Minecraft:Bedrock Edition Preview 1.20.40.22

Beta 1.20.40.22 (Android) or Preview 1.20.40.22 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox) is the third beta/Preview version for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.20.40, released on September 20, 2023,<ref>Template:Cite</ref> which brings more parity with Template:JE and fixes bugs.

Additions

General

Minecraft:Controls

• Added the ability to customize touch controls.

Minecraft:Settings

• Added "Customize Controls" experimental touch option, OFF by default.
  • Enables the ability to customize touch controls.
    • It can only be done within a world.

Changes

Gameplay

Minecraft:Game rules

• The spawnradius game rule is now set to 10 by default to match Template:JE.

Items

Minecraft:Goat Horns

• Now have a range of 256 blocks.

Mobs

Minecraft:Iron Golem and Minecraft:Snow Golem

• Now have a crumbling-like Minecraft:particle effect when they are created.

Minecraft:Witch

• Now target Minecraft:players within a 16 block distance.

Experimental

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Beta APIs", "Molang Features", "Experimental Cameras", and "Render Dragon Features for Creators" experimental toggles.

Changes

Technical

Minecraft:API

• Camera APIs moved from beta to 1.6.0.
• Released Entity.is* API’s from beta to 1.6.0:
  • isSleeping.
  • isSneaking.
  • isSprinting.
  • isSwimming.
  • isClimbing.
  • isOnGround.
  • isInWater.
  • isFalling.
• Released player level & XP APIs from beta to 1.6.0:
  • addLevels.
  • addExperience.
  • level.
  • getTotalXP.
  • xpEarnedAtCurrentLevel.
  • totalXpNeededForNextLevel.
  • resetLevel.
• Released Player.is* API’s from beta to 1.6.0:
  • isEmoting.
  • isGliding.
  • isJumping.
  • isFlying.
• Updated all methods besides show on ActionFormData, MessageFormData, and ModalFormData to be callable in read-only mode.
• BlockInventoryComponent
  • container member variable now correctly reflects it can be a Container or undefined.
• Fixed a versioning bug preventing @minecraft/server-ui module from working with @minecraft/server above version 1.2.0.
• WeatherType moved to 1.6.0:
  • Moved function setWeather to 1.6.0.
  • Moved event/property entityRemove from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved event/property entityRemove from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class EntityRemovedAfterEvent from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class EntityRemoveAfterEventSignal from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class EntityRemovedBeforeEvent from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class EntityRemoveBeforeEventSignal from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved event/property entityLoad from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class EntityLoadAfterEvent from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class EntityLoadAfterEventSignal from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved event/property entitySpawn from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved enum EntityInitializationCause from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class EntitySpawnAfterEvent from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class EntitySpawnAfterEventSignal from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved event/property playerBreakBlock from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved event/property playerBreakBlock from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class PlayerBreakBlockAfterEvent from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class PlayerBreakBlockAfterEventSignal from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class PlayerBreakBlockBeforeEvent from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class PlayerBreakBlockBeforeEventSignal from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved event/property playerPlaceBlock from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class PlayerPlaceBlockAfterEvent from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class PlayerPlaceBlockAfterEventSignal from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class BlockEventSignalOptions from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Move isAir(): boolean from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Move isLiquid(): boolean from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved amount from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved keepOnDeath: boolean from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved lockMode: ItemLockMode from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved nameTag?: string from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved clone(): ItemStack from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved getTags(): string[] from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved hasTag(tag: string): boolean from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved setCanDestroy(blockIdentifiers?: string[]): void from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved getCanDestroy(): string[] from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved setCanPlaceOn(blockIdentifiers?: string[]): void from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved getCanPlaceOn(): string[] from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved function getProperty to 1.6.0.
  • Moved function resetProperty to 1.6.0.
  • Moved function setProperty to 1.6.0.
• Added function getWeather.

Minecraft:JSON

• The behavior.random_look_around_and_sit now has the field continue_sitting_on_reload.
• behavior.is_scenting renamed to generic behavior.timer_flag_1.
• behavior.is_rising renamed to generic behavior.timer_flag_2.
• behavior.is_feeling_happy renamed to generic behavior.timer_flag_3.
• behavior.timer_flag 1: Fires an event when this behavior starts, then waits for a duration before stopping. When stopping due to that timeout or due to being interrupted by another behavior, fires another event. query.timer_flag_1 will return 1.0 on both the client and server when this behavior is running, and 0.0 otherwise.
• behavior.timer_flag 2: Fires an event when this behavior starts, then waits for a duration before stopping. When stopping due to that timeout or due to being interrupted by another behavior, fires another event. query.timer_flag_2 will return 1.0 on both the client and server when this behavior is running, and 0.0 otherwise.
• behavior.timer_flag 3: Fires an event when this behavior starts, then waits for a duration before stopping. When stopping due to that timeout or due to being interrupted by another behavior, fires another event. query.timer_flag_3 will return 1.0 on both the client and server when this behavior is running, and 0.0 otherwise.

Minecraft:Molang

• Added a new query.is_in_lava query function to Molang, to know if a mob is currently in Minecraft:lava.

Render Dragon Features for Creators

• Disabled the "Deferred Technical Preview" on some Android devices that don’t support the current requirements for compute Minecraft:shaders (GL_MAX_COMPUTE_WORK_GROUP_INVOCATIONS >= 256).

Fixes

Template:Fixes Others

• Fixed an extremely rare bug (~0.000003% chance) that could cause item frames to not drop their item when hit or destroyed.
• Fixed a bug where closing the game while having the portfolio open resulted in a crash.
• Autocompleting text now moves the caret to end of the line.