Tuesday 24 October 2017

Changelog for 1.2.5 beta build 2


1.2.5 beta build 2 - AKA 1.2.5.13
New Features:
  • Mixer Interaction: Game commands can now be linked to interactive buttons for viewers to interact directly with the game. Learn more at blog.mixer.com/Minecraft-beta
  • Mobile Broadcasting: Native broadcasting for several streaming services has been added. Look for the new Broadcast button directly in-game
Tweaks:
  • Moved store offers on several screens. Thanks to all of our players who gave us feedback on this!
  • Improvements to the Create screen for available templates
  • Further adjustments to the sensitivity of block placement
Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when loading a Realm that contains banners
  • The arrow marker on a map no longer becomes a dot when a player walks out of the map bounds
  • Tools will no longer lose durability faster than mobs take damage
  • Creepers standing in double tallgrass now deal appropriate damage
  • Fixed a corrupted audio loop when pointing at an item frame in Adventure mode
  • Fall height is no longer compounded the next time a player takes fall damage when chorus fruit teleports a player from a higher elevation
  • Fixed chests, pumpkins, and stairs not facing the right direction in hand
  • Entities and particles are now properly lit in the Nether when playing in split-screen (Xbox One only)
  • Players can no longer take damage when walking backwards and placing blocks at head level
  • Hostile mobs will no longer spawn on top or inside transparent blocks
  • Starting maps will now upgrade correctly on an anvil
  • After running out of materials for torches, books, or bookshelves, cursor focus no longer moves to another item
  • Fixed the timing of pistons interacting with other pistons
  • Decreased explosion resistance of slabs
  • Players will no longer spawn at a the position of a destroyed bed when leaving the End
  • Parrots no longer choose the same mob to follow repeatedly
  • Lily pads can now be broken by boats when colliding from any direction
  • Tamed horses, donkeys, and mules can now be ridden immediately if mounted while eating grass
  • Banners in item frames no longer change patterns based on the banner that the player in holding
  • Bed recipe will now appear in the Recipe Book when only one ingredient is present in the inventory
  • Observers now properly redirect Redstone Dust
  • Observers powering Redstone Dust below will now power components adjacent to the dust
  • Daylight sensors no longer output power at night when they have no view of the sky
  • Skeletons now turn before shooting
  • Fixed the sound when throwing items
  • Fixed parrots losing their sitting status when loading a world, and incidentally fixed chickens flapping their wings after spawn
  • Editing 'options.txt' can once again be used to increase chunk render distance
  • Arrow of Decay can now be given using the '/give' command
  • Natural Regeneration can now be disabled on Peaceful difficulty
  • Having the PvP game rule disabled no longer makes players immune to the '/kill' command
  • Fixed hopper minecarts not filling from chests when slightly clipped into a block
  • The camera no longer flickers along the Y-axis after teleporting
  • Items on the cursor will now be dropped when the inventory is full and the inventory screen is closed
  • Improved navigation of the inventory screen when using the controller cursor
  • Settings sliders can no longer be adjusted with the D-pad until the A button is used to select them
  • Controller hints will now say "Place" while sneaking and aiming at a container
  • Fixed the rendering of borders on the Skin Picker screen
  • Scroll bars are now visible after switching tabs on the Settings screen

