Bedrock Edition Preview 1.20.0.23

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Beta 1.20.0.23 (Android) or Preview 1.20.0.23 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox) is the fourth beta/Preview version for Bedrock Edition 1.20.0, released on May 3, 2023^[1] which brings more parity from Java Edition and fixes bugs.

Gameplay

• Added new achievements:
  • Planting the past
    • Plant any Sniffer seed
  • Careful restoration
    • Make a Decorated Pot out of 4 Pottery Sherds

Title screen

• The panorama was changed to showcase a cherry grove biome.
• Changed the panorama rotation to clockwise.

Bedrock Dedicated Server

• Content logs now show in dedicated server console window with a configurable log level using these new server properties:
  • content-log-level - Sets the minimum level for content logs to output. Allowed values: verbose, info, warning, error. Default: info.
    • Note: This log level also affects content logs written to disk when using content-log-file-enabled=true.
  • content-log-console-output-enabled - Enables or disables content log output to the console window. Default: info.

Entities

• Custom entities with internal-only components or AI goals will fail to load in game.
• Custom entities are restricted to overriding Vanilla entities released before 1.20. Invalid entities used in the identifier or runtime_identifier field will result in content errors.

Items

• Released the following item components out of experimental in json formats 1.20.0 and higher:
  • minecraft:display_name
  • minecraft:durability
  • minecraft:fuel
  • minecraft:entity_placer
  • minecraft:icon

Accessibility

• Added new "Chat Message Duration" accessibility setting to change how long chat messages remain on screen (3 seconds by default).
• Renamed "Notification Duration" to "Toast Notification Duration".

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Beta APIs" experimental toggle.

Add-Ons and Script Engine

• Added PlacementPosition (minecraft:placement_position) BlockTrait block trait.
  • Adds states minecraft:block_face and/or minecraft: vertical_half.
  • minecraft:block_face is a six value string state (down, up, north, south, east, west) that contains info on which block face the player clicked on when the block was placed.
  • minecraft:vertical_half is a 2 value string state (bottom, top) with info on whether the block was placed in the lower or upper half of the block position.
  • Both of these states are set when the block is placed (onPlayerPlace).

API

• Moving getComponent(componentId: string): EntityComponent undefined method to 1.2.0.
• Moving getComponents(): EntityComponent[] method to 1.2.0.
• Moving hasComponent(componentId: string): boolean method to 1.2.0.
• Moving EntityComponent class to 1.2.0.
• Moving EntityBaseMovementComponent class to 1.2.0:
  • Moving readonly maxTurn: number property to 1.2.0.
  • Moving the following additional EntityBaseMovementComponent subclasses to 1.2.0:
    • EntityMovementAmphibiousComponent
    • EntityMovementBasicComponent
    • EntityMovementFlyComponent
    • EntityMovementGenericComponent
    • EntityMovementHoverComponent
    • EntityMovementJumpComponent
    • EntityMovementSkipComponent
• Renamed EntityIsDyableComponent class to EntityIsDyeableComponent and moved to 1.2.0.
• Moving the following additional EntityComponent subclasses to 1.2.0:
  • EntityCanClimbComponent
  • EntityCanFlyComponent
  • EntityCanPowerJumpComponent
  • EntityColorComponent
  • EntityFireImmuneComponent
  • EntityFloatsInLiquidComponent
  • EntityFlyingSpeedComponent
  • EntityFrictionModifierComponent
  • EntityGroundOffsetComponent
  • EntityIsBabyComponent
  • EntityIsChargedComponent
  • EntityIsChestedComponent
  • EntityIsHiddenWhenInvisibleComponent
  • EntityIsIgnitedComponent
  • EntityIsIllagerCaptainComponent
  • EntityIsSaddledComponent
  • EntityIsShakingComponent
  • EntityIsShearedComponent
  • EntityIsStackableComponent
  • EntityIsStunnedComponent
  • EntityIsTamedComponent
  • EntityMarkVariantComponent
  • EntityPushThroughComponent
  • EntityScaleComponent
  • EntitySkinIdComponent
  • EntityVariantComponent
  • EntityWantsJockeyComponent
• Added class EffectTypes
  • Added function get(identifier: string): EffectType - Returns the effect type if it exists.
  • Added function getAll(): EffectType[] - Returns all of the effects.
• Updated class Effect.
  • Updated duration property. Is the duration of the effect in ticks.
  • Added property typeId. Returns the effect’s type id.
• Added interface EntityEffectOptions { amplifier?: number, showParticles?: boolean }
  • Added function removeEffect(effectType: EffectType string): boolean - Removes an effect from an entity. Returns false if the effect is not found or does not exist.
  • Updated function getEffect(effectType: EffectType string): Effect undefined - Gets the effect if it exists on the entity. Otherwise returns undefined.
  • Updated function addEffect(effectType: EffectType string, duration: number, options?: EntityEffectOptions): boolean - Adds an effect to the entity. Returns false if the effect cannot be added (the effect does not exist, the duration is negative).
• Items using the minimum duration for the minecraft:fuel component now work in the Blast Furnace and Smoker.

