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New Features:
- Code Builder & Agent
- Command blocks & minecart with command block
- Adventure Mode
- New game rules: DoFireTick, DoMobSpawning, DoTileDrops, MobGriefing, DoEntityDrops, KeepInventory, DoMobLoot, DoDaylightCycle
- New user interface for Classroom Mode
- Added the ability to toggle chat & weather in Classroom Mode
- Added '/position' command to toggle player coordinates on the HUD
- Add-Ons (Resource Packs)
- Added new EDU template worlds.
- Added the Storage screen in Settings to manage worlds, resource packs, and behavior packs
- Villager trading
- Llamas
- Shulker Boxes
- Illagers (Evokers & Vindicators)
- Vex
- Woodland Mansions
- Concrete & concrete powder
- Glazed terracotta blocks
- Dyeable & jumpable beds
- Iron and Gold tools can now be smelted into Iron Nuggets and Gold Nuggets
- Totem of Undying
- Off-hand slot (only works for arrows & the Totem of Undying)
- Mending & Frostwalking enchantments
- Added a setting to toggle Smooth Lighting
Bug Fixes:
- Simplified the world builder command! Typing /worldbuilder or /wb will toggle the world builder ability on and off
- Fixed the host not having worldbuilder enabled after creating a new world
- Fixed worlds being limited to 5 players instead of 30 when using Local server option
- The correct error message will now appear when attempting to join Vanilla games
- Sounds now properly stop when Global Pause is enabled
- Fixed performance issues caused by Global Pause
- Fixed the name of the NPC spawn egg
- The eating animation will no longer occur when using a Camera
- Corrected fixed inventory slots not highlighting if hotbar slots 1, 2 or 3 were equipped with an Ender Pearl and the object is thrown
- Fixed the picture numbers in the Portfolio to support more than 100 pictures
- The map in Classroom Mode now updates properly after TNT explodes
- Fixed sound effect when taking pictures using the camera
- Fixed a crash that may occur when typing into text fields on macOS Sierra
- Fixed inventory search not returning results on macOS
- Fixed severe delays in Classroom Mode when executing commands after an extended time period with a full world
- Fixed character limits on slates, boards, & posters
- Fixed a crash when a NPC was killed while editing its text
- Worldbuilder ability is no longer enabled by default
- Fixed the unlock icon so it no longer appears when choosing a skin
- Placeholder checkboard squares are no longer displayed in Portfolio.
- Fixed inventory slots can now be set when using the /setfixedinvslot command through Classroom Mode