Java Edition 1.19.4 Pre-release 1

Minecraft 1.19.4 Pre-release 1
Edition	Java Edition
Release date	February 22, 2023
Type	Pre-release
Pre-release for	1.19.4
Downloads	Client (.json); Server
Obfuscation maps	Client; Server
Protocol version	dec: 1073741944; hex: 40000078
Data version	3330
Resource pack format	13
Data pack format	12
Minimum Java version	Java SE 17

1.19.4 Pre-release 1 (known as 1.19.4-pre1 in the launcher) is the first pre-release for Java Edition 1.19.4, released on February 22, 2023,^[1] which fixes bugs. This is the first pre-release released in 2023.

Additions

General

Options

Added "High Contrast" accessibility option, which enhances the contrast of UI elements.

Realms

Added a notification system for Realms to notify the player about important information about their Realm.

Resource packs

Added a built-in "High Contrast" resource pack that enhances the contrast of UI elements.
- The resource pack can be enabled in the accessibility options screen or manually in the resource pack screen.
- Only available in the menus for now.

Tags

Added following block and item tag:
- #smelts_to_glass: contains sand, and red_sand.
  - Items with this tag give glass when smelted in a furnace.
Added following entity tag:
- #fall_damage_immune: contains iron_golem, snow_golem, shulker, allay, bat, bee, blaze, cat, chicken, ghast, phantom, magma_cube, ocelot, parrot, and wither.
  - Entity types with this tag do not take fall damage.
Added following damage type tags:
- #always_hurts_ender_dragons: contains #is_explosion.
  - Damage types with this tag always hurt the ender dragon.
- #bypasses_cooldown: empty in vanilla.
  - Damage types with this tag bypass the regular invincibility time after taking damage.

Changes

Blocks

Froglight

Sounds when placing or breaking the block are now less loud.

Sculk sensor

The item_interact_finish event now has a vibration frequency of 2 instead of 14.

Items

Potions

No longer have an enchantment glint due to it obscuring the color of the potion contents.

General

The enchantment glint for items in the inventory has been made more visible.

Command format

/execute

New sub-command positioned over, for finding positions on top of a heightmap. Changes the height of the execution position to be on top of the given heightmap. Syntax:
- ... positioned over <heightmap> -> execute
  - <heightmap>: A heightmap records the highest position in a column of blocks according to some criteria. Available options:
    - world_surface: Any non-air block.
    - motion_blocking: Any motion blocking material (e.g. ignores flowers and grass).
    - motion_blocking_no_leaves: Any non-leaf motion blocking material.
    - ocean_floor: Any non-fluid motion blocking material.

General

Create New World

The appearance of the tab bar has been updated.
- Tabs now have unique visuals instead of being traditional buttons.
- The tabs now align to the center of the screen.
- The content has been aligned to the top of the screen.

Options

The default value of the "Glint Strength" setting has been reduced to 75%.
The scrolling animation for texts in options buttons which are too large to fit is now slower.

Resource packs

The resource pack version is now 13.
The enchantment glint now has two separate texture files: enchanted_glint_entity.png and enchanted_glint_item.png.

Tags

Added thorns, and #is_explosion into the #avoids_guardian_thorns damage type tag.

Experimental

These changes only take effect when the 1.20 experimental data pack is enabled.

Changes

Blocks

Pink petals

Now mine instantly.

Torchflower

Can now be used to craft suspicious stew, giving the player Night Vision.
Can now be used to tempt and breed bees.

Items

Brush

Crafting recipe now uses a feather, copper ingot and stick in a vertical line.

Spawn Eggs

Updated the color of sniffer spawn egg, to distinguish it from the salmon spawn egg.

Torchflower seeds

Can now be used to tempt and breed chickens and parrots.
Are now next to other seeds in the Creative inventory.

World generation

Cherry grove

Pigs can now spawn in this biome.
Donkeys no longer spawn in this biome.

Gameplay

Advancements

The "A Seedy Place" advancement can be granted by planting torchflower seeds now.
The "The Parrots and the Bats" advancement can be granted by breeding sniffers now.
The "Two by Two" advancement now requires breeding a sniffer.

General

Recipe book

The recipe for the decorated pot made of all bricks can now be found in the recipe book.

Tags

Moved the #breaks_decorated_pots item tag into the experimental 1.20 data pack.
Added torchflower_crop into the #crops block tag.
Added torchflower into the #small_flowers block and item tags.
Added cherry_leaves, and pink_petals into the #flowers item tag.
Added cherry_leaves into the #leaves item tag.
Added the #cherry_logs item tag into the #logs_that_burn item tag.
Added suspicious_sand into the #sand item tag.
Added cherry_sapling into the #saplings item tag.

Fixes

62 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.19

MC-106484 – Some potions are indistinguishable by color.
MC-132200 – Ghost block hoppers appear if summoned by command to powered location.
MC-175299 – Player falls out of bed if entering from a mount.
MC-188163 – Abnormally very high RAM usage since 1.13 (client side).
MC-189383 – Baby striders aren't shivering when riding an adult strider.

