Minecraft PE 1.20.40.23 Changelog

Audio

• The updated splash sounds now play on Android as well

Blocks

• Third person camera no longer phases through the lower part of Cauldron
• Falling in Powder Snow no longer causes any damage, no matter the height fallen from
• Lightweight mobs and entities wearing Leather Boots once again sink into the top layer of Powder Snow when falling from a height of more than two and a half blocks

Gameplay

• Goat Horn sound is now considered a Jukebox/Note Block sound again
• Fixed an issue where the game would lock up if a mob would move on a block with 0 friction

Graphical

• Random lights no longer appear in the world without a source

Graphics

• Splash particles are now emitted at an actor's waist instead of above their head

Items

• Warped Fungus on a Stick is no longer held backwards in first person view

Mobs

• Fixed a bug where the Sniffer ended digging as soon as item was created, not at the end of the specified dig duration 

Stability and Performance

• Fixed a crash related to tessellation of water blocks

User Interface

• Placing invalid items into offhand slot will no longer cause them to drop 

Technical Updates

EDU Features

• Fixed a bug that prevented summon NPC commands from working if the users did not have worldbuilder permissions where the base version of the world was before 1.19.80

Editor

Fixed this week:

• Fixed a bug that prevented the Origin Vector3 item in the Selection pane from updating when the movement gizmo was dragged.

Entity Components

• Unlocked “behavior.random_search_and_dig” for creators to use
• "target_blocks" field added. List of blocks that the mob can dig on. Default if "target_blocks" isn't added is Dirt, Grass, Podzol, Dirt with Roots, Moss, Mud, and Muddy Mangrove Roots
• "item_table" field added. Path to a loot table that specifies what the mob can dig up. "item_table" takes precedence over "items"
• Content errors added if the behavior has trouble reading or finding "item_table" and if unable to get an item from "items"
• 'on_item_found' event now fires on item found AND digging finished. Before the event firing caused the digging to stop early

Experimental Technical Features

API

• Added matches function called on an entity, which takes in EntityQueryOptions and returns true if the entity matches and false otherwise.
• Moved getRotation from beta to 1.6.0
• Move setRotation from beta to 1.6.0
• Added PlayerLeaveBeforeEvent- This event fires when a player leaves the server, before the Player object is removed
• Releasing PlayerDimensionchangeAfterEvent beta to 1.6.0

Graphical

• High emissive values (> 0.25) no longer obscure surface detail in the Deferred Technical Preview