Minecraft 1.20.5 Snapshot 24w04a Patch Notes

Minecraft: Java Edition Snapshot 24w04a

A new Minecraft: Java Edition update, known as snapshot 24w04a, was released for computers on January 24, 2024. It brought a huge change to the Breeze and Armadillo creatures that would later appear in the regular game. The update also makes the game run better and adds a new command called /transfer, which allows players to move between servers.

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If you want to try out all the cool new stuff in this Java version, it’s easy. Just use the game’s official launcher, click a few times, and make sure your network is good. In a short time, you can check out all the new things without having to wait too long.

Minecraft 1.20.5 Snapshot 24w04a Patch Notes

Variety

  • The Armadillo now also rolls up when it detects a mob or a player that has recently attacked it

  • When an armadillo is in its rolled-up state, its carapace protects it and reduces damage to it, even making it completely resistant to weak attacks.

  • Renamed “Allow cheats” to “Allow commands”

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technological changes

  • Packet version is now 29

  • Added option to use faster zone file compression algorithm on dedicated servers

  • Introduced changes to optimize the world

  • Improved server TPS debugging graph

  • Reduced the time it takes to generate buried treasure explorer maps

Zone file compression algorithm

  • Added dedicated server configuration property region-file-compression, with 2 possible values:

    • Deflate, the default option.Use old algorithm

    • lz4 uses the LZ4 algorithm, compression and decompression require less CPU time but use more disk space

  • Changing the compression algorithm does not automatically recompress the world

World Optimization Changes

  • Optimizing a single player world and running a dedicated server using forceUpgrade will now also upgrade the world’s entities and the contents of the poi directory

  • Added recreateRegionFiles dedicated server startup parameters

    • It will trigger a world optimization similar to forceUpgrade, but will also rewrite all blocks regardless of whether they have been upgraded or not

    • This will create a new and defragmented zone file

    • Using this parameter after changing the zone file compression server properties will recompress all zone files in the new format

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Improved server TPS debugging graph

  • As before, this can be accessed by pressing F3 + 2 in the single-player world

  • The dark red portion at the bottom of the chart shows the time spent during the server tick’s main logic.Equivalent to the values ​​shown in the old chart

  • The light brown section shows the time spent running the scheduled task

  • The purple section shows the time spent executing all other code during the tick

  • The top light green (or yellow or red, depending on lag) section shows the time spent idle, waiting for the next clock cycle

  • min, avg, max aggregate values ​​based on the sum of the first 3 parts

Packet version 29

transfer instruction

New command that triggers player transfer to another server. Only exists on dedicated servers.

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syntax:

transmission<主机名> [<port>] [<players>]

parameter:

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  • hostname: a string describing the hostname of the server to connect to

  • port: Integer representing the port number of the server to connect to – if omitted, 25565 is used

  • player: player to transfer – if omitted, @s is used

Experimental features

breeze

  • Breeze is now aggressive against steel golems in addition to players

  • Breeze no longer retaliates against attacks from: skeletons, wanderers, zombies, husks, spiders, cave spiders, slimes

  • The above mentioned creatures will not fight back when damaged by Breeze’s wind projectiles.

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Fixed bug in snapshot 24W04A

  • MC-232489 – Removing plants from pots ignores inventory contents

  • MC-266449 – Breeze does not attack or retaliate against creatures it sees

  • MC-266707 – Trial generator ignores custom_spawn_rules

  • MC-267925 – Removing an item from a flowerpot while holding it causes the item to end up in your off-hand

  • MC-267937 – Shooting Breeze with the Piercing Crossbow crashes the game

  • MC-267938 – When the “spawnChunkRadius” game rule is set to a large value, the world loading percentage value may be overwritten by the spawn chunk loading animation

  • MC-267941 – End portal kills mobs at spawnChunkRadius 0

  • MC-267953 – No element is focused when opening the realm world backup menu using keyboard navigation

Get snapshot

Snapshots are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install Snapshots, open the Minecraft launcher and enable Snapshots in the Installation tab.

Test builds may break your world, so please back up and/or run them in a different folder than the main world.

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