From 1.19

MC-253210 – Goats will panic when receiving fall damage.
MC-253211 – Frogs will panic when receiving fall damage.

From 1.19.2

MC-258242 – Checkerboard biome sources using biome tags do not generate features, and structures cannot be located.

From 1.19.3

MC-256484 – Sitting camels don't stand up and begin following players that are tempting them with their favorite food.
MC-256489 – Sitting camels that are in love don't attempt to stand up and approach one another to breed.
MC-256530 – The camel's AI is slower to find its way after being hurt than other creatures.
MC-256731 – The sounds of camels recovering aren't controlled by the "Friendly Creatures" sound slider.
MC-256861 – Camels panic when receiving fall damage.
MC-257009 – When creating a Debug Mode world, there is no Data Packs option.
MC-259920 – The ITEM_INTERACT_FINISH game event overrides other game events causing several actions to not produce their intended vibration frequency.

From the 1.19.4 development versions

MC-259192 – Server/client position desync when running /ride too fast and manually dismounting.
MC-259246 – Passengers on an ender dragon ride too high.
MC-259576 – Passenger's riding position is too high on a phantom.
MC-259613 – Enchantment glint is hardly noticeable on some items, even when the Glint Strength is set to 100%.
MC-259630 – Camels, horses and mules bounce high into the air when being ridden across water.
MC-259882 – Axolotls no longer give the Regeneration effect to nearby players after they kill a mob, and do not grant "The Healing Power of Friendship!" advancement.
MC-259893 – Long texts on buttons scroll too fast.
MC-259917 – Entities immune to fall damage are damaged when using minecraft:fall damage type in /damage.
MC-259918 – Text scrolling speed isn't accessible-friendly.

From the previous development version

MC-260030 – Starting data.Main for data generation crashes.
MC-260033 – Torchflowers cannot be used to craft suspicious stew.
MC-260035 – Chickens and parrots are not tempted by torchflower seeds.
MC-260051 – Bees are not tempted by or attempt to pollinate Pink Petals and Torchflowers.
MC-260059 – Pigs do not seem to spawn in Cherry Grove biome
MC-260071 – Sniffer Digging Sounds can be heard from way too far.
MC-260089 – Sniffers panic when receiving fall damage.
MC-260092 – Sniffers' hitboxes are too small resulting in sniffers not being rendered from certain angles despite being visible on the screen.
MC-260098 – Sniffers aren't required for the "Two by Two" advancement.
MC-260102 – Torchflower seeds don't contribute to the "A Seedy Place" advancement.
MC-260107 – Sniffers don't swim properly and their walking animations freeze when in water.
MC-260109 – Sniffers do not rotate their head to look at the player.
MC-260118 – Disabling experimental features on the world creation screen causes pack validation to fail.
MC-260121 – Hoppers are ghost blocks for other players when placed on jukeboxes that are playing music.
MC-260125 – Sniffer's head occasionally disappears.
MC-260126 – Using pick block function on grown torchflower crop gives torchflower seeds instead of the plant item.
MC-260149 – Cherry logs can't be used to craft campfires.
MC-260156 – The sound of the torchflower being broken after growing is different than the sound of it breaking after being placed.
MC-260157 – On existing snapshot servers, cherry grove biomes cannot be found with /locate, nor do they generate.
MC-260168 – Torchflower crop aren't part of the #crops block tag.
MC-260171 – Cherry Leaves and Pink Petals aren't part of the #flower block tag.
MC-260172 – Torchflower isn't part of the #flowers block or item tags.
MC-260181 – Torchflower seeds are not grouped with other seeds in the creative inventory.
MC-260185 – Pink Petals aren't insta-mined
MC-260189 – Cherry Sapling is not part of the #saplings item tag.
MC-260191 – Cherry Leaves aren't part of the #leaves, and #complete_find_tree_tutorial item tags.
MC-260192 – You can't make Charcoal with Cherry Logs or Wood.
MC-260193 – Cherry wood, logs and saplings can't be used as fuel in furnaces.
MC-260194 – Create new world screen appears even when world is created; clicking on button causes freeze or crash.
MC-260195 – Cherry Logs and Wood are missing from the #log, #logs_that_burn, and #complete_find_tree_tutorial item tags.
MC-260209 – breaks_decorated_pots Item Tag is in the Vanilla datapack, not 1.20.
MC-260210 – Brush Recipe is in the Vanilla datapack, not 1.20.
MC-260223 – Torchflowers seeds and Torchflowers hitboxes are different.
MC-260227 – When re-creating the superflat world, the customize content is lost.
MC-260234 – Sniffers jump multiple times when attempting to climb blocks.
MC-260262 – Cherry Saplings can be obtained in world with experimental settings turned off.
MC-260355 – The server process crashes when making a slime ride a iron golem.
MC-260367 – Crash when damaging a Guardian using a command block: java.lang.StackOverflowError: Executing command block.

Video

Video made by Slicedlime:

References

↑ "Minecraft 1.19.4 Pre-Release 1" – Minecraft.net, February 22, 2023.

Navigation

[1] "Minecraft 1.19.4 Pre-Release 1" – Minecraft.net, February 22, 2023.

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