Bedrock Edition Preview 1.20.40.22

Beta 1.20.40.22 (Android) or Preview 1.20.40.22 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox) is the third beta/Preview version for Bedrock Edition 1.20.40, released on September 20, 2023,^[1] which brings more parity with Java Edition and fixes bugs.

Controls

• Added the ability to customize touch controls.

Settings

• Added "Customize Controls" experimental touch option, OFF by default.
  • Enables the ability to customize touch controls.
    • It can only be done within a world.

Game rules

• The spawnradius game rule is now set to 10 by default to match Java Edition.

Goat Horns

• Now have a range of 256 blocks.

Iron Golem and Snow Golem

• Now have a crumbling-like particle effect when they are created.

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Beta APIs", "Molang Features", "Experimental Cameras", and "Render Dragon Features for Creators" experimental toggles.

API

• Camera APIs moved from beta to 1.6.0.
• Released Entity.is* API’s from beta to 1.6.0:
  • isSleeping.
  • isSneaking.
  • isSprinting.
  • isSwimming.
  • isClimbing.
  • isOnGround.
  • isInWater.
  • isFalling.
• Released player level & XP APIs from beta to 1.6.0:
  • addLevels.
  • addExperience.
  • level.
  • getTotalXP.
  • xpEarnedAtCurrentLevel.
  • totalXpNeededForNextLevel.
  • resetLevel.
• Released Player.is* API’s from beta to 1.6.0:
  • isEmoting.
  • isGliding.
  • isJumping.
  • isFlying.
• Updated all methods besides show on ActionFormData, MessageFormData, and ModalFormData to be callable in read-only mode.
• BlockInventoryComponent
  • container member variable now correctly reflects it can be a Container or undefined.
• Fixed a versioning bug preventing @minecraft/server-ui module from working with @minecraft/server above version 1.2.0.
• WeatherType moved to 1.6.0:
  • Moved function setWeather to 1.6.0.
  • Moved event/property entityRemove from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved event/property entityRemove from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class EntityRemovedAfterEvent from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class EntityRemoveAfterEventSignal from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class EntityRemovedBeforeEvent from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class EntityRemoveBeforeEventSignal from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved event/property entityLoad from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class EntityLoadAfterEvent from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class EntityLoadAfterEventSignal from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved event/property entitySpawn from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved enum EntityInitializationCause from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class EntitySpawnAfterEvent from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class EntitySpawnAfterEventSignal from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved event/property playerBreakBlock from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved event/property playerBreakBlock from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class PlayerBreakBlockAfterEvent from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class PlayerBreakBlockAfterEventSignal from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class PlayerBreakBlockBeforeEvent from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class PlayerBreakBlockBeforeEventSignal from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved event/property playerPlaceBlock from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class PlayerPlaceBlockAfterEvent from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class PlayerPlaceBlockAfterEventSignal from beta to 1.6.0.
• Moved class BlockEventSignalOptions from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Move isAir(): boolean from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Move isLiquid(): boolean from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved amount from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved keepOnDeath: boolean from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved lockMode: ItemLockMode from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved nameTag?: string from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved clone(): ItemStack from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved getTags(): string[] from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved hasTag(tag: string): boolean from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved setCanDestroy(blockIdentifiers?: string[]): void from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved getCanDestroy(): string[] from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved setCanPlaceOn(blockIdentifiers?: string[]): void from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved getCanPlaceOn(): string[] from beta to 1.6.0.
  • Moved function getProperty to 1.6.0.
  • Moved function resetProperty to 1.6.0.
  • Moved function setProperty to 1.6.0.
• Added function getWeather.

JSON

• The behavior.random_look_around_and_sit now has the field continue_sitting_on_reload.
• behavior.is_scenting renamed to generic behavior.timer_flag_1.
• behavior.is_rising renamed to generic behavior.timer_flag_2.
• behavior.is_feeling_happy renamed to generic behavior.timer_flag_3.
• behavior.timer_flag 1: Fires an event when this behavior starts, then waits for a duration before stopping. When stopping due to that timeout or due to being interrupted by another behavior, fires another event. query.timer_flag_1 will return 1.0 on both the client and server when this behavior is running, and 0.0 otherwise.
• behavior.timer_flag 2: Fires an event when this behavior starts, then waits for a duration before stopping. When stopping due to that timeout or due to being interrupted by another behavior, fires another event. query.timer_flag_2 will return 1.0 on both the client and server when this behavior is running, and 0.0 otherwise.
• behavior.timer_flag 3: Fires an event when this behavior starts, then waits for a duration before stopping. When stopping due to that timeout or due to being interrupted by another behavior, fires another event. query.timer_flag_3 will return 1.0 on both the client and server when this behavior is running, and 0.0 otherwise.

Molang

• Added a new query.is_in_lava query function to Molang, to know if a mob is currently in lava.

Render Dragon Features for Creators

• Disabled the "Deferred Technical Preview" on some Android devices that don’t support the current requirements for compute shaders (GL_MAX_COMPUTE_WORK_GROUP_INVOCATIONS >= 256).

14 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.20.0

• MCPE-41103 – Lava flowing down or fully spread out does not change to cobblestone when touched by water from the side.
• MCPE-153254 – Goat Horn has a very short sound range with other players.
• MCPE-168913 – Invalid data in sound_definitions.json can crash the game.
• MCPE-169067 – Editing sign in angle/side will edit back instead of the front.

From the version 1.20.0

• MCPE-169666 – Camels appear to slide when walking.
• MCPE-172369 – Camels indefinitely dash while in lava.
• MCPE-172846 – Camel's legs won't stop moving when idle.
• MCPE-172917 – There is no chat message for when skipping the night is not possible with playerssleepingpercentage set above 100.
• MCPE-173028 – "Detected lost connection" and "Abandoned connection closed" error message is untranslated.
• MCPE-173189 – [ScriptAPI] Some characters are counted as 2 or 3 characters in the character count check of the setLore() method.

From the previous development versions

• MCPE-173934 – Crash when enabling "Deferred Render" experimental feature.

Others

• Fixed an extremely rare bug (~0.000003% chance) that could cause item frames to not drop their item when hit or destroyed.
• Fixed a bug where closing the game while having the portfolio open resulted in a crash.
• Autocompleting text now moves the caret to end of the line.