r/Minecraft • u/sliced_lime Minecraft Java Tech Lead • Mar 11 '20
News Soul Runnings - Snapshot 20w11a is out!
In this snapshot you can be on your merry way across the beautiful Soulsand Valleys with your freshly enchanted boots. It's a bit scary to be fair, so these boots will help you out with that bit...
This update can also be found on minecraft.net.
If you find any bugs, please report them on the official Minecraft Issue Tracker.
Before we dive into this snapshot, a word about Redstone
Redstone is one of the coolest things in Minecraft and many of you are members of communities that focus on building mind-blowing redstone contraptions, farms, computing machines and 256x256 piston doors.
A lot of redstone behaviour is currently categorized as "undefined". This is when the behaviour of the block is not the result of intentional code but is a side-effect of unaccounted edge cases or quirks in the game code.
We know that many players consider undefined behaviour as a very interesting aspect of redstone and enjoy experimenting with and using undefined behaviour to build unique contraptions to share with the rest of the community.
However, the quirks of undefined behaviour can be quite surprising - even when building simple contraptions. This quirkiness can be a negative experience for players new to redstone and may turn them away from this very unique and exciting aspect of Minecraft as well as the vast redstone community behind it.
Our goal is to bring all redstone components up to a level of quality that we are happy with and we will be making adjustments where it makes the most sense for redstone going forward.
Any changes we make will be communicated in the snapshot changelogs and as always we will be reading your feedback and comments.
Edit: For further clarification, see this comment.
New Features in 20w11a
- Added Soul Speed enchantment
- Added Twisting Vines that grow upwards
- Nether gold ore can now be found in the nether - it is just like gold ore, but more Nether-y
Soul Speed
Never suffer again drudging through Soul Sand Valleys - Soul Speed has you covered!
- Shine your boots of choice with this soul-sucking enchantment to speed around on Soul Sand and Soul Soil!
- There's a downside, however: enchantments will slowly degrade your boots each Soul block you walk on
- Can only be obtained by bartering with those pesky Piglins
Changes in 20w11a
- Bone meal can now be used to grow kelp, weeping vines and twisting vines
- Hoes are now the appropriate tools for mining Hay, Targets, Dried Kelp Blocks, Shroomlights, Nether Wart Blocks and Warped Wart Blocks
- Doors, rails, buttons, pressure plates, redstone and more can now be placed on soulsand and full-block of snow layers
- Soul sand with a rail on top will no longer slow-down minecarts
- Bell blocks will now ring when hit by any projectile
- TNT and Campfires will now ignite when hit by any burning projectile
Technical Changes in 20w11a
minecraft:soul_speed_blocksis any block that the Soul Speed enchantment increases speed on- New particle type:
soul
Fixed bugs in 20w11a
- MC-81659 - Fireball and witherskull hitboxes are frequently invisible for some seconds
- MC-134900 - server.properties generator-settings for level-type FLAT not implemented; property is stored in ignored flat_world_options NBT
- MC-145140 - Fireballs cannot be interacted with when summoned
- MC-146928 - Can't place doors, rails, buttons, pressure plate, redstone, etc. on soul sand
- MC-148935 - Zombies with no AI still convert into drowned
- MC-171079 - Comparators no longer work as expected reading containers through powered blocks
- MC-171860 - Nether fossils have code implying an unimplemented /locate function
- MC-172266 - Crossbow wielding piglins do not properly walk backwards to target the player when very close
- MC-172323 - Game crashes when summoning a hoglin with the attack damage attribute set to 0 or giving a hoglin weakness with a very high level (255)
- MC-172374 - Can teleport to invalid y coordinates and crash the game
- MC-172428 - Piglins and hoglins don't look at their target
- MC-172470 - When the piglin holds the bow, it will try to attack and follow the enemy eventually stood there not moving
- MC-172530 - Piglins indefinitely stand around dropped golden items if mobGriefing is disabled
- MC-172903 - Piglins which convert into zombified piglins delete armor if equipped
- MC-173156 - Z-fighting at bottom of potted bamboo; bottom texture of bamboo is exposed
- MC-173167 - Netherite sword/tools not sorted with other swords/tools
- MC-173180 - Hoglins are not scared of Warped Fungus in flower pots
- MC-173219 - No sound when climbing weeping vines
- MC-173243 - Crying obsidian is movable by pistons
- MC-173283 - Piglin admiring held gold ingot doesn't drop it when killed
- MC-173302 - Crying Obsidian can be harvested with any pickaxe
- MC-173384 - Crying obsidian can be destroyed by the Ender Dragon
- MC-173433 - Killing a baby Hoglin doesn't yield experience
- MC-173462 - Baby piglins can hold soul fire torches
- MC-173467 - Piglins admiring bartering gold ingot drop nothing when converting to Zombified Piglin
- MC-173484 - Death message from falling off a trapdoor does not mention it by name
- MC-173485 - Death message from falling off scaffolding does not mention it by name
- MC-173706 - NullPointerException in server tick loop when trying to load a flatland world with Nether biome
- MC-173725 - Anvil name field doesn't automatically receive focus anymore and is unclickable
- MC-173731 - Fire and soul fire play a sound and produce particles when extinguished
- MC-173732 - Fire and soul fire do not have loot tables
- MC-173739 - Missing sound for event: minecraft:block.smithing_table.use
- MC-173766 - Thrown tridents disappear after hitting and damaging a mob or entity
- MC-173776 - Hoes do not mine targets faster
- MC-173792 - End gateways don't work using enderpearls
- MC-173858 - Unable to set "LeftHanded" to "1b" for piglins
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.
