Changelog for 1.2 beta build 1

1.2 beta build 1 - AKA 1.2.0.2

New Features:

• Stained Glass
• Fireworks (with Elytra boosting!)
• Parrots
• Banners
• Armor Stands
• Jukebox and music discs
• Recipe Book
• Book and Quill
• Ravines
• Coarse Dirt
• New world start options:
•     Starting Map
•     Bonus Chest
•     Trust Players
• New game rules:
•     TNT Explodes
•     Natural Regeneration
• Added '/tickingarea' command to create areas that still update when no players are there
• Player permissions
• Zombie Villager spawn egg
• In-game host options
• New loading screens with funny and helpful tips
• How to Play screen
• Remix 3D export functionality (Windows 10 only)

Tweaks:

• Blaze Powder is now needed to fuel brewing stands
• Ice blocks are now transparent
• Maps can now be held off-hand and show the heads of players' skins
• Locator maps now track the owner's position, regardless of dimension
• Worlds can now be set to Invite Only, Friends Only, or Friends of Friends
• Various improvements and changes to navigating the user interface
• Redesigned button mapping and added Pick Block for controllers
• Render Clouds and Fancy Leaves can now be toggled in Video Settings
• Skins can now be changed from the pause menu
• Chat messages can now be muted
• Items picked up are now animated on the hotbar
• Stained glass and banners will now spawn on End Cities
• Increased the default player limit on worlds from 5 to 8 on higher-end devices
• Block placement speed now matches the player's movement speed
• Temperature decreases with height and it can now snow at high elevations
• Observer blocks have updated textures and will now blink red when outputting a redstone pulse
• Adjusted the color that flashes when mobs are attacked
• Brick Blocks, Nether Brick Blocks, and Clay Blocks have been renamed to better differentiate from other items
• Underwater particles
• Block outline selections and Paper Doll can be toggled in the settings

Bug Fixes:

