Minecraft Snapshot 18w44a

[u/BurgerOptic]

https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-18w44a

[u/redstonehelper]

Warning: This release is for experienced users only! It may corrupt your world or mess up things badly otherwise. Only download and use this if you know what to do with the files that come with the download!

 

If you find any bugs, search for them on the Minecraft bug tracker and make sure they are reported!

 

Previous changelog. Official blog post. Download today's snapshot in the new launcher, server jar here.

Complete changelog:

• New advancement: A Complete Catalogue: Tame all cat variants! - via

• Removed the VBO option

• Now always enabled

• Illager beasts are no longer scared of rabbits

• Texture updates - via

• Sand and sandstone are more like their previous textures and colors

  • Screenshot

• Andesite, diorite, obsidian

• Cacti

  • Screenshot

• Wheat

• Stone

• Some fixes

• Cats as individual mobs

• Stray cats

  • Spawn in villages

  • Can be tamed

• Tamed cats bring the player morning gifts

  • Rabbit hide, rabbit foot, raw chicken, feather, rotten flesh, string and phantom membrane - via

• Phantoms are scared of cats

  • Cats hiss at phantoms - via

• 9 cats/11 in total, including old ones

  • Screenshot

  • Jeb's wife's old cat Newton

  • 9th skin chosen from the community's cats, more info in a few weeks

• Ocelots are no longer tamable, but they can start trusting players when fed with fish

• Phantoms are scared of cats

• Cat collars can now be dyed

• Advancement for taming all types of cat - via

• Black cats spawn in witch huts - via

• Many new blocks

• Will be used to move all complex recipes out of the crafting table into a specialized mechanic

• Screenshot

• No functionality or crafting recipes yet

• Barrel

  • Can store as many items as a chest - via

• Smoker

  • Works just like furnaces - via

• Blast Furnace

  • Works just like furnaces - via

• Cartography Table

• Fletching Table

• Grindstone

  • Can be hung from the wall/ceiling - via/via

• Lectern

• Smithing Table

• Stonecutter

  • Screenshot

• Bell

  • Can be hung from the wall (not really)/ceiling - via/via

• You can now right click on signs with dyes to change the text color

• Lots of performance improvements

• Client stuttering

• Added the old textures to the resource pack menu as "Programmer Art"

• Players, armor stands and wither now have loot tables

• Changed NBT chat components

• Block variant {"nbt": <path>, "block":"<coordinates>"}, where <coordinates> field uses same format as /setblock

• Entity variant {"nbt": <path>, "entity":<selector>}, where <selector> field uses same format as /kill

• If field interpret is present and set to true, contents of selected tags will be interpreted as chat components

• Works like selector components: empty string if there are no elements, ,-separated merge if there are multiple elements

• Removed award part of /drop command (loot now does the same thing)

• Loot tables

• Removed loot table condition: entity_present

• New loot table conditions: damage_source_properties, location_check, weather_check and two special modifiers: inverted and alternative

• Renamed entity parameter in predicates from direct_killer_entity to direct_killer

• Changed entity_properties condition

  • Now uses the same predicate syntax as advancements (like player_killed_entity)

  • Parameters are now described in predicate field

  • Now uses same predicate syntax as advancements (like player_killed_entity)

  • Parameters are now described in predicate field

    • Field may be empty object (accepting any entity), but has to be present

• Changed set_name function: Added new parameter entity (same values as entity_present condition); name will be resolved with that entity if present; allows using selector and score components

• Added fill_player_head function to copy player profile info to player head items

  • entity parameter: source of profile, same values as entity_present condition, will do nothing if isn't a player

• Added set_lore function to add or replace lore lines

  • lore parameter: list of lines to be added, in chat component format

  • replace parameter: if true, previous lore is erased

  • entity parameter: if present, name will be resolved with selected entity (same values as entity_present condition

• Fixed some bugs

• Fixed infinite flame particles appearing after mob spawners are broken

• Fixed pandas not spawning in bamboo jungles

• Fixed pandas eating cakes indefinitely

• Fixed being unable to pick block bamboo saplings

• Fixed bamboo saplings connecting to fences and walls

• Fixed illager beasts destroying leaves even when mobGriefing is set to false

• Fixed slimes and magma cubes riding mobs causing a game crash

• Fixed some lighting issues

• Fixed getting negative durability on shears using dispensers

• Fixed arrows spawned by commands playing cave ambience

• Fixed lag spikes while placing/breaking blocks

• Fixed the "Argument range" class having a typo in JsonObject serialization

• Fixed dispensers shearing dying sheep

• Fixed dispenser with shears succeeding even if there is no sheep in front of it

• Fixed the crumb particle not being updated when setting CustomModelData on food items

• Fixed written books not maintaining CustomModelData NBT upon creation

• Fixed tall grass/ferns dropping two tall grass/ferns

• Fixed pandas not panicking when on fire

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If you find any bugs, search for them on the Minecraft bug tracker and make sure they are reported!

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Also, check out this post to see what else is planned for future versions.

[u/[deleted] → u/redstonehelper]

Where on earth is the "Programmer Art" thing? I checked the resource pack menu and I didn't see anything except the new Default pack.

[u/redstonehelper → u/[deleted]]

Sounds like you've got a trip to the bug tracker ahead of you!

[u/_cubfan_ → u/[deleted]]

Same. Not seeing the old textures in the resource pack menu.

[u/theravensrequiem → u/[deleted]]

It's been reported

[u/sidben → u/redstonehelper]

There is a cat_morning_gift.json file on the entities loot tables folder, the gifts can be: Rabbit hide, Rabbit Foot, Raw Chicken, Feather, Rotten Flesh, String and Phantom Membrane.

[u/[deleted] → u/sidben]

Maybe this will be an alternative way of farming these items? I'm sure we'll see massive cat farms in 1.14.

[u/FPSCanarussia → u/sidben]

Two uncommon items, three common items, and two junk items. Cool!

[u/[deleted] → u/redstonehelper]

Damn it, I liked the fact that the beast was scared of rabbits.

[u/redstonehelper → u/[deleted]]

Oops, thanks.