Java Edition 14w20a

14w20a

Edition	Java Edition
Release date	May 15, 2014
Type	Snapshot
Snapshot for	1.8
Downloads	Client (.json) Server (.exe)
Protocol version	18
Resource pack format	1
Minimum Java version	Java SE 6
◄◄  1.7.10 1.8 1.8.1 ►► ◄  14w19a 14w20a 14w20b ►

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14w20a is the twenty-third snapshot for Java Edition 1.8, released on May 15, 2014, which adds the /title command.

Additions

Command format

/title

• Can make text display on a player's screen in the form of a title and/or subtitle.
  • /title <player> times <fadeIn> <stay> <fadeOut>
    • Set the fade in time, the stay on screen time and the fade out time for the title.
  • /title <player> title <raw json message>
    • Set and start showing the title.
  • /title <player> subtitle <raw json message>
    • Set and start the subtitle.
  • /title <player> clear
    • Clear titles immediately.
  • /title <player> reset
    • Reset all title parameters to defaults (fade times).

General

Splashes

• Added the following splashes:
  • "Run, coward! I hunger!"
  • "Blue warrior shot the food!"
  • "Warning! A huge battleship "STEVE" is approaching fast!"
  • "Rise from your grave!"

Changes

Blocks

General

• Blocks no longer have bits for metadata, the freed up bits are now used for block ids (dynamically).

Mobs

Slimes

• "Slime sizing was moved to a post-spawn method, so the slime's canSpawn() method would report spawnability based on the initial size, not the final size. There is an added secondary check which fixes the issue."

World generation

Caverns

• Now generate on the surface of desert, mesa, mega taiga and mushroom biomes.

World border

• If a player is stuck outside the world border, it is possible for them to freely fly/walk around (not possible to freely walk through the border).

Command format

/tellraw

• Now has a selector argument.
  • Allows to print player's names.
  • Example: /tellraw @a {selector:"@a[team=TeamRed]"} prints everyone who is on TeamRed.
  • Also works with /title.

Gameplay

Spectator mode

• Adjusting fly speed in Spectator mode now works vertically too.

Player list

• Made tab-list more consistent and a little prettier when using health display objective.
• Now groups together teams.
• Now sorts players by name.

General

Debug screen

• The 'Towards Positive/Negative X/Z' was re-added.

Fixes

23 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.8

• MC-8881 – Mobs treat any layered snow as non-solid.
• MC-26203 – Scoreboard: player does not appear in sidebar after setting initial score to zero.
• MC-33084 – /give command at dead players.
• MC-41234 – "/summon"ed or spawned LeashKnots always spawn at 0, 0, 0.
• MC-51776 – 32000 Command block character limit only works as a 16000 character limit within Minecraft.
• MC-52881 – Knockback distance incorrect, depends on login order.

From the 1.8 development versions

• MC-44331 – Interacting with invalid villagers crashes the game.
• MC-45303 – Surface dungeons generating without spawner, chests, and most of floor.
• MC-46765 – Leaves, Block of Redstone, TNT and Glowstone cause suffocation damage.
• MC-48442 – Mob Dungeon spawning without floor / with broken chests / overwritten spawner.
• MC-48535 – Creeper explosion animation missing if mobGriefing set to false.
• MC-49577 – Slime spawning bug.
• MC-50275 – Leads don't show knot on fence posts and cannot be right clicked.
• MC-50323 – Chest not openable with item frame on, standing too close.
• MC-50852 – /scoreboard players reset * objective clears sidebar for other scoreboard objectives.
• MC-50974 – Renamed items not displaying name in item frames after respawn.
• MC-51080 – Endermite ignore PersistenceRequired tag.
• MC-53380 – Staying outside border makes you unable to move at all.
• MC-53435 – Debug screen: Facing towards negative/Positive X/Z removed.
• MC-53469 – Sliders have incorrect values causing world to never be created (java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: n must be positive).
• MC-54164 – footstep, hugeexplosion and largeexplode particles don't appear.
• MC-54228 – Respawning after death outside of world border places player at Y=256.
• MC-54381 – /scoreboard players operation doesn't work on a player that's not on a scoreboard, but also does work.

Trivia

• 14w20a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.
• "Warning! A huge battleship "STEVE" is approaching fast!" is a reference to Darius, a series of games with the same sentence, showing before boss fights.