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20w28a is the second snapshot for Java Edition 1.16.2, released on July 8, 2020.[1]
Additions
General
Changes
Blocks
- Can now be crafted with blackstone.
Items
- Now gives the Fire Resistance status effect for 40 seconds when activated.
Mobs
- Villagers now emit green particles when joining a village, setting a home bed, or acquiring a job site/profession.
Gameplay
- Various weights have been changed.
World generation
- There is now experimental support for a
worldgenfolder in data packs worldgen/biomecan contain biome definitionsworldgen/configured_carvercan contain definitions for world carver settingsworldgen/configured_featurecan contain definitions for feature placementsworldgen/configured_structure_featurecan contain definitions for structure placementsworldgen/configured_surface_buildercan contain definitions for surfacesworldgen/processor_listcan contain sets of block processorsworldgen/template_poolcan contain pool definitions for jigsaw structures- Custom biomes can now be used in the single biome/caves/floating islands world types (add the data pack containing the biome first)
- Custom biomes can now be used in custom dimension generators
- Custom worlds now support custom biomes
General
- Dedicated servers can now rate limit clients
- Dedicated servers can now kick clients that consistently send too many packets within a second
- Controlled with the
rate-limitsettings inserver.properties - The default rate limit of 0 means "no limit"
Fixes
- MC-34661 – Thorns enchantment causes double armor decay.
- MC-65953 – Tags IsBaby and IsVillager can't be changed from true to false with /entitydata.
- MC-171363 – Nether forest biomes: Large fungi and small plants only generate on the topmost layer of nylium, leaving all lower layers devoid of flora.
- MC-172221 – Hoglins, zoglins, ravagers, iron golems, and polar bears won't walk down a block if they are partially walking on air.
- MC-173526 – All Minecarts can survive in lava.
- MC-174479 – Cannot place sea pickles on soul sand.
- MC-174520 – Soul particle texture is incorrect for the first frame.
- MC-176753 – Piglins stand around dropped golden items if their "CanPickUpLoot" tag is set to "0b."
- MC-179369 – Wandering Traders are always invisible in the Nether and the End.
- MC-181204 – doDaylightCycle button slightly incorrectly labeled.
- MC-181233 – Mobs cannot spawn on wooden trapdoors, but can on iron and nether fungus trapdoors.
- MC-182430 – Piglins continuously try and fail to pick up gold ingots if they can't reach them.
- MC-185684 Enderman can teleport when hit in cases where they previously would not teleport
- MC-187112 Extra space in "Keep Jigsaws" button in jigsaw block
- MC-187126 Jigsaw block UI is not closed when pressing "Generate"
- MC-187129 Jigsaw blocks do not generate the correct structure until "Done" is pressed and the UI is reopened
- MC-188459 Potted cactus still missing cullface argument for top
- MC-188534 Potted cactus missing bottom face
- MC-189769 Fungi grows through fire
- MC-190098 Structure size and offset still limited to 32 for dedicated servers
- MC-190852 Advancement announcement message has switched brackets for right-to-left languages
- MC-190856 '/list uuids' shows parentheses incorrectly for right-to-left languages
- MC-190860 '/' (slash) in chat and command block shows legacy formatting symbol for right-to-left languages
- MC-190891 Certain redstone circuits causing lag
- MC-190892 Brackets in potion effects are reversed in right-to-left languages
- MC-191501 Opening a world from earlier 1.14 releases in 1.16 causes villagers to vanish
- From 1.16.1
- MC-191571 Switched square brackets for right-to-left languages
- MC-191579 Book signing GUI has broken formatting for right-to-left languages
- MC-191656 Right-to-left languages don't perform as expected in creative search menu
- MC-192306 Crimson and warped slabs use incorrect colors on maps
- From the previous development version
- MC-193073 Game crashes when Piglins or Piglin Brutes convert to Zombified Piglins
- MC-193089 Mobs do not get damaged anymore if they're in lava and water at the same time
- MC-193125 Cannot use "Inventory" key to write in recipe book, it closes GUI instead (Default: "E")
- MC-182868 – Rail updates are 4-5x times laggier since 1.14 if the rail is on top of a non-full cube.
- MC-185925 – Casting issue: Mineral vein generation uses 32-bit floats, leading to precision loss and potential crashes.
- From 1.16
References
- ↑ "Minecraft Snapshot 20w28a" – Minecraft.net, July 1, 2020