Minecraft Beta - 1.9.0.2 (Xbox One/Windows 10/Android)
- Technical Update
- Full Changelog
Gameplay Update
28 November 2018
PLEASE READ before participating in the Minecraft Beta:
- You will not have access to Realms and will not be able to join non-beta players while you're previewing the beta. Featured servers may also be unavailable
- The beta is available only on Xbox One, Windows 10, and Android (Google Play). To join or leave the beta, see aka.ms/JoinMCBeta for detailed instructions
- Beta builds will likely be unstable and are not representative of final version quality. Please backup your Worlds before joining the beta
- Finished releases may not include all new features, changes, and fixes from the beta to preserve stability and may slip to a later release
Experimental Gameplay: (Only available when Experimental Gameplay is enabled in world settings)
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Added new blocks:
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Cartography Table
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Fletching Table
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Grindstone
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Bell
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Barrel
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Smithing Table
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Smoker
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Blast Furnace
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Lantern
New Features:
- Cauldrons can now be used to hold Lava
- Added tags - custom tags can be applied to entities and players to create more flexible selector groupings
- Added "has_tag" filter in components to allow checks to see if an entity has a specified tag
- Autocomplete can be used for Tags
- The number of commands run through functions can be limited with a new gamerule (default 10k) to limit performance issues
- Functions can now be run every tick creating an update loop
- New feedback button in pause menu - shows links to the Minecraft feedback site, MoJira bug tracker, and Mojang support
- How to Play button is now visible from the in-game settings menu
Changes:
- Changed default sign text colour back to black
- Sign variants are now grouped in their own inventory category
- Players can now join and play games with a minor version mismatch (MCPE-38945)
Fixes:
- Shulker boxes in item frames no longer cause the game to crash
- Fixed an issue with wrong items showing in partnered server stores
- Corrected the head size of baby zombies
- Fixed a crash that could occur when pistons pushed blocks
- Fixed a crash that could happen when suspending and resuming the game
- Improved the error messages that previously stated the player didn't have a licence for the game
- Fixed the positioning of the snow golem's arms
- Pandas now stop eating when set on fire
- Fixed a crash that occurred when resuming the game on Android
- Fixed mouse selection issues when clicking items or text boxes (MCPE-39283)
- Fixed an issue with end gateway portals which could generate too closely, preventing travel back to the main island
- Slimes will once again spawn in slime chunks as expected (MCPE-38388)
- Endermen now make the scream sound when angered (MCPE-26719)
- Phantoms now drop membranes correctly if killed with a fire aspect sword (MCPE-38493)
- Auto-jump now works when trying to walk through scaffolding (MCPE-38342)
- Scaffolding can now be placed on glass
- More blocks can be placed on scaffolding including mob heads and flower pots (MCPE-38942)
- Horizontal flowing water will no longer turn into bubble columns over soul sand
- Fixed a crash that could occur when removing Gear VR headset during gameplay
- Fixed a crash that occasionally happens when resuming the game
- Fixed leg geometry for one-legged characters in various skin packs
- Fixed a crash that could occur when quickly signing in and out of Xbox Live
- Dragons breath can now be quickly collected reliably in multiplayer games (MCPE-37815)
- Pandas now panic when set on fire
- Animation and sounds can now be heard and seen when pillagers charge their crossbows (MCPE-39095)
- Cobblestone stairs are generated in Jungle Temples and Villages instead of stone (MCPE-39102)
- Lit furnaces now show correctly when copied using Ctrl + Pickblock
- Custom modal forms now support two lines again (MCPE-38705)
- Special characters now display correctly when using the "/say" command
- Touch controls now work correctly with scaffolding when using the 'swap jump and sneak' setting (MCPE-38063)
- Particles produced by witches are now purple rather than black (MCPE-30234)
- Slabs are no longer labelled "half slabs" in the creative inventory (MCPE-32542)
- Scaffolding textures no longer z-fight with leaves (MCPE-38375)
- Mobs in boats no longer shake when trying to turn to look at the player
- Bubble columns no longer extend up above the surface of the water (MCPE-39085)
- Fixed an issue with items being repeatedly dropped from the hotbar on touchscreen devices (MCPE-15010)
- Breaking smooth stone no longer drops cobblestone (MCPE-39164)
- Doors no longer drop as two items when broken (MCPE-39165)
- Fixed the scaling of the Mojang splash screen when resuming a split screen game
- Fixed Ghast projectile firing animation
- Commands from command blocks no longer extend to other dimensions (This fix won't affect existing command blocks) (MCPE-33892)
- Fixed a bug where the game could become unresponsive after being disconnected from a multiplayer game
- Fixed a crash issue on Xbox One
- Worlds no longer become stuck in offline mode after toggling the multiplayer option (MCPE-39194)
- Slabs can be correctly placed on top of each other again after reloading the world (MCPE-39067)
- Changing game mode and reloading a world no longer removes resource packs
- Fixed the arm position for mobs in the Mutant Battle Arena marketplace pack