Minecraft 26.2 Snapshot 8

Today we're shipping 26.2 Snapshot 8! OpenGL is now the default, while Vulkan moves into experimental territory. You'll also find updates to the sulfur cave and sulfur cube, along with beds that are now a bit bouncier than before!

Happy bouncing!

New Features#

Sulfur Caves biome#

• If exposed to the surface, the biome will generate with all the features of the underground Sulfur Caves biome

Sulfur Cube mob#

• Sulfur Cubes containing a block inside are now immune to damage from Magma Blocks, as well as from other Sulfur Cubes that contain a Magma Block

Changes#

• The game will now use OpenGL graphics API by default
• Beds are now slightly more bouncy to match Bedrock

Changed "Graphics API" Video Setting#

• "Vulkan" is now marked as "Experimental"
  • You can still use it if you want, it works well on most common systems, but may reduce performance or cause instability on some other systems
• "Default" option will now use OpenGL behind the scenes
• The setting will be reset to "Default" for all players

UI Sprites#

• Added friends/background_dark — a darker variant of the friends/background panel sprite, used as the background for confirmation dialogs in the Friends UI

Technical Changes#

• The Data Pack version is now 106.0

Damage Types#

• Added a new minecraft:sulfur_cube_hot damage type

Data Pack Version 106.0#

Commands#

Publish#

• The publish command now takes an additional boolean as it's first argument to specify whether the server should be opened to online multiplayer or just local multiplayer
  • Default: true (online multiplayer)

Unpublish#

• Added unpublish command that unpublishes your integrated server if there is one present

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Snapshot 8#

• MC-306673 The color of sleeping baby snow foxes' eyes is inconsistent with their adult variant
• MC-306738 Blocks sometimes remain visible after breaking
• MC-306750 The texture of snifflets contains unused pixels
• MC-306962 The "Take Screenshot" key bind doesn't work when set to a mouse button
• MC-307212 The texture of the back of gurgles' right arm has a line of miscolored pixels
• MC-307363 Baby hoglins' mane no longer appears on both sides of the body texture
• MC-307833 The world freezes when villagers with specific trade sets level up
• MC-307911 The death message for dying to a sulfur cube with an absorbed magma block is " discovered the floor was lava"
• MC-308035 Standing signs next to blocks now have an extra dark looking face
• MC-308047 Friends service forbidden (403) — user may lack an active profile
• MC-308048 The "options.inGameNotification" string is improperly capitalized
• MC-308058 Sulfur cubes touching cacti spam the hurting sound
• MC-308061 Games published with /publish are shown as offline in the multiplayer options screen
• MC-308073 Text in the friends list warning screen can extend outside the window when reducing the resolution
• MC-308102 Non-friends can join a friends-only world if they are using the same network
• MC-308103 The sign editing screen no longer distinguishes between standing signs and wall signs
• MC-308104 The side faces of wall signs do not get culled against blocks
• MC-308114 The name of the debug property that simulates friend-only chat repeats the word "DEBUG_"
• MC-308145 Cannot see own chat messages when chat is restricted to friends only by Xbox options
• MC-308163 Entities pushed upward by geysers take fall damage proportional to the time they have been hovering for when landing
• MC-308168 The skin preview in the skin reporting screen can no longer be rotated vertically
• MC-308181 When the Villager Trade Rebalance experiment is on, the "Bounce" music disc does not generate