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Minecraft 1.20.2 Pre-release 2

Edition	Java Edition
Release date	September 7, 2023
Type	Pre-release
Pre-release for	1.20.2
Downloads	Client (.json) Server
Obfuscation maps	Client Server
Protocol version	dec: 1073741973  hex: 40000095
Data version	3573
Resource pack format	18
Data pack format	18
Minimum Java version	Java SE 17
◄◄  1.20.1 1.20.2 1.20.3 ►► ◄  1.20.2 Pre-release 1 1.20.2 Pre-release 2 1.20.2 Pre-Release 3 ►

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1.20.2 Pre-release 2 (known as 1.20.2-pre2 in the launcher) is the second pre-release for Java Edition 1.20.2, released on September 7, 2023, which reverts changes to recipe book searching, and fixes bugs.

Changes

Gameplay

Recipe book

• Reverted the changes of recipe book searching made in the previous pre-release.

General

Resource pack

• The resource pack version is now 18.

Experimental

These changes only take effect when the "Villager Trade Rebalance" experimental data pack is enabled.

Changes

General

Tags

• Moved the #on_desert_village_maps, #on_jungle_explorer_maps, #on_plains_village_maps, #on_savanna_village_maps, #on_snowy_village_maps, #on_swamp_explorer_maps, and #on_taiga_village_maps structure tags into the experimental trade rebalance data pack.

Fixes

19 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.20.2

• MC-109346 – Newly rendered players always look south until they move their head.
• MC-206182 – Cannot tab out of console text field of command block.
• MC-235762 – Screenshots wider than 16384 pixels causes a crash / java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Out of stack space.
• MC-249702 – Server crash when attempting to start a server with malformatted banned-ips.json.
• MC-261119 – Accessibility button in the Welcome screen needs its own string.
• MC-262754 – Change in AbstractScrollWidget breaks MultiLineEditBox click-to-move-cursor behaviour.

From the 1.20.2 development versions

• MC-264759 – Narrator narrates incorrect tab action in command block suggestions.

From the previous development version

• MC-265237 – Recipe book search no longer finds anything containing non-English characters.
• MC-265241 – Recipe book search no longer finds relevant items in languages where compound words are not separated.
• MC-265243 – Uncraftable variants of a craftable recipe are shown as craftable now.
• MC-265244 – Macro arguments entered as floats are converted to scientific notation.
• MC-265245 – Crafting book search doesn't find anything when a space is included in the search.
• MC-265253 – Fullscreen Resolution value is untranslatable.
• MC-265260 – Boats and rafts when placed turn south.
• MC-265262 – Revoked recipes remain in the recipe book until relogging.
• MC-265263 – Ender Pearl vanishes client side when enderPearlsVanishOnDeath is false.
• MC-265264 – trade_rebalance tags are not in the trade_rebalance pack.
• MC-265276 – Fire under naturally generated end crystals does not always emit light correctly.
• MC-265280 – Mobs sometimes become invisible when you join a singleplayer world.

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