What's new?
- Minecraft
- Valheim
Minecraft
The latest Java Snapshot of Minecraft comes with a lot of important changes, especially for experimental features. Mainly, these consist of tweaks to the Bundles, Minecarts, and the Redstone experiment, along with general technical improvements and bug fixes.This update must improve playability and polish any player feedback to make Minecraft an even better game.
Bundles
Example The Bundle tooltip will now have three rows, and it will hold at least eight types of items.This addresses player feedback that moving items in a Bundle made them hard to track.
Minecarts
The tooltip is now three rows in the Bundle, allowing for at least space for eight item types.This change addresses player feedback regarding the difficulty of tracking items as they move within Bundles.
Minecarts no longer snap forcefully to the centre of a block when landing on rails, enhancing movement realism.
They now snap to corners properly when snapped to diagonals and are placed with the proper rotation when placed on rails or slopes.
Dispensers and Minecarts now stack again.
Redstone Experiments
A left-first priority has been added to redstone wire updates, existing to reduce randomness in contraptions.This may affect the quasi-connectivity due to the removal of excessive neighbor updates around the redstone wire. These consequences will be addressed in future updates.
General Changes
Projectiles such as arrows and tridents now bounce off the world border upon impact.Other significant performance optimisations include more excellent framerates for higher render distances and less performance impact when turning the camera.
The recipe book now remembers the last selected recipe for easier crafting.
Items that convert to another item after consumption no longer do so in Creative mode, preventing unnecessary item generation.
Technical Changes
Data Pack Version 50Introduction of new item components, such as minecraftuse_remainder, minecraftuse_cooldown, and minecraftconsumable, which provide more detailed customization options for item behaviours.
Resource Pack Version 36
Consolidation of shader program definitions and adjustments to shader configurations, improving consistency and flexibility.
Bug Fixes
A lot of bugs were fixed, including those that involve Minecart behavior, visibility of enchantments, GUI crashes, and several other animation and rendering glitches.This snapshot provides a constant refinement and iterative improvement in Minecraft through the feedback of players and new technological opportunities that help give a much more refined and enjoyable experience.
Valheim
The latest patch update for Valheim is rather packed with a number of fixes and tweaks that will supposedly improve the overall experience, most especially in Ashlands. From adjustments in mining Flametal to bug fixes on several platforms, this update addresses the following attention-worthy points. A look at the key inclusions:Flametal Mining Adjustments
Reduced the chance of Flametal spires sinking on hit from 10% to 1%.Increased Flametal spire drop rate to 2-4 per chunk.
Fixed the sound Flametal ore makes when mined.
Enemy Spawn Rate Tweaks
Adjustments were made to the spawn rates of several Ashlands enemies, including Asksvin, Twitchers, Charred Archers, Charred Melees, Voltures, and LavaBlob.Trollstav Modifications
Trollstav can no longer be used in dungeons.A warning message is now given when trying to spawn too many trolls.
Spawned trolls are now susceptible to boss attacks.
Cooking and Building Fixes
The hare meat is now compatible with the wooden cooking station.Asksvin and Volture meat now require an iron cooking station.
Arched roof pieces in Grausten no longer have gaps between the top of two roof pieces.
Fixed performance issues regarding grausten building pieces.
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug that would be able to let players get stuck in a falling animation on the Flametal spires.Fixed corrupted network object issues which greatly benefits performance and stability in multiplayer.
Fixed some bugs of the player list, the duplication of the catapult item, and the sticking tooltips.
Platform-Specific Updates
Mac Fixed ping icons in non-single player-servers and improved scrolling for low-end systems.Xbox Fixed a crash that could occur when a game is suspended, resolved some bugs with player management and multiplayer sessions, and tuned minimap pin sizes on 4K screens.
These updates have been in the works to bring refinement to gameplay mechanisms and stability in Valheim across the board, ensuring the experience is more enjoyable for all.