Java Edition 15w50a

15w50a is the forty-sixth snapshot released for 1.9, released to add sounds and to fix bugs and crashes.

15w50a

Edition	Java Edition
Release date	December 9, 2015
Type	Snapshot
Snapshot for	1.9
Downloads	Client (.json) Server (.exe)
Protocol version	92
Data version	153
Resource pack format	2
Minimum Java version	Java SE 6
◄◄  1.8.9 1.9 1.9.1 ►► ◄  15w49b 15w50a 15w51a ►

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Additions

Command format

Sound events

• Added sound assets for existing events:
  • block.chorus_flower.death
  • block.chorus_flower.grow
  • block.furnace.fire_crackle
  • block.waterlily.place
  • entity.cow.milk
  • entity.itemframe.add_item
  • entity.itemframe.break
  • entity.itemframe.place
  • entity.itemframe.remove_item
  • entity.itemframe.rotate_item
  • entity.leashknot.place
  • entity.leashknot.break
  • entity.painting.break
  • entity.painting.place
  • entity.snowman.death
  • entity.snowman.hurt
  • entity.squid.ambient
  • entity.squid.death
  • entity.squid.hurt
  • item.armor.equip_chain
  • item.armor.equip_diamond
  • item.armor.equip_generic
  • item.armor.equip_gold
  • item.armor.equip_iron
  • item.armor.equip_leather
  • item.bottle.fill
  • item.bucket.empty
  • item.bucket.empty_lava
  • item.bucket.fill
  • item.bucket.fill_lava
  • item.chorus_fruit.teleport
  • item.hoe.till
  • item.shovel.flatten

Changes

Blocks

Hopper

• Now support loot tables, using the same NBT tags as chests.

Mobs

General

• Improvements to pathfinding with respect to cacti.
• Improvements to pathfinding with respect to passable blocks.

Skeletons

• No longer seek shade when wearing a helmet.

Fixes

8 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.9

• MC-41574 – Zombies behave friendly.
• MC-50468 – Skeleton AI ignoring helmet - skeleton still stays in shadow.
• MC-56521 – Missing soundEvent: minecraft:damage.thorns.

From the 1.9 development versions

• MC-91765 – Loot tables work with hopper minecarts, but not with hoppers.
• MC-92180 – Zombies don't try to get away from cacti damaging them.
• MC-93556 – Mob cannot walk normally on a shulker.
• MC-93655 – Game crashes when a fireball is shot.

From the previous development version

• MC-93866 – Mobs can't go through open fence gate.

Video

Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

• 15w50a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.
• This version was released on the same day as 1.8.9.