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Minecraft Java Edition - Snapshot 20W29A

15 July 2020

Today we’re releasing Snapshot 20w29a for Minecraft Java Edition. We found some bugs to squash, but also snuck in a technical change or two!

CHANGES IN 20W29A

  • Tools are now sorted based on material in the creative inventory

TECHNICAL CHANGES IN 20W29A

COMMANDS

SPAWNPOINT & SETWORLDSPAWN

Added angle parameter for setting the default facing angle of a respawning player.
Syntax: spawnpoint [targets] [pos] [angle]
Syntax: setworldspawn [pos] [angle]
New parameters:

  • angle - Floating point angle in degrees. Supports the relative ~ modifier

CUSTOMIZED WORLD GENERATION

  • worldgen/noise_settings can now contain noise configurations

FIXED BUGS IN 20W28A

  • MC-194464 - “large_oak_foliage_placer” incorrectly serializes to “blob_foliage_placer”
  • MC-194298 - Bone meal can’t create flowers
  • MC-194257 - Several instances of “snowy” being spelled as “snovy” in the vanilla_worldgen configuration
  • MC-194220 - Totems of Undying give you Fire Resistance II instead of the maximum Fire Resistance I
  • MC-194200 - Birch trees are not generated correctly in the Birch Forest and Birch Forest Hills biomes
  • MC-194173 - Hitboxes are rendered offset while picking up items or experience on graphics settings Fast and Fancy
  • MC-193662 - Player flying in creative slightly above blocks while sneaking and jumping are restrained to that block
  • MC-193560 - Enchantment glint doesn’t render on elytra in specific circumstances
  • MC-192021 - Enchantment Glint effect on transparent blocks not properly rendered on Fabulous graphic
  • MC-191623 - Ender dragon battle music does not stop after ender dragon has been defeated
  • MC-191031 - Players in spectator mode can interact with boats
  • MC-190559 - Baby striders don’t die when it’s raining and they are in lava
  • MC-189788 - Certain mobs in boats sometimes take drowning damage while the boat is moving
  • MC-185019 - Worldgen settings with empty structures parameter generates all structures extremely frequent
  • MC-176836 - Unarmed vindicators raise their arm in offensive way when attacking
  • MC-176778 - Camera is reset when a block reappears due to high server latency
  • MC-166718 - Mobs no longer suffocate inside of soul sand, farmland or grass paths
  • MC-158735 - Pillagers without crossbows hold their arm up, in a way that may be offensive to some people
  • MC-153230 - Players in spectator mode can stop minecarts

GET THE SNAPSHOT

Snapshots are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the snapshot, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.

Snapshots can corrupt your world, so please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

Cross-platform server jar:

Report bugs here: