Minecraft Bedrock Edition 1.2 changelog

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New Features:

• Stained Glass
• Cross-platform play between Xbox One, Windows 10, and mobile devices
• Server Partners (inPVP, Lifeboat, and Mineplex)
• Fireworks (with Elytra boost!)
• Parrots
• Banners
• Armor Stands
• Jukebox and music discs
• Recipe Book
• Book & Quill
• Ravines
• Coarse Dirt
• New world start options:
• Starting Map
• Bonus Chest
• Trust Players
• New game rules:
• Show Coordinates
• TNT Explodes
• Natural Regeneration
• Added '/tickingarea' command to create areas that still update when no players are there
• Player permissions
• Zombie Villager spawn egg
• In-game host options
• New achievements
• Realms invite links
• Paper doll viewer
• Outline selection toggle
• In-game player names toggle
• HUD opacity toggle
• Sprint button mapping for controllers
• Expanded Xbox Live multiplayer world settings
• New loading screens with funny and helpful tips
• How to Play screen
• Remix 3D export functionality (Windows 10 only)
• Mash-up Packs and Texture Packs will now decorate the main menu and in-game HUD
• Updated Add-On resource and behavior packs are available on minecraft.net/addons

New Marketplace Content:

• Worlds
• Sunnyside Academy by Imagiverse
• Abstraction: SOLAR by Jigarbov
• Halfling Burrows by Razzleberries
• Dinosaur Survival by PixelHeads
• Sunset Coast by Blockworks
• Resource Packs
• Beyond the Lands by Tomaxed
• Mash-Up Packs
• Halo (with NEW gameplay!)
• Halloween
• Skin Packs
• Battle & Beasts 2
• Mini Game Heroes
• Mini Game Masters
• Star Wars Classic
• Star Wars Prequel
• Star Wars Rebels
• Legacy Skin Pack
• Kawaii by 57Digital
• Sports Heroes by 57Digital
• Wildlife by 57Digital
• Steampunk Skin Pack by Blockception
• Autumn Bliss by Eneija
• Mob Friends by Eneija
• Dungeoneers by Irish
• Heroes and Legends by Irish
• Dinosaur Island Characters by PixelHeads
• Random Pack by PixelHeads
• Dapper Folk by Polymaps
• 8-Bit Minis by Razzleberries
• Back to School by Razzleberries
• Circus by Razzleberries
• Emoji by Visula
• Freaks and Zombies by Visula
• Back to School by Imagiverse

Tweaks:

• Rebalanced most of the game sound effects and music, such as rain being much quieter
• It is now much easier to see underwater after drinking a Potion of Water Breathing and Potion of Night Vision
• Blaze Powder is now needed to fuel brewing stands
• Ice blocks are now transparent
• Maps can now be held off-hand and show the heads of players' skins
• Locator maps now track the owner's position, regardless of dimension
• Worlds can now be set to Invite Only, Friends Only, or Friends of Friends
• Various improvements and changes to navigating the user interface
• Redesigned button mapping and added Pick Block for controllers
• Render Clouds and Fancy Leaves can now be toggled in Video Settings
• Skins can now be changed from the pause menu
• Chat messages can now be muted
• Items picked up are now animated on the hotbar
• Stained glass and banners will now spawn on End Cities
• Increased the default player limit on worlds from 5 to 8 on higher-end devices
• Block placement speed now matches the player's movement speed
• Temperature decreases with height and it can now snow at high elevations
• Observer blocks have updated textures and will now blink red when outputting a redstone pulse
• Adjusted the color that flashes when mobs are attacked
• Brick Blocks, Nether Brick Blocks, and Clay Blocks have been renamed to better differentiate from other items
• Underwater particles
• Copy world button is now next to ""delete world"" and ""export world"" (Xbox only)
• Jungle leaves are now transparent on higher-end devices when Fancy Leaves are enabled
• Changed the sound effects for Creeper explosions
• Added sound effects for placing Eyes of Ender into portal frames and opening The End portal
• Cake now has a stack size of 64

Bug Fixes:

• The moon is now correctly oriented, while the stars properly traverse the heavens
• Ghasts will no longer shoot fireballs from farther than they can be seen
• Fixed missing walking sounds for mobs
• Arrows now shake upon impact with blocks
• Players will no longer burn when standing near lava in the Nether
• Observer blocks can now detect many more block changes
• Optimized chunk generation and loading
• The Lapis Lazuli icon is no longer missing from the Enchantment Table screen
• Endermen will now drop the blocks they're carrying when they die
• Villagers will now close doors and stop getting themselves attacked by Zombies
• The proper sound effect will now play after looking directly at an Enderman
• XP orbs should no longer disappear in blocks and be easier for players to collect
• Wolves tamed by players not present in a session will no longer change their whole body color
• End rods now give off light particles
• Increased the strength of the redstone pulse outputted by Observer blocks and they no longer pulse twice when observing a retracting piston
• Glazed Terracotta now shows proper colors on maps
• Dandelions can now be crafted into yellow dye when Pocket UI is enabled
• Fixed quartz pillars not being craftable using Pocket UI
• Fixed the level up sound not playing for every five levels gained
• Other players should no longer be seen levitating in their sleep
• Woodland Mansions will now spawn with birch wood floors instead of oak
• Witches will now drink Potion of Fire Resistance when standing on Magma blocks
• Sounds now play when witches drink potions
• Skeletons, Strays, and Zombie Pigmen now have a chance of spawning with enchanted gear and weapons
• Skeleton horses can now be saddled
• Lingering water bottles will now deal damage to Blazes, Endermen, and Snow Golems
• Only one bucket can be placed in a furnace at a time so buckets will no longer be lost
• Ghast fireballs can now set obsidian on fire and open Nether portals
• Fixed a crash that could occur when destroying maps
• Fixed a crash that could occur when the host enters a portal in multiplayer
• Empty maps can now be combined with a compass on an anvil to create a locator map
• Fixed the texture of fences in the inventory and in-hand
• Fishing now uses the proper loot tables to acquire enchanted items and books
• The available enchants on enchantment tables will no longer revert back to the originally available enchants upon world reload
• Evokers will no longer attack players on Peaceful difficulty
• Fixed mobs not attacking Evokers after being attacked by Evokers
• The proper sound now plays when Evokers are transforming blue sheep
• Mining speed with Haste II and Efficiency V has been increased to its correct speed
• Signs can no longer be set on fire
• The snow golem's face can now only be seen once it's sheered. No peaking!
• Fixed the hand placement of tools on the inventory screen
• Text chat can now be opened with controllers and touch screens when sleeping in a bed
• Players can now go to bed if there are monsters nearby on Peaceful difficulty
• Colored beds can no longer be dyed using the same color of dye
• Trapdoors will now open when placed to adjacent, active power sources
• Fixed names above baby animals being too high
• The underside of sandstone slabs now have the cracked texture
• Directional audio will continue to match the player's point of view while standing still
• Fixed an item duplication issue that occurred when Pocket UI was enabled
• Mobs will now avoid cacti, fire, and lava
• Fixed the position of several items when held in the off-hand
• Players can now spawn into areas occupied by partial blocks
• Horses can no longer run off when loading a world if they were leashed to a fence
• Lead knots can now be untied using right-click
• Lead knots now play a sound when placed
• Eating and using bows can now be done while riding in a Minecart for maximum multi-tasking!
• Incrementally zooming out a map and renaming it on an anvil now costs only experience level
• Particles will now appear when the Ender Dragon uses its dragon's breath attack while perched
• Fixed graphical issues that sometimes occurred at sunset
• The cellular data warning message will now appear in Settings when using a controller
• Singleplayer worlds no longer appear in the Friends tab
• Anvils will no longer consume the entire input stack when crafting a map
• Sheared sheep will no longer drop wool when they die
• Fixed some players appearing invisible in-game when they should not be
• Fixed a crash when placing Glazed Terracotta with '/fill' and '/setblock' commands
• Fixed the controller tooltips shown on the inventory screen when placing and taking items
• Fixed icons stretching in the inventory when Pocket UI was enabled
• Increased the pace and smoothness of moving up stairs while riding a mob
• The crosshair now points at the correct block when sneaking
• Opening and closing the command block screen will no longer activate an observer block
• Maps, including exploration maps, can now be obtained using the '/give' command
• Mooshroom now only spawns on Mycelium blocks
• Mycelium no longer turns into dirt when there's a giant mushroom above it
• Fixed seeing through stairs, End portal and hoppers when they are placed next to each other
• Hoppers will no longer intake items from the side when there is a full block above
• The chat screen can now be closed by pressing Enter when no text is present
• Fixed milking a cow with the last bucket in a stack not giving milk
• Players can no longer drink milk instantly after milking a cow
• Blocks can now be placed on top of fences that have Lead knots attached
• Explosions near water will now properly deal damage to players and mobs
• The Wither will no longer play overlapping sounds
• Items will now be pushed when a transparent block is placed over them
• Creepers now flash properly when they're about to explode
• Boats no longer continue to move when the player leaves the boat and a mob is still in it
• Controller sensitivity is now set to 60 by default
• The pause button now appears on the HUD (Android Only)
• Chicken jockeys will no longer sink in the water
• Players with Op status will now receive messages about commands that were entered by another Op
• Lingering potions will no longer clip through the player that threw them
• Block highlighting will no longer appear when Hide GUI is enabled
• Different top slab types no longer override each other
• Arrows will no longer infinitely bounce off the top of players in Creative mode
• Fixed a rogue pixel on the nametag texture
• Creepers will now take damage if they fall while following players
• End Stone now has the proper blast resistance
• Evocation fangs can now be summoned using commands
• Mobs will now drop loot and XP orbs when killed with a splash or lingering Potion of Decay
• Evokers no longer run away from invisible players
• Vexes will now attack villagers and iron golems
• Fixed several issues with excessive mob spawning and despawning
• Fixed hostile mobs spawning in well-lit areas
• Improved performance of mob AI
• Arrows are no longer deflected when shooting at burning mobs
• When fishing, the bobber will now submerge and play the right sound when a fish bites
• A message will now display when a bed is too far away when attempting to sleep
• Realms that were named with the '§' symbol can now be renamed
• Command block chat messages will no longer appear on the pause menu
• Slimes will no longer clip through blocks
• Fish hooks will now properly stick to mobs
• Adventure mode can now be selected in the world settings for imported template worlds that were set to Adventure by default
• Baby villagers have learned how to hold items the right way
• Farmer villagers now trade 5-7 apples for one emerald
• Open fence gates can no longer push or pull entities
• The Ender Dragon's wings will no longer flicker
• Diorite, andesite, and granite can no longer be used as a replacement for stone in crafting recipes
• The texture on top of TNT no longer rotates when ignited
• Adult polar bears now drop the correct amount of XP
• Cauldron water will no longer briefly change color when pushed by a piston
• Llamas will no longer creepily turn their heads to stare at you while riding them
• Various fixes to the Marketplace screens
• Bats can no longer swim underwater
• Redstone repeaters and comparators now have the proper bottom texture
• Paintings can now occupy same space as snow and carpet
• The '/effect instant_damage' command will now cause damage if [amplifier: int] is 255
• The GUI can now be hidden by pressing F1 while riding in boats
• Villagers no longer accept Charcoal as Coal whole trading
• Fishing rods are now held properly in-hand
• The base of end crystals have been adjusted
• Nether Brick block side textures have been brightened
• The title now displays properly on the dispenser screen
• Iron Golems can no longer be knocked back with Punch arrows
• Iron Golems will now avoid fire
• Beds can no longer be placed in a way that clips through snow layers
• New trade offers from villagers can be observed quicker, after the trades are unlocked
• Various fixes to the Storage screen
• Setting the 'sendcommandfeedback' gamerule to false no longer prevents players from displaying non-op commands such as '/list' and '/help'
• Fixed texture clipping on the inside of Shulker boxes
• Shulker box opening and closing animations are now much faster
• Shulker boxes are now held properly in-hand
• Shulker boxes will now remain open until all players have closed the inventory
• Shulker boxes can now be opened when placed adjacent to Shulkers
• Shulker boxes placed by dispensers will now rotate based on the surrounding blocks
• Shulker boxes are no longer misaligned in item frames
• Shulker boxes now play the proper sound when placed and broken
• Shulker boxes dropped as an item can now be destroyed by explosions
• Shulker boxes now change their collision box when opened
• Shulkers can now be teleported using commands
• Shulkers can no longer be set on fire
• Shulkers have improved their camouflage and have restored their original color
• Shulkers can now be spawned upside-down from spawn eggs
• Shulkers can no longer teleport into a block already occupied by another Shulker
• Shulkers will now teleport out of water
• The hand will no longer wave repeatedly when a player can't build
• Bone meal is now properly consumed on tall grass and ferns
• Minecarts now wobble correctly when passing over activator rails
• Giving a resistance amplifier of 8 or higher no longer causes players to gain absorption health when hurt
• Creepers stop exploding now if they lose their target
• Fixed up the Ender Dragon's death animation so its wings no longer turn white
• Riding a horse while eating or drinking will no longer slow it down
• Light no longer stays visible after burning a two-block tall plant
• Entities that are teleported while in boats or minecarts will no longer be teleported underground
• Improved performance when there are many items on the ground, like during Wither fights
• Adult polar bears now panic when on fire
• Pistons now push arrows
• Fixed the text height on signs in the Greek Mythology Texture Pack
• Custom skins will now show properly on the skin picker without having to re-launch the game
• The '/fill' command will now return proper results, if failed
• The '/fill' command now gives repeaters the correct delay
• 'Pick block' will no longer behave strangely after dropping items from the inventory
• Blocks that are affected by gravity will no longer break when pushed by a piston facing up
• Repeating command blocks that are copied with 'pick block' and then placed will now activate repeatedly
• The ""Open"" button will no longer appear when looking at a command block in minecart while playing Survival
• Fixed redstone ore producing too many particles when items are dropped on top of them
• Fixed jittery squid movement after a player or mob touches it
• Mobs will now immediately take damage from magma blocks
• The Wither will now die in the void
• The Wither's heads will now look around more and skulls will now shoot from multiple heads
• Adjusted the look of Buttons that are equipped in-hand
• Large chests will now clone correctly when using the '/clone' command
• Fixed the missing wolf idle sounds
• Fixed some mismatched villager trading sounds
• Cats now purrrrrr again
• Beds placed with the '/fill' and '/setblock' commands will no longer be invisible
• Players will no longer fall one block when teleporting with an ender pearl
• Magma Cubes will now take drowning damage
• Villagers will now run away from Vindicators, Evokers, and Vexes
• Can no longer see through blocks when viewed from below and underwater
• Non-dyed leather armor with no longer use up water from a cauldron
• 'Pick Block' now works on llamas to get llama spawn eggs
• Arrows are now destroyed by end crystal explosions
• Arrows are now destroyed when using ""/kill @e[type=arrow]""
• Other mob heads no longer appear momentarily when a mob head is placed
• Fixed exploration maps showing as blank until the game is re-launched
• Fixed Add-Ons with dependencies not loading if there was another activated pack with dependencies
• Baby mob heads are now scaled properly with Add-Ons
• When an Ocelot spawns with two baby Ocelots, the baby Ocelots can now be tamed
• Mobs are now properly affected by Splash Potion of Strength
• Seeds will no longer pop off of covered farmland at night
• Farmland will only dry up if there is no nearby water and nothing is planted on it
• Monster spawners are now only able to spawn up to 4 mobs at a time
• Arrows can now be picked up after shooting at Endermen
• Air bubbles will no longer appear on the HUD when suffocating inside blocks
• The '/setworldspawn' command can no longer be executed if the Y coordinate has a negative value
• Zombie Villagers now sit at the proper height in boats and minecarts
• Baby Zombie Jockeys will now properly mount mobs
• Rabbits now hop at the proper speed
• The 'mobgriefing' gamerule now applies to Monster Egg blocks
• Blocks can no longer be seen through when flying close to the ground with Elytra in third-person
• Players and mobs can no longer activate pressure plates beside them
• Fixed an issue that showed the mining animation for blocks that were being stood on
• The '/clear' command will now properly clear glazed terracotta that has been renamed
• Moss stone is now much easier to find in mega taiga biomes
• Walking and sneaking slowly near water with Frost Walker boots will now turn water into frosted ice
• Fixed End Portal block top texture rotating when being placed
• Beds, pistons, and enchantment tables will now render properly on the edge of the screen
• Improved performance with oceans by removing dynamic water blocks
• Hoppers will now only send redstone signals upwards
• Fixed horizontal seams that were visible around flames on burning entities
• Animals that have been fed an item for breeding can no longer be fed anymore until the cooldown wears off
• Fixed Silverfish not spawning from Monster Egg blocks
• Smoothed the animation of falling asleep
• When using the '/clone' command, overlapping chests and their contents will now be replaced, not merged
• Vines can no longer exist in only-bottom-side-block position
• Redstone comparators now properly test for valid power sources
• Comparators will no longer trigger a short pulse when placed adjacent to a detector rail with a minecart on top
