Java Edition 15w43b

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15w43b
15w43a.png: Infobox image for Minecraft version '15w43b'
Java Edition 15w43b.png: Infobox image for Minecraft version '15w43b'

15w43b is the thirty-fifth snapshot for Java Edition 1.9, released on October 22, 2015[1] to fix an issue with multiplayer from the previous snapshot and to get custom drop tables working, as well as add subtitles.

Additions

General

Subtitles

  • Display sounds for the hard of hearing/deaf.
    • Mobs have individualized subtitles, for example: "Creeper hissing".
    • "<" or ">" points in the direction the sound is coming from.

Changes

Blocks

Water

  • No longer shows the flowing animation when directly adjacent to glass.

Mobs

Elder guardians

  • Drop chances for raw fish or prismarine crystals changed again.
    • Now it's a 50% chance for fish, 33% for crystals, and 16.7% of nothing, with the amount increased by Looting.

Ghasts

Rabbits

  • Drop feet again as a rare drop.
  • Meat drop is no longer affected by Looting.

Skeletons

Squid

Wither skeletons

  • Coal drop changed to 0–2 coal, incremented as usual with Looting. This is still an increase over 15w42a.
  • Bone drop reverted back to 0–2 bones, incremented as usual with Looting.

Zombie pigmen

World generation

Igloos

  • A golden apple is now always present, and no longer disappears if the chunk is unloaded before the chest is opened.
  • Made the basement walls less uniform.

Fixes

9 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.9

  • MC-2931 – Boat location desync.
  • MC-35790 – Stationary water shows flowing animation at the sides of glass blocks.
  • MC-72878 – Name plate is inside baby villager's head.

From the 1.9 development versions

  • MC-90096 – Dispensers don't dispense all types of boats.
  • MC-90576 – Frost walker turns flowing water into frosted ice.

From the previous development version

  • MC-91043 – Packet 0/72 (ia) was larger than I expected, found 19 bytes extra whilst reading packet 72.
  • MC-91044 – Language selection screen is empty.
  • MC-91046 – Missing pack.mcmeta on default resource pack.
  • MC-91098 – Rabbits doesn't drop rabbit foot.

Videos

Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

  • 15w43b was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.

References

Sources