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20w17a is the thirteenth snapshot for Java Edition 1.16, released on April 22, 2020.[1]
Additions
Command format
- Added the
/attributecommand.
General
- Added an Entity Distance scale option ranging from 50% to 500%.
- Difficulty and game rules can now be changed from the "Create World" screen.
- Added
pressure_platesblock tag- Contains light and heavy weighted pressure plates, as well as the wooden pressure plates and stone pressure plates block tags.
- Added
stone_pressure_platesblock tag- Contains stone and polished blackstone pressure plates.
Changes
Blocks
- New sounds for chains
- Improved UI (Ingot outline).[more information needed]
- Renamed "Soul Fire Torch" and "Soul Fire Lantern" to "Soul Torch" and "Soul Lantern."
- The IDs have been changed to reflect this.
- Walls now create posts under more blocks, like pressure plates and banners.[more information needed]
World generation
- Bastion remnant loot has been tweaked.
- Ancient debris and netherite scrap have been made generally rarer.
- Netherite gear can no longer be found in bastion remnants; instead, diamond gear is found.
- The chances and stack sizes of various items have been tweaked.
- Now spawn less frequently.
General
- The "Singleplayer" button will jump directly to "Create World" screen if there are no worlds to select.
- Chat component style can now select font.
- Block storage format in chunks slightly changed to speed up various tasks (rendering, pathfinding, world generation, etc.).
- Full range of Unicode characters is supported, making it possible to type emojis.
- Changed the
wall_post_overrideblock tag to include thebanners, andpressure_platesblock tags.
Fixes
- 40 issues fixed
- From released versions before 1.16
- MC-1601 – Breaking a furnace will not give you the experience for the smelted things inside.
- MC-5410 – In Creative mode, flying down is stopped when brushing up against ladders or vines.
- MC-31032 – Using only one empty map does not increase
minecraft.used:minecraft.map. - MC-46417 – Sprint particles are emitted in Spectator mode.
- MC-56373 – Selector and score text components do not work on
hoverEvents. - MC-63020 – Some chunks are not rendered in first person from some angles in certain situations (incorrect frustum culling).
- MC-94535 – Flying and holding Ctrl really close to the ground emits walking particles.
- MC-96319 – Mob pathfinding AI does not regard some blocks as obstructions and is unable to pathfind on top of them.
- MC-100195 – Player retains 1-block hitbox if entering a minecart/boat while swimming or when flying with elytra or a riptide trident.
- MC-114544 – Kicked by "Flying is not enabled on this server" while sleeping.
- MC-120572 –
/recipecrashes the game. - MC-126244 –
/locate, explorer maps, and treasure maps can cause extreme TPS lag, even leading to a complete server freeze if structure generation is turned off. - MC-149704 – Sneaking/crouching twice makes player sprint.
- MC-169514 – Tamed parrots cannot be renamed unless they are flying.
- MC-176104 – Dropped compasses always point up.
- MC-177346 – A compass in a mob's hand does not point to correct location if the mob turns.
- From the 1.16 development versions
- MC-171561 – Only one player can access a shulker box at a time.
- MC-174359 – Piglins prefer using an unenchanted gold item instead of an enchanted gold item.
- MC-175113 – Rain prevents entities from burning in fire.
- MC-175186 – Respawning does not check if the "respawn block" is the correct one for the dimension.
- MC-175998 – Striders move very fast between two blocks or when diagonally running into blocks.
- MC-176029 – Right clicking a lodestone with a stack of compasses converts the whole stack.
- MC-176060 – Recipe book does not load the entire empty map recipe anymore.
- MC-176116 – Saddle texture on strider is backwards.
- MC-176521 – Pressing space while the recipe book button is highlighted in crafting interfaces does not toggle the recipe book.
- MC-177776 – Netherite ingots are not sorted properly with other ingots.
- MC-177780 – Shulkers cannot be opened while playing closing animation anymore.
- MC-177796 – Blackstone walls are in the "Building Blocks" category instead of "Decoration Blocks" category, unlike all other walls.
- MC-177862 – Polished blackstone button and pressure plate are in incorrect area of the Creative inventory.
- MC-177885 – Invisible horses show patterns.
- MC-177997 – Baby zoglins still deal the same attack damage as an adult.
- MC-178050 – New Nether music is inconsistently loud.
- MC-178086 – Flying close to the ground with soul speed over soul blocks speeds up the player and emits soul particles.
- MC-178093 – Piglins with full inventories will not pick up gold ingots to barter, even though you can still right-click to barter with them.
- MC-178259 – Game crashes when an iron golem with the attack damage attribute is set to 0.5d.
- MC-178316 – Dispenser plays "dispensed item" sound when attempting to charge a full respawn anchor instead of "dispenser fails".
- MC-178630 – TNT eye height changed.
- From the previous development version
- MC-178797 – Barrier blocks generate in bastion remnant.
- MC-178955 – Badlands are viewed as a mountainous biome for ruined portals.
- MC-179542 – Basalt delta blocks override nether bricks in fortresses.
References
- ↑ "Minecraft Snapshot 20w17a" – Minecraft.net, April 22, 2020