Posted: May 20, 2021
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- 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
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It's time for another Caves & Cliffs beta update! Please continue to leave us your feedback in the threads at aka.ms/CavesCliffsFeedback, and search and reports any new bugs you may encounter at bugs.mojang.com.
Features and Bug Fixes
Dripstone
- Long stalactites drip only from the tip
- Stalactites now drip water slightly more often when filling a cauldron
- Pointed dripstone now correctly gets destroyed after the block it was placed on is broken by block updates
User Interface
- Tweaked background color of settings screens
Graphical
- Fixed a bug that could occur on older worlds where looking up in a minecart would display the inside of the minecart blocking the player's view
- Maps inside Glow Item Frames no longer cause nearby items to light up
Items
- Picking or breaking Glow Item Frames now gives the correct item (MCPE-117514)
- Advanced Pick Block will now save the data of copied blocks correctly (MCPE-126040)
- Furnace, Smoker, and Blast Furnace now become unlit when fuel finishes (MCPE-127550, MCPE-127559)
- Fixed a bug where the map was centred on player's position when it was created (MCPE-126607)
- Baby Axolotls no longer consume the Bucket when being fed with a Bucket of Tropical Fish
- Buckets that were used to feed Axolotls can now be stacked together with other empty Buckets (MCPE-127426)
Gameplay
- Fixed ripple effect on portals and crash when creating a large amount of portal blocks (MCPE-126674, MCPE-126690)
- Fixed bubble columns on naturally generated Magma Blocks (MCPE-127196)
Commands
- Function's positional offset is no longer re-evaluated for every command inside the function when run with the '/execute' command. It is now only evaluated once for the whole function (MCPE-124890)
Technical Updates
Items
- Fixed an issue with Signs not displaying the saved text upon placement
- The "has_equipment" filter once again supports data values
Mobs
- Added a new field "transform_to_item" to the "minecraft:ageable" component. If the field is filled with an item name, the item will be given back when any of "feed_items" are used. Similar to "transform_to_item" in the "minecraft:breedable" component