Friday 13 October 2017

Changelog for 1.2.5 beta build 1



1.2.5 beta build 1 - AKA 1.2.5.0

New Features:
  • Added a new Recipe Book toggle and the ability to view the Creative inventory in fullscreen (on Classic UI)
  • Added a content rating system to the Marketplace
Tweaks:
  • Pressing the A button on the Creative inventory will now place one item in the inventory, not a full stack. Pressing the Y button will place a full stack and X will clear the hotbar in Creative mode
Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when closing the skin picker
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when using uppercase letters in '/gamerule' commands
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when using the '/fill' command with several different blocks
  • Decreased the sensitivity of placing blocks
  • Fixed torches and other light sources giving off very little light when Smooth Lighting was enabled
  • Attacking or mining with an enchanted book will no longer apply the book's enchantment
  • Cobweb will now drop as an item when cut with shears
  • Food particles now appear when feeding animals
  • All mobs can now be spawned on water by players
  • It's now easier to see the texture animation of flowing water
  • When placing layered snow, only one block will now be taken from the inventory
  • Flint and Steel no longer takes damage when hitting mobs
  • Using Pick Block on giant mushrooms will no longer give unobtainable mushroom blocks
  • Arrows that are picked up will now join an existing stack in the offhand slot, not creating a separate stack
  • Minecarts and boats can no longer be destroyed by Ender Pearls
  • Door and fence gates can now be placed on dirt path blocks
  • Items moving in flowing water will no longer have jittery movement
  • Dead bushes can now be replaced when placing blocks and items
  • Decreased the hitbox size on crops
  • The hitbox size of Nether Wart will now increase as it grows
  • Light Gray Shulker Boxes now have the proper name
  • Shulker Boxes now only give a full Redstone signal when filled with 27 full item stacks
  • Top snow is now destroyed immediately after placing water or lava over it
  • Food particles no longer come out of players' foreheads
  • Crafting and container screens now close when a player takes from another player or mob
  • It is no longer possible for players to place a block in the same space they are sneaking, causing them to fall
  • Uncraftable and unobtainable items no longer appear in the Recipe Book in Survival mode
  • The tooltip for Stone variants in the Recipe Book now properly show they're in the "Nature" category
  • Mooshroom now displays a particle effect when sheared
  • Eating and drinking animations are now visible when a player is seen from third-person view while under the invisibility status effect
  • Additional Map items are no longer lost when more than one Map is placed in an Anvil’s input slot while creating a Locator Map
  • Fixed player's camera Y-value from flickering up/down when the player teleports
  • Fixed "Custom" skin name appearing as placeholder text on player skin change notifications
  • Fixed the left leg being rotated the wrong way on armor stand poses
  • Scroll bars in menus no longer jitter when using the right stick to scroll
  • When pressing tab to complete a command, the choices are now sorted correctly
  • Flowers and beds are now properly cloned by the '/clone' command
  • Using the '/give' command when the inventory is full will drop items in front of the player
  • Resource Packs downloaded from the store will no longer appear in the Behavior Packs section of the Storage screen
  • Content is now fully removed from Storage if deleted after restarting the game
  • The "Import started" notification will no longer be delayed to appear when importing large content packs
  • Several fixes to Marketplace menus
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when destroying a piston during its extend animation and there is a block on top of the piston
  • Flying is no longer activated when trying to sprint in water with Auto Jump enabled in Creative mode
  • Hitting mobs will now produce an impact/damage sound
  • Parrots will now react to being on fire in Survival mode but will no longer burn when perched on a player's shoulder in Creative mode
  • Pistons no longer get stuck or break randomly
  • Non-full blocks no longer appear as the full width of a block when moved by pistons
  • Blocks moved by pistons no longer leave stretched graphical artifacts
  • The Ender Dragon can no longer get stuck in boats
  • Sheep that spawned from breeding will now drop loot
  • Fixed banner items being too bright
  • Slightly increased the spawn rate of Ocelots
  • Players without block breaking permissions can no longer break crops by jumping
  • Fixed an incorrect error message when the '/replaceitem' command has an out of range value

Thursday 5 October 2017

Changelog for 1.2.3 beta build 1


1.2.3 beta build 1 - AKA 1.2.3.3

Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when loading world chunks 
  • Fixed a crash that occurred if a player with blocked multiplayer privileges was in a world and accepted an invite from another player (Xbox One only)
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when using the crafting screen 
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when going through a Nether portal and then using a piston
  • Fixed a crash that occurred with Iron Golems on converted worlds 
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when using the '/fill' command that caused to many spawned entities to fall 
  • The 'Inception' achievement in now unlockable on all platforms 
  • The 'Sniper Duel' achievement is now unlockable (Xbox One only) 
  • Fixed an exploit that caused rails to be duplicated
  • Fixed an exploit that caused Shulker boxes to be duplicated when broken by an explosion
  • Fixed an issue causing transparency issues on several skins 
  • The Sign screen can now be closed if the cursor has been moved to the third line (iOS only)
  • Pressing the A button no longer cancels Elytra flight and will now make the player ascend 
  • Players will no longer cease climbing stairs and slabs while flying 
  • Fixed Iron Golems not causing enough Knockback effect 
  • Servers will no longer briefly appear on the Friends tab 
  • Heavy blocks no longer break when falling on leaf blocks 
  • Fixed the texture offset of Mooshroom's udder layer
  • Sheep no longer emit two sounds when dying 
  • Items renamed in an anvil that have been placed will now retain their names after being mined
  • Skulls can now be placed on the ground when a layer of snow is already there 
  • Endermen now take damage in filled cauldrons
  • Doors, Wooden Buttons, Ladders and Fishing Rods can now be used as fuel in a Furnace
  • Fixed some vines being destroyed when pressing right-click
  • Fixed an incorrect controller tooltip when moving an item in the Creative inventory over the hotbar
  • "Elytra Wings" are now referred to simply as "Elytra"
  • Players with Fire Resistance will now receive damage from lightning 
  • Fixed a constant green highlight on the inventory screen of tamable mobs
  • Pumpkins and mob heads can now be equipped directly from the Creative inventory on Pocket UI
  • Banners will now wave when daylight cycle is disabled
  • Items replaced by a command are now visible instantly in the inventory
  • Adding a 'damage_sensor' to an entity type no longer prevents '/kill' from working