PLEASE READ before participating in the Minecraft Beta:
- Joining the beta will replace your game with a work in progress version of Minecraft
- You will not have access to Realms and will not be able to join non-beta players while you're previewing the beta
- Any worlds played while in the beta cannot be opened in previous versions of the game so please make copies of worlds to prevent losing them
- Beta builds can be unstable and are not representative of final version quality
- 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
For Map Makers and Add-On Creators:
- Removed the 'byte order mark' at the beginning of function files if it exists
- Updated ScriptHotbarContainerComponent's generateDocumentation function to say it checks the player's first hotbar item slot, not their third
Fixes:
- Crashes/Performance
- Fixed a crash that could occur when the game was checking for previously downloaded content
- Made further improvements to performance around new villages
- Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur when exiting the game on Windows 10
- Reduced the amount of memory required to load textures
- Fixed a crash that could occur when loading the game
- Fixed a crash that could occur when throwing an Egg or Snowball (MCPE-40435)
- Fixed a crash that could occur when flaming arrow entities were being loaded in
- Fixed a global resources crash on Android
- Fixed a crash that could occur when trading with a Villager
- Fixed a bug that would causing a performance drop when mobs produced splashing particles when entering water
- Improved block occlusion performance
- Improved performance related to chunk loading
- General
- Custom skins are now applied correctly without needing to restart the game to see them (MCPE-37926)
- Made item names more consistent by removing 'tile' from the beginning of some of them
- The "Invite to Game" button is no longer enabled on third party servers
- Made improvements to roaming skins, which should apply correctly after reloading or reinstalling the game and signing in
- Custom skins no longer keep revert to an earlier cross-platform skin after reloading the game (MCPE-45476)
- Gameplay
- The ‘Iron Belly’ achievement can be unlocked once again (MCPE-46260)
- Acacia planks can be crafted correctly once again (MCPE-44398, MCPE-44398)
- Village job site blocks now have consistent sound volume levels when used by players
- Players now consistently receive items when completing a trade with a Villager and using a controller
- The player paper doll model now moves correctly when the player is gliding with Elytra (MCPE-44731)
- Using Pickblock on sweet berry bushes now gives the player the correct item (MCPE-41877)
- Fireworks now correctly boost Elytra flight if provided through /give or /setitem
- Bone meal is now consumed correctly when used on grass
- Paintings can now be crafted from dyed wool
- Players no longer lose villager job site locations if they replace a job site block that is tied to an experienced villager
- Players can no longer lose or duplicate banner patterns when switching them in a loom with a full inventory
- Cactus blocks of different growth stages can be smelted into green dye again (MCPE-42497)
- Fixed an issue with missing button icons in the How to Play section on Switch
- Pressing controller Y on the Cartography output slot now only crafts the correct amount
- Re-established a fix to keep legacy trades working the way they used to
- Llamas now drop their leads if their Wandering Trader is killed (MCPE-44704)
- Mobs
- Cats and Villagers now have the correct head position when sitting and sleeping (MCPE-44648)
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Please note we are still working on a fix for tamed ocelots in older worlds (MCPE-41929)
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- Tamed cats no longer slide around while sitting (MCPE-44491)
- Armor stands now render off-hand items correctly
- Villagers without professions now follow regular schedules
- Parrot Legs are now aligned correctly when flying
- Fixed creeper model in some marketplace maps
- Cats and Villagers now have the correct head position when sitting and sleeping (MCPE-44648)
- Graphical
- Updated Illager Captain banner texture
- Fire particles no longer display on empty mob spawner blocks
- Tweaked Arrow rendering timing to improve VR experience
- Fixed a small error in the Bell texture UV
- Commands
- Killing a rideable entity no longer respawns its rider when killed in the same tick
- The /testforblock command now works reliably with items renamed in the language files
- Add-Ons and Script Engine
- Custom underwater mobs can now spawn naturally