Minecraft 26.4 Snapshot 5

This week's snapshot comes packed with a bunch of new things for you to try out! In 26.4 Snapshot 5, we're introducing Packed Ice Bricks, including a bunch of variants, and YES, they work in the Stonecutter! We've also got a frosty new advancement for anyone who decides to fight ice with ice and take out a Frostbite with an Ice Ball.

Happy Mining!

New Features#

• Added Packed Ice Bricks

Packed Ice Bricks#

• Packed Ice Bricks can be crafted from 2x2 Packed Ice
• Packed Ice Bricks have a Slab, Stair, Wall, and Chiseled variant
• Packed Ice Brick Slabs, Stairs, Walls, as well as Chiseled Packed Ice can also be crafted using a Stonecutter
• Packed Ice Bricks and Chiseled Packed Ice belong to the Fast Sliding Sulfur Cube archetype

Advancements#

• Added new "What Goes Around Comes Around" Adventure advancement for killing a Frostbite with an Ice Ball

Changes#

• Mobs can now break Decorated Pots, Chorus Flowers and Speleothem blocks with projectiles in an adventure mode world, unless the mob_griefing gamerule is set to false

Sounds#

• Added ambient sounds to regular Ice block
  • When an Ice block is surrounded by at least 8 Ice blocks in all horizontal directions (east, west, north, and south), with one Air block above and one Water block below, it has a chance to emit a sound

Video Settings#

"Prefer DXGI Present" Video Setting#

• This is a new option to attempt to use DirectX to present the game
• This only exists on Windows, and not all hardware supports it
• The default is off, and we consider this option "experimental" - it may not work for everyone
• With DXGI enabled, you may see improvements with IME support, Variable Refresh Rate support, and faster alt-tabbing whilst in fullscreen mode

Technical Changes#

• The Data Pack version is now 125.0
• The Resource Pack version is now 100.2

Network Protocol#

Modified Login Protocol#

• Encryption and compression must now be explicitly applied by the server by sending one of two packets that carry connection options
  • The client must acknowledge the change with a matching packet
  • Every packet sent and received by the client after the acknowledgement will use the new settings
  • Previously changes were applied immediately on both sides, which might've lead to malformed packets
• Packets that can carry options:
  • minecraft:login_finished (clientbound) and minecraft:login_acknowledged (serverbound)
  • minecraft:apply_options (clientbound) and minecraft:options_applied (serverbound)

Data Pack Version 125.0#

Data Components#

minecraft:consumable#

• The sound field is now fully optional (defaulted to minecraft:entity.generic.eat before)

minecraft:equippable#

• The equip_sound field is now fully optional (defaulted to minecraft:item.armor.equip_generic)
• The shearing_sound field is now fully optional (defaulted to minecraft:item.shears.snip)

World Generation#

Features#

Changed ore and scattered_ore#

• Blocks discarded due to air exposure will no longer fall through to the next replacement rule

Density Functions#

Changed upscale (renamed from interpolated)#

Samples the input function at a reduced resolution, and upscales on each axis with the specified modes. Modes that require more samples will generally perform worse. Upscaling is performed by axis in order: Z, X, then Y.

Format: object with fields:

• input - Density Function, the input function to sample
• x, y, z - object with fields, the configuration for this axis
  • mode - one of: nearest_neighbor, , , , , the mode to use

Tags#

Biome Tags#

• Added #spawns_ice_variants_underground to describe all biomes which allow the spawning of cold variants without requiring sky access
• Renamed spawns_strays_without_powder_snow to spawns_cold_variants_underground

Entity Type Tags#

• Replaced the #ignores_poison_and_regen tag with separate #immune_to_poison and #immune_to_regeneration tags
• Renamed the #freeze_immune_entity_types tag to #immune_to_freezing

Resource Pack Version 100.2#

Block Sprites#

• Added new Block textures:
  • block/chiseled_packed_ice.png
  • block/packed_ice_bricks.png

Fixed bugs in 26.4 Snapshot 5#

• MC-25976 - Blocks broken by flowing fluids do not produce particles or make breaking sounds
• MC-170550 - The snowy_shepherds_house_1 village structure never generates
• MC-270793 - Mobs with multiple entity type tags corresponding to effect immunity only respect one
• MC-308621 - Race condition in the dedicated server's compression setup
• MC-312316 - Creakings still try to attack players after they switch to Creative mode
• MC-312360 - Paintings break outside the world border
• MC-312377 - The bottom face of icicles on the floor is rotated 180 degrees
• MC-312386 - The #spawns_strays_without_powder_snow biome tag's name makes no sense
• MC-312404 - Frostbites can naturally spawn in normal caves under cold biomes, unlike strays
• MC-312431 - Red and brown mushrooms now spread incorrectly
• MC-312496 - Icicle models use the deprecated field