Minecraft:Bedrock Edition Preview 1.21.40.23

Template:Infobox version Beta 1.21.40.23 (ChromeOS, Android) or Preview 1.21.40.23 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox, PlayStation) is the fourth beta/Preview version for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.21.40, released on September 25, 2024,<ref>Template:Cite</ref> which fixes bugs.

Changes

General

Minecraft:Accessibility

• Added text-to-speech voiceover for items in Minecraft:Marketplace Pass content tab and Minecraft:Realms content tab.

Minecraft:Experiments

• Removed the "Bundles" experimental toggle.

UI

• Added support for unread Minecraft:Realms Stories badge notifications on the new play screen (Preview Only).
• Added the possibility to edit the thumbnail of a world in the new OreUI edit world screen.

• File:Preview 1.21.40.23 world thumbnail editor 01.jpg
• File:Preview 1.21.40.23 world thumbnail editor 02.jpg

Items

Minecraft:Bundles

• They have been de-experimentified and are now available during normal gameplay.
• Bundle icon now matches Template:JE.

Technical

Components

• The Template:Cd component's Template:Cd field now supports three values:
  • Template:Cd, received damage is applied to the entity.
  • Template:Cd, received damage is not applied to the entity.
  • Template:Cd, received damage is not applied to the entity, but the side effects of the attack are.
    • This means that the attacker's weapon loses durability, enchantment side effects are applied, etc.
  • Pre-existing content will be automatically updated to maintain its original behavior.

Items

• The Template:Cd, and Template:Cd item components have been de-experimentified.

Experimental

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Beta APIs", and "Focus Target Camera" experimental toggles.

Additions

Technical

Add-Ons and Script Engine

• Added Template:Cd field to the Template:Cd item component. This field allows player to specify that this item should replace the default item created for the data-driven block it places. To use this field, the identifier of the item must match the identifier of the block it places. This field is optional and defaults to Template:Cd.

Cameras

• Added horizontal and vertical rotation limits to the Focus Target Camera experimental toggle.
• Added Template:Cd bool to the Focus Target Camera experimental toggle for tracking entities outside of set rotation limits.

Graphical

• Added the ability to data-drive the ambient light in the Deferred Technical Preview. The ambient light is used as the indirect specular contribution when SSR and IBL are not available or when they are insufficient to illuminate metal objects in low light conditions. It is also used as the minimum value that ambient contribution can have, thus avoiding scenes from being completely black if no light sources are present. See updated documentation on the Creator portal for more information.

Changes

Technical

Minecraft:Behavior Packs

• Updated references to old block names in remaining behavior pack files.

Graphical

• Made a breaking schema change to JSON files associated with the Deferred Technical Preview to hoist the Template:Cd field out to the root level. The following files are affected:
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
• For example, the previous schema for Template:Cd was:

{
    "minecraft:lighting_settings": {
        "format_version": "1.21.40",
        ...
    }
}

• But should now be written as:

{
    "format_version": "1.21.40",
    "minecraft:lighting_settings": {
        ...
    }
}

Stability and Performance

• Worlds created with Experimental Custom Biomes before Minecraft:Caves & Cliffs update will have their Custom Biomes in Chunks replaced with a default Biome (Ocean for Overworld)

Fixes

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• Bundle dye recipes are now unlocked when getting dye instead of undyed variant.
• Issue where some commands did not recognize certain block or item names has been fixed.
• New Beta options in Template:Cd and Template:Cd entity components now properly require that Template:Cd is specified in the root JSON object.
• Fixed a crash that could occur with Template:Cd when called within Template:Cd on an entity that was invalid.
• Custom biome ids are now assigned with values starting at 30,000 and are stored in Template:Cd in world data so their id assignments persist for the duration of the world.
• Fixed a bug with point light shadows that would cause circles to appear on nearby surfaces. As a consequence, the edges of point light shadows are now jagged. This will be resolved in a later update.