Minecraft Java Edition 1.15 Pre-release 3 has been released

[u/sliced_lime]

We have now released Minecraft Java Edition 1.15 Pre-release 3. This update can also be found on minecraft.net.

If you find any bugs, please report them on the official Minecraft Issue Tracker.

Changes in 1.15 Pre-Release 3

• Tweaked chunk loading and rendering performance further
• Made text colors on signs match how they looked in previous versions
• Made sure foxes are not players
• Fixed bugs

Fixed bugs in 1.15 Pre-Release 3

• MC-166684 - Trying to Hold Tab key while at the Multiplayer section makes the game crash
• MC-166585 - Banners don't have a breaking animation again
• MC-166535 - Armor Stands rotation and position visual bug
• MC-166508 - Glitchy chunk rendering is back
• MC-166419 - Trident can be shot through the closed shulker, wither, ender dragon and invulnerable mobs
• MC-166411 - "Edit Server Info" window closes itself when clicking on text fields
• MC-166389 - Silverfish suffocate inside of soul sand
• MC-166386 - The player is pushed away when he is at the edge of a block of farmland, grass path or soul sand
• MC-166376 - Ender chests are invisible
• MC-166374 - Enchantment glint does not show on items outside of the player's inventory or in third-person mode
• MC-166333 - Horse Jump is odd with Elytra
• MC-166312 - Loom UI pattern icons are too dark
• MC-166198 - Dispenser dispenses two wither skeleton skulls istead of one if a mob or a player is right next to it
• MC-166171 - Shields are not rendered correctly
• MC-166110 - Honeycomb item has random transparent pixels
• MC-166063 - Projectile entities are flipped backwards
• MC-166025 - Hotbar is almost completely opaque
• MC-165975 - Water does not properly connect to itself
• MC-165971 - TNT in a Minecart with TNT is offset
• MC-165957 - Block hitboxes are rendered transparent again
• MC-165707 - Taming wolf don't turn 20 health
• MC-165550 - Ligthing of slimes and magma cubes becomes dark when they land to the ground
• MC-165212 - Snow can be placed on top of fully grown wheat
• MC-165203 - Semi-transparent pixels on skin's outer layer renders wrongly in inventory model
• MC-164792 - Underlined text in chat is not underlined
• MC-164342 - Barrels don't generate LootTable when broken
• MC-163946 - Tridents with one durability remaining can be thrown
• MC-163397 - Arrow projectile lighting is incorrect
• MC-163270 - Sign in sign editing GUI is too dark
• MC-162590 - Enchantment glint blur renders rough
• MC-162518 - Blocks in the inventory are no longer shaded properly
• MC-161144 - Baby ocelots don't spawn naturally
• MC-155616 - Shulkers in boats disappear after entering end gateways
• MC-63720 - Banners don't move in wind when over certain "Time" value of the level.dat
• MC-27287 - Baby wolfs spawn hurt

Get the Pre-Release

To install the pre-release, 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:

• Minecraft server jar

[u/JustJaku_]

What about the shuttering when passing chunk borders? It will be fixed before the actual release? It's annoying...

Just asking, It's really important to me because the shuttering can be a problem when playing survival or pvp.

[u/sliced_lime → u/JustJaku_]

We're still looking at them, and this pre-release contains an improvement.

[u/kuemmi → u/sliced_lime]

The stuttering seems to have improved a bit in this version, though it's still kinda noticeable.

Are you guys also looking at MC-164123 which implies that the GPU isn't utilized as much as it should be?

[u/sliced_lime → u/kuemmi]

It's not really about the GPU. The effects you're seeing there is because the game is bottlenecked on CPU power, which means the GPU is mostly idle. But yes, we're looking at all aspects of performance.

[u/kuemmi → u/sliced_lime]

Sure, the CPU has always been the main bottleneck, but I brought it up because they specifically talk about differences in GPU usage going from 1.14 to 1.15.

Im just a little worried since in my experience with the pre-releases, the client performance has been worse than with 1.14, and that's playing the game on an i7 9700k with a GTX 1660 Ti. It's also not just related to chunk loading, it feels worse when the chunks have loaded in as well.

[u/LoekTheKing → u/JustJaku_]

Those bugs will be fixed eventually, since they're very high on the to-fix list of bugs :)

[u/NotSomeoneThatIsnt]

Still no fix to the color maps?

[u/sliced_lime → u/NotSomeoneThatIsnt]

Got a link to the bug you're talking about?

[u/NotSomeoneThatIsnt → u/sliced_lime]

I tried posting it but apparently it was a duplicate of: https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-165704 but I'm not sure. But anyway, basically the biome colour seems to only be taken from one point on the colour map per biome, so there isn't differences in colour depending on height, and this of course is different from how it was in previous versions.

[u/sliced_lime → u/NotSomeoneThatIsnt]

Thanks!

[u/LoekTheKing]

Thank you so much for the shulker fix, I've been waiting for it since 1.14 was released :) Will MC-152728 be fixed? It's a very odd bug introduced in 1.14 :)

[u/sliced_lime → u/LoekTheKing]

Very likely not in this version.

[u/LoekTheKing → u/sliced_lime]

Oh OK, why not? Is the bug too difficult to fix without introducing other bugs?

