Java Edition 17w18a
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Minecraft 17w18a
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| Release date |
May 3, 2017 | ||||||
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| Downloads |
Original: | ||||||
| Protocol version |
326 | ||||||
| Data version |
1130 | ||||||
| Resource pack format |
3 | ||||||
| Minimum Java version | |||||||
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17w18a is the tenth snapshot for Java Edition 1.12, released on May 3, 2017.[1] It was later reuploaded to fix an aspect ratio issue.[2]
Additions
Gameplay
Gamerules
/gamerule announceAdvancements- Defaults to true.
- Toggles announcing of advancements in chat, replacing the old
server.propertiesentry.
Command format
- Command to reload advancements and loot tables from disk.
- This command is available to all opped players in single player and to all level 4 operators on a multiplayer server.
- Cannot be run from a command block.
General
- Re-introduced announcements to chat when someone earns an advancement.
- Shows the description on hover, like before with achievements.
- Added three advancements to the "Adventure" tab:
| Adventure | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location | Rewards |
  | Tame an animal | Sweet dreams | Tame one of these 7 tameable mobs: ocelot, donkey, horse, mule, wolf, parrot, llama. | adventure/tame_an_animal | — | |
 | Breed two animals together | Sweet dreams | Breed a pair of any of these 10 mobs: sheep, cows, pigs, rabbits, chickens, horses, wolves, ocelots, mooshrooms, and llamas. | adventure/breed_an_animal | — | |
  | Breed all the animals! | The Parrots and the Bats | Breed a pair of each of the mobs mentioned above. | adventure/bred_all_animals | — | |
- Added new
minecraft:ticktrigger.- Activates for each player on every tick, provided that the advancement was revoked before the next tick starts.
- Added new
minecraft:tame_animaltrigger.- Activates whenever the player tames an animal. The
entitycondition can be specified to check that the animal that was tamed.
- Activates whenever the player tames an animal. The
- Added new
show_toastdisplay option.- Optional boolean defaulting to true. When false, the specified advancement does not display the toast popup when the advancement is fulfilled.
- Added new
announce_to_chatdisplay option.- Optional boolean defaulting to true. When false, this specific advancement does not announce the player fulfilling it to the chat for all players to see.
Changes
Blocks
- Optimized error conditions.
Items
- Changed some map colors around, again.
- Reverted the wool colors on maps.
- Moved dyed blocks such as banners to the new terracotta map color palette.
Command format
/give and /replaceitem
- Now reinforce item-specific stacking restrictions.[3]
- This is a reverse of 16w32a. (MC-105965 resolved as "Works as Intended")
General
- "entity" objects and the
minecraft:levitationtrigger now use a shared "distance" object.- Check if the player is within or outside of the specified range on the
x,y, orzaxis (in either the positive or negative direction). absoluteandhorizontalranges check if the player is within range on all axes, thoughhorizontalexcludes the Y axis.
- Check if the player is within or outside of the specified range on the
- Changed the "Great View From Up Here" advancement to 50 vertical blocks.
- Changed the "Sniper Duel" advancement to horizontal distance.
- Advancement loading is now strict JSON.
- Optimized, it should work for more people now.
- Some optimizations.
- If the player searches "excitedze" in the recipe book, their language switches to Pirate Speak.
- Searching "excited" no longer does this.
Fixes
From the 1.12 development versions
- MC-113374 – Map color palette changed
- MC-114966 – Advancements overlap other advancements
- MC-115323 – Parrots spawn rarely in Jungle
- MC-115577 – Parrot play the flapping wings(fly) sound, when player push it
- MC-115774 – Parrots still make sounds when they are on player shoulder and Silent:1b
- MC-115810 – Custom resource pack added sounds not playing
- MC-115902 – Flying parrots will not avoid lava
- MC-116482 – The server.properties file still has announce-player-achievements
- MC-116498 – You can't place ladders on the back of stairs
- MC-116515 – Placing a torch on a wall with a fence gate underneath causes crash
- MC-116534 – Pressing "Showing craftable" sometimes doesn't show any recipes
- MC-116537 – Stopping jukebox music while a sitting parrot is dancing occasionally causes the parrot's entire upper body to be misplaced.
- MC-116574 – "showing craftable" option has several issues
- MC-116586 – Items in crafting grid disappear if the inventory is not properly closed
- MC-116638 – Oak Wood in Recipe Book
- MC-116670 – No toast is shown for first advancement made
- MC-116675 – Debug messages are printed in log when levitating
- MC-116704 – The sound block.note.chime is sharp
- MC-116713 – Creating new world with same name crashes with NullPointerException
From the previous development version
- MC-116931 – Crash when placing a snow layer on top of a fence gate
Video
Video made by slicedlime:
Trivia
- 17w18a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.
Gallery
-
"Adventure" advancement tree in 17w18a.
References
- ↑ "Minecraft Snapshot 17w18a" – Minecraft.net, May 3, 2017.
- ↑ "The aspect ratio is really wrong - I'm gonna fix it as soon as I get some time. Sorry! :(" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), May 3, 2017
- ↑ MC-117005 resolved as "Works as Intended"
