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Minecraft Beta - 1.12.0.3 (Xbox One/Windows 10/Android)

Published: May 1, 2019 - View official source

Posted: May 1, 2019

PLEASE READ before participating in the Minecraft Beta:

  • Joining the beta will replace your game with a work in progress version of Minecraft
  • You will not have access to Realms and will not be able to join non-beta players while you're previewing the beta
  • 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
  • Beta builds can be unstable and are not representative of final version quality
  • The beta is available only on Xbox One, Windows 10, and Android (Google Play). To join or leave the beta, see aka.ms/JoinMCBeta for detailed instructions

Changes:

  • The "Store" button on the main menu has been renamed to "Marketplace"

For Add-On Creators:

  • The Behavior Pack template once again contains the 'spawn_rules' folder
  • Recipe and item JSON files have been added to the Behavior Pack template
  • Grab the latest Behavior Pack template at aka.ms/MinecraftAddons

Fixes:

  • Crashes/Performance
    • Fixed several crashes that could occur during gameplay
    • Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur when loading certain marketplace worlds
    • Improved performance around villages and villager job sites
    • Fixed a memory leak that occurred with the Script Engine
  • General
    • Updated the main menu splash text
    • Fixed an issue where consuming the last item in a stack to unlock an achievement could cause the achievement not to unlock
  • Gameplay
    • Player models no longer have flipped arms and legs. Ouch! (MCPE-44718)
    • The Haggler achievement once again unlocks when requirements are met
    • Villager trading now properly takes away items from the second slot, when applicable
    • Shields and tridents are no longer invisible when held (MCPE-44647)
    • Players no longer see through the world when clipping into blocks after leaving a boat (MCPE-42593)
  • Mobs
    • Tamed tuxedo cats now use the proper texture (MCPE-43527)
    • Stray cats can no longer claim beds in villages for worlds converted from version 1.10 (MCPE-44299)
    • Villagers now always spawn as V1 when using template worlds, including Marketplace worlds
    • Witches no longer jump when attacking
    • Fixed some geometry animation issues for various skin packs
    • The ghast spinning model in monster spawners is now the correct size
    • Improved pathing for variable sized mobs
    • Zombies and vindicators now break doors down faster :D
    • Fixed wandering trader podzol and coral trades
    • Fletchers now trade 16 arrows instead of 5
    • Changed the cost of butcher's cooked rabbit trade
    • Leatherworker's saddle trade is lowered from 10 to 6 emeralds
  • Blocks
    • Flowing lava once again turns into cobblestone when hit by water (MCPE-43990)
    • Frosted ice blocks can now be broken (MCPE-41256)
    • Slabs and other non-solid blocks once again prevent grass from growing on dirt (MCPE-42975)
    • Logs can once again be turned into stripped logs with axes (MCPE-44680)
    • Rails at a T-junction once again change directions when powered by redstone (MCPE-44735)
    • Fixed smokers not having the correct texture underneath (MCPE-43944)
    • Armor stands can once again hold armor stand items
  • Items
    • Correct colors of wool are now displayed as a material required to create colored banners in the recipe book
    • Fixed several items not losing durability when used
  • Graphical
    • The player's arm is no longer displaced in first person view after eating food (MCPE-40135)
    • Composter growth particles now appear in the correct location
    • Fixed animated textures for flowing lava and water on several texture packs
    • Bamboo Leaves are now lighter and match the Java texture (MCPE-42635)
    • Fixed gray textures that sometimes appeared on doors and trapdoors
  • User Interface
    • Attempting to combine stacks of the same item no longer swaps them instead on touch controls
    • Items are no longer lost when swapping to and from the off-hand slot on touch controls (MCPE-44706)
    • The How to Play button on the Cartography Table now directs to the proper screen
    • Sweet berries no longer disappear on the hotbar when they are highlight
    • Killing a wandering trader's llama can no longer show their inventory screen
  • Commands
    • Removed "tile" prefix in the '/give' command (MCPE-44667)
    • Blocks and entities that aren't available in the Creative inventory no longer require the "minecraft" namespace when used as parameters in slash commands
    • Commands can now be auto-completed on command blocks without leading with a / (MCPE-44679)
  • Add-Ons and Script Engine
    • 'minecraft:entity_use_item' documentation now generates correctly
    • Corrected Block Event descriptions
    • Custom entities now correctly re-evaluate current target validity
    • 'getBlocks' now returns a 3D array of block objects
    • Fixed incorrect component name for entities with the new 'water_movement 'component
    • getBlock and getBlocks now correctly handle getting a block when given an actor position (or any non-integer position)