Minecraft:Bedrock Edition beta 1.17.30.20

Beta 1.17.30.20 is the fifth beta version for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.17.30, released on August 4, 2021,<ref>Template:Cite</ref> which fixes bugs.

Changes

Mobs

Minecraft:Ghast

• No longer spawn in less than 5x4x5 area.

Minecraft:Magma Cubes

• Medium Magma Cubes now have a larger hitbox (1.04 x 1.04 blocks) to match Minecraft:Slimes.
• No longer spawn in less than 3x3x2 area.

Minecraft:Zombies, Minecraft:Zombie Villagers, Minecraft:Husks and Minecraft:Drowned

• No longer pick up Minecraft:glow ink sacs.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Settings

• Added "Clear Hotbar" option to the controller settings.
• Added "Show Border Effect" in the world settings.

Technical

Chemistry

• New chemistry material reductions can now be defined in the JSON files.
• Chalkboards now appear consistently when being placed.

Commands

• The Template:Cmd command now copies signal strength for Levers and Redstone Dust.
• The Template:Cmd command can now specify a <to: x y z> position argument with y below 0 as long as it is equal or above the minimum height for that dimension.
• Added functionality for Intellisense options: "d" and "default" in the gamemode command selector.
• Minecart with Command Block can now use the self selector (@s) in its commands to target itself.
• The Template:Cmd command now sets the correct time and day when specifying a time above 24000 or below the current time (e.g. Template:Cmd sets the day to 0, Template:Cmd sets the day to 1), and Template:Cmd can now set or add to a negative world time.

Items

• Updated documentation formatting for item components.
• Using water buckets to collect fish has been version locked to prevent breaking old world templates.

Fixes

Stability and Performance

• Fixed several crashes that could occur during gameplay
• Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur when downloading large Marketplace worlds

Accessibility

• Text to Speech now correctly reads item names in the inventory
• Inventory grid slots are no longer double counted for Text to Speech focus controls

Gameplay

• Light blocks are now visible when holding another, and also show brightness value (Template:Bug)
• Fixed Light Block not being removed when left-clicking it while holding a Light Block (Template:Bug)
• Fixed Light Block brightness not being adjustable when right-clicking it (Template:Bug)
• Fixed Light Block hitbox issue (Template:Bug)
• Fixed Barrier Block being destructible whilst not holding a Barrier Block
• Boats now disappear from inventory correctly after placing it on water in Survival mode (Template:Bug)

User Interface

• Text to Speech for chat setting once again correctly narrates chat messages (Template:Bug)
• Sidebar strings are now localized properly when a new language is loaded or the current language changes
• Updated the Achievements button and moved from the Profile screen to the Main Menu and Pause screens
• Enabled new achievements screens for VR (not including PSVR)

Vanilla Parity

• Eating Chorus Fruit while gliding no longer deals fall damage to the player (Template:Bug)
• Fixed an animation parity issue with Skeletons not using both arms to hold their Bows (Template:Bug)

Mobs

• Fixed an issue where mobs would sometimes render with incorrect geometry when viewed from the Structure Block preview window (Template:Bug)
• Experimental Features: Wither can now be spawned on negative heights (Template:Bug)
• Ghasts no longer spawn in less than 5x4x5 area (Template:Bug)
• Magma Cubes no longer spawn in less than 3x3x2 area (Template:Bug)
• Medium Magma Cubes now have a larger hitbox (Template:Bug)
• Shulker boxes now remain in Dispensers when dispensed at world limit (Template:Bug)

Blocks

• Unicode font now correctly highlights on Signs with glowing text (Template:Bug)
• Waterlogged blocks no longer occasionally turn into ghost blocks (Template:Bug)
• Pumpkins placed facing South, East, or West now can now be used to trade with Villagers if they were mined with Silk Touch tools (Template:Bug)
• More Candles can no longer be added to Candles placed without any support block (Template:Bug)

Graphical

• Sky no longer renders through walls of a large enclosed area when using fog.

Technical

• Fixed the ability to add launch point positional offset for projectiles spawned with the spawn_entity component.
• Fixed the ability to add angular offset to launch vector for projectiles spawned with the spawn_entity component.
• Fixed offset not working for projectiles summoned through an interaction.
• Fixed projectile angleoffset value only reflected if shooter is riding another entity.
• Fixed rotation of projectile launchpoint around a mob when projectile offset specified.
• Fixed query.item_remaining_use_duration having improperly scaled or inverted results.