Java Edition 15w47a

15w47a
15w47a.png: Infobox image for 15w47a the version in Minecraft
Java Edition 15w47a.png: Infobox image for 15w47a the version in Minecraft
Edition

Java Edition

Release date

November 18, 2015

Type

Snapshot

Snapshot for

1.9

Downloads

Client (.json)
Server (.exe)

Protocol version

87

Data version

148

Resource pack format

2

Minimum Java version

Java SE 6

15w47a is the forty-first snapshot for Java Edition 1.9, released on November 18, 2015.[1]

Changes

Blocks

Beacon

  • Now is able to keep an item in its inventory slot.
    • No longer drops the item from the slot if the beacon is destroyed or the interface is exited before the 'accept' button is pressed.
  • Now interacts with hoppers.

Daylight sensor

  • No longer emits a signal at night when sufficiently shaded.

Redstone comparator

  • Side inputs now take power from redstone blocks.

Redstone block

  • Now updates adjacent blocks' power state correctly.
  • Never transmits power through blocks.

Trapped chest

  • Now changes its texture when the computer time is set to the 24th to 26th of December to suit Christmas.

Mobs

Shulker

  • Now drops experience.

Non-mob entities

Armor stands

  • Wobbles slightly when being hit.

World generation

Jungle bushes

  • Leaves no longer replace blocks other than air or leaves when generating the tree.

Command format

NBT format

Sound events

  • Added entity.armorstand.place, entity.armorstand.fall, entity.armorstand.hit, and entity.armorstand.break.

General

Skins

  • Overlay layers (hat, jacket, sleeves, and pants) correctly render semitransparent pixels, instead of only fully opaque and fully transparent pixels.

Fixes

26 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.9

  • MC-1310 – Dispensed boats get stuck on the dispenser block.
  • MC-1777 – Placing a painting "behind" a button makes button unclickable.
  • MC-2844 – Doors have no placement sound.
  • MC-5927 – Daylight Sensor outputting signal when encased.
  • MC-9089 – Suicide from potions gives player a point in playerKillCount.
  • MC-12959 – TNT mesh rotated wrongly placed vs primed.
  • MC-28235 – Confirming beacon with items in hand makes items disappear, then drop on ground.
  • MC-30157 – Lighting glitch with ender crystals in the overworld.
  • MC-33384 – Noteblocks play the wrong walk, place and break sounds.
  • MC-46772 – Skin hat layer translucency only works in the end dimension.
  • MC-59777 – Endermen lose ability to dodge melee attacks after being hit.
  • MC-65699 – Armor stand Duplication.
  • MC-67017 – The small cube in slime blocks isn't displayed in inventory and when dropped.
  • MC-72739 – Pillar quartz has no block state defining axis.
  • MC-91314 – No sound when placing beds.

From the 1.8 development versions

  • MC-65240 – Banner pole texture misaligned.

From the 1.9 development versions

  • MC-84625 – Mobs don't navigate correctly in contact with chorus plants.
  • MC-87864 – Shulker monster spawner rotation animation is weird.
  • MC-89882 – Shulkers don't drop experience.
  • MC-92443 – Typo in soundevent name "enttiy.zombie.infect".
  • MC-92866 – Purpur slab variant displays "DEFAULT" in capital letters.

From the previous development version

  • MC-92556 – Mobs bouncing and spinning on grass.
  • MC-92559 – Splash potions are broken/all thrown potions are water potions.
  • MC-92562 – Redstone blocks emit power through blocks.
  • MC-92588 – Crash: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot get property ... as it does not exist in aqu{block=minecraft:unpowered_comparator, properties=[facing, mode, powered]}.
  • MC-92595 – Redstone blocks don't update adjacent blocks' power state correctly.

Video

Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

  • 15w47a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.
  • This snapshot was released exactly 4 years after the full release of Java Edition.
    • It has since remained the most recent version of Java Edition to be released on the exact anniversary of the game's full release.

References

  1. "Minecraft snapshot 15w47a" (Archive) by Searge – Mojang.com, Nov 18, 2015.

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