Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.16.2 alpha

v0.16.2 alpha is a minor update to Minecraft:Pocket Edition, Minecraft:Gear VR Edition, and the Minecraft:Windows 10 Edition Beta released on November 17-18, 2016 to fix several bugs and crashes in alpha 0.16.0 and alpha 0.16.1 and adds the Cartoon texture pack.<ref>"Go googly-eyed! Cartoon textures on Pocket / Win 10!" - Mojang, November 22, 2016</ref><ref>Template:Cite</ref>

Additions

• Added the Minecraft:Cartoon Texture Pack.

Changes

• Tweaked the Minecraft:elder guardian debuff attack visuals.
• Fixed the black tearing effect along the waterline when a submerged player tilts. (VR only)
• Various minor fixes to mobs whose attributes weren't consistent with previous versions.
• Tweaked Minecraft:creeper explosion/detonation, so they no longer blow up 5 or more blocks away from the player & are now consistent with other versions.
• Various tweaks to skins to prevent them from clipping through armor.

Fixes

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• You can again open your inventory while using touch while riding a tamed horse/donkey/mule.
• You can again open your inventory while riding a pig/minecart/boat.
• Fixed a crash when a piston moved a cauldron.
• Fixed import/export for worlds with non-UTF-8 characters in the path.
• Horses can be dismounted while sneaking again.
• Clients can now see the camera shake from damage.
• Guardians again spawn inside Ocean Monuments.
• Fishing rods no longer only fire in one direction.
• Add-ons no longer appear twice when editing a world that already has that Add-on applied.
• Depended upon resource packs are now saved in the world_resource_packs.json file.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when a player used the /summon command.
• Minecarts with TNT can be detonated by appropriate detonators other than just flint & steel.
• Hurt sounds are again played when hurt events occur.
• Food items used when feeding ocelots for breeding.
• Clouds no longer flicker when fog updates.
• Sun, moon & stars draw in front of terrain in immersive VR. (VR only).
• The behavior of activator rails is no longer reversed.
• A creeper's fuse time no longer resets every time flint & steel is used on it.
• Arrows are no longer flipping directions visually when shot from a bow. A similar issue with fishing rods should also be fixed.
• Fixed a crash when you respawn.
• Game no longer fails to launch when there is an active global texture pack.
• Commands beginning with '"w"' now appear in the auto-complete list when you type '"w"'
• You can now rename a Wither with a nametag (and it no longer crashes your game).
• The Wither's health bar no longer disappears when your game unloads and then reloads a chunk where a Wither is.
• Enchanted bows again have their extra bonuses.
• Fixed a crash on Windows Phone. (Windows Phone only)
• Hopper minecarts in older saved game files should work again.
• Fixed a crash with item frames & compasses/clocks.
• Fixed texture changes on cats, zombie villagers, villagers when loading a world created before 0.16.
• Fixed a crash from invalid pack_manifest.json files in an Add-on folder.
• Fixed a crash when players closed settings in a game with resource packs active.
• Fixed a crash when you attempt to select a custom skin.
• ""Saddle up"" achievement should work again.
• Mob spawners should no longer be spawning mobs in properly lit areas.
• Wolves should again attack rabbits, skeletons & sheep more frequently.
• You can again open a crafting table multiple times on mobile (MCPE only).
• Horses no longer lose their equipment when importing a 0.15.9 world.
• Fixed a crash caused by fire arrows.

Trivia

• This was the last update in the Alpha stage of Pocket Edition development.
• This was the last update for Windows Phone 8 devices.<ref>https://feedback.minecraft.net/knowledgebase/articles/888006-minecraft-pocket-edition-faq</ref> Updates for Windows Mobile resumed on February 22, 2017, with the release of 1.0.3 for Windows 10 Mobile.<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>

Gallery

• Image for the Cartoon texture pack released by Mojang
  Image for the Cartoon texture pack released by Mojang