Java Edition 15w40a

15w40a
Java Edition 15w40a.png: Infobox image for 15w40a the version in Minecraft
Edition

Java Edition

Release date

September 30, 2015

Type

Snapshot

Snapshot for

1.9

Downloads

Client (.json)
Server (.exe)

Protocol version

75

Data version

133

Resource pack format

2

Minimum Java version

Java SE 6

15w40a is the twenty-ninth snapshot for Java Edition 1.9, released on September 30, 2015.[1]

Changes

Mobs

General

  • Changes to mob pathfinding.
    • Mobs now avoid cacti and fire.
    • Passive mobs following a player holding food now go around water, if possible.
  • Entities panicking and on fire preferentially run toward water within ±5 blocks horizontally and ±4 blocks vertically, even if they cannot actually reach it.

Shulkers

  • No longer attack on Peaceful difficulty.
    • Shulker bullets despawn on Peaceful, but not shulkers themselves.

Gameplay

Health

  • Players regenerate 1HP♥ every half-second instead of 1HP♥ every 4 seconds, when saturation is not empty.
    • Regenerating health increases exhaustion by 4 points rather than 3.

Fixes

6 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.9

  • MC-68403 – Entities become invisible after death and respawn.

From the 1.9 development versions

  • MC-84537 – Signed written book doesn't open when in off hand.
  • MC-86946 – Pick block in survival on items that are not on the hotbar causes client/server desync.
  • MC-88847 – Upside-down stairs are messed up.
  • MC-89602 – Minecart chests spewing out items.

From the previous development version

  • MC-89593 – The Void required for Adventuring Time.

Video

Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

  • 15w40a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.

References

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