• The moon is now properly oriented, while the stars correctly traverse the heavens
• Ghasts will no longer shoot fireballs from farther than they can be seen
• Fixed missing walking sounds for mobs
• Arrows now shake upon impact with blocks
• Players will no longer burn when standing near lava in the Nether
• Observer blocks can now detect many more block changes
• Optimized chunk generation and loading
• The Lapis Lazuli icon is no longer missing from the Enchantment Table screen
• Endermen will now drop the blocks they're carrying when they die
• Wolves tamed by players not present in a session will no longer change their whole body color
• End rods now give off light particles
• Increased the strength of the redstone pulse outputted by Observer blocks and they no longer pulse twice when observing a retracting piston
• Glazed Terracotta now shows proper colors on maps
• Dandelions can now be crafted into yellow dye when Pocket UI is enabled
• Fixed quartz pillars not being craftable using Pocket UI
• Fixed the level up sound not playing for every five levels gained
• Other players should no longer be seen levitating in their sleep
• Woodland Mansions will now spawn with birch wood floors instead of oak
• Witches will now drink Potion of Fire Resistance when standing on Magma blocks
• Sounds now play when witches drink potions
• Skeletons, Strays, and Zombie Pigmen now have a chance of spawning with enchanted gear and weapons
• Skeleton horses can now be saddled
• Lingering water bottles will now deal damage to Blazes, Endermen, and Snow Golems
• Only one bucket can be placed in a furnace at a time so buckets will no longer be lost
• Ghast fireballs can now set obsidian on fire and open Nether portals
• Fixed a crash that could occur when destroying maps
• Fixed a crash that could occur when the host enters a portal in multiplayer
• Empty maps can now be combined with a compass on an anvil to create a locator map
• Fixed the texture of fences in the inventory and in-hand
• Fishing now uses the proper loot tables to acquire enchanted items and books
• The available enchants on enchantment tables will no longer revert back to the originally available enchants upon world reload
• Evokers will no longer attack players on Peaceful difficulty
• Fixed mobs not attacking Evokers after being attacked by Evokers
• The proper sound now plays when Evokers are transforming blue sheep
• Mining speed with Haste II and Efficiency V has been increased to its correct speed
• Signs can no longer be set on fire
• The snow golem's face can now only be seen once it's sheered. No peaking!
• Fixed the hand placement of tools on the inventory screen
• Text chat can now be opened with controllers and touch screens when sleeping in a bed
• Players can now go to bed if there are monsters nearby on Peaceful difficulty
• Colored beds can no longer be dyed using the same color of dye
• Trapdoors will now open when placed to adjacent, active power sources
• Fixed names above baby animals being too high
• The underside of sandstone slabs now have the cracked texture
• Directional audio will continue to match the player's point of view while standing still
• Fixed an item duplication issue that occurred when Pocket UI was enabled
• Mobs will now avoid cacti, fire, and lava
• Fixed the position of several items when held in the off-hand
• Players can now spawn into areas occupied by partial blocks
• Horses can no longer run off when loading a world if they were leashed to a fence
• Lead knots can now be untied using right-click
• Lead knots now play a sound when placed
• Eating and using bows can now be done while riding in a Minecart for maximum multi-tasking!
• Incrementally zooming out a map and renaming it on an anvil now costs only experience level
• Particles will now appear when the Ender Dragon uses its dragon's breath attack while perched
• Fixed graphical issues that sometimes occurred at sunset
• The cellular data warning message will now appear in Settings when using a controller
• Singleplayer worlds no longer appear in the Friends tab
• Anvils will no longer consume the entire input stack when crafting a map
• Sheared sheep will no longer drop wool when they die
• Fixed some players appearing invisible in-game when they should not be
• Fixed a crash when placing Glazed Terracotta with '/fill' and '/setblock' commands
• Fixed the controller tooltips shown on the inventory screen when placing and taking items
• Fixed icons stretching in the inventory when Pocket UI was enabled
• Increased the pace and smoothness of moving up stairs while riding a mob
• The crosshair now points at the correct block when sneaking
• Opening and closing the command block screen will no longer activate an observer block
• Maps, including exploration maps, can now be obtained using the '/give' command
• Mooshroom now only spawns on Mycelium blocks
• Mycelium no longer turns into dirt when there's a giant mushroom above it
• Fixed seeing through stairs, End portal and hoppers when they are placed next to each other
• Hoppers will no longer intake items from the side when there is a full block above
• The chat screen can now be closed by pressing Enter when no text is present
• Fixed milking a cow with the last bucket in a stack not giving milk
• Players can no longer drink milk instantly after milking a cow
• Blocks can now be placed on top of fences that have Lead knots attached
• Explosions near water will now properly deal damage to players and mobs
• The Wither will no longer play overlapping sounds
• Items will now be pushed when a transparent block is placed over them
• Creepers now flash properly when they're about to explode
• Boats no longer continue to move when the player leaves the boat and a mob is still in it
• Controller sensitivity is now set to 50 by default
• The pause button now appears on the HUD (Android Only)
• Chicken jockeys will no longer sink in the water
• Players with Op status will now receive messages about commands that were entered by another Op
• Lingering potions will no longer clip through the player that threw them
• Block highlighting will no longer appear when Hide GUI is enabled
• Different top slab types no longer override each other
• Arrows will no longer infinitely bounce off the top of players in Creative mode
• Fixed a rogue pixel on the nametag texture
• Creepers will now take damage if they fall while following players
• End Stone now has the proper blast resistance
• Evocation fangs can now be summoned using commands
• Mobs will now drop loot and XP orbs when killed with a splash or lingering Potion of Decay
• Evokers no longer run away from invisible players
• Vexes will now attack villagers and iron golems
• Fixed several issues with excessive mob spawning and despawning
• Fixed hostile mobs spawning in well-lit areas
• Improved performance of mob AI
• Arrows are no longer deflected when shooting at burning mobs
• When fishing, the bobber will now submerge and play the right sound when a fish bites
• A message will now display when a bed is too far away when attempting to sleep
• Realms that were named with the '§' symbol can now be renamed
• Command block chat messages will no longer appear on the pause menu
• Slimes will no longer clip through blocks
