Minecraft - 1.7.0 (Bedrock)
- Technical Update
- Full Changelog
Gameplay Update
New Features:
- Added basic Scoreboard functionality - More Scoreboard features will be coming in later releases
- Food can now be eaten in Creative mode and Peaceful difficulty
Changes:
- Mentions of player names are now highlighted yellow in chat
- Typing "@" in chat will show an autocomplete list of player names
- Command Block functionality can now be toggled using the 'commandblocksenabled' game rule
- Made it easier to find purchased content, search, and go home from the top of the Marketplace screen
- You can now send links to your favourite Marketplace content using the share button
- Improved search results, sorting, and filtering in the Marketplace
Fixes:
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Crashes/Performance
- Fixed the cause of over 20 crashes that could occur during gameplay
- Fixed a crash that occurred when a Trident with Channeling was shot from a Dispenser and hit a mob or player during a thunderstorm
- Fixed a crash that occurred when breaking a door that many Villagers were trying to open or enter (MCPE-34742)
- Fixed a crash that occurred when using a 128x Resource Pack on Nintendo Switch
- Fixed a crash that occurred when attempting to stack Explorer Maps when trading with a Cartographer Villager
- Fixed a crash that occurred when loading the settings screen right after loading a resource pack
- Fixed a crash that occurred when backing out of a Realm's edit menu after attempting to download a world but not having enough free space
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General
- Fixed an exploit that allowed custom skins with custom and invisible geometry, causing unfair advantages in multiplayer sessions (MCPE-37343)
- Added additional messaging to disable Multiplayer in world settings to play split-screen without a Nintendo Switch Online membership
- Guests rejoining in a different order than they joined for the first time no longer generate different progress during split-screen gameplay
- Synced cloud worlds on Xbox One now display the proper date on the Worlds list
- Fixed player permission issues that prevented players from building or mining
- Fixed Super Mario Mash-up Pack worlds not opening if created before version 1.6.0 (MCPE-37327)
- Fixed textures not applying on Nintendo Switch when the world is hosted on another platform
- Fixed split-screen players not being able to join Local Network games on Nintendo Switch
- Fixed Microsoft Account sign-in failures on Nintendo Switch
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Gameplay
- Crouching on ladders will no longer stop when opening the pause menu or inventory screen (MCPE-33209)
- Swimming while moving the camera with touch controls no longer breaks blocks (MCPE-33470)
- Items can once again be dropped while in a boat
- The Looting III enchantment once again increases mob loot drop chances (MCPE-35307)
- When a player equips a carved pumpkin as a helmet, that player's marker now disappears from the Locator Maps of other players
- Players no longer teleport to vehicles/mobs that are hit by an Ender Pearl when the vehicle/mob is in the player's render distance
- Fixed players getting stuck in the edges of Old Worlds at 128 or in the Void
- When dealing a killing blow to mobs using Knockback, they now actually get knocked back! (MCPE-19222)
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Items
- Enchantment Books are no longer lost after using an Anvil to rename an item and adding an incompatible enchantment
- Tridents with Loyalty no longer get lost in the void when used in the End
- Raw Cod and Cooked Cod items are now properly named
- Phantom spawn eggs can now be obtained using Pick Block
- Players using controllers can again drop held items while in a minecart
- Leads no longer detach and disappear when reentering a world (MCPE-33263)
- Infinity Bow arrows are no longer picked up immediately after being fired when the Bow is slightly drawn (MCPE-35821)
- Renamed spawn eggs now produce renamed mobs
- Flaming arrows once again ignite Minecarts with TNT (MCPE-35776)
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Mobs
- If a pet forgets what player is their owner after updating the game, it will sit down and wait for someone to interact with them & this player becomes the new owner of the pet. The pet doesn't need to be re-tamed with items (MCPE-33152)
- Mobs can now walk through Soul Sand with Nether Wart (MCPE-12719)
- Skeleton Horses and Zombie Horses no longer die after a certain amount of time (MCPE-35215)
- Horses in the same boat as you no longer get hit when targeted by blocks in front of you (MCPE-30299)
- Releasing a Tropical Fish from a Bucket of Fish no longer releases a random fish but the one that was originally caught
- Armored Withers can no longer be damaged with thrown Tridents
- Drowned no longer have swimming animation while riding in boat
- The inventory of ridden mounts can no longer be accessed by another player while you are riding it
- Mobs can no longer spawn in small gaps unless they can fit (MCPE-31193)
- Enderman can no longer spawn in two block high gaps with Slabs above (MCPE-28626)
- Cured Zombie Villagers spawned from Zombie Villages can now be traded with (MCPE-34603)
- Pigs with Saddles now throw players off their back when they start moving though 2-block-high bodies of water
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Blocks
- Fixed a bug where it was sometimes not possible for a player to place a block in the same block space where they are standing (MCPE-31030)
- Sea Pickles now break instantly in Survival mode (MCPE-36250)
- Barrier Blocks can no longer be destroyed by the Ender Dragon (MCPE-34410)
- Monster Spawners no longer drop as items after an explosion (MCPE-32657)
- Rails are once again broken by flowing water
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Realms
- A message now appears on the Realms list if Xbox Live privileges are preventing Realms from being played
- Clarified the text that appears when replacing a world on a Realm
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World Generation
- Ladders no longer generate in midair on village church structures
- Fixed structures generating inside Ocean Monuments
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Graphical
- Fixed entities missing body parts on various Android devices (MCPE-34385)
- It is now easier to see through water in Flat worlds (MCPE-36078, MCPE-35244)
- Adjusted in-hand placement of Bows and Tridents in split-screen
- Fixed visual effects not appearing when using an enchanted Trident with Riptide (MCPE-34448)
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Audio
- Sound once again resumes after receiving a notification on iOS devices (MCPE-15841)
- The proper sound now plays when the Wither is spawned (MCPE-35179)
- Banners now have the correct placing and breaking sounds (MCPE-31188)
- Land-based mobs now play sounds underwater
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User Interface
- Fixed several items not stacking properly in inventory and chests when using touch input (MCPE-32347)
- Using the Quick Move option now properly stacks the taken items with stacks of the same item in the player inventory when there is an empty hotbar slot
- Cursor D-pad input no longer gets stuck on the inventory screen or pause menu (MCPE-33895)
- Removed the "Take Half" tooltip when highlighting the Anvil's output slot
- Item tooltips that display "Can break" and "Can be placed on" now show the proper translation for the given blocks
- Fixed incorrect button focus on the chat screen
- Fixed formatted text getting cut off on the HUD
- Fixed overlapping text on the Enchantment Table screen
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Commands
- Fixed input on Minecarts with Command Block not saving between game sessions
- Fixed trapdoors losing their orientation after being cloned
- Autofill commands now recognize a player name in brackets and places it between quotes (MCPE-34913)
- The '/teleport' command now reliably teleports riders with entities
- The '/subtitle' command can now run whilst a title is visible on screen (MCPE-25685)
Add-Ons:
- Updated templates for 1.7.0 with new assets and behaviors can be downloaded from minecraft.net/addons
- Using behavior files to change the shooting location of a projectile no longer makes the projectile shoot and miss the target
- Mobs now stop moving when all movement components are removed from their behavior
- The 'can_float' component now works properly with 'minecraft:navigation.float' on flying mobs
If you missed a previous update, check out aka.ms/MCChangelogs for a full list of updates.