Java Edition 16w03a

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Minecraft 16w03a

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16w03a is the fiftieth snapshot for Java Edition 1.9, released on January 20, 2016.^[1]

Changes

Blocks

No longer immediately activate when placed on valid pyramids, as they had in the previous snapshot.

Non-mob entities

All types of minecarts now display their CustomName when CustomNameVisible is set.

Command format

/achievement

No longer affects statistics.

General

More new sounds.^{[more information needed]}
Some updated sounds.^{[more information needed]}

Fixes

14 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.9

MC-54546 – When a piston retracts, the piston will sometimes becomes transparent for a split second.
MC-68383 – Certain entities are not properly showing CustomName when CustomNameVisible is set to true.
MC-71006 – Minecart with hopper and minecart with chest's GUIs' name is "Minecart".
MC-75822 – Enderman will not attack upon being stared at above or below 5 blocks of them.
MC-80826 – /achievement command works unreliably with statistics.

From the 1.9 development versions

MC-88353 – Fishing Rod cannot cast from boat.
MC-89344 – Textures become invisible when breaking/placing blocks.
MC-91698 – Flying boat crash.
MC-92266 – Dead mobs are not removed from their teams.

From the previous development version

MC-95539 – All damage types cause knockback.
MC-95541 – Null pointer exception: Failed to load data for block entity Beacon.
MC-95547 – Building an end portal doesn't work.
MC-95612 – Variant biomes/M-types/sunflower plains are no longer being generated.
MC-95660 – Chicken dying in one tick from fire damage.

Other bug fixes

"Some serious issues that were not reported on our bugtracker, so they don't have a MC-number or ticket."^[1]

Videos

Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

16w03a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.

References

↑ ^a ^b "Minecraft snapshot 16w03a" (Archive) by Searge – Mojang.com, January 20, 2016.

Sources

Java Edition 16w03a — Minecraft Wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, revision 3397196.