What you need to know
- Minecraft Preview 1.19.40.23 is the latest pre-release version to be made available to players.
- The update includes a plethora of changes tailored to improve vanilla parity and overall stability.
- There are also some experimental feature updates to Spectator mode and game APIs.
- The latest Minecraft Preview build is now available for players to test on Xbox, PC, Android and iOS platforms.
Players who have invested in the future of Minecraft can participate in its development by testing and providing feedback on Minecraft Preview builds and updates. On Thursday, Mojang Studios began rolling out Minecraft Preview 1.19.40.23, the latest release with numerous new bug fixes, tweaks and technical updates to the familiar Minecraft: Bedrock Edition experience.
The update is even more modest, similar to many other recent Minecraft Preview versions, as it builds on Minecraft 1.19 “The Wild Update”. There are some positive changes to vanilla parity and fixes to mobile touch controls, a major experimental change to Minecraft’s APIs, further tweaks to the steadily improving Spectator mode, and more. This pre-release build comes not long after the public release of the Minecraft: Bedrock Edition 1.19.30 patch update.
Xbox has hundreds of incredible games, but few are as influential and successful as Minecraft, which has been evolving for over a decade. While this Minecraft Preview build is modest and contains no new features, we’ll likely learn more about the next chapter of Minecraft’s journey, including during Minecraft Live 2022, which will air later this year.
The full changelog for Minecraft Preview 1.19.40.23 includes:
Features and bug fixes
blocks
- The book of an enchanted table is now correctly facing a nearby player
Mobile touch controls
- Fixed a bug where items could not be removed from the hot bar by moving them to other items in Creative Inventory on mobile devices
- Fixed an issue where the stack split progress bar was not aligned in touch mode
- Custom touch toolbar layout and status effect icons based on user feedback
- Temporarily disabled the preview of our new Touch Stack Splitting UX while we process feedback
mobs
- When a mob is a passenger in a boat, neither the boat nor the mob may change dimensions
Performance and stability
- Fixed a potential crash source in explosions
- Fixed a crash that could occur when exiting a split screen session
User environment
- Fixed a bug where death messages were sometimes too long to fit on the screen
- Inventory button for touch devices now reverts to default view after closing inventory
- The crafting screen search string has been fixed and not saved correctly
- Fixed an issue where the durability bar was missing from inventory screens on Xbox
- Fixed a bug where the login button on Create New World didn’t work on some platforms
Vanilla parity
- Being killed by a mob with a renamed weapon now produces a death message with the item name
- Wither Skeletons Can Now Spawn Inside Wither Roses
- Reduced the amount of hunger used while swimming to match the Java edition
- Librarian Villagers can now offer enchanted books with Curse of Vanishing and Curse of Binding
Education NPCs
- NPCs can now not have a name, hiding the name tag above their heads
marketplace
- Fixed an issue where Marketplace bundle prices were not showing as free after purchase
Technical updates
General
- Released `BlockGeometryComponent` from experimental in JSON formats 1.19.40 and above
- Released `BlockMaterialInstancesComponent` from experimental in JSON formats 1.19.40 and above
- Renamed to `minecraft:block_light_filtercomponent` to `minecraft:light_dampening`
Actor Traits
- Fixed `bool_property` filters that do not have `value` . specified
Commands
- Temporarily disabled rotation for `/summon` command while a bug was being worked on
- Fixed a rotation issue when a command block `execute facing` and `execute rotated` . performs
- Implemented `/execute in` command
- `/execute anchored . command
Experimental Features
API
- Significant Breakthrough Change to Experimental JavaScript APIs:
- All script modules have been renamed to follow a new convention
- `mojang-gametest` to `@minecraft/server-gametest`
- `mojang-minecraft` to `@minecraft/server`
- `mojang-minecraft-ui` to `@minecraft/server-ui`
- `mojang-minecraft-server-admin` to `@minecraft/server-admin`
- `mojang-net` to `@minecraft/server-net`
Spectator Mode
- Shulker bullets no longer follow spectators
- Spectators are now invisible to normal players
- If a player is in spectator mode and there are other non-spectator players on the server, the spectator no longer has any influence on crowd despawning
- If there are only spectators on the server, mob despawning is now put on hold
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