Java Edition 16w21a

Minecraft 16w21a
16w21a.png: Infobox image for Minecraft 16w21a the version in Minecraft
Java Edition 16w21a.png: Infobox image for Minecraft 16w21a the version in Minecraft
Edition

Java Edition

Release date

May 25, 2016

Type

Snapshot

Snapshot for

1.10

Downloads

Client (.json)
Server

Protocol version

202

Data version

503

Resource pack format

2

Minimum Java version

Java SE 6

16w21a is the second snapshot for Java Edition 1.10, released on May 25, 2016,[1] which made minor changes to the behavior of blocks and items and fixed bugs.

Additions

Command format

NBT format

  • FallFlying
    • Allows mobs to use elytra when they fall.
      • Mobs lose their ability to fly after touching the ground.

Changes

Blocks

Bone blocks

  • No longer transparent.

Dispensers

  • Can now equip shields onto entities.

Rails (all types)

  • Bounding box for ascending rails is a full block (formerly only 532 of a block tall).

Structure blocks

  • No longer emit light.
  • Added "Structure Integrity and Seed" to load mode (NBT tags integrity and seed respectively).

Items

Chorus fruits

  • Can now teleport riders from their mounts.

Ender pearls

  • Can now teleport riders from their mounts.

Fishing rods

  • Can now pull items to the player.

Mobs

Wolves

  • No longer despawn.

World generation

End portals

  • Now replace any blocks inside the portal frame ring when activating.

Villages

  • Blacksmiths now generate with cobblestone in all biomes (rather than acacia logs in savannas and sandstone in deserts).

Command format

NBT format

  • IsVillager and VillagerProfession tags are now fully removed, replaced by the ZombieType first added in 16w20a.

General

Particles

  • fallingdust now can be summoned, making use of the params argument like blockcrack and several other particles do.
    • Example: /particle fallingdust ~ ~ ~ 0 0 0 0 1 0 @p 10 summons a particle matching the color of lava (block ID 10).

Fixes

25 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.10

  • MC-10046 – Random destination routine has a small statistical tendency to move more northwest (fix included).
  • MC-28424 – Untamed wolves and ocelots disappear.
  • MC-82425 – Insertion tag (tellraw) will not work on servers.
  • MC-84422 – No teleportation from any vehicle.
  • MC-93642 – XPOrb texture turns gray right before reaching player.
  • MC-93830 – Wolf tail height is not based on ratio of health to maxHealth.
  • MC-95910 – Unable to activate end portal with non-air blocks in the middle.
  • MC-95973 – Adult horse/donkey pathfinding Issue: 1 block elevations treated as 'non-traversable' terrain in certain configurations.
  • MC-96131/execute detect command causing entities within a chunk to be scoreboard reset.
  • MC-96269 – Skeletons, stray, witches, blazes, guardians and snowmen cannot shoot while in boats.
  • MC-97201 – Elytra stops working on relog.
  • MC-97526 – Signs, banners, skulls and chests are flashing when item spawner is nearby.
  • MC-97602 – Shift+clicking shield from inventory to shield slot.
  • MC-99945 – Cooked fish with numeric IDs not imported properly.
  • MC-101001 – Fishing rod cannot pull items.
  • MC-101680 – Batching chunks.

From the previous development version

  • MC-102052 – Structure blocks do not save properly.
  • MC-102068fallingdust Particle doesn't seem to work.
  • MC-102069 – Bone block is handled as a transparent block.
  • MC-102085 – Polar bears get stuck in standing position.
  • MC-102091 – Block hitbox/F3 crosshair issues.
  • MC-102103 – Savanna village blacksmith buildings burn themselves down.
  • MC-102125AreaEffectCloud with fallingdust particle crashes client "Exception while adding particle".
  • MC-102209 – Structure blocks melt snow.
  • MC-102238 – Surface-level abandoned mineshafts generate outside mesa and its variants.

Video

Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

  • 16w21a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.

References

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