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Minecraft - 1.7.0 (Bedrock)

Published: October 12, 2018 - View official source

New Features:

  • Added basic Scoreboard functionality - More Scoreboard features will be coming in later releases
  • Food can now be eaten in Creative mode and Peaceful difficulty

Changes:

  • Mentions of player names are now highlighted yellow in chat
  • Typing "@" in chat will show an autocomplete list of player names
  • Command Block functionality can now be toggled using the 'commandblocksenabled' game rule
  • Made it easier to find purchased content, search, and go home from the top of the Marketplace screen
  • You can now send links to your favourite Marketplace content using the share button
  • Improved search results, sorting, and filtering in the Marketplace

Fixes:

  • Crashes/Performance
    • Fixed the cause of over 20 crashes that could occur during gameplay 
    • Fixed a crash that occurred when a Trident with Channeling was shot from a Dispenser and hit a mob or player during a thunderstorm 
    • Fixed a crash that occurred when breaking a door that many Villagers were trying to open or enter (MCPE-34742)
    • Fixed a crash that occurred when using a 128x Resource Pack on Nintendo Switch 
    • Fixed a crash that occurred when attempting to stack Explorer Maps when trading with a Cartographer Villager
    • Fixed a crash that occurred when loading the settings screen right after loading a resource pack
    • Fixed a crash that occurred when backing out of a Realm's edit menu after attempting to download a world but not having enough free space 
  • General
    • Fixed an exploit that allowed custom skins with custom and invisible geometry, causing unfair advantages in multiplayer sessions (MCPE-37343)
    • Added additional messaging to disable Multiplayer in world settings to play split-screen without a Nintendo Switch Online membership 
    • Guests rejoining in a different order than they joined for the first time no longer generate different progress during split-screen gameplay 
    • Synced cloud worlds on Xbox One now display the proper date on the Worlds list 
    • Fixed player permission issues that prevented players from building or mining 
    • Fixed Super Mario Mash-up Pack worlds not opening if created before version 1.6.0 (MCPE-37327)
    • Fixed textures not applying on Nintendo Switch when the world is hosted on another platform 
    • Fixed split-screen players not being able to join Local Network games on Nintendo Switch 
    • Fixed Microsoft Account sign-in failures on Nintendo Switch 
  • Gameplay
    • Crouching on ladders will no longer stop when opening the pause menu or inventory screen (MCPE-33209)
    • Swimming while moving the camera with touch controls no longer breaks blocks (MCPE-33470)
    • Items can once again be dropped while in a boat 
    • The Looting III enchantment once again increases mob loot drop chances (MCPE-35307)
    • When a player equips a carved pumpkin as a helmet, that player's marker now disappears from the Locator Maps of other players 
    • Players no longer teleport to vehicles/mobs that are hit by an Ender Pearl when the vehicle/mob is in the player's render distance 
    • Fixed players getting stuck in the edges of Old Worlds at 128 or in the Void 
    • When dealing a killing blow to mobs using Knockback, they now actually get knocked back! (MCPE-19222)
  • Items
    • Enchantment Books are no longer lost after using an Anvil to rename an item and adding an incompatible enchantment 
    • Tridents with Loyalty no longer get lost in the void when used in the End 
    • Raw Cod and Cooked Cod items are now properly named 
    • Phantom spawn eggs can now be obtained using Pick Block
    • Players using controllers can again drop held items while in a minecart 
    • Leads no longer detach and disappear when reentering a world (MCPE-33263)
    • Infinity Bow arrows are no longer picked up immediately after being fired when the Bow is slightly drawn (MCPE-35821)
    • Renamed spawn eggs now produce renamed mobs 
    • Flaming arrows once again ignite Minecarts with TNT (MCPE-35776)
  • Mobs
    • If a pet forgets what player is their owner after updating the game, it will sit down and wait for someone to interact with them & this player becomes the new owner of the pet. The pet doesn't need to be re-tamed with items (MCPE-33152)
    • Mobs can now walk through Soul Sand with Nether Wart (MCPE-12719)
    • Skeleton Horses and Zombie Horses no longer die after a certain amount of time (MCPE-35215)
    • Horses in the same boat as you no longer get hit when targeted by blocks in front of you (MCPE-30299)
    • Releasing a Tropical Fish from a Bucket of Fish no longer releases a random fish but the one that was originally caught 
    • Armored Withers can no longer be damaged with thrown Tridents 
    • Drowned no longer have swimming animation while riding in boat 
    • The inventory of ridden mounts can no longer be accessed by another player while you are riding it 
    • Mobs can no longer spawn in small gaps unless they can fit (MCPE-31193)
    • Enderman can no longer spawn in two block high gaps with Slabs above (MCPE-28626)
    • Cured Zombie Villagers spawned from Zombie Villages can now be traded with (MCPE-34603)
    • Pigs with Saddles now throw players off their back when they start moving though 2-block-high bodies of water 
  • Blocks
    • Fixed a bug where it was sometimes not possible for a player to place a block in the same block space where they are standing (MCPE-31030)
    • Sea Pickles now break instantly in Survival mode (MCPE-36250)
    • Barrier Blocks can no longer be destroyed by the Ender Dragon (MCPE-34410)
    • Monster Spawners no longer drop as items after an explosion (MCPE-32657)
    • Rails are once again broken by flowing water
  • Realms
    • A message now appears on the Realms list if Xbox Live privileges are preventing Realms from being played
    • Clarified the text that appears when replacing a world on a Realm 
  • World Generation
    • Ladders no longer generate in midair on village church structures 
    • Fixed structures generating inside Ocean Monuments 
  • Graphical
    • Fixed entities missing body parts on various Android devices (MCPE-34385)
    • It is now easier to see through water in Flat worlds (MCPE-36078, MCPE-35244)
    • Adjusted in-hand placement of Bows and Tridents in split-screen 
    • Fixed visual effects not appearing when using an enchanted Trident with Riptide (MCPE-34448)
  • Audio
    • Sound once again resumes after receiving a notification on iOS devices (MCPE-15841)
    • The proper sound now plays when the Wither is spawned (MCPE-35179)
    • Banners now have the correct placing and breaking sounds (MCPE-31188)
    • Land-based mobs now play sounds underwater 
  • User Interface
    • Fixed several items not stacking properly in inventory and chests when using touch input (MCPE-32347)
    • Using the Quick Move option now properly stacks the taken items with stacks of the same item in the player inventory when there is an empty hotbar slot 
    • Cursor D-pad input no longer gets stuck on the inventory screen or pause menu (MCPE-33895)
    • Removed the "Take Half" tooltip when highlighting the Anvil's output slot 
    • Item tooltips that display "Can break" and "Can be placed on" now show the proper translation for the given blocks 
    • Fixed incorrect button focus on the chat screen 
    • Fixed formatted text getting cut off on the HUD 
    • Fixed overlapping text on the Enchantment Table screen
  • Commands
    • Fixed input on Minecarts with Command Block not saving between game sessions 
    • Fixed trapdoors losing their orientation after being cloned 
    • Autofill commands now recognize a player name in brackets and places it between quotes (MCPE-34913)
    • The '/teleport' command now reliably teleports riders with entities
    • The '/subtitle' command can now run whilst a title is visible on screen (MCPE-25685)

Add-Ons:

  • Updated templates for 1.7.0 with new assets and behaviors can be downloaded from minecraft.net/addons
  • Using behavior files to change the shooting location of a projectile no longer makes the projectile shoot and miss the target
  • Mobs now stop moving when all movement components are removed from their behavior 
  • The 'can_float' component now works properly with 'minecraft:navigation.float' on flying mobs

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