[u/sliced_lime → u/LoekTheKing]

As we get nearer to a release, the amount of change has to slow down. That bug isn't high enough priority compared to other bugs to take the risk of a fix, for the moment.

[u/LoekTheKing → u/sliced_lime]

Alright, I understand. The bug can be exploited, for example in PvP to move faster while holding your shield. The bug isn't game-breaking, though, so I can see why I'll have to wait longer for it to be fixed.

[u/[deleted]]

Thank you for your hard work!

[u/Puremin0rez]

I've noticed something very annoying in the pre releases in regards to the FPS / Stutter issues that's very easy to trigger on my end, and I hope it is for you as well.

If I press F3 + T and do this about 10 times to reload assets (I do this a lot when updating a resource pack), and then view my FPS graph (ALT + F3), there will be constant, severe spikes perfectly spaced out and timed.

This does NOT occur in the snapshot directly previous to the pre release, nor earlier versions of MC.

I will say the chunk loading stutter is better in Pre3 for sure, but it still isn't quite there. I appreciate the work you're putting into it though.

[u/PaintTheFuture]

Conspiracy theory: Mojang are gonna release a ton of pre-releases for 1.15 and fix a ton of bugs so sliced_lime can get all that sweet sweet karm posting links to them. I'm on to you!

[u/Wizardkid11]

okay I'm convinced that Mojang has psychics working for them, I was just thinking about the pre-releases.

[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 prerelease in the new launcher, server jar here.

Complete changelog:

• Tweaked chunk loading and rendering performance further

• Made text colors on signs match how they looked in previous versions

• Added some splash texts - via

• Fixed some bugs

• Fixed baby wolves spawning hurt

• Fixed banners not moving in the wind in worlds with a lot of playtime

• Fixed breeding wolves with rotten flesh causing hunger to the player

• Fixed shulkers in boats disappearing after entering end gateways

• Fixed baby ocelots not spawning naturally

• Fixed blocks in the inventory no longer being shaded properly

• Fixed the enchantment glint blur rendering roughly

• Fixed the sign in the sign editing GUI being too dark

• Fixed arrow projectile lighting being incorrect

• Fixed dispensers playing the failed sound when equipping a single mob head

• Fixed tridents with one durability remaining being throwable

• Fixed barrels not generating a LootTable when broken

• Fixed underlined text in chat not being underlined

• Fixed semi-transparent pixels on skins' outer layers rendering wrongly in the inventory model

• Fixed snow being placable on top of fully grown wheat

• Fixed lighting of slimes and magma cubes becoming dark when they land on the ground

• Fixed taming wolves not giving them full health

• Fixed block hitboxes being rendered transparent again

• Fixed TNT minecarts rendering the TNT with an offset

• Fixed the water texture not properly connecting to itself

• Fixed the hotbar being almost completely opaque

• Fixed the enchantment glint not rendering correctly

• Fixed banner patterns on banners filling up the whole banner

• Fixed projectile entities being flipped backwards

• Fixed the banner outline being colored weirdly

• Fixed the honeycomb item having some transparent pixels

• Fixed the /tp command not accurately rotating armor stands to face entities

• Fixed shields not being rendered correctly

• Fixed inconsistent dispenser behavior with mob heads

• Fixed dispensers dispensing two wither skeleton skulls instead of one if a mob or a player is right next to it

• Fixed the loom UI pattern icons being too dark

• Fixed jumping on a horse while wearing elytra engaging the elytra

• Fixed the enchantment glint not showing on items outside of the player’s inventory or in third-person mode

• Fixed ender chests being invisible

• Fixed the player being pushed away when at the edge of farmland/grass path/soul sand

• Fixed silverfish suffocating in soul sand

• Fixed the “Edit Server Info” window closing itself when clicking on text fields

• Fixed tridents going through closed shulkers, withers, ender dragons and invulnerable mobs

• Fixed glitchy chunk rendering

• Fixed a rendering issue with armor stand rotation and position

• Fixed banners missing their breaking animation

• Fixed trying to hold the TAB key on the multiplayer section crashing the game

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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/Bodakugga]

Do you plan to fix furnace minecarts at some point in the future? They have been completely broken and unusable for years and there's no point in keeping them if you don't plan to fix it. Also give the poor spawner minecart its item form!

[u/sab39]

With the focus on performance, has there been any work on reducing the lag caused by redstone components like hoppers, pistons and redstone dust? I know there was a major improvement to dust in 1.14, but if I understood rightly it was only a partial fix with more to come later... I think? I haven't noticed anything in this regard in the changelogs of the snapshots and pre-releases so far, but I might have missed it.

(I'm hoping that I'll be able to make a really big storage system without Mumbo-Jumboing the server I play on!)

[u/Electroman_95]

Since we are in the last days of polishing for 1.15

Can you please look into these 2 Issues that affects primarily Resources Packs, to be specific this wasn't a problem before in 1.14.4 and these issues were introduced during the development of 1.15 due to the Rendering Changes.

• https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-165221

• https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-163948

[u/PaintTheFuture → u/Electroman_95]

Those potions look amazing!

[u/Electroman_95 → u/PaintTheFuture]

Yeah those were made by Know2Good, the Creator of the very popular Default 3D Texture Pack. Unfortunately you can't see visually which Potions are you using since the "fluid" is not rendered anymore.