Java Edition 16w02a

Minecraft 16w02a

Edition	Java Edition
Release date	January 13, 2016
Type	Snapshot
Snapshot for	1.9
Downloads	Client (.json) Server (.exe)
Protocol version	95
Data version	156
Resource pack format	2
Minimum Java version	Java SE 6
◄◄  1.8.9 1.9 1.9.1 ►► ◄  15w51b 16w02a 16w03a ►

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16w02a is the forty-ninth snapshot released for Java Edition 1.9, and the first snapshot released in 2016.

Additions

General

Options

• Volume slider labeled "Voice/Speech" under "Music & Sounds".
  • Intended to be used for voice acting in custom maps.

Changes

Blocks

Air

• Now translatable into other languages, for the purposes of superflat customization.

Beacons

• Now immediately activate when placed on valid pyramids.

Bedrock

• Can no longer drop itself as an item.

Stone buttons

• Now break faster with pickaxes.

Wooden buttons

• Now break faster with axes.

Items

Armor

• Changed damage/armor values again to protect armored players against "backstabbing" creepers.
  • Reduction in effective defense points due to attack strength will no longer take the effective defense below 25% of the armor points.
  • Max (20) armor points damage reduction increased back to 80% (was 66% since 15w36a).

Mobs

General

• Mobs are now knocked back from non-entity damage sources such as cacti (reverted in 16w03a).

Ender dragons

• When summoned using /summon EnderDragon will now stay in the same position no matter what.
  • Unlike summoning a dragon with {NoAI:1b}, it will still flap its wings.
  • These dragons do not show their boss health bar, nor do they take damage from any attack other than /kill.

Non-mob entities

Armor stands

• Marker ArmorStands will now only outline their equipment when glowing.

Command format

/help

• Now outputs various messages prefixed by "Searge says:" when run in a command block.

/playsound

• Now accepts a sound <source> as its second parameter.

Selector

• m
  • Now supports both negation and literal gamemode values.
    • Example: @p[m=!1], @p[m=c], and @p[m=!spectator].

Gameplay

Combat

• Attack cooldown does not have as great an effect on damage: reduction is linear 50%–100% rather than quadratic 0%–100%.

Fixes

35 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.9

• MC-233 – The portal travel sounds travel.ogg/trigger.ogg swapped/played at wrong time.
• MC-1072 – No translation for "Air" in the superflat customization.
• MC-4040 – Jump Sprinting on redstone wire produces grayscale particles.
• MC-4661 – Chickens (And small mobs) cannot path when standing in/next to fences.
• MC-14722 – Social zombies are not affected by /gamerule doMobSpawning.
• MC-23952 – Bad alignment when using wide Unicode fonts.
• MC-27912 – Hindi: some text is not centered.
• MC-41542 – Displacement of mipmap levels slider in traditional Chinese language pack.
• MC-44140 – Acacia and dark oak stairs do not burn and cannot be lit with flint and steel.
• MC-46258 – The "ø" Character has an extra pixel.
• MC-46690 – Items and experience drop upon death in Spectator mode.
• MC-60692 – The game mode selector m doesn't work with negation.
• MC-73304 – Scoreboard teamkill."color" is not registering entities.
• MC-74072 – Unicode character "Small H with Stroke" (ħ) is one pixel too high.
• MC-74392 – Copying written books creates stacks of size 0, and duplicates the original.
• MC-76313 – Pressing the crouch key while flying will slow player down.
• MC-78557 – Buttons don't have a special tool assigned – compare pressure plates.
• MC-79604 – Explosions do not repel players in Creative mode.
• MC-81687 – Villagers accept fewer items for the same number of emeralds.
• MC-82677 – /give @p minecraft:anvil 1 3 will crash the game.

From the 1.9 development versions

• MC-85304 – Ender dragons go to X,Y,Z = 0,0,0 when spawned in any type of world.
• MC-87894 – Creeper explosion damage is disproportionate to armor protection and to damage from other mobs.
• MC-88268 – Glowing CustomName items have blurry names.
• MC-88668 – Old hopper minecarts have Enabled:0b and do not gather items.
• MC-89592 – Death screen death message still shows when showDeathMessages is false.
• MC-89917 – Using pick block on boats only gives the oak variant.
• MC-92208 – Summoned MinecartHopper defaults to Enabled:0b.
• MC-92783 – Setting LastOutput of a command block to an invalid JSON string causes a crash.
• MC-93083 – Sound sliders not working with the new sounds.
• MC-93093 – Console spam: "PLAYER is sending move packets too frequently (19 packets since last tick)"
• MC-93119 – A survival player can obtain the bedrock item.

From the previous development version

• MC-94466 – Zombies won't climb stairs.
• MC-94776 – Chicken will not follow a player with seeds up stairs.
• MC-95129 – Zombies don't want to walk up a block, in some situations.

Private issues

• MC-59196 – Players can tick themselves arbitrarily.

Video

Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

• 16w02a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.