• Fixed the durability bar always staying green on enchantment table, furnace, and anvil screens
• Lightning no longer strikes biomes that don't rain
• Mobs can no longer detect players through solid non-transparent blocks
• Blazes and Endermites will now retaliate when attacked by other mobs
• 'Great View From Up Here' achievement is now unlockable
• Fixed 'Organizational Wizard' achievement not unlocking
• Fixed the background image of the End poem (Oculus Rift and Gear VR only)
• Fixed chunks loading and flashing when looking around rapidly (Oculus Rift and Gear VR only)
• Fixed a crash that occurred when headphones were plugged in while selecting any button on the main men (Gear VR only)
• Fixed a crash when loading the game on iOS devices
• Fixed Xbox Live notifications for invites and achievements not appearing (iOS only)
• Lowered the blast resistance of Nether Wart blocks
• Snow Golems no longer put their hands up while rotating
• Map tooltips now load properly after storing them in a chest and reentering a world
• The XP bar will now update once an XP orb has been picked up
• Fixed seeing through leaf blocks when the Fancy Leaves option is turned off
• Texture packs that use the 'flame_atlas' texture that isn't the size of vanilla now work again
• Glowstone will now show up on maps
• Fog now appears properly in the Nether
• Levers, signs, item frames, ladders, paintings, torches, and redstone torches no longer drop if connected to a block in a different chunk
• Magma blocks now melt top snow and ice directly above
• One layer of snow can now be replaced with a sign
• Fixed the Dragon Head item in the inventory appearing pixelated
• Decreased the size of hitboxes for several items including anvils, piston arms, and single glass panes
• Only the block being targeted should take damage or break
• Fixed the breaking particles of End Rods now having the right color
• Horses, donkeys, and mules will now take fall damage if dismounted before hitting the ground
• Horses, donkeys, and mules no longer shake when jumping
• Creepers can no longer stop themselves from exploding after being ignited with flint and steel
• Villagers will no longer become paralyzed when their inventory is full
• When cloning a chest next to another chest to create a double chest, the contents will not be erased
• Droppers can now dispense into another container when that container has all its slots full and the items are stackable
• Pistons will remain extended upon world reload
• Fixed the textures of horizontally placed pistons in several texture packs
• Shulker boxes now have correct textures and orientation in hand and inventory
• Fixed sugar cane not disappearing when water is removed
• The 'Generate Random' button has been renamed to 'Create New World'
• Animations of some blocks are no longer synchronized after world reload
• Fixed mining animation for a block behind a torch not appearing after destroying the torch
• Fixed sprinting when brushing against blocks so sprinting will only stop if directly hitting a block
• Slightly increased sprinting and walking speeds
• Pressing the X button while over the hotbar will now clear its items in Creative mode
• The Nether travel sound effect will now play when exiting a Nether portal
• Fixed text not translating after changing language settings until the game was restarted
• Horses no longer clip through players when jumping… or did players clip through horses?
• Redstone dust can now be placed on Sea Lanterns and Glowstone
• The paper doll on the inventory screen no longer flips while using Elytra wings
• Naturally spawned villagers will now have the full range of professions
• Using Carrot on a Stick to break blocks will no longer decrease its durability
• Boats will now move faster on ice
• Original Music Pack will now be imported properly after downloading and no longer cause the game to crash
• Guardian and Elder Guardian laser attacks can now penetrate armor to damage players
• The sneak button on controllers can now be used to get out of boats
• Squid will now spawn properly in oceans
• Creepers start hissing a bit earlier now
• Slightly decreased Creeper explosion damage
• Nether portal blocks are now breakable in Creative mode when the default game mode was Survival
• Fixed Dragon Egg not breaking when falling on torches and breaking anvils
• '/ReplaceItem' repeating no longer makes it impossible for players to change inventory slots
• Creepers will no longer explode if they lose sight of a player
• Creepers exploding inside minecarts and boats will not destroy the minecart or boat
• Attempting to load a world before signing in will no longer make worlds unable to load
• Glazed terracotta blocks can be pushed but no longer pulled by sticky pistons
• The 'hideParticles' argument for '/effect' will now hide particles of selected status effects when set to ""true""
• '/execute…detect' now has the right position offsets
• Fixed the hitbox on Chorus plants
• Fixed a crash that occurred when setting ""minecraft:explode"" power to 0 and standing in TNT
• The ""spawn_entity"" sub-component of ""minecraft:interact"" now works as intended
• Localized the death message that appears when a player is killed by a horse when using Add-Ons

