Java Edition 1.9

Template:1.9
Edition	computer
Official name	Combat Update
Planned release date	?
See also other instances of 1.9	Java Edition Classic server Java Edition Bedrock Edition Education Edition New Nintendo 3DS Edition

Template:1.9, known as The Combat Update, is an upcoming update to Minecraft with no set release date. It is currently listed on the bug tracker as "Far Future Version - 1.9+" and has been mentioned by the Minecraft developers.

Jeb and Dinnerbone have stated that 1.9 will mostly add new features within the game rather than doing internal code rewrites like in 1.8. This is to make it easier for modders to update from 1.8 to 1.9, as updating to 1.8 from 1.7 was difficult due to many code rewrites.

Dinnerbone has stated that snapshots will begin sometime this year (2015).

Planned additions

Animations / Entity Models

• Could possibly include model changes within the NBT data.
  • Would be implemented via resource packs.
• Will make better use of code so that map/mod makers can create better/new mobs.
  • Same as the block data changes in 1.8.
  • May not be 100% finished.

Blocks

• New block type.
• New dark colored block.
  • Cannot be obtained and does not naturally generate.
  • Has a visual effect on the world.
• Grass Path
  • A 15/16 block tall grass-like "path". It features a similar texture to the grass block.

Items

• Quivers
  • Can hold arrows.
• New arrow types.
• Shields

Captions / Subtitles

• Subtitles which display for each sound for the hard of hearing/deaf.
  • An example would be "[creeper hissing]".

Planned changes

Bosses

• Proper support for multiple bosses' health bars, so they show at the same time without obstructing each other.
• Ender dragon boss fight
  • A redo of the ender dragon's boss fight, making it similar to the fight in Console Edition.
    • Some obsidian pillars will have iron bars surrounding the ender crystal.
      • This prevents the player from destroying all pillars from a distance.
    • The ender dragon now breathes purple particles.
      • Presumably an attack similar to ender acid in the console edition
  • The dragon will respawn without resetting the End, if it has already been killed in previous versions of the game.
    • It is unknown if it will be able to respawn more than once.

Clouds

• New cloud rendering system.

Command blocks

• New GUI
  • Will contain tab to complete.
• A way for mod/plugin makers to implement new commands and register them in a simple way.

Death messages

• Death messages will now be displayed on the death screen instead of just in the chat.

Shaders

• Switch away from using fixed-function OpenGL to using Shaders.

Planned fixes

21 issues fixed

From released versions before Template:1.9

• MC-417 – Arrows first bounce back then appear at correct location
• MC-669 – Failing to place blocks in creative mode causes an animation
• MC-1720 – Dropped items bounce on stairs, cauldrons, carpets and full/locked hoppers
• MC-2310 – Villager/Player getting killed by zombie through a closed door
• MC-3059 – Bow and arrow can fire through doors and fences
• MC-4272 – Zombie Pigmen don't attack in groups when fighting other mobs
• MC-4474 – Boss Health Bar Temporarily Viewable after Respawn and Loading Another World
• MC-4504 – The hitbox of brewing stands is missing the blaze rod
• MC-10447 – Pick up framed enchanted items with "Pick Block (MOUSE 3)" doesn't give you the enchanted item
• MC-12456 – Fences won't attach to layered snow blocks
• MC-12549 – 1.5 Odd mob 'magnetized attraction' behavior
• MC-14525 – Name tag doesn't work on entities with right click ability
• MC-16204 – New creative GUI showing detailed effects, does not show on some potions and bows
• MC-28479 – Chest interface not closed when chest is blocked from opening
• MC-42841 – Incorrect creative instant health damage value
• MC-52802 – Mob head takes a fraction of a second to change to selected head
• MC-54486 – Glass panes and iron bars don't connect to graphically opaque blocks that are registered as transparent. e.g. slime blocks, ender portal frame blocks and monster spawner blocks
• MC-55942 – Nether Wart hitbox is incorrect on multiplayer (Untested on singleplayer)
• MC-67163 – Damage value for objective stat.mineBlock is missing
• MC-68062 – Boss health bar only visible when looking at boss
• MC-75082 – End music will stop every time the ender dragon loads out of view

Trivia

• Template:1.9's title, The Combat Update, was discovered in Mojang's April Fool's prank snapshot, 15w14a, by how snowfall in certain areas was coded to form a QR code that could be scanned to find the text: Minecraft 1.9: The Combat Update. Dinnerbone later confirmed that this was not a joke.

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