Minecraft 26.2 Pre-Release 5

Today it is time for 26.2 Pre-Release 5, with a change to Hardcore mode settings along with other fixes! As announced at Minecraft Live, the drop is set to release on June 16!

Happy (careful) hardcore mining!

Changes

• The game setting for Graphics API now changes if a crash is detected during startup
• The sound for when hitting the sulfur cube of a bouncy archetype now plays the correct sound
• As the host of a world, changing the game mode with F3 + F4 or with commands now changes the default game mode of the world
• The "Game Mode" and "Allow Commands" buttons are no longer available in Hardcore mode worlds

Startup and Fallback Behavior for Graphics API

• If the game crashes at startup with "Prefer Vulkan" set, the setting will automatically be changed to "Default"
• When set to "Default", the game will still attempt to gather systems information about Vulkan at startup
• If the game crashes at startup with "Default" set, the setting will automatically be changed to "Prefer OpenGL"
  • With "Prefer OpenGL" set, no interaction will be made with Vulkan in case that causes crashes

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Pre-Release 5

• MC-308470 - The "bouncy" sulfur cube archetype's sounds play at a significantly higher volume
• MC-308575 - The flower_default and flower_warm features generate a single flower, instead of a flower patch
• MC-308587 - Using a spear with Lunge on a geyser launches you downwards
• MC-308619 - Players can change their game mode from the World Options menu in hardcore worlds
• MC-308620 - Pressing the key bound to the "Friends Screen" key bind in the username field in the friends screen closes it instead of typing
• MC-308622 - Custom dialog buttons break the game menu
• MC-308630 - Changing whether commands are enabled does not properly update the state of the "Game Rules" button in the World Options screen
• MC-308633 - Changing your game mode with commands doesn't update the World Options screen
• MC-308648 - The "Statistics" button in the game menu is shifted to the right when there is a "Server Links..." button
• MC-308657 - The gui.friends.error.unauthorized string contains a comma splice
• MC-308674 - After re-entering the save, the game mode is set to Survival mode.
• MC-308686 - Hardcore death can be bypassed by rejoining the world

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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