Items

• Items with the minecraft:throwable component now trigger the throw sound effect when used

Scripting

• After Events
  • All non-before events have been moved from world.events to world.afterEvents.
  • events has been removed from the world object.
  • After events do not execute immediately, instead they are deferred until a later point in the tick when they are flushed. It is guaranteed that all events fired in a tick are flushed within a tick.

33 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.20.0

• MCPE-141124 – Inactive scroll buttons can still play scroll sounds
• MCPE-156331 – The title on the Behavior pack dialogue box is not capitalized correctly
• MCPE-166581 – Camera goes black when sneaking in a space that is 1.5 blocks high
• MCPE-167247 – Experience orbs do not merge
• MCPE-168885 – Calibrated sculk sensor ignores some redstone inputs
• MCPE-169423 – Z-fighting occurs on the sniffers' heads and ears

From the previous development version

• MCPE-168805 – Some brushing sounds missing
• MCPE-169491 – Sniffer eggs can be destroyed by fluids, which is different from turtle eggs
• MCPE-169492 – Pitcher Plant can be farmed with bone meals on the plant
• MCPE-169497 – Sniffer egg crack uses "block.turtle_egg.crack" sound event despite "block.sniffer_egg.crack" existing
• MCPE-169522 – Sign in Xbox screen image is upside-down.
• MCPE-169530 – Calibrated sculk sensors doesn't receive redstone signals going through blocks
• MCPE-169540 – Banner Shield and Trimmed Armor persists when placed in the bottom Grindstone slot instead of the top slot (java parity)
• MCPE-169562 – Amethyst resonance doesn't work when block of amethyst is placed above or below the sculk sensor
• MCPE-169654 – Crash when brush breaks
• MCPE-169929 – Relic Music Disc doesn't generate as an archeology loot in the trail ruins

Other

• Screen reader now properly reads description in popping window after disabling "Require Encrypted Websockets".
• Screen reader now properly reads description in popping window after disabling "Allow mobile data for online play".
• Sculk Sensors, Calibrated Sculk Sensors, and Sculk Shriekers will no longer lose in-flight vibrations when leaving the world.
• Fixed an issue where the Calibrated Sculk Sensor tendrils were not lighting uniformly.
• Fixed custom textures that override vanilla blocks with aux metadata as a list of textures.
• Breaking Pitcher Plants with Fortune enchanted tools will now not drop more than one flower.
• Bone Meal now can’t be used on Torchflowers to spawn other flowers.
• Using Bone Meal on a Torchflower Crop will now always make it grow one stage.
• Sniffer Egg can now be placed in water and lava.
• Screen fade effect when sleeping or using camera fade command will no longer appear when a picture is taken.
• Sculk Sensors and Calibrated Sculk Sensors now play their "power off" sound at the end of the Cooldown phase instead of the Active phase.
• Fixed issues with keyboard navigation on some menu screens on iOS and Android.
• Fixed a bug where respawning in VR sometimes softlocks the player in the death screen.
• Text shadowboxes now have the correct opacity on interactable block screens.
• Distinct green particles are now emitted by the player under effect of Hero of the Village status effect.
• Fixed a graphical issue where a gamepad icon would display over another screen.
• Fixed an issue were the setting had no affect on how long toasts remained on display.

1 issue fixed

From released versions before 1.20.0

• REALMS-11276 – When playing split screen, if the second player logs out, it disconnects both players from realm