Java Edition 1.20 Pre-release 2

Minecraft 1.20 Pre-release 2
Edition	Java Edition
Release date	May 16, 2023
Type	Pre-release
Pre-release for	1.20
Downloads	Client (.json); Server
Obfuscation maps	Client; Server
Protocol version	dec: 1073741959; hex: 40000087
Data version	3455
Resource pack format	15
Data pack format	15
Minimum Java version	Java SE 17

1.20 Pre-release 2 (known as 1.20-pre2 in the launcher) is the second pre-release for Java Edition 1.20, released on May 16, 2023,^[1] which fixes bugs.

Changes

Gameplay

Creative inventory

Fish buckets are now listed in the same order as the fish items.
Dead coral blocks are now listed in the same order as the live corals.
Wither rose is now grouped with other small flowers.
Mangrove roots and muddy mangrove roots are now grouped with logs rather than leaves.

General

Title screen

Game now displays message box on startup if user enabled text-to-speech functionality, but it is not available.

Recipe

"item": "minecraft:air" can now be used to denote an ingredient that matches an empty slot.
- The following recipe types, however, do not allow for an empty ingredient:
  - minecraft:crafting_shaped
  - minecraft:crafting_shapeless
  - minecraft:smelting
  - minecraft:blasting
  - minecraft:smoking
  - minecraft:campfire_cooking
  - minecraft:stonecutting

Tag

Removed sunflower, lilac, rose_bush, and peony from #replaceable block tag.

Fixes

56 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.20

MC-1310 – Dispensed boats and rafts get stuck inside of dispensers used to place them.
MC-117815 – The sign GUI remains open when the said sign is destroyed.
MC-121433 – Non English letters are lower case in controls setting, while English are upper case.
MC-124327 – Changing the name of an item and then emptying the text field in an anvil doesn't make the rename unavailable, keeps last non-empty name on output item.
MC-132076 – Lowercase Letters in controls menu + "Not Bound" is missing.
MC-159633 – Command feedback messages are unnecessarily created during function execution.
MC-165562 – Command suggestion report "incorrect argument" when cursor is at the start of a node without suggestions.
MC-175504 – Single quotation marks are not supported in NBT paths.
MC-220096 – Graphics warning button(s) improperly capitalized.
MC-224976 – NativeImage.setPixelRGBA throws exception with message getPixelRGBA.
MC-226344 – Changing the Owner tag of a projectile doesn't affect the outcome of the projectile unless the world is reloaded.
MC-227890 – If you are falling with leather boots through powder snow, you still fall through.
MC-228529 – Tutorial keybind components are lowercase.
MC-237960 – New potion effect GUI doesn't work when using Programmer Art.
MC-250197 – Glass bottles are inconsistently referred to throughout some advancement description strings.
MC-252216 – 65540: Invalid scancode -1 logged in key bind menu when an option is unbound.
MC-252408 – Chat restriction strings consist of inconsistent concluding punctuation.
MC-256833 – Ridable entities that can be steered build up fall damage when on climbable blocks.
MC-257052 – You cannot double-click on languages within the "Language" menu to select them.
MC-257370 – Buckets of fish are not sorted in the same order as the fish items.
MC-257512 – Dead tube coral in creative inventory is in wrong order.
MC-258360 – Horse armor loses its NBT data when equipped on horses via right-clicking.
MC-258461 – The "Detect structure size and position:" string displayed within the structure block GUI is improperly capitalized.
MC-260468 – Wither rose is not grouped with other small flowers in the creative inventory.
MC-260602 – /data modify from string index failure does not return 0 for /execute store success.
MC-260711 – Some words within /datapack list command feedback messages are always pluralized.
MC-260712 – Some words within /scoreboard command feedback messages are always pluralized.
MC-260713 – Some words within /team command feedback messages are always pluralized.
MC-260715 – Some words within /bossbar command feedback messages are always pluralized.
MC-260716 – Some words within /fill, /fillbiome, and /clone command feedback messages are always pluralized.
MC-261024 – /execute if loaded does not guarantee entities are loaded.
MC-261080 – Player can fall through scaffolding when loading a world.
MC-261433 – Shield doesn't block TNT explosion.
MC-262440 – Sniffers can sniff while in love and pathfinding to their lover.
MC-262518 – The mco.configure.world.uninvite.player string contains an unnecessary space before the question mark.

From the 1.20 development versions

MC-261233 – Minecart movement is not reliably detected by sculk sensors.
MC-261349 – Chiseled Bookshelf won't rotate when placed as part of a structure.
MC-261816 – Most two block tall flowers do not block enchanting tables / are part of #minecraft:replaceable.
MC-261988 – Inconsistency with Mangrove Roots and Leaves in the Creative Tab.
MC-262033 – The command block GUI remains open when the said command block is destroyed.
MC-262106 – Smithing recipe must have template to work.
MC-262135 – Recipe book GUI is positioned incorrectly.
MC-262181 – NBSP is a valid invisible character that can be used to rename items to have blank names.
MC-262213 – Baby sniffer's head is smaller on the first frame of existing.
MC-262310 – Telemetry description strings consist of inconsistent concluding punctuation.
MC-262311 – The telemetry.event.game_load_times.description string is missing an article before the word "execution".
MC-262355 – Death messages for falling from climbable blocks do not work.
MC-262441 – Baby sniffers stand a bit too far away from players that are tempting them.
MC-262445 – The text cursor no longer renders above text.
MC-262446 – Text within buttons renders above the semi-transparent black lines at the edges of menus.
MC-262471 – Random skylight underwater where it shouldn't be, that cuts off at the chunk border.

From the previous development version

MC-262506 – Parts of beds render through the alternative recipe GUI in the recipe book.
MC-262508 – torchflower_crop causes the game to crash and locks the world when pollinated by bees.
MC-262531 – death.attack.genericKill.player displays raw translation string (is untranslated).
MC-262542 – Loot tables have the same loot sequence in each dimension.
MC-262557 – Ender Dragon respawns and exit portal does not open if the world was Saved and Quit in End before killing the dragon.

Video

Video made by Slicedlime:

Trivia

The update image is a reference to the famous photograph Lunch atop a Skyscraper by Charles Clyde Ebbets^[2]

References

↑ "Minecraft 1.20 Pre-Release 2" – Minecraft.net, May 16, 2023.
↑ Discord message in Slicedlime's fan server – on Discord.

Navigation

[1] "Minecraft 1.20 Pre-Release 2" – Minecraft.net, May 16, 2023.

[2] Discord message in Slicedlime's fan server – on Discord.

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