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

Crashes

• More information is now added to the crash log in cases where poor performance causes the server to crash.

Options

• Added "joinedFirstServer" option to options.txt.

Protocol versions

• 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.

Servers

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 will be displayed, instead of "Client out of date!" or "Server out of date!".

Fixes

2 issues fixed

From 1.16

• MC-192434 – The top front texture of worn netherite leggings is inconsistent with the rest of the texture.

From 1.16.2

• MC-199487 – World generation deadlock causes crash.

1.16.4 Pre-release 2

1.16.4 Pre-release 2 (known as 1.16.4-pre2 in the launcher) is the second pre-release for Java Edition 1.16.4, released on October 22, 2020, which fixes bugs.

Changes

General

Accounts

• When logging in with a Microsoft account, players blocked in that account are now also blocked in the game, and account restrictions are now respected.

Accessibility

• A button to open a link to the Accessibility Guide can now be found in the Accessibility Options screen.

Multiplayer

• When the server and client version are incompatible, a red message will be shown instead of the dark red message.
• When multiplayer is disabled, the message displayed will now read, "Multiplayer is disabled. Please check your Microsoft account settings." instead of "Multiplayer is disabled. Please check your launcher settings."

Social Interactions

• The status of a player is now listed below their name on the Social Interactions screen.
• A new tab is available to filter by Blocked players in the Social Interactions screen.
• Chat from blocked players is always hidden.
• Realms invites from blocked players are hidden.
• Changed and removed the textures of a few UI elements on the social interactions screen.

Splashes

• The splashes relating to the Black Lives Matter movement have been added to splashes.txt. These splashes were added to the game via a launcher update during 1.16.2 but were not in splashes.txt. The splashes are:
  • Black lives matter!
  • Be anti-racist!
  • Learn about allyship!
  • Speak OUT against injustice and UP for equality!
  • Amplify and listen to BIPOC voices!
  • Educate your friends on anti-racism!
  • Support the BIPOC community and creators!
  • Stand up for equality in your community!

Fixes

11 issues fixed

From 1.16.3

• MC-201885 – Divide-by-zero error in the ender dragon entity class can cause a server crash and infinite velocity

From the previous development version

• MC-202134 – Opening Social Interactions menu does not update player appearances if the player is in Spectator mode.
• MC-202136 – Social Interaction toast icon does not render properly with Programmer Art resource pack.
• MC-202137 – Social Interaction screen says "players" for one player.
• MC-202143 – Social Interactions search bar does not stay selected when switching tabs, although the cursor remains.
• MC-202145 – Opening the Social Interactions menu in a singleplayer world open to LAN after attempting to join an outdated multiplayer server displays the name of the outdated server instead of the name of the current world.
• MC-202147 – Cursor in Social Interactions, recipe book, and anvil menu does not blink.
• MC-202150 – Slider bar on social menu appears broken.
• MC-202155 – Outdated server warn text does not actually exist.
• MC-202156 – Social Interactions search box entries can go out of the box.
• MC-202157 – Hidden players' X in Social Interactions are not vertically centered.

1.16.4 Release Candidate 1

1.16.4 Release Candidate 1 (known as 1.16.4-rc1 in the launcher) is the first and only release candidate for Java Edition 1.16.4, released on October 27, 2020, which fixes bugs.

Additions

General

Chat

• Added an option to hide matched names.
  • Some servers send chat messages in non-standard formats. With this option on, the game will attempt to apply chat hiding anyway by matching the text in messages.

Fixes

1 issue fixed

From the previous development version

• MC-202614 – Search function in social interactions screen only finds names that begin with the letters that you typed in