Java Edition 1.9

1.9
Edition	computer
Official name	Combat Update
Planned release date	?
See also other instances of 1.9	Java Edition Classic server Java Edition Bedrock Edition Education Edition New Nintendo 3DS Edition

1.9, known as The Combat Update, is an upcoming update to Minecraft with no set release date, currently only listed in the bug tracker as "Far Future Version - 1.9+", as well as mentioned by the Minecraft developers.

Planned additions

• Dark colored block
• A new block type.
• A way for mod/plugin makers to implement new commands and register them in a simple way.

Animation / Entity Models

• Could possibly include model changes via NBT.
  • Would be implemented via resource packs.
• This will make better use of changes in the code, so map makers/mod makers can create better/new mobs.
  • Basically what had happened with the block data change in 1.8.
  • May take some time before it is fully finished.

First screenshot of the pressed dirt blocks.

Pressed Dirt

• A 15/16 block tall grass-like "path". It features a similar texture to the grass block.

Captions / Subtitles

• Subtitles which display for each sound for the hard of hearing/deaf.
  • An example would be "[creeper hissing]"

Planned changes

Command blocks

• New GUI
  • Will contain tab to complete.

Clouds

• New cloud rendering system.

Shaders

• Switch away from using fixed-function OpenGL to using Shaders.

Bosses

• Proper support for multiple bosses including boss bars for each boss.

Ender Dragon

• A redo of the Ender Dragon's boss fight, being similar to the fight in Console Edition.
  • Now breathes purple particles.
• The dragon will respawn without resetting the End if it has already been killed.

Fixes

20 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.9

• MC-669 – Failing to place blocks in creative mode causes an animation.
• MC-1720 – Dropped items bounce on stairs, cauldrons, carpets and full/locked hoppers.
• MC-2310 – Villager/Player getting killed by zombie through a closed door.
• MC-3059 – Bow and arrow can fire through doors and fences.
• MC-4272 – Zombie Pigmen don't attack in groups when fighting other mobs.
• MC-4474 – Boss Health Bar Temporarily Viewable after Respawn and Loading Another World
• MC-4504 – The hitbox of brewing stands is missing the blaze rod.
• MC-10447 – Pick up framed enchanted items with "Pick Block (MOUSE 3)" doesn't give you the enchanted item.
• MC-12456 – Fences won't attach to layered snow blocks.
• MC-12549 – 1.5 Odd mob 'magnetised attraction' behaviour.
• MC-14525 – Name tag doesn't work on entities with right click ability.
• MC-16204 – New creative GUI showing detailed effects does not show on some potions. Neither to bows.
• MC-28479 – Chest interface not closed when chest is blocked from opening.
• MC-42841 – Incorrect creative instant health damage value.
• MC-52802 – Mob head takes a fraction of a second to change to selected head.
• MC-54486 – Glass panes and iron bars don't connect to graphically opaque blocks that are registered as transparent. e.g. slime blocks, ender portal frame blocks and monster spawner blocks.
• MC-55942 – Nether Wart hitbox is incorrect on multiplayer. (Untested on singleplayer.)
• MC-67163 – Damage value for objective stat.mineBlock is missing.
• MC-68062 – Boss health bar only visible when looking at boss
• MC-75082 – End music will stop every time the ender dragon loads out of view.

Trivia

• 1.9's title, The Combat Update, was discovered in Mojang's April Fools prank snapshot 15w14a, by how snow was coded to form a bar code that could be scanned to find the title. The bar code also contained a Creeper face.

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