24 October 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
Changes:
- Changes and tweaks to Pandas:
- All default pandas now bite once when attacked
- Aggressive pandas defend other pandas
- Added new aggressive panda skin
- Pandas now broadcast their anger to aggressive pandas
- Aggressive pandas will now defend baby pandas that get hit
Fixes:
- Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay
- Fixed a crash that occurred when joining multiplayer games
- The player's arm now moves at the correct speed when breaking blocks (MCPE-38041)
- Custom entities can now correctly use the 'minecraft:shooter' component (MCPE-38263)
- Players can now correctly use scaffolding that is in or near water (MCPE-38054)
- Flight controls on mobile devices now work correctly after climbing scaffolding (MCPE-38059)
- Fixed a bug that caused horses (and variants) to show flashing colors on certain devices (no more disco horses!) (MCPE-31726)
- Fixed a bug that caused a significant performance drop when rendering chunks (MCPE-37192)
- Gamerule slash commands can now only be changed by operators
- Falling blocks (such as sand) will no longer cause scaffolding extensions to fall (MCPE-38098)
- Fixed a bug that could result in a player's spawn point being changed inadvertently
- Pressing the "Go Back" button in "Turn Off Achievements" window no longer changes the game mode in World Settings (MCPE-38278)
- Pandas no longer become stuck in a sitting position after reloading the world
- Newly equipped player skins now apply correctly to the paper-doll model
- Endermen no longer have a missing jaw when attacking
- Blocks now disappear more quickly when broken quickly in creative
- Search results in the Marketplace are now more consistent when searching through all content
- Only templates are suggested in the "Get More Templates" menu now
- Using a bucket of fish in a dispenser no longer crashes the game (MCPE-38194)
- Dyed beds now have the correct crafting recipe
- Fixed the bug where the player would unexpectedly turn in a random direction (MCPE-35910)
- Double slabs will now create the correct type of block (MCPE-38107)
- Fixed a bug where the world could crash if the player exited the world whilst using a nether portal
- Selecting an unowned skin now directs you to the expanded skin picker menu