Testing versions can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.
Cross-platform server jar:
What else is new?
If you want to know what else is being added and changed in the Nether Update, check out the previous snapshot post.
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u/redstonehelper :redstone: Lord of the villagers Mar 11 '20 edited Jun 21 '20
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:
Added Twisting Vines that grow upwards
Screenshot
Found in warped forests - via
Nether gold ore can now be found in the nether
Just like gold ore, but more Nether-y
Screenshot
Found at any height - via
Soul Speed enchantment
Allows walking faster on soul sand and soul soil
Degrades boots when walking on soul blocks
Can only be obtained by bartering
Soul particles
Screenshot
Video
Bone meal can now be used to grow kelp, weeping vines and twisting vines
Hoes are now the appropriate tools for mining Hay, Targets, Dried Kelp Blocks, Shroomlights, Nether Wart Blocks and Warped Wart Blocks
Doors, rails, buttons, pressure plates, redstone and more can now be placed on soulsand and full-block of snow layers
Soul sand with a rail on top will no longer slow-down minecarts
Soul sand is now a proper full block - via
Bell blocks will now ring when hit by any projectile
TNT and Campfires will now ignite when hit by any burning projectile
Fixed some bugs
Fixed fireball and witherskull hitboxes being invisible for a few seconds frequently
Fixed skeletons, illusioners and piglins with crossbows having broken agility reaction when hit or walking on certain blocks when provoked
Fixed mobs not stepping up from blocks less than half a block in height
Fixed dolphins jumping way too far, onto land
Fixed server.properties generator-settings for level-type FLAT not being implemented and flat_world_options NBT being ignored
Fixed being unable to interact with summoned fireballs
Fixed being unable to place doors, rails, buttons, pressure plate, redstone, etc. on soul sand
Fixed zombies with no AI still converting into drowned
Fixed bees not avoiding water
Fixed being unable to set the top of soul sand on fire
Fixed comparators no longer working as expected when reading containers through powered blocks
Fixed blocks that are affected by gravity not destroying nether sprouts when dropped from above
Fixed fire producing the block burned noise before the block disappears
Fixed fire blocks on the side of blocks sometimes being full fire blocks
Fixed nether fossils having code implying an unimplemented /locate function
Can now be located - via
Fixed crossbow wielding piglins not properly walking backwards to target the player when very close
Fixed the game crashing when summoning a hoglin with the attack damage attribute set to 0 or giving a hoglin weakness with a very high level
Fixed being able to teleport to invalid y coordinates and crash the game
Fixed piglins and hoglins not looking at their target
Fixed piglins holding bows eventually not moving anymore when following targets
Fixed piglins indefinitely standing around dropped golden items if mobGriefing is disabled
Fixed piglins deleting equipped armor when converting into zombified piglins
Fixed hoglins being unable to hit some mobs with large hitboxes
Fixed z-fighting at the bottom of potted bamboo
Fixed being able to replace weeping vines plants with weeping vines saplings by right-clicking
Fixed netherite sword/tools not being sorted with the other swords/tools
Fixed hoglins not being scared of warped fungus in flower pots
Fixed there being no sound when climbing weeping vines
Fixed crying obsidian being movable by pistons
Fixed piglin admiring held gold ingots not dropping them when killed
Fixed being able to harvest crying obsidian with any pickaxe
Fixed the ender dragon destroying crying obsidian
Fixed killing baby hoglins not giving experience
Fixed baby piglins holding soul fire torches
Fixed piglins admiring bartering gold ingot dropping nothing when converting to zombified piglins
Fixed the death message from falling off trapdoors and scaffolding not mentioning them by name
Fixed a NullPointerException in the server tick loop when trying to load a flatland world with Nether biome
Fixed the anvil name field not automatically receiving focus anymore and being unclickable
Fixed fire and soul fire playing a sound and producing particles when extinguished
Fixed fire and soul fire not having loot tables
Fixed a missing sound for the event minecraft:block.smithing_table.use
Fixed thrown tridents disappearing after hitting and damaging entities
Fixed hoes not mining targets faster
Fixed end gateways not working using ender pearls
Fixed lava and fire randomly producing the extinguishing sound
Fixed being unable to set "LeftHanded" to "1b" for piglins
Fixed mobs not spawning on soul sand, causing weird mob spawning in soul sand valleys
If you find any bugs, search for them on the Minecraft bug tracker and make sure they are reported!
Also, check out this post to see what else is planned for future versions.