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

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

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

Changelog for 1.2 beta build 8

1.2 beta build 8 - AKA 1.2.0.25

Tweaks:

• It is now much easier to see underwater after drinking a Potion of Water Breathing and Potion of Night Vision
• Rebalanced most of the game sound effects and music, such as rain being much quieter
• Added sound effects for placing Eyes of Ender into portal frames and opening The End portal

Fixes from Bugs in Beta:

• The Recipe Book can now be toggled off and on when using Classic UI
• Optimized chunk generation and rendering
• Increased performance when launching fireworks that were crafted with a large ball and trail firework star
• Redstone components can once again be placed on Observer blocks
• Fixed not being able to eat on converted worlds (Xbox One only)
• Fixed item duplication in Survival mode when using Pocket UI and touch controls
• Improved performance of Redstone circuits (Xbox One only)
• Fixed several crashes that occurred when split-screen players joined, left the game, or signed out of Xbox Live (Xbox One only)
• Fixed a crash when deleting a world that contained non-Latin characters in its name
• Fixed a crash that occurred when "painting" items in the Recipe Book while using touch controls
• Expanding a list of items on the Recipe Book will now automatically scroll the list, if needed
• The Recipe Book cursor will now properly reflect the proper position when using a controller
• Fixed crafting status consistency on the Recipe Book
• Accepting an invite to a game you are in the process of joining no longer causes a crash
• Fixed the scrollbar on How to Play menu when using touch controls
• Crafting with a controller and pressing the Y button will now state that it will craft all, not just a full stack
• Clouds will now render through glass
• Redstone dust will now visually show its proper state when active
• Paper will no longer be lost when enlarging a map using an Anvil while Pocket UI is enabled
• On-screen tooltips will no longer show "Release" when looking at a fence, only when a Lead is attached to the fence
• Drop down menus are no longer hidden when opened close to the bottom of the screen
• Torches can once again be placed on monster spawners and will not spawn mobs if covered in torches
• Beds that have been blown up will not leave an invisible, one block remnant in the world
• Breaking an item out of an item frame no longer causes the breaking animation to play on the item frame itself
• Spiders that climb toward the ceiling can now attack players
• Pressing the X button on the hot bar will now clear the hotbar, not take half of a stack
• Removed an extra How to Play icon on the inventory/crafting window
• Language titles in Settings are no longer invisible until highlighted
• Controller tooltips now show when a music disc can be inserted into a Jukebox or when Book & Quill can be used
• Clicking the How to Play icon in Creative mode will now bring up information about Creative
• The GUI Scale toggle slider is now correctly aligned in different scales (Android only)
• Fixed split-screen players sometimes having the same Gamertag, skin, and interface
• Improved performance of the menu background after sitting in the menu after being idle on the title screen
• Cloning a command block over an existing command block will now properly replace the command
• Bows on the ground no longer animate when eating food or using any item that has a right-click holding action
• Fixed locator maps not showing proper movement and color to indicate player position and dimension
• It is now possible to scroll through world descriptions in the marketplace when using a controller
• Damage will no longer be dealt to players and mounted horses when applying a saddle
• Maps received when Starting Map is enabled will now have zoom level 3/4
• Chat will no longer scroll when using the d-pad and Host Options are open
• The empty map recipe once again appears in the Recipe Book
• Fixed search results in the Recipe Book so they now show all relevant items, not just craftable items
• The '/xp' command can once again reduce a player's level by using negative values
• Top slabs can once again be placed using the '/fill' command
• Fixed chat messages of wrong players sleeping in beds
• The offhand slot will now equip an item after using the '/replace' command without having to restart the world
• Horses and players will no longer receive fall damage when riding on blocks that are placed a couple of blocks above the ground
• Endermen will no longer spawn and immediately die on Peaceful difficulty
• Single iron bars and glass panes now have the appropriate hitbox
• Quitting a world with a resource pack will no longer partially apply the pack to the main menu after leaving the game
• Maps will now render properly on worlds imported from Xbox One Edition
• Maps in offhand are now scaled properly in horizontal, two-player split-screen
• Guest account names will now appear properly (Xbox One only)
• The hotbar will no longer appear below the screen safe area when playing horizontal split-screen (Xbox One only)
• Added on-screen controller hints to the Create World and Edit World screens
• Fixed sides of blocks not rendering when on the edge of the screen in third-person mode
• Fixed the achievements menu not showing unlocked achievements if the console disconnects from Xbox Live (Xbox One only)
• Fixed split-screen players logged in as guests getting stuck on the loading screen when trying to join (Xbox One only)
• Players can now join servers via invites from other players and joining from the friend list
• Selecting pages in a signed Book & Quill no longer causes the virtual keyboard to appear
• Fixed several patterns that caused banners to become transparent
• Fixed chunks of terrain missing after synchronization of saved worlds in Creative mode from another console
• Split-screen players will now have their location and inventory saved after leaving the world
• Fixed a crash when a command block runs a command that deletes the block it's in
• Changing skins in-game will now properly apply
• After clearing the Recipe Book search bar with a controller, re-opening the Recipe Book will no longer bring back the previously entered text
• Fixed the positions of bows and potions when playing split-screen
• The inventory and containers no longer contain invisible items
• Fixed a crash that occurred when the game is suspended and resumed when the chat screen is open (Xbox One only)
• Falling in to one block of water will no longer inflict damage
• Signed in players that launch the game in offline mode no longer have "Steve" as their Gamertag and an empty friends tab (Xbox One only)
• Gravel falling onto retracting pistons no longer causes them to fall into the same block space and overlap
• Disabling view bobbing while in split-screen no longer makes items held in hand not visible