• Fish hooks will now properly stick to mobs
• Adventure mode can now be selected in the world settings for imported template worlds that were set to Adventure by default
• Baby villagers have learned how to hold items the right way
• Farmer villagers now trade 5-7 apples for one emerald
• Open fence gates can no longer push or pull entities
• The Ender Dragon's wings will no longer flicker
• Diorite, andesite, and granite can no longer be used as a replacement for stone in crafting recipes
• The texture on top of TNT no longer rotates when ignited
• Adult polar bears now drop the correct amount of XP
• Cauldron water will no longer briefly change color when pushed by a piston
• Llamas will no longer creepily turn their heads to stare at you while riding them
• Various fixes to the Marketplace screens
• Bats can no longer swim underwater
• Redstone repeaters and comparators now have the proper bottom texture
• Paintings can now occupy same space as snow and carpet
• The '/effect instant_damage' command will now cause damage if [amplifier: int] is 255
• The GUI can now be hidden by pressing F1 while riding in boats
• Villagers no longer accept Charcoal as Coal whole trading
• Fishing rods are now held properly in-hand
• The base of end crystals have been adjusted
• Nether Brick block side textures have been brightened
• The title now displays properly on the dispenser screen
• Iron Golems can no longer be knocked back with Punch arrows
• Iron Golems will now avoid fire
• Beds can no longer be placed in a way that clips through snow layers
• New trade offers from villagers can be observed quicker, after the trades are unlocked
• Various fixes to the Storage screen
• Setting the 'sendcommandfeedback' gamerule to false no longer prevents players from displaying non-op commands such as '/list' and '/help'
• Fixed texture clipping on the inside of Shulker boxes
• Shulker box opening and closing animations are now much faster
• Shulker boxes are now held properly in-hand
• Shulker boxes will now remain open until all players have closed the inventory
• Shulker boxes can now be opened when placed adjacent to Shulkers
• Shulker boxes placed by dispensers will now rotate based on the surrounding blocks
• Shulker boxes are no longer misaligned in item frames
• Shulker boxes now play the proper sound when placed and broken
• Shulker boxes dropped as an item can now be destroyed by explosions
• Shulker boxes now change their collision box when opened
• Shulkers can now be teleported using commands
• Shulkers can no longer be set on fire
• Shulkers have improved their camouflage and have restored their original color
• Shulkers can now be spawned upside-down from spawn eggs
• Shulkers can no longer teleport into a block already occupied by another Shulker
• Shulkers will now teleport out of water
• The hand will no longer wave repeatedly when a player can't build
• Bone meal is now properly consumed on tall grass and ferns
• Minecarts now wobble correctly when passing over activator rails
• Giving a resistance amplifier of 8 or higher no longer causes players to gain absorption health when hurt
• Creepers stop exploding now if they lose their target
• Fixed up the Ender Dragon's death animation so its wings no longer turn white
• Riding a horse while eating or drinking will no longer slow it down
• Light no longer stays visible after burning a two-block tall plant
• Entities that are teleported while in boats or minecarts will no longer be teleported underground
• Improved performance when there are many items on the ground, like during Wither fights
• Adult polar bears now panic when on fire
• Pistons now push arrows
• Fixed the text height on signs in the Greek Mythology Texture Pack
• Custom skins will now show properly on the skin picker without having to re-launch the game
• The '/fill' command will now return proper results, if failed
• The '/fill' command now gives repeaters the correct delay
• 'Pick block' will no longer behave strangely after dropping items from the inventory
• Blocks that are affected by gravity will no longer break when pushed by a piston facing up
• Repeating command blocks that are copied with 'pick block' and then placed will now activate repeatedly
• The "Open" button will no longer appear when looking at a command block in minecart while playing Survival
• Fixed redstone ore producing too many particles when items are dropped on top of them
• Fixed jittery squid movement after a player or mob touches it
• Mobs will now immediately take damage from magma blocks
• The Wither will now die in the void
• The Wither's heads will now look around more and skulls will now shoot from multiple heads
• Adjusted the look of Buttons that are equipped in-hand
• Large chests will now clone correctly when using the '/clone' command
• Fixed the missing wolf idle sounds
• Fixed some mismatched villager trading sounds
• Cats now purrrrrr again
• Beds placed with the '/fill' and '/setblock' commands will no longer be invisible
• Players will no longer fall one block when teleporting with an ender pearl
• Magma Cubes will now take drowning damage
• Villagers will now run away from Vindicators, Evokers, and Vexes
• Can no longer see through blocks when viewed from below and underwater
• Non-dyed leather armor with no longer use up water from a cauldron
• 'Pick Block' now works on llamas to get llama spawn eggs
• Arrows are now destroyed by end crystal explosions
• Arrows are now destroyed when using "/kill @e[type=arrow]"
• Other mob heads no longer appear momentarily when a mob head is placed
• Fixed exploration maps showing as blank until the game is re-launched
• Fixed Add-Ons with dependencies not loading if there was another activated pack with dependencies
• Baby mob heads are now scaled properly with Add-Ons
• When an Ocelot spawns with two baby Ocelots, the baby Ocelots can now be tamed
• Mobs are now properly affected by Splash Potion of Strength
• Seeds will no longer pop off of covered farmland at night
• Farmland will only dry up if there is no nearby water and nothing is planted on it
• Monster spawners are now only able to spawn up to 4 mobs at a time
• Arrows can now be picked up after shooting at Endermen
• Air bubbles will no longer appear on the HUD when suffocating inside blocks
• The '/setworldspawn' command can no longer be executed if the Y coordinate has a negative value
• Zombie Villagers now sit at the proper height in boats and minecarts
• Baby Zombie Jockeys will now properly mount mobs
• Rabbits now hop at the proper speed
• The 'mobgriefing' gamerule now applies to Monster Egg blocks
• Blocks can no longer be seen through when flying close to the ground with Elytra in third-person
• Players and mobs can no longer activate pressure plates beside them
• Fixed an issue that showed the mining animation for blocks that were being stood on
• The '/clear' command will now properly clear glazed terracotta that has been renamed
• Moss stone is now much easier to find in mega taiga biomes
• Fixed and issue that caused frosted ice not to form when walking very slowly and sneaking while wearing Frost Walker boots
• Fixed End Portal block top texture rotating when being placed
• Beds, pistons, and enchantment tables will now render properly on the edge of the screen