Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.19.40

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Additions

General

Minecraft:Tags

• Added tag to support recipes instead of item names.
• Added new item tags for recipes:
  • Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Scaffolding

• When used as fuel for Minecraft:furnaces, they now burn equally as long as a Minecraft:bamboo does.

General

Minecraft:Settings

• Profile settings has been split into two new sections: General and Account.

Minecraft:Crafting

• Recipes can now refer to a tag instead of an item.

Minecraft:Experiments

• Renamed experiment "GameTest Framework" to "Beta APIs", which is needed to access all beta APIs, including core Minecraft APIs and GameTest APIs.

Mob

Minecraft:Ravager

• No longer an illager.
  • Removed illager parameter from minecraft:type_family in Ravager.json.
  • Ravagers now can be hurt by evoker fangs and attacked by "Johnny" vindicators.

Fixes

Vanilla Parity

• Getting killed by a renamed weapon now produces a death message with the item name
• Getting killed by a mob with a renamed weapon now produces a death message with the item name (Template:Bug)
• The roofed forest, savanna mutated, and birch forest biomes use the correct grass colors (Template:Bug)
• Mobs no longer spawn within the bounds of an ancient city (Template:Bug)
• Sweet berries can now be planted on farmland (Template:Bug)
• Changed bubble column strength to match Template:El (Template:Bug)
• Scaffolds now burn at a more correct rate, 1/4 of an item (Template:Bug)
• Wither skeletons can now spawn inside of wither roses (Template:Bug)
• Decreased the amount of hunger used while swimming to match Template:El (Template:Bug)
• Ravagers can now be hurt by evoker fangs
• Increased ravager collision box size to match Template:El (Template:Bug, Template:Bug)
• Increased ravager speed to match Template:El (Template:Bug)
• Librarian villagers can now offer enchanted books with Curse of Vanishing and Curse of Binding (Template:Bug)
• Players swimming above mud will not have their screen covered (Template:Bug)
• Projectiles landing on mud will not repeatedly shake (Template:Bug)
• Amphibious mobs no longer have trouble pathfinding around mud blocks (Template:Bug)

Performance/Stability

• Fixed a crash when using spawn eggs in peaceful worlds on PlayStation 4 Edition
• Fixed a crash that could occur when an animated structure was loading from a structure block and the player left a dimension via portal (Template:Bug)
• Fixed a bug which caused the game to crash when loading an arrow with an unrecognized data value (Template:Bug)
• Fixed a potential crash source in explosions
• Fixed a crash that could occur when leaving a split screen session
• Fixed an issue with Marketplace bundle prices not showing as free after purchasing
• Added a Clear Cache button in Storage Settings for all platforms. This button clears contents of Marketplace folders (but not worlds) and might help alleviate issues downloading content (Template:Bug)
• Fixed an issue where wither effect damage would be reduced by armor (Template:Bug)

Gameplay

• Keyboard players can now sprint when moving diagonally (Template:Bug)
• Grove biome is now classified as "cold" and villagers spawned there will be the snow variant (Template:Bug)
• Fixed fall damage accumulating while the player is in a trapdoor block at the top of a bubble column (Template:Bug)
• Fixed an issue causing player to move in the wrong direction after turning using VR snap camera movement (Template:Bug)
• Players can no longer perform the backwards Minecraft:sprinting glitch (Patched along Template:Bug due to movement behavior change)

Mobs

• Baby villagers will again accept flowers from iron golems
• Guardians are no longer able to float in the air (Template:Bug)
• Enabled tamed mobs that follow the player to follow the player through end portals
• Fixed an issue where drowned could change held items when attacking (Template:Bug)
• Fixed a bug where mobs with a long hit range could hit players through walls (Template:Bug)
• Fixed a bug which caused boats to disappear when pushed through a portal (Template:Bug)
• When a mob is a passenger in a boat, neither the boat nor the mob are allowed to change dimension (Template:Bug)
• NPCs can now have no name, hiding the name tag above their head

Blocks

• Falling blocks no longer break when landing on double slabs (Template:Bug)
• Huge fungus stems no longer replace partial blocks when growing from nylium (Template:Bug)
• Water texture on some waterlogged blocks no longer renders too bright when placed under other blocks (Template:Bug)
• Fixed an issue which caused redstone to output the wrong signal strength in certain configurations (Template:Bug)
• Fixed several issues related to sticky pistons being used near world build limits (Template:Bug)
• Breaking the block below a snow-covered flower now makes the flower drop instead of the snow layer (Template:Bug)
• Fixed the beacon block suddenly disappearing when seen from a distance
• The book of an enchanting table now properly faces a nearby player (Template:Bug)
• Temporarily reverted the changes to dirt path and farmland collision changes, as well as soul sand and mud blocks sinking while ironing out some bugs

Items

• Reverted the change that caused arrows and tridents to stop moving (Template:Bug)

Graphical

• Fixed an issue with screen position on Android devices (Template:Bug)

User Interface

• Removed the “Clear Account Sign in Data” button from the Settings menu from non-Switch platforms, as it is only intended to function on Nintendo Switch (Template:Bug)
• Fixed a bug where usernames could be above max size (Template:Bug)
• To make finding the right thing in Settings easier, the Profile screen has been split into two new sections: General and Account
• Ensured proper text-to-speech support for the revamped death screen
• Fixed a bug where achievements would be disabled for some world templates
• Fixed a bug in Pocket UI where items could be dropped in the dark-gray areas around the item grid in the crafting table screen
• Fixed a bug in Pocket UI where items could be dropped in the dark-gray areas around the item grid in the inventories for the horse, mule, donkey, and llama
• Fixed a bug where the death screen message was visible when the Show Death Message game rule was set to false
• Fixed an issue where players couldn't drag/drop or select items from the equipment page
• Changed the color of the text descriptions for the 'Darkness Effect Strength' and 'Notification Duration' accessibility options to a lighter shade to make them more readable (Template:Bug)
• Fixed a bug where death messages were sometimes too long to fit on screen (Template:Bug)
• Fixed the crafting screen search string not saving correctly
• Fixed an issue with the durability bar missing on inventory screens on Xbox (Template:Bug)
• Fixed a bug where the sign in button on Create New World didn't work on some platforms
• The copy coordinates gamepad tooltip now uses the correct icon depending on the platform (Template:Bug)

Realms

• Shortened text when uploading worlds and add-ons so it fits in the dialog
• Fixed a problem where custom add-on packs could not be applied properly in Realms settings, as well as fixed a crash during pack uploading (Template:Bug)
• Unlocalized text no longer appears when connecting to a Realm with an outdated client

Mobile Touch Controls

• Fixed a bug where items could not be removed from the hotbar by moving them onto other items in Creative Inventory on mobile devices
• Fixed an issue where the stack splitting progress bar was not aligned on touch mode
• Adjusted layout of the touch toolbar and status effect icons based on user feedback
• Fixed a bug that prevented scrolling through the villager trade list on mobile devices
• When the auto-jumping feature is enabled, the player will now automatically jump out of water when moving toward a block on land
• In Creative Mode while using touch input with Action Buttons off, the delay for breaking the first block has been increased to 800 milliseconds. This reduces the chance of breaking a block by accident
• Added support for dragging and dropping with touch gestures in the inventory
• Double tapping 'descend' now toggles off flight in Joystick touch control modes
• Updated the positioning of status effects for Pocket UI
• The inventory button for touch devices is now reset to its default appearance after closing the inventory
• Fixed an issue where players couldn't swap unstackable items with touch controls
• Improved the images for the three control schemes in the touch settings menu