Fixes from Bugs in Retail:

• Villagers will now close doors and stop getting themselves attacked by Zombies
• The proper sound effect will now play after looking directly at an Enderman
• XP orbs should no longer disappear in blocks and be easier for players to collect
• Fixed Dragon Egg not breaking when falling on a torches and breaking anvils
• '/ReplaceItem' repeating no longer makes it impossible for players to change inventory slots
• Creepers will no longer explode if they lose sight of a player
• Creepers exploding inside minecarts and boats will not destroy the minecart or boat
• Attempting to load a world before signing in will no longer make worlds unable to load
• Glazed terracotta blocks can be pushed but no longer pulled by sticky pistons
• The 'hideParticles' argument for '/effect' will now hide particles of selected status effects when set to "true"
• Fixed the hitbox on Chorus plants

Changelog for 1.2 beta build 7

1.2 beta build 7 - AKA 1.2.0.22

Tweaks:

• Jungle leaves are now transparent on higher-end devices when Fancy Leaves are enabled
• Changed the sound effect for creeper explosions 

Fixes from Bugs in Beta:

• The selected item recipe will no longer change when ingredients run out to avoid unintentional item crafting 
• Several improvements to finding items in the Recipe Book while in Creative mode 
• Made improvements to manual crafting when using a touch screen 
• The proper amount of wool that is craftable in the Recipe Book will now be shown 
• Crafting and selecting items when using a controller will now be occur on button press, not release
• Creative mode now has a 2x2 crafting grid in the inventory 
• When an item is selected, tapping anywhere that the item cannot be placed will now deselect it
• Search results in the Recipe Book will now show all relevant items, not just craftable items 
• Controller bumper buttons can now be used when navigating the How to Play menu 
• Fixed corrupted icons in How to Play menu when using various languages 
• Fixed a crash that could occur when switching Resource Packs 
• The recipe for Empty Locator Maps will now recognize Empty Maps as an ingredient
• The recipe for Empty Locator Maps will now appear for the 2x2 crafting grid
• Fixed overlapping text on the 3D Export screen
• Mob attack damage will now be adjusted based on difficulty
• Glowstone will now prevent monsters from spawning from a monster spawner 
• Trees grown with bone meal will no longer fill the trunk with leaves 
• Fixed the hit box for stairs
• Fixed corrupted End portal textures 
• Blocks affected by gravity will no longer push mobs or players into the ground 
• Fixed the paper doll on the pause menu being scaled incorrectly 
• Iron pickaxes will now mine at the proper speed 
• The Cancel button no longer overlaps the progress bar when downloading from the store
• Replaced the icon for the left analog stick to better distinguish from the right analog stick

Fixes from Bugs in Retail:

• Boats will now move faster on ice
• Original Music Pack will now be imported properly after downloading and no longer cause the game to crash
• Guardian and Elder Guardian laser attacks can now penetrate armor to damage players
• The sneak button on controllers can now be used to get out of boats, plus added a tooltip on-screen for how to dismount
• Squid will now spawn properly in oceans
• Creepers start hissing a bit earlier now 
• Slightly decreased Creeper explosion damage
• Nether portal blocks are now breakable in Creative mode when the default game mode was Survival

Changelog for 1.2 beta build 6

1.2 beta build 6 - AKA 1.2.0.18

Fixes from Bugs in Beta:

• Custom skins work again!
• Changed several graphics on the Recipe Book to improve navigation
• Fixed multi-item placing in the inventory when holding right-click
• Hostile mobs will no longer spawn on top of glowstone blocks
• Water bottles can once again be placed on brewing stands when using Pocket UI
• Fixed an issue with scrolling in the skin picker
• Reassigned keys for Toggle Perspective to now work
• Empty armor indicators will now render on the armor tab of the Recipe Book
• Performance improvements for the Recipe Book
• Craftable toggle now appears on all tabs of the Recipe Book in Survival mode
• 3 x 3 item recipes now appear in the Recipe Book but have a red background if they are not craftable
• 3 x 3 crafting output items will now appear when in Creative mode
• The crafting output box now shows how many of an item will be crafted in Survival mode
• Empty Locator Maps can now be crafted with the Recipe Book
• Maps can now be removed from chests after world upgrades
• Pressing X while over the search bar will clear the search bar
• Clouds and water no longer render in front of potion particles
• Fixed a crash when entering the Storage screen
• Fixed a crash when opening Settings after downloading from the Store
• Fixed a crash that occurred when an item was dropped into the Recipe Book in Survival and another item was taken
• Fixed a crash after pressing Save & Quit after killing the Dragon in the End
• Fixed world templates no redownloading after deleting until the game was restarted
• Updated the text for several How to Play screens
• The "Place" controller tip will now appear when holding a bed
• Fixed Guardians not applying thorn damage when hit by melee attacks
• Fixed fishing rod hook animation
• Controller tips now disappear when Hide GUI is enabled
• Operators can now change a world's default game mode
• After importing a template file, the game no longer needs to be restarted for it to show as an available template
• Adjusted font smoothing in menus
• Fixed the particle animation for End Rods
• Armor stands will now burn before being destroyed
• Armor stands will now change their pose based on the strength of redstone power they are receiving
• Items will no longer drop from armor stands when broken in Creative mode
• Fixed reward item always being grayed out on villager trading screen
• Fixed the alignment of controller tips to no longer overlap the hotbar
• Banners no longer show a checkered highlight when using a touch screen
• Banners no longer appear as black in multiplayer
• Fixed banners facing between south and west not dropping as items when the block they stood on was broken or moved by a piston
• Graphics settings will now be applied without having to reload the world
• Buttons on host options will no longer change size
• Horses will no longer take damage when adding a saddle for the first time after taming
• Fixed an issue where witches could not use the 'spawn_entity' component with Add-Ons
• Hostile mobs wearing helmets will no longer burn briefly when they have died
• Jumping, falling, and climbing stairs will no longer interfere with sprinting
• Improved messaging when using "/tickingarea remove_all" and there are no areas to remove
• On the inventory screen, touching and dragging will now scroll without selecting an item slot
• Fireworks will now give proper boost when using Elytra wings close to the ground

Fixes from Bugs in Retail:

• Pressing the X button while over the hotbar will now clear its items in Creative mode
• The Nether travel sound effect will now play when exiting a Nether portal
• Fixed text not translating after changing language settings until the game was restarted
• Horses no longer clip through players when jumping… or did players clip through horses?
• Redstone dust can now be placed on Sea Lanterns and Glowstone
• The paper doll on the inventory screen no longer flips while using Elytra wings
• Naturally spawned villagers will now have the full range of professions
• Using Carrot on a Stick to break blocks will no longer decrease its durability

Changelog for 1.2 beta build 5

1.2 beta build 5 - AKA 1.2.0.15

Tweaks:

• Added a button to the Recipe Book if players need help learning how to use it
• Added Plutonium mode - a highly experimental setting that may increase FPS for some users

Bug Fixes:

• Continued improvements to the Recipe Book, especially when using a touch screen
• Item names will now appear, then fade away when an item is selected in the Recipe Book on a touch screen
• Health, armor, oxygen, and hunger status bars are now displayed when playing with a controller on Pocket UI
• 'Cancel' button no longer appears when changing dimensions
• The 'Generate Random' button has been renamed to 'Create New World'
• Animations of some blocks are no longer synchronized after world reload
• Fixed mining animation for a block behind a torch not appearing after destroying the torch
• Fixed clocks and compasses not appearing in the hotbar until equipped when Classic UI is enabled
• Air bubbles no longer appear on the HUD when underwater in Creative mode
• Items are now animated in the Recipe Book when using Pocket UI
• Fixed sprinting when brushing against blocks so sprinting will only stop if directly hitting a block
• Slightly increased sprinting and walking speeds
• Mob heads will no longer overlap the Recipe Book screen
• Animation of crafted banners with patterns now have the proper icon in the Recipe Book
• Fixed a crash when creating, loading, or joining a world after leaving another session
• Fixed the host's game crashing when another player leaves the session
• Fixed a crash when taking a mob head from the Recipe Book
• Fixed crashes and world corruption that occurred when using '/tickarea'
• Firework rockets no longer have a debug string as their entity name
• Ocelots no longer sink into the ground when chasing chickens
• The End portal that is generated after killing the dragon no longer has missing blocks
• Fixed rails not rotating or connecting to each other
• Player permissions can now be changed if the target player is outside the render distance of the OP
• Mounted mobs no longer die from fall damage before reaching the ground
• Turning Operator permissions off now automatically turns off Teleport
• Fixed several menu alignment issues