Java Edition 14w08a

14w08a is the thirteenth snapshot for Java Edition 1.8, released on February 19, 2014.^[1]

Trapdoors

• Now called "Wooden Trapdoor".

/execute

• Now pass their success value back to the command block running them.

Superflat worlds

• Presets now use the new block ID format.
• Block ID/number of layers format changed from NumberxID to Number*ID.
• Preset code version number changed to "3".

Player list

• Improved the health objective display on the player list.
• Falls back to textual display if space is scarce, with colors (green/yellow/red) to show different health levels.
• Additional health squashes the display together to fit.

42 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.8

• MC-19 – Having FOV over 100 and sleeping in bed will cause you to look inside your head.
• MC-107 – Potion of night vision: total blackout.
• MC-1458 – Zombie/skeleton wearing a chestplate not displaying the sleeves of the chestplate properly.
• MC-3599 – Sleeping in beds above layer 128 in multiplayer causes the player to fall into the void (visually only).
• MC-5653 – Enchanted book offers will only ever get worse with villager trades.
• MC-8201 – Lit TNT falls into floor on reload.
• MC-9562 – Double clicking in creative inventory doesn't auto-stack the items.
• MC-9866 – Upper part of a Door does not open when placing a Block of Redstone beside it.
• MC-11170 – F3 pie graph bug.
• MC-13381 – Spawner shows activity when eyes pos in range, but actually only produces mobs when feet pos in range.
• MC-18245 – Renaming + enchanting cost bug.
• MC-30350 – Superflat Swampland doesn't generate lilypad.
• MC-30450 – /give command creates crash-inducing items with incomplete dataTag.
• MC-32434 – Various ocelot spawning problems, again.
• MC-32867 – Stained clay blocks act as wood if a fence is underneath.
• MC-38014 – When /setblock oldblockhandler is set to replace, it still drops container items.
• MC-40986 – Tellraw command crash (stat.entityKilledBy).
• MC-47857 – Realms Backup "No" button doesn't work.

From the 1.8 development versions

• MC-44347 – Structures spawn in the incorrect biome.
• MC-44382 – /blockdata command with signs.
• MC-44613 – Wrong text for opening a locked beacon.
• MC-44651 – For @e is no description inside commandblocks.
• MC-45079 – Missing string when running /clone commands.clone.success.
• MC-45114 – Superflat customization still uses block IDs.
• MC-45327 – Grass blocks don't mipmap properly.
• MC-45674 – Villagers only plant wheat.
• MC-46329 – Realms player count is no longer updating.
• MC-46417 – Sprint particles in Spectator mode.
• MC-46457 – Players are stuck in the map barrier.

From the previous development version

• MC-48386 – Iron Trapdoor has the name "tile.ironTrapdoor.name".
• MC-48395 – When swimming in water, players do not drown.
• MC-48399 – /execute not obeying the gamerule commandBlockOutput false rule.
• MC-48408 – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException: Handling packet.
• MC-48411 – java.lang.NullPointerException: Exception in server tick loop.
• MC-48414 – Nametag shown in inventory screen.
• MC-48449 – Commands in the form /execute testforblock do not update comparators correctly.
• MC-48464 – "/scoreboard players test playername" will not tab-complete the objective argument.
• MC-48507 – /testforblock command not working with execute command.
• MC-48509 – No way to hide commands executed by entities for OPs.
• MC-48515 – Moving in water bug of light.
• MC-48955 – Cave spiders can breathe underwater.
• MC-49019 – Partial NBT data matching breaks checking for empty containers.

• 14w08a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.