Java Edition 18w03a

Minecraft 18w03a

Edition	Java Edition
Release date	January 17, 2018
Type	Snapshot
Snapshot for	1.13
Downloads	Client (.json) Server
Protocol version	354
Data version	1462
Resource pack format	4
Data pack format	4
Minimum Java version	Java SE 8
◄◄  1.12.2 1.13 1.13.1 ►► ◄  18w02a 18w03a 18w03b ►

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18w03a is the fourteenth snapshot for Java Edition 1.13, released on January 17, 2018, which changes the horse model again, improves command performance and fixes bugs.

Additions

General

Crowdin

• Applied new translations.

Changes

Mobs

Horses

• Updated the horse model yet again.
  • The mane, as well as the tail, are longer.
  • Texture was altered to appear slightly more detailed.

Command format

• Improved performance of command parsing & data pack loading.
• Improved performance of command execution.
• Added commands to the profiler (/debug).
• /data get with a path now works on non-numeric values.
  • Retrieving a string now sets the length of the string as the result of the command.
  • Retrieving a list now sets the number of elements in that list as the result of the command.
  • Retrieving a compound now sets the number of tags that are directly in that compound as the result of the command.
• Added the /particle <name> <pos> shortcut.
  • delta, speed, and count default to 0.

Fixes

15 issues fixed

From the 1.13 development versions

• MC-122196 – Language options are blank.
• MC-123285 – Crash on startup with a debug log4j config.
• MC-124072 – performance problems with "execute" command.

From the previous development version

• MC-124113 – Ender dragon boss health bar shows incorrect name.
• MC-124115 – The summon command suggests "minecraft:player" and "minecraft:fishing_bobber".
• MC-124116 – execute positioned as <entity> run <command> returns Unexpected error.
• MC-124120 – "execute rotated as" gives an unexpected error.
• MC-124122 – Zipped datapacks cannot be loaded.
• MC-124124 – /teleport ... facing ... is not working correctly.
• MC-124138 – local coordinates (^ ^ ^5) require an entity even after execute-facing.
• MC-124150 – Entity related server warning messages output TextComponent/TranslatableComponent object rather than the entity's name.
• MC-124179 – Translations are displayed UTF-8 encoded.
• MC-124222 – When using /execute store or if/unless score, execute sub-commands only run (for each entity), if store/score entity selector finds at least one entity for each execution.
• MC-124256 – /gamerule reducedDebugInfo required a relog.
• MC-124286 – Crash on "show_entity" hover event with nbt as value.

Videos

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