Alpha 0.16.0 build 1[1] is the first build version released for Alpha 0.16.0, also known as the Boss Update.
Additions
General
- Up to 20 commands.
- Ability to customize keyboard controls.
- Added search tab to creative inventory (Win 10 only).
- Added mouse UI sensitivity slider in VR options (Win 10 Rift only).
- New UI for options menu.
- More options.
- Toggle Crouch.
World Generation
Blocks
Items
Mobs
Changes
General
- Performance improvements.
- Skin picker no longer shows the silhouette of the skins behind it when choosing a custom skin.
- Tweaked mouse sensitivity for vertical vs. horizontal motion in UI in Rift (Win 10 Rift only).
- Increased maximum view distance for capable GPUs (Win10 and EDU only).
- Tweaked the clock texture so it has all the correct pixels.
Items
- Bucket
- New sound when using.
- Maps
- Version exclusive: Now have different colors for different biomes.
- Grass Path
- Added sounds when making.
Blocks
- Sponge
- Readded to survival mode.
- Now can absorb water.
Fixes
- Fixed several issues with water so that it looks better such as not making other blocks flicker and not seeing through other blocks at the water line.
- To zoom out maps, the original map needs to be placed in the center of the crafting grid.
- Fixed crashes on some Android devices.
- Fixed a crash upon world load in Gear VR edition.
- Frame rate no longer affects the sensitivity of mouse and controller turning in game.
- Fixed a game crash on FireTV that happened after a few minutes of gameplay.
- Leashes no longer flash red when a mob on that leash gets hurt.
- Fixed a crash that happened occasionally when a player would try to access Realms settings.
- Fixed a connection issue failure with players trying to connect to Realms from Android, Kindle, iOS, or Gear VR.
- Transitioning from Living Room mode to Immersive mode while riding an animal no longer makes the animal look like it's being x-rayed (Win 10 Rift only).
- Boats have shadows
- Fixed a crash when breaking a door near a villager during the night.
- No longer informs you when you join a game.
- If you're in a game session where you can't invite friends, the invite friends button won't appear in the pause screen anymore.
- Fixed a rogue pixel on the back of the Cake Maniac skin's head.
- Fixed x-ray effects when hitting a boat in survival.
- Fixed the incorrect drop rate of armor for armored hostile mobs.
- Water no longer continues to flow from frozen water source blocks.
- You can now sprint forever in creative mode.
- Pressing enter opens the chat window.
- Opening the chat window and then quickly typing is no longer an issue- no more lost letters!
- You can now place beds on upper slabs.
- You won't shake randomly anymore when dismounting a vehicle while you're in a block or closing a trapdoor while standing in its space.
- Fixed the attack range of hostile mobs when they are in a boat.
- If you're riding in a minecart, on a saddled pig or horse, you will now trigger tripwire.
- Baby mooshrooms no longer freeze when you try to use shears on them.
- You no longer get immediately dismounted when interacting with horses or pigs while sneaking.
- Fixed a crash when a filled map is selected.
- Fixed a crash when opening a crafting table in Creative mode.
- Hoppers now take in all items in a stack at the same time.
- Chests now accessible when riding in a minecart or on a horse/pig.
- Fixed some mobs not burning in sunlight.
- Fixed a bug where an Enderman riding in a minecart could activate a stone pressure plate placed next to a diagonal minecart track.
- Mobs that die while riding a minecart get removed from the minecart.
- Blazes attack players based on the host game/server's game mode.
- Skeletons no longer manage to fire arrows from their sides.
- Cursor is now fully visible when drawing back the bow and the arrow flies according to where the cursor is pointed (Gear VR edition & Win 10 Rift only).
- No more falling indefinitely into the void- you will start taking damage.
- Grey icon representing horse armor & saddle now changes depending on what texture pack you're using.
- Removed the redundant mundane potion in the Creative inventory.
- No more floating torches under ceilings.
- Nether wart growth textures were off by one stage- now fixed.
- Using a bed while riding a mount or minecart now dismounts the player.
- "Toggle immersive mode" message no longer appears on non-VR platforms.
- Controller input now recognized in VR even if the VR window does not have windows focus (Win 10 Rift only).
- Beds now make a sound when being placed.
- You can now see a pig's health.
- Fixed some assorted bugs relating to skin, texture pack & full game purchases not being recognized properly.
- Pressing the Z button to invoke the status effect window now works.
- Fixed an issue where breaking a bed wouldn't reset a player's spawn point.
- When riding a pig/horse, the animal's health now displays correctly when the animal is poisoned.
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