Java Edition 15w43b

15w43b

Edition	Java Edition
Release date	October 22, 2015
Type	Snapshot
Snapshot for	1.9
Downloads	Client (.json) Server (.exe)
Protocol version	81
Data version	140
Resource pack format	2
Minimum Java version	Java SE 6
◄◄  1.8.9 1.9 1.9.1 ►► ◄  15w43a 15w43b 15w43c ►

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15w43b is the thirty-fifth snapshot for Java Edition 1.9, released on October 22, 2015 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

• Drops reverted back to 0–2 gunpowder and 0–1 ghast tears, incremented as usual with Looting.

Rabbits

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

Skeletons

• Drops reverted back to 0–2 arrows and 0–2 bones, incremented as usual with Looting.

Squid

• Now drop 0–2 ink sacs (was 1–3), incremented as usual with Looting.

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

• Drops reverted back to 0–1 rotten flesh and 0–1 gold nuggets, incremented as usual with Looting.

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.