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15w36a[1] is the nineteenth snapshot released for Java Edition 1.9.

Additions[]

Command format[]

Scoreboard
  • collisionRule added as a team rule to the scoreboard.
    • It determines whether or not entities can push each other, and whether or not it's team dependent.
    • Subcommands: always, never, pushOtherTeam, pushOwnTeam.

Changes[]

Command blocks
  • Can no longer be placed by players who are unable to use commands.

Items[]

Armor
  • Armor protection calculations have been nerfed:
    • Max (20) armor points damage reduction reduced from 80% to 66% (Changed back again in 16w02a).
    • Armor points count for less as the attack strength increases: Each 2♥ done by the attack reduces the effective defense points by 1 (🛡).

Mobs[]

General
  • No longer reset their AI when hit.
  • Due to MC-87946, all hostile mobs can now draw line of sight through solid blocks in order to track the player.
Creepers, skeletons, and zombies
  • Detection range for players wearing their corresponding mob head adjusted to be 50% of the normal range again.

Gameplay[]

Enchanting
  • Sharpness and Protection enchantments have been nerfed.
    • Each sharpness level now adds 1♥ damage to the base damage at level I and an additional 0.5 (♥ × 0.25) for each additional level, down from a flat 1.25♥ × 0.625 per level.
    • Protection enchantment bonuses are now linear instead of quadratic.
Entities
  • Most entities can now be pushed by other entities.
    • The exceptions being: items, paintings, ender crystals, areaEffectCloud, item frames and xp orbs.
    • These can be overridden for mobs and players through a team rule.
    • The same class of entities are now "magnetic" to the fishing rod bobber, and in the case of mobs/players will no longer suffer from knockback or pseudo-damage.

General[]

Performance
  • Optimized memory usage when connected to servers.[2]

Fixes[]

7 issues fixed
From released versions before 1.9
  • MC-7980 – Enderman teleportation and behavior irregular.
  • MC-59098 – Enderman only make the 'stare' noise as long as the player is close to the enderman.
  • MC-64591 – Wither skeletons wield sword incorrectly.
From the 1.9 development versions
  • MC-82955 – Left-hand items render incorrectly on Alex model skins.
  • MC-86840 – Armor durability affecting protection is not working right.
  • MC-87611 – Chains of conditional command blocks don't work properly.
From the previous development version
  • MC-87759 – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException: Loading entity NBT.

Video[]

Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia[]

  • This version was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.

References[]

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