Minecraft 26.2 Pre-Release 1

Today we're rolling out the first pre-release for 26.2! From this point on, you should mostly see bug fixes as we prepare for release. Pre-releases also break away from the usual Tuesday snapshot rhythm, so keep an eye out for the next one!

With this pre-release, we are removing the Peer-to-Peer connection feature introduced in a recent snapshot. Because the experience wasn't what we wanted it to be for all players, we do not consider the feature ready for release in its current form.

Known issues

• The game crashes on systems that do not have Vulkan
  • As a workaround, to run the game on these system, edit options.txt and find the line preferredGraphicsBackend:"default" - change the word "default" to "opengl"

Changes

Sulfur Cube mob

• Small Sulfur Cubes now have an updated model and texture
• The Sulfur Cube now has unique hit and push sounds for each archetype

Sulfur Caves biome

• Updated the fog color in the Sulfur Caves, Bedrock will match this color later
• Reduced the max growth length of the Sulfur Spikes

Potent Sulfur

• The continuous Geyser set-up now requires a source Lava Block to erupt

Sounds

• Updated hurt and death sounds for one of the chicken sound variants
• Small Sulfur Cube now have sounds playing when being fed with Slimeballs

UI

• The friend list button is now always visible, even if the feature is disabled in the options

Technical Changes

• The Data Pack version is now 106.1
• The Resource Pack version is now 88.0

Server properties

• Added chat-spam-threshold-seconds and command-spam-threshold-seconds properties, separating the spam thresholds for chat vs commands
  • Both thresholds are set to 10 by default, which was the existing threshold for combined command+chat spam
  • These thresholds configure the mechanism that automatically kicks players for sending too many chat messages or commands
  • The value describes how many seconds worth of spamming a player must do to get kicked, where each message a player sends increases the counter by 1 second
  • The counter is decremented once per tick (equivalent to 1/20th of a second), and a player is kicked if their counter reaches the configured threshold
  • Either threshold can be set to 0 to disable kicks for the associated type of spam
  • Examples of message rates that would cause a kick, given the default threshold of 10:
    • Sending 11 messages in 1 second
    • Sending 14 messages in 2 seconds
    • Sending 21 messages in 10 seconds

Data Pack Version 106.1

Sulfur Cube Archetype Registry

Added field:

• sound_settings - a field that contains various sound settings for the Sulfur Cube
  • hit_sound - sound event that is played when the Sulfur Cube is hit while it has a block inside
  • push_sound - sound event that is played when the Sulfur Cube is pushed while it has a block inside
  • push_sound_impulse_threshold - float that specifies the smallest impulse required to trigger the push sound effect on the Sulfur Cube
  • push_sound_cooldown - float that specifies the cooldown in seconds for the push sound effect

Commands

• The execute on owner command will now consider Vexes as owned by their Evoker

World Presets

• Added a new minecraft:flat_all_dimensions world preset
  • This preset does not show up by default in the create world screen

Resource Pack Version 88.0

Block Sprites

• Renamed block/quartz_pillar.png and block/purpur_pillar.png to append _side as a suffix

Entity Textures

• Added new Entity textures:
  • entity/sulfur_cube/sulfur_cube_outer.png
  • entity/sulfur_cube/sulfur_cube_inner.png
  • entity/sulfur_cube/sulfur_cube_outer_small.png
  • entity/sulfur_cube/sulfur_cube_inner_small.png

Sounds

• Removed sounds for Sulfur Cube:

  • entity.sulfur_cube.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.push

• Added sounds for Sulfur Cube:

  • entity.sulfur_cube.regular.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.regular.push
  • entity.sulfur_cube.bouncy.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.bouncy.push
  • entity.sulfur_cube.slow_flat.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.slow_flat.push
  • entity.sulfur_cube.fast_flat.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.fast_flat.push
  • entity.sulfur_cube.light.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.light.push
  • entity.sulfur_cube.fast_sliding.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.fast_sliding.push
  • entity.sulfur_cube.slow_sliding.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.slow_sliding.push
  • entity.sulfur_cube.high_resistance.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.high_resistance.push
  • entity.sulfur_cube.sticky.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.sticky.push
  • entity.sulfur_cube.hot.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.hot.push

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Pre-Release 1

• MC-134349 - Making a zoomed-out version of a map fails when using the pick block key
• MC-277487 - The game softlocks when attempting to create a new world if the saves folder is not writable
• MC-301761 - Elements within the realms “Players” tab all move down slightly when the “Invited” element is selected using the TAB key
• MC-302144 - Players respawn inside the bottom bedrock layers when the world spawn point is set in the Nether
• MC-302268 - Running multiple commands quickly kicks the player for spamming in multiplayer
• MC-303401 - Using the pick block key on maps with map_post_processing from a cartography table in Creative mode causes the game to crash
• MC-307008 - Severe loss of framerate in the new update
• MC-307159 - Using bone meal from the main hand simultaneously places a block held in the off hand
• MC-307330 - Major framerate drop in 26.1 and above
• MC-307536 - Performance drop while rendering decorated pots
• MC-307589 - Tridents don't render if their hitbox is far outside the player's field of view, even if part of them should otherwise be visible
• MC-307721 - Large numbers of banners in the world cause performance issues
• MC-307935 - Sulfur caves can eventually become overgrown with sulfur spikes
• MC-307951 - Piglins continuously make a sound while trying to zombify in Peaceful difficulty
• MC-307999 - The game's tick rate freezes for a while when a sulfur cube takes damage from Instant Damage with a very high amplifier
• MC-308039 - The click sound isn’t played when clicking on the “Microsoft account” link in the friends menu
• MC-308041 - Long usernames render outside of the friends list area
• MC-308045 - Small sulfur cubes don't have their own texture, unlike in Bedrock Edition
• MC-308057 - The “Manage online safety with your Microsoft account“ element in the friends menu is not perfectly horizontally centered
• MC-308111 - Items can enter the player's inventory after death, causing them to be deleted with the keep_inventory game rule disabled
• MC-308112 - The panorama starts spinning when entering the Music & Sounds menu from the accessibility onboarding screen
• MC-308141 - Friends' skins take a long time to show when opening the friends list
• MC-308157 - The game crashes when an evoker retaliates against a vex that has itself as its owner
• MC-308182 - The fog in sulfur caves is not green, unlike in Bedrock Edition
• MC-308184 - The game does not properly handle save folder deletion while running
• MC-308194 - The friend list doesn't use high contrast button textures when the "High Contrast" resource pack is enabled
• MC-308217 - Shulkers suffocate when opening while hanging from a block
• MC-308226 - Template models for signs are not prefixed with template_
• MC-308227 - Template models for beds are not prefixed with template_
• MC-308237 - Crash when post shaders fail to compile
• MC-308242 - Hanging signs' recipe unlock criterion name was changed to has_planks
• MC-308292 - The "My profile name: " string in the friends menu is placed to the left of the username even in right-to-left languages

Get the Pre-Release

Pre-Releases are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the Pre-Release, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.

Testing versions can corrupt your world, so please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

Cross-platform server jar:

• Minecraft server jar

Report bugs here:

• Minecraft issue tracker!

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