Minecraft Snapshot 19w42a

By popular demand, this snapshot makes Honey Blocks and Slime Blocks no longer stick together. Show us your coolest contraptions!

Changes in 19w42a

• Honey Blocks and Slime Blocks no longer stick together
• Dispensers now eject empty bottles properly when not facing water
• Bugfixes

Fixed bugs in 19w42a

• MC-82943 - Witch held item uses player held item position
  
• MC-111444 - Elytras can't open if the server is lagging or when moving upwards
• MC-114106 - Dispenser plays failed sound when equipping a single pumpkin or skull
• MC-127573 - Hover text is displayed for multiplayer chat while in bed even if chat is hidden
• MC-131061 - Armor stands cannot be placed by dispensers
• MC-132445 - Spawn eggs used on water do not display a hand animation
• MC-134495 - Click and hover events still work when F1 is toggled
• MC-158585 - Villagers spawned from dispensers have default textures no matter what biome they are in
• MC-159347 - "Bee nest" is not capitalized correctly
• MC-159947 - Fire charge from dispenser does not light campfire
• MC-160477 - Dispenser with empty bottles plays successful sound when attempting to remove honey from non-full bee house/empty space
• MC-160524 - Wet sponges placed in the nether make no sound
• MC-160894 - Shovel swings when right-clicking on any block
• MC-160895 - Breeding animals does not display a hand animation
• MC-160896 - Shearing sheep and mooshrooms does not display a hand animation
• MC-160897 - Dropping an item using the drop key displays the hand animation but dropping items from within the inventory does not
• MC-160901 - Using an item while looking at an entity is no longer possible
• MC-160993 - Empty flower pots cause arm animation to play even when holding incompatible items
• MC-161151 - Right clicking on redstone ore, which causes it to light up, plays no hand animation
• MC-161154 - When the ender eye is unavailable, the hand animation is still playing
• MC-161220 - Right-clicking on a button while it's pressed inwards still plays a hand animation
• MC-161424 - Chest hatch floats when the chest is open; affects all types of chests
• MC-161832 - Transparent and translucent blocks in the inventory render their bottom face
• MC-161854 - Animation of teleporting through a nether portal and nausea effect are broken
• MC-161872 - Trident item is very small and renders as a 3D model when dropped or in an item frame
• MC-161876 - Armor models aren't enchanted inside
• MC-161886 - Dropped trident items rotate around an external axis / Bed items rotate around a non-centered axis
• MC-161924 - Default texture minecraft:entity/conduit/open_eye causing mipmap to drop from 4 to 3
• MC-161939 - Leads are always rendered bright
• MC-161982 - Glowing effect outline no longer applies to banners carried by entities with the glowing effect
• MC-162226 - Large chests are z-fighting with themselves when the two chest blocks have different light levels
• MC-162245 - Item frames aren't lit properly (too bright)
• MC-162261 - Placed rails are not immediately updated when connecting to other rails
• MC-162374 - Trident position is not adjusted properly if the player is sneaking
• MC-162402 - Some items are not adjusted properly in third-person mode if the player holding them is sneaking
• MC-162529 - Water doesn't have any mipmaps
• MC-162534 - When crouching, player, skeleton, zombie and other heads will clip through player
• MC-162540 - When a witch drinks a potion, it's far from her body
• MC-162611 - Breaking animation is rendered upside down
• MC-162729 - Held map doesn't respect light level
• MC-162783 - Banner block outline is white
• MC-163001 - Certain items have a black background
• MC-163008 - Zombies, husks and giants have black heads
• MC-163009 - Zombie and player head blocks are completely black
• MC-163019 - Honey blocks don't prevent slimes and magma cubes from jumping
• MC-163022 - Mobs do not avoid walking over honey blocks
• MC-163030 - Advancements menu isn't clipped by bounds properly
• MC-163045 - Breaking animation is not always displayed correctly, depending on the angle it's viewed from
• MC-163085 - Textures on some horses and donkeys/mules appear black/white on their hair and tails
• MC-163089 - Saddle texture on horses/donkeys appear black or completely broken
• [MC-163110 - Some blocks are lit inconsistently in the inventory
• MC-163146 - Entities and items without transparency by default ignore transparency in resource packs
• MC-163159 - Honey block recipe is unlocked when honey block is obtained
• MC-163227 - Persian cats have a black nose
• MC-163242 - Item models render shadows incorrectly and based on camera vector
• MC-163255 - Some mobs can still jump when on a honey block
• MC-163314 - Minecarts cause constant noises when in a honey block
• MC-163371 - Paintings drop after world reload

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