Java Edition 1.15 Pre-Release 2

Minecraft 1.15 Pre-Release 2
Edition	Java Edition
Type	Pre-release
Release date	November 25, 2019
Pre-release for	1.15
Downloads	Client (.json) Server
Obfuscation maps	Client Server
Protocol version	566
Data version	2219

1.15 Pre-Release 2 (known as 1.15-pre2 in the launcher) is the second pre-release for Java Edition 1.15, released on November 25, 2019.

Changes

Blocks

Beds

• Setting the respawn point by using a bed now shows a message.

Mobs

Bees

• Damage reduced by 1.

General

Performance

• Chunk loading performance calculations were tweaked.

Statistics

• Added statistics for anvil and grindstone interaction counts.

Fixes

31 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.15

• MC-19413 – Horse tries to "finish" pathfinding when you interrupt it by riding it.
• MC-33285 – Summoning slimes with custom maxHealth attributes does not work.
• MC-83003 – Barrier particles are not visible if the barrier block is in the off-hand.
• MC-83051 – Spectral arrows, potion arrows, and Channeling tridents apply effects to endermen.
• MC-94421 – Shooting an enderman with a bow and arrow or trident will play arrow or trident collision sounds and subtitles.
• MC-94491 – Pressing Esc in world settings returns to the main menu instead of the world list.
• MC-122135 – Several GUIs are not closed when pressing Esc.
• MC-124280 – Using fire charges on TNT in Creative mode consumes the fire charge.
• MC-129781 – A trident will hit the ground after hitting an enderman.
• MC-133348 – Wrong position of elder guardian effect while swimming.
• MC-140825 – Structure palette variant selection looks faulty.
• MC-147865 – The elder guardian particle is displayed too high, over the player's head.
• MC-155591 – Foxes can spawn in giant spruce taiga, but not in giant tree taiga.
• MC-157212 – Trusted fox hostile AI seems to be broken. Foxes only defend players from mobs that shoot arrows, but ignore mobs that use melee attacks or projectile entities that are not arrows.
• MC-162531 – Player sneaks while sleeping if there is a lantern two blocks above the bed.

From the 1.15 development versions

• MC-163234 – Flying near the top of honey blocks or soul sand in Creative slows down flight speed.
• MC-163411 – All entities but players and items do not produce particles when sliding down honey blocks.
• MC-163665 – Cooldown overlay is solid white.
• MC-163776 – Items thrown at the side of a honey block will keep their horizontal trajectory despite slower speed.
• MC-163942 – Name tag in mini horse inventory model does not billboard properly.
• MC-164163 – Glowing mobs stop glowing when invisible.
• MC-164305 – Elder guardian particle is no longer transparent.
• MC-164368 – Traveling back from the Nether creates a new portal in a random location.
• MC-164706 – The Nausea effect makes the breaking animation render incorrectly.
• MC-165242 – Hand animation is shown when trying to use a fire charge in water.
• MC-165515 – Smooth lighting does not work for beds and double chests.
• MC-165586 – Creeper and lit TNT flashing is different than before.

From the previous development version

• MC-165959 – Something completely breaks texture packs.
• MC-166004 – Getting too close to an end gateway causes the game to crash.
• MC-166068 – Default texture of minecraft:entity/conduit/open_eye causing mipmap to drop from 4 to 3 when using the Programmer Art texture pack.
• MC-166097 – The maximum height of 1×1 jungle tree is 10 instead of 12.

Video

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