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Minecraft 1.9-pre2

Edition	Java Edition
Release date	February 18, 2016
Type	Pre-release
Pre-release for	1.9
Downloads	Client (.json) Server
Protocol version	104
Data version	165
Resource pack format	2
Minimum Java version	Java SE 6
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1.9-pre2 is the second pre-release for Java Edition 1.9.

Changes

Gameplay

Mob spawning

• Pack spawning is less likely to spawn the full pack, and less likely to spread them out.
  • Previously, spawning a pack would start from the center three times and cumulatively adjust the coordinates four times by up to ±5 in X and Z, trying to spawn a mob each time, for a total of twelve spawn attempts (although it stops early if a full pack has spawned). Now that "four times" is a random number 1–4, meaning fewer total spawn attempts and less chance for the attempt coordinates to get far from the pack center.

Fixes

11 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.9

• MC-27485 – Painting / item frame spawners crash the game, regardless of data provided.
• MC-35127 – Wrong NBT TAG Type for fallTime in FallingSand entities.
• MC-35714 – Sounds loop/restart when exiting screens.
• MC-37516 – Items with attributes e.g. generic.movementSpeed will not work after deselecting and wearing them.
• MC-77880 – New 1.8.x statistics are not translatable.

From the 1.9 development versions

• MC-87525 – Creeper explosion radius is unchanged when mobGriefing is off.
• MC-89928 – End portals do not place the player at the correct coordinates.
• MC-90101 – Mob spawner is overwriting (ignoring?) Pos[x,y,z] data of entity.
• MC-91290 – Skeletons with no AI are spawning naturally.
• MC-95538 – /playsound command doesn't work with selectors not resolving to exactly one entity.
• MC-97523 – Nether portals briefly teleport players to original location in alternate dimension.

Video

Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

• 1.9-pre2 was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.