Java Edition 1.16.4/Development versions

This is a list of Java Edition 1.16.4 development versions.

1.16.4 Pre-release 1

1.16.4 Pre-release 1 (known as 1.16.4-pre1 in the launcher) is the first pre-release for Java Edition 1.16.4, released on October 15, 2020, which adds the social interactions screen and fixes two bugs.

Additions

General

• Added Social interactions screen.
  • Gives players the ability to disable chatting with certain players, thus hiding any messages receiving from them.
  • Opens with a configurable key binding, by default P.
  • Whether a player is hidden resets when re-joining a server.

Changes

Items

Netherite Leggings

• Changed the texture of the worn netherite leggings model.

General

Options

• Added "joinedFirstServer" option to options.txt.

Servers

• When the sever and client version are incompatible, a message reading "Incompatible version!" will be displayed, instead of "Client out of date!" or "Server out of date!"

Technical

• New network protocol scheme, with a high bit (bit 30) set for snapshots. The protocol version will increase by 1 for each snapshot, but full releases may keep the same protocol version as the previous full release in cases where the network protocols are compatible.
• More information is now added to the crash log in cases where poor performance causes the server to crash.

Fixes

2 issues fixed

From 1.16

• MC-192434 – The 3D model of worn netherite leggings renders incorrectly.

From 1.16.2

• MC-199487 – World generation deadlock causes crash.