Minecraft 1.17.30.20 Changelog

Features and Bug Fixes

Stability and Performance

• Fixed several crashes that could occur during gameplay
• Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur when downloading large Marketplace worlds

Accessibility

• Text to Speech now correctly reads item names in the inventory
• Inventory grid slots are no longer double counted for Text to Speech focus controls

Gameplay

• Light blocks are now visible when holding another, and also show brightness value
• Fixed Light Block not being removed when left-clicking it while holding a Light Block
• Fixed Light Block brightness not being adjustable when right-clicking it
• Fixed Light Block hitbox issue
• Fixed Barrier Block being destructible whilst not holding a Barrier Block
• Boats now disappear from inventory correctly after placing it on water in Survival mode

User Interface

• Text to Speech for chat setting once again correctly narrates chat messages
• Sidebar strings are now localized properly when a new language is loaded or the current language changes
• Updated the Achievements button and moved from the Profile screen to the Main Menu and Pause screens
• Enabled new achievements screens for VR (not including PSVR)

Vanilla Parity

• Eating Chorus Fruit while gliding no longer deals fall damage to the player
• Fixed an animation parity issue with Skeletons not using both arms to hold their Bows

Mobs

• Fixed an issue where mobs would sometimes render with incorrect geometry when viewed from the Structure Block preview window
• Experimental Features: Wither can now be spawned on negative heights
• Ghasts no longer spawn in less than 5x4x5 area
• Magma Cubes no longer spawn in less than 3x3x2 area
• Medium Magma Cubes now have a larger hitbox
• Shulker boxes now remain in Dispensers when dispensed at world limit

Blocks

• Unicode font now correctly highlights on Signs with glowing text
• Waterlogged blocks no longer occasionally turn into ghost blocks
• Pumpkins placed facing South, East, or West now can now be used to trade with Villagers if they were mined with Silk Touch tools
• More Candles can no longer be added to Candles placed without any support block

Graphical

• Sky no longer renders through walls of a large enclosed area when using fog

Technical Updates

EDU / Chemistry

• New chemistry material reductions can be defined in the JSON files
• Chalkboards now appear consistently when being placed

Commands

• The '/clone' command now copies signal strength for Levers and Redstone Dust
• The '/structure' command can now specify a <to: x y z> position argument with y below 0 as long as it is equal or above the minimum height for that dimension
• Added functionality for Intellisense options: "d" and "default" in the gamemode command selector
• Minecart with Command Block can now use the self selector (@s) in its commands to target itself
• The "/time set" command now sets the correct time and day when specifying a time above 24000 or below the current time (e.g. "/time set 0" sets the day to 0, "/time set 28000" sets the day to 1), and "/time" can now set or add to a negative world time

Items

• Updated documentation formatting for item components
• Using water buckets to collect fish has been version locked to prevent breaking old world templates

Mob

• Fixed the ability to add launch point positional offset for projectiles spawned with the 'spawn_entity' component
• Fixed the ability to add angular offset to launch vector for projectiles spawned with the 'spawn_entity' component
• Fixed offset not working for projectiles summoned through an interaction
• Fixed projectile 'angleoffset' value only reflected if shooter is riding another entity
• Fixed rotation of projectile launchpoint around a mob when projectile offset specified

Molang

• Fixed 'query.item_remaining_use_duration' having improperly scaled or inverted results (This is to fix a Versioned Change as of engine version 1.17.30)
• Added 'query.facing_target_to_range_attack', which returns whether or not the queried actor's 'minecraft:behavior.ranged_attack' goal is currently running