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
- Removing a timer component and adding a new one should no longer have the new timer inherit the old timer's time value
- Included a fix to allow for json content that refers to blocks with 'tile.' at the front of it to be looked up successfully
Fixes:
- Crashes/Performance
- Fixed several crashes that could occur during gameplay
- Fixed a crash that could occur on Nintendo Switch when the game was saving or loading (MCPE-45862)
- Fixed a marketplace issue that could result in the game getting stuck or crashing when loading in content
- Made further performance improvements when opening inventory screens (MCPE-27167)
- Fixed a crash that could occur when signing in to Xbox Live
- Fixed a crash that could occur when breaking a bell (MCPE-46636)
- Fixed an issue that could cause the game to freeze or stop responding (MCPE-46654)
- Made some further performance improvements around Villages and job sites
- Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur when changing skinsFixed a crash that could occur when loading in a roaming skin
- Fixed a crash that could occur on SwitchSeveral other performance improvements, included some related to mob AI pathfinding
- General
- The marketplace search screen now displays the proper pack icons
- Fixed Marketplace sale items not showing the discount percentage
- Marketplace sale items not longer change size when hovered over
- The 'New' tag will be properly removed from a Marketplace collection once it has been viewed
- Replaced some missing Marketplace screenshots
- Made improvements to the patch notes to make sure the correct ones show up after an update
- Fixed an issue with skins not loading in correctly after restarting the game
- Several fixes and improvements related to game invites:
- Fixed a bug that would prevent a player from creating or loading a world, or cause a crash, after attempting and failing to join another world via an invite
- Fixed an issue that prevented the player from joining a world or server after receiving an invite
- Players should no longer see the "Unable to connect to World" message when trying to enter own Realm or any area from Friends tab after failed attempt to join a game
- Fixed a loading screen issue that could prevent split screen players on console from joining the world correctly
- Gameplay
- Fixed an issue that was preventing players from feeding hay bales to animals in order to breed them
- Players now respawn at the correct spawn point when they die
- Players can now respawn successfully without having to exit and re-join the world first
- Mobs
- Iron Golems now sway when walking
- Graphical
- Fixed the sitting model for cats that were previously tamed ocelots (MCPE-41929)
- Enchanted armor and bows now show their shimmering effect again (MCPE-45750)
- User Interface
- Fixed a controller bug when navigating through the Marketplace
- The crafting grid no longer clears when the gamepad cursor moves to any non-recipe book slot
- Add-Ons and Script Engine
- Fixed an issue that was preventing custom blocks from registering successfully
- Fixed an issue with custom items and blocks not requiring the namespace for slash commands