Changelog for Space Battle Simulator:

• Fixed equipment bugs
• Minor text fixes
• Fixed bug where the barrack respawn messages/effects would sometimes go to the wrong team

Changelog for Relics of the Privateers:

• Updated various mobs for 1.2
• Balanced giant crabs, sharks, and jaguars
• Sharks and Megalodon can no longer ride along in boats
• Sharks now fight when overpopulated
• Arrow traps no longer give the player free arrows or build up lag
• Grass side biome overlay added
• Course dirt fixed for 1.2
• Megalodon made browner
• Golden Skeleton Skull made less like a Golden Zombie Skull
• Fixed snow from appearing in the jungle
• Jungle Temple Panther now harder to fight
• More ways to start the Jungle Temple traps
• Reward noises added in the Temple and Vault
• Most flowing water around the world fixed
• A large amount of gold discovered and removed by the mountain spa

Changelog for ANNIE: The Rise of Londinium:

• Added stained glass to pods
• Added stained glass walls to stages 1, 2 & 3
• Edited villager behavior pack to make them not targetable

Changelog for Stone Age Texture Pack:

• Added textures for music discs
• Added textures for zombie villager and parrot spawn eggs
• Added armor stand textures
• Added parrot textures
• Added stained glass textures
• Altered note block texture and made the drum the jukebox texture instead
• Added frozen ice texture for Frost Walker enchantment
• Fixed firework charge texture (Was unused before)
• Added undyed Shulker and Shulker box textures
• Added banner textures
• Fixed light blue concrete powder
• Added inventory tab icons
• Removed unused or default textures

Update for PureBDcraft:

• Added all 1.2 blocks textures
• Added brand new PureBDcraft HD UI
• Fixed bugs

Changelog for Monster Battle Arena:

• Added more team direction signs
• Fixed iron upgrade chest not applying properly
• Fixed ""READY"" sign door entrance for WAVES
• Fixed CREDITS sign the credits room ""EXIT""
• Fixed the wither family behavior

Changelog for Destructobot 5000:

• Fixed an issue with the size of TNT explosions changing
• Fixed mob spawning issues and cleared the map of the wrong mobs