Bedrock Edition 1.16.230

v1.16.230
Edition	Bedrock Edition
Planned release date	?

1.16.230 is an upcoming minor update to Bedrock Edition with an unknown release date, which will fix bugs.

Development phases contain some of the Caves & Cliffs features through experimental gameplay, which will not be included in the full release for this update but will be part of 1.17.0.

Changes

Blocks

Structure Block

• Added placement animation options in Load Mode, similar to the /structure functionality.
  • There are three animation mode options: None, Place by Layer, and Place by Block.
  • These animations can be adjusted by time in seconds.

Gameplay

Chat

• Added a warning message when attempting to place blocks at the minimum height limit.

General

Controls

• Added mouse and keyboard support for Android devices.
  • Only supports Android Oreo and higher.

Mobs

Evoker

• Now despawn in Peaceful difficulty.

Technical

GameTest Framework

• Added Dimension class
• Added World.getDimension
• Updated the GameTest Framework interface. See the list below for specific changes:
  • function assertEntityPresentInArea(entityIdentifier : string) - Throws an Error if an entity matching the given identifier does not exist in the test region
  • function print(text : string) - Prints the given text to the chat
  • function assertEntityInstancePresent(entity : Entity, position : BlockLocation) - Throws an Error if the given entity is not present in the given block location
  • Removed function setEntityTamed(entityIdentifier : string, position : BlockLocation) - Replaced by component function setTamed(showParticles : bool)
• Entity
  • function getComponents() - Returns an array of supported components
  • function getComponent(componentIdentifier : string) - Returns the component matching the given identifier
  • function hasComponent(componentIdentifier : string) - Returns true if the given component exists on the entity and is supported
  • function getName() - Returns the name of the entity (e.g. "Horse")
  • Components for color, health, leashable, and tamemount were added
  • function kill() - Kills the entity
• World
  • addEventListener(eventName : string, callback : function(entity : Entity)) - Registers an event listener for entity events Supported Events:
    • onEntityCreated - Fires when an entity is created
    • onEntityDefinitionTriggered - Fires when an entity definition event is triggered
• Renamed /gametest runall to /gametest runset
• The default value for the tag parameter is now suite:default.
• GameTest
  • function assertEntityData(position : BlockLocation, entityIdentifier : string, callback : function(entity: Entity)) - Asserts that the given condition is true for all entities of the given type at the given location
  • function spawnItem(itemType : ItemStack, position : Location) - Spawns an item at the given location
  • function assertIsWaterlogged(position : BlockLocation, isWaterlogged : bool) - Asserts that the block at the given location is waterlogged
  • function assertRedstonePower(position : BlockLocation, power : number) - Asserts the redstone power level at the given location
  • Added Commands.run
• New Effect APIs on the Entity Type
  • function getAmplifier() - Gets the effect's amplifier level
  • function getDuration() - Gets the effect's remaining duration
  • function addEffect(effectType : EffectType, duration : number, amplifier: number) - Adds an effect to the Entity
  • function getEffect(effectType : EffectType) - Gets an effect from the Entity
• Updated constructor to ItemStack
• Updated ItemType
  • constructor (x : number, y: number, z: number) - World coordinate
  • function getName() - gets the item's name
• Add new enumerations: Minecraft.Effects & Minecraft.Items

Fixes

Android

• Added mouse and keyboard support for Android devices that support it (Oreo and newer)
• Certain Android devices no longer fail to perform multilingual input
• Crosshair placement is no longer offset on certain Android devices
• The game will no longer fail to properly shutdown on certain Android devices
• Fixed resolution issues on certain Android devices
• Fixed networking issues on certain Android devices
• Going underwater on certain Android devices no longer makes the screen go pitch-black
• Structure blocks can now be exported on Android

General

• Fixed issue where smelting behavior for several fuel sources was broken (MCPE-121863)
• First person eating animation is now centered in the frame (MCPE-116678)
• First person main hand blocking animation now plays properly (MCPE-115536)
• First person main hand and off-hand shields are now symmetrical (MCPE-116736)
• Fixed an issue where patterns in the loom with different resolutions than Vanilla assets would not display correctly
• Fixed a bug where the screen reader did not read the focused button on some screens
• Fixed a bug where English screen reader pronounced "A button" as "a button", now saying "Button A" instead
• Trident in Players' and Mobs' hands are now correctly positioned in all perspective modes (MCPE-116681)
• Trident raising animation modified for first person to more closely match the previous version
• Water Buckets can now be used to pick up fish (MCPE-94520)
• Fixed a bug where if the view bobbing setting was disabled, the player's hand would still bob (MCPE-79380).
• Zombie Villagers properly shake while being cured.
• Fixed player spawning in unsafe locations when entering a random world for the first time (MCPE-42310).
• Fixed a crash that could occur during gameplay.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when curing a Zombie Villager in another dimension if the player had not travelled back to the Overworld since entering the World. (MCPE-121559)
• Fixed a crash that occurred when generating jungle biomes when the Caves and Cliffs experimental toggle was enabled.

Mobs

• Rabbits can now raid carrot crops (MCPE-113321)
• Animals can no longer be fed infinitely until they are bred (MCPE-19309)
• Striders shake properly when out of lava again (MCPE-69511)

Graphical

• Charged creeper aura is rendered correctly in most cases now (MCPE-65798).
• Fixed Paintings no longer rendering
• Ray tracing specific textures will be allocated/deallocated when toggling ray tracing on/off.

Items

• Switching between some items (bow, trident, crossbow, shield) in your main hand will no longer skip animation (MCPE-116680).

Gameplay

• Underwater visibility has been improved
• Underwater color has been tuned to better match Java Edition with a richer blue tint

User Interface

• Fixed an issue where cancelling joining a world while generating it caused the user to get stuck in the progress screen (MCPE-114776)

Character Creator

• Fixed a crash that could occur when switching between owned and non-owned Character Creator items.
• Fixed an issue with Character Creator items not applying properly to characters. (MCPE-122726)

Technical

• Several enums in ActorDataIDs were added by mistake, and are now being removed.
• Catmull-Rom animations will no longer glitch if the time for a keyframe matches its value.
• All functions run using the /schedule command now run from the origin they are supposed to, instead of from the server.
• Replaced "Whitelist" language use to "AllowList". Dedicated server command "whitelist" changed to "allowlist". Dedicated server "whitelist.json" file changed to "allowlist.json" file. JSON format remains the same.
• Fixed query.is_in_ui so that it is available to use when a data-driven mob is rendering in the UI (query.is_in_ui returns true when the mob is rendering in the UI, such as in the inventory window).