Minecraft:Java Edition 1.16 Pre-release 1

1.16 Pre-release 1 (known as 1.16-pre1 in the launcher) is the first pre-release for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.16, released on June 4, 2020,<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref> which makes changes to floating-point precision and fixes several hand animations, among other things.

Additions

Command format

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• Makes angered neutral mobs stop being angry when the targeted player dies nearby.
• Enabled by default.

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• Makes angered neutral mobs attack any nearby player, not just the player that angered them. Works best if forgiveDeadPlayers is disabled.
• Disabled by default.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Recipe book

• Added recipe book unlocks for Minecraft:smithing tables, though they are non-functional.

General

File:Datapack Menu.png

The new datapack selection menu.

Minecraft:Data packs

• Added a new "Data Packs" button on the "Create World" screen.
  • Allows the player to select data packs to be enabled in the world.
  • Supports drag-and-drop.
• Dimensions and dimension types can now be added and changed by data packs.
• Smithing recipes can now be added and changed by data packs.

Graphics

• Added new "Fabulous!" graphics option.
  • Uses per-pixel blending layers for some transparent elements.
  • Many of the fixes to transparent and translucent elements from Minecraft:20w22a had their performance improved and are now locked behind this graphics setting.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Nether gold ore

• Now uses the "nether" color on maps.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Items

Minecraft:Water buckets

• Can now be obtained in Minecraft:Creative mode when an empty bucket is used on water.
  • If a bucket of water is in the player’s inventory already, no additional water buckets are added when an empty bucket is used on water.
  • Whether this also applies to lava buckets is unknown.

Mobs

Minecraft:Cows

• Can now be milked in Minecraft:Creative mode.

Minecraft:Mooshrooms

• Can now be milked in Minecraft:Creative mode.
• Minecraft:Mushroom stew and Minecraft:suspicious stew can now be obtained in creative mode.

Minecraft:Snow golems

• Are now damaged by splash and lingering Minecraft:water bottles.

Minecraft:Villagers

• When any villager is struck by lightning, the Minecraft:witch it is converted to no longer despawns, regardless of whether the villager had been traded with or not.

Minecraft:Zombified piglins

• No longer attack Minecraft:players who have not attacked a zombified piglin.
• Now stop being angry if the targeted Minecraft:player dies nearby.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Advancements

• The advancement file "Serious Dedication" has been renamed to obtain_netherite_hoe.json. This means progress in this advancement is not kept when upgrading to this version.
• The advancement "Two By Two" now requires Minecraft:donkeys and Minecraft:mules.
  • This advancement now checks the child resulting from breeding.
• The advancement "Oh Shiny" now uses Minecraft:gold nuggets.
• The advancement "Hot Tourist Destinations" now rewards 500 Minecraft:experience.
• The advancement "Cover Me in Debris" now rewards 100 experience.
• Changed the capitalization of "Who Is Cutting Onions?" to "Who is Cutting Onions?".

Minecraft:Subtitles

• Changed the subtitle for stripping Minecraft:logs and Minecraft:wood from "Debarking log" to "Axe scrapes".

Command format

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• The biome ID in the error messages for an invalid biome or a valid biome that could not be found is now in quotes.
• Changed the error message for an invalid biome from "There is no biome named <biome ID>" to "There is no biome with type '<biome ID>'".

General

Minecraft:Animations

• Hand animations have been added for the following:
  • Entering a Minecraft:boat.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Speeding up a baby Minecraft:strider's aging.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Shearing Minecraft:sheep (a regression from 1.15.2).<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Feeding a brown Minecraft:mooshroom.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Using a spawn egg on a mob to spawn a baby variant, if there wouldn't also be a block within reach through said mob.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
• Hand animations for the following have been removed:
  • Targeting a block through a mob then using a Minecraft:spawn egg.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Attempting to switch a Minecraft:minecart with furnace's direction when it isn't on a rail.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Using a Minecraft:dye on a Minecraft:sheep which already has that color.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Minecraft:Data packs

• Game now detects critical data pack issues, like missing required tags that prevent the world from being loaded.

Distance effects

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An example of the rain and lava smoke particles at 20 million blocks prior to 1.16-pre1. Note the clustering.

• Certain game mechanics, mainly a handful of different particles, have been modified to use 64-bit (double-precision) precision where they previously used 32-bit (single-precision).
• As a result, the effects appear in the correct places even if the player is far away from the spawn point (with effects being the most extreme when over 16,777,216 blocks away).
• The following precision loss errors are fixed:
  • Minecraft:Lava embers and popping sounds should now originate from the correct positions.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Minecraft:Campfire embers should now be generated at the correct position.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Particles from Minecraft:rain hitting the top of blocks should now appear at the correct position.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Smoke emitted by lava during rain should appear at the correct position.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Smoke emitted by campfires during rain should appear at the correct position.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Particles from Minecraft:redstone dust should now appear at the correct position.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Particles from Minecraft:redstone repeaters should now appear at the correct position.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Particles from nether biomes should now appear at the correct position.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Particles from adding Minecraft:eyes of ender to Minecraft:end portal frames should now appear at the correct position.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Particles dripping from Minecraft:leaves during rain no longer snap to block corners and are correctly randomized across the underside of the block.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • The book of the Minecraft:enchanting table now opens properly at high distances; previously there were cases where the player could be pressed right up to the block, yet the book would not acknowledge them.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Minecraft:TNT ignited by other explosions now appears at the right locations at high distances.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Minecraft:Detector rails at high distances were not always being correctly powered and depowered, which has been fixed.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Mob pathfinding caused mobs to randomly swivel at high distances.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Mob spawning would also break down, spawning mobs at block corners and sometimes inside of other blocks.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Generation of Minecraft:minecarts with chests in Minecraft:mineshafts now spawns them at the intended positions.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Minecraft:Tags

• Removed sweet berry bushes from the prevent_mob_spawning_inside block tag.
• The piglin_loved item tag now uses the gold_ores item tag instead of listening gold ore and nether gold ore individually.
• Added Minecraft:gold nuggets to the piglin_loved item tag.

Trivia

• This pre-release, being the first for 1.16, was released exactly 2 years after the release of 1.13-pre1, also the first for that version.