverted before the full release of 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)
 * 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)