Java Edition 1.16.2 Pre-release 2

1.16.2 Pre-release 2 (known as 1.16.2-pre2 in the launcher) is the second pre-release for Java Edition 1.16.2, released on August 5, 2020, which changes the result of inter-dimensional teleporting, allows roots to be broken by hand, and fixes bugs.

Blocks

 * Roots
 * Now drop when broken without shears again.


 * Nether vegetation
 * No longer catches fire.

Items

 * Pufferfish
 * Now gives Nausea I instead of Nausea II when eaten.
 * This has no practical effect in-game as the level of the Nausea effect does not change anything.

Command format

 * now respects dimension scaling for relative and local coordinates: the execution position (only the X/Z part) of a command is divided by 8 when traveling from the Overworld to the Nether, and is multiplied by 8 when vice versa.
 * If a value is added after the tilde, that value is added only after the new scaled position is calculated. For instance,  will first scale the player's current position (multiplying by eight when traveling to the Overworld or dividing by eight when going to the Nether) before adding five to that outputted value.
 * For example, if a player at position in Overworld runs command, the player would now be teleported to  in the Nether.
 * Relatively, if a player at position in the Nether runs command, the player would now be teleported to  in Overworld.
 * If a player at position in Overworld runs command, the player would now be teleported to  in the Nether.
 * If a player at position in Overworld runs command, the player would still be teleported to  in the Nether.
 * The behavior before this version can be done by running command.
 * Applies to custom dimensions as well.
 * Applies to custom dimensions as well.

General

 * Custom dimension type
 * Replaced with.
 * For example, for  is 1.0, for  is 8.0, thus the  command to go to the Overworld actually multiplies the execution position (only the X/Z part) with  ( when vice versa), which is 8 (0.125 when vice versa).
 * If there are two custom dimension type with  set to 2.33, type  set to 3.14, then the  command to go to  would multiply the execution position (only the X/Z part) with  ( when vice versa).

Video
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