Minecraft:Bedrock Edition Preview 1.19.40.20

Beta 1.19.40.20 (Android) or Preview 1.19.40.20 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox) is the first beta/Preview version for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.19.40, released on September 8, 2022,<ref>Template:Cite</ref> which updates the new touch controls and fixes bugs.

Additions

General

Minecraft:Settings

• Added "Control Mode" menu to the touch settings.
  • This can be used to modify the selected control scheme, such as:
    • Joystick & tap to interact.
    • D-Pad & tap to interact.
    • Joystick & aim crosshair.

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New Control Mode Screen.

Minecraft:Splashes

• Re-added "Your gender is valid!" and "Contains infinite genders!".

Changes

General

Touch Controls

• 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.
• Added a more tailored user experience for stack splitting with touch, by long pressing on a stack of items.
• Double tapping 'descend' now toggles off flight in joystick touch control modes.
• Updated the positioning of status effects for Pocket UI.

Minecraft:Settings

• Numerous text changes in the touch settings:
  • Renamed "Sprint On Movement" to "Auto Sprint".
  • Renamed "Move Joystick Visible" to "Joystick Always Visible".
  • Renamed "Move Joystick Always Visible When Not Used" to "Joystick Visible When Unused".
  • Renamed "Static Joystick" to "Lock Joystick".
  • Renamed "Toggle Crouch" to "Crouch Toggle".
• "Destroy Block (vibrate)" settings has been split into two new settings:
  • "Vibrate When Destroying Blocks".
  • "Vibrate When Splitting Items".
• Profile settings has been split into two new sections: General and Account.

Technical

Data-Driven Items

• Custom Items, tags and block tags now work correctly with minecraft:digger component. (Template:Bug)

Actors

• Implemented new is_baby actor filter that returns true when the subject entity is a baby.

AI Goals

• Fixed an issue with Iron Golems that prevented mobs with the minecraft:take_flower AI behavior to use the goal.
• Exposed new data parameters for the minecraft:play AI behavior to specify such things as the duration the goal stays active, the chance to start the goal, the range to search for a friend, and the follow distance to stay within when playing with a friend.

Experimental

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Upcoming Creator Features" and "GameTest Framework" experimental toggle.

Changes

Technical

Commands

• Implemented the Template:Cmd and Template:Cmd commands.

GameTest Framework

• Entity
  • Updated target property to be read-only,
  • Fixed an issue where UI forms would not mark ther canceled field correctly.
• Converted EntityQueryScoreOptions to an interface.
• Converted EntityRaycastOptions to an interface.
• Converted ExplosionOptions to an interface.
• Converted MusicOptions to an interface.
• Converted SoundOptions to an interface.

Fixes

Vanilla Parity

• Spectators no longer drop XP orbs when killed. (Template:Bug)
• Spectators no longer reset their player level when killed.
• Getting killed by a renamed weapon now produces a death message with the item name.
• The Roofed Forest, Savanna Mutated, and Birch Forest biomes use the correct grass colors. (Template:Bug)

Accessibility Features

• Hotbar item text background now is affected by the Text Background Opacity slider. (Template:Bug)

Ancient Cities

• Mobs no longer spawn within the bounds of an Ancient City. (Template:Bug)

EDU

• NPC names default to only being displayed while looking at them.

Gameplay

• Falling blocks no longer break when landing on double slabs. (Template:Bug)
• Keyboard users can now sprint when moving diagonally. (Template:Bug)
• Added a fix so Huge Fungus stems will no longer replace partial blocks when growing from Nylium. (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)

General

• Fixed a bug where usernames could be above max size. (Template:Bug)

Graphical

• Water texture on some waterlogged blocks no longer renders too bright when placed under other blocks. (Template:Bug)
• Fixed a potential issue with screen position on Android devices. (Template:Bug)

Items

• Fixed a bug which caused the game to crash when loading an Arrow with an unrecognized data value. (Template:Bug)

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 an End Portal.
• Grove biome now classified as "Cold" and Villagers spawned there will be the snow variant. (Template:Bug)

Profile

• 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)

User Interface

• 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 bug causing player to move in the wrong direction after turning using VR Snap camera movement. (Template:Bug)

World and Dimensions

• Fixed a bug which caused Boats to disappear when pushed through a portal. (Template:Bug)

Commands

• Fixed a problem with teleports appearing to fly the target to the new location instead of being instant.
• Added the replace block overload to the Template:Cmd command.
• Added the ability to set a custom block with a specific custom block property using the Template:Cmd command.

Stability and Performance

• 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)