Bedrock Edition Preview 1.20.30.24

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Beta 1.20.30.24 (Android) or Preview 1.20.30.24 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox) is the ninth beta and eighth Preview version for Bedrock Edition 1.20.30, released on August 23, 2023,^[1] which brings more parity from Java Edition, and fixes bugs.

UI

• Added three new user-friendly disconnection error messages

All Mobs

• Burning mobs now catch the player on fire upon attacking.

UI

• Improved two user-friendly disconnection error messages.
• New death screen now has partial support (color, static obfuscation) for "Formatting Codes".

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

API

• Changed scoreboardIdentity to be valid even after the entity has been killed.
• World Events
  • Renamed BlockBreakAfterEvent to PlayerBreakBlockAfterEvent
    • Added readonly itemStackAfterBreak?: ItemStack (undefined if empty hand)
    • Added readonly itemStackBeforeBreak?: ItemStack (undefined if empty hand)
  • Renamed BlockBreakAfterEventSignal to PlayerBreakBlockAfterEventSignal
    • subscribe function now takes options?: BlockEventOptions
  • Added PlayerBreakBlockBeforeEvent with the following members
    • cancel: boolean, cancels event from happening
    • itemStack?: ItemStack, the item stack in use by the player (undefined if empty hand)
    • readonly player: Player, the player breaking the block
  • Added PlayerBreakBlockBeforeEventSignal
  • Renamed BlockPlaceAfterEvent to PlayerPlaceBlockAfterEvent
  • Renamed BlockPlaceAfterEventSignal to PlayerPlaceBlockAfterEventSignal
    • subscribe function now takes options?: BlockEventOptions
  • Added PlayerPlaceBlockBeforeEvent with the following members
    • cancel: boolean, cancels event from happening
    • readonly face: Direction, the face the block is being placed on
    • readonly faceLocation: Vector3, the location on the face the block was placed on
    • itemStack: ItemStack, the item stack being used to place the block
    • readonly player: Player, the player placing the block
  • Added PlayerPlaceBlockBeforeEventSignal
  • Modified WorldAfterEvents
    • Renamed blockBreak to playerBreakBlock
    • Renamed blockPlace to playerPlaceBlock
  • Modified WorldBeforeEvents
    • Added playerBreakBlock
    • Added playerPlaceBlock
  • Added BlockEventOptions with the following members
    • blockTypes?: string[], names of blocks to be filtered against
    • permutations?: BlockPermutation[], specific block permutations to be filtered against
  • Added class EntityLoadAfterEvent
    • New field entity: Entity
    • Added class EntityLoadAfterEventSignal
  • Class EntitySpawnAfterEvent
    • Added property readonly cause: EntityInitializationCause_
  • Class WorldAfterEvents
    • Added property readonly entityLoad: EntityLoadAfterEventSignal
  • Added enum EntityInitializationCause

Graphical

• Disabling Beautiful Skies or Smooth Lighting no longer affects visuals while using Deferred or Ray Tracing in the Deferred Technical Preview
• Moved Smooth Lighting and Beautiful Skies buttons to only appear in the Simple and Fancy graphics menus in the Deferred Technical Preview
• Bloom option removed from Simple, Fancy, and Ray Tracing menus in the Deferred Technical Preview

11 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.20.0

• MCPE-77746 – Burning mobs do not catch player on fire.
• MCPE-132511 – Sound not playing while getting out of Water.
• MCPE-168789 – Nametags are completely invisible while sneaking.

From 1.20.x versions

• MCPE-173524 – Multiple /camera commands in the same tick are ignored.
• MCPE-173706 – Chunk-wide block rendering lag triggered by block updates along chunk borders.

From 1.20.30 versions

• MCPE-174011 – Tripwire hooks delay activation and deactivation for 0.5 seconds, and hooks connected to tripwire to the South (+Z) or West (-X) disconnect during the delay.

other

• Fixed feedback button behavior in the new Play Screen not linking to the feedback page.
• Fixed various pixel scaling issues on the HUD screen.
• Fixed an issue where content errors for items at the latest format version would appear for other items.
• The game menu gamepad shortcut on the new death screen now works correctly.
• Concrete Powder blocks are now the correct color for worlds imported from previous versions.