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The Minecraft 1.18 snapshot features the new generation under the existing chunks. This is an exciting change for Minecraft players as it will increase performance and make gaming a more enjoyable experience overall. Minecraft 1.18 also includes bug fixes, optimizations, and some other minor changes that you can read about on the Minecraft website!
Additions and changes:
- The new underground generation is now inserted under the existing chunks when updating a world to the new height of the world.
- Added an online options screen where it is possible to find the option “Realms Notifications” and “Difficulty” while on a server.
- Added an “Allow Server Listings” option to opt out of having your name displayed in the server player listing.
- Sleep now resets the weather cycle only if it rains.
- Blocks and fluids are now also affected by the simulation distance.
- Optimization of entity collisions.
Technical:
- Servers can now set the property to so that they do not send the list of players when requesting status.
hide-online-players
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- When JFR profiling is initiated from an external source, JFR events for network packets are now aggregated instead of one event per packet.
Corrections:
The different corrections made with the 21w44a snapshot:
- [MC-63340] – Sleep always puts the time back until the next rain to zero.
- [MC-170551] – Foxes can not appear on podzol or sterile earth.
- [MC-200494] – In abandoned mine shafts, torches can be generated fixed on blocks other than wooden supports.
- [MC-216432] – Mine shafts can generate light, but without torches.
- [MC-216561] – Torches do not appear in abandoned mine shafts under y=0.
- [MC-217038] – Large caving structures can be generated outside the caves.
- [MC-236701] – The new mountain biomes are not required for the “Let’s go on an adventure!” progress.
- [MC-236938] – /jfr stop output has no link
- [MC-237986] – Structure-specific monsters do not appear in their structures.
- [MC-238062] – Foxes and wolves do not appear in the groves.
- [MC-238761] – The new underground biome are not required for the “Let’s go on an adventure!” progress.
- [MC-238877] – The oceans and deep oceans are not required for the “Let’s go on an adventure!” progress.
- [MC-238900] – Values of ‘Infinity‘ in the noise settings in the default natural generation
- [MC-238912] – Strips of powdery snow cannot be generated exposed to the surface.
- [MC-238962] – Icebergs go to the bottom of the ocean.
- [MC-238966] – The biomes “Primary Taiga of firs” and “Primary forest of birches” are not required for the progress “Let’s go on an adventure!”.
- [MC-238968] – The biomes “Windy Gravel Hills” and “Windy Savannah” are not required for the “Let’s go on an adventure!” progress.
- [MC-239280] – Withers do not move down to follow the player when the health of the Wither is less than or equal to half.
- [MC-239344] – All torches in mine shafts are oriented in the wrong direction.
- [MC-239359] – The Wither-skeletons can only appear on the bricks of the Nether.
- [MC-239689] – The Boolean “amplified” in the noise parameters does nothing.
- [MC-239854] – The worlds of Nether and caves are devoid of Bedrock.
- [MC-239858] – Nether decorations can be generated on the original Bedrock layer.
- [MC-239866] – The formatting of the terrain in is not used.
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How to install the Minecraft snapshot:
- Launch your Minecraft launcher and in the top tab, click Configurations.
- Then select the Snapshotcheck box. This will appear directly as a new profile.
- Launch the snapshot profile and enjoy the latest news.