Bedrock Edition beta 1.16.200.52

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Beta 1.16.200.52 is the second beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.16.200, released on October 28, 2020,^[1] which added some of the first Caves & Cliffs features behind experimental gameplay toggle, and fixes bugs.

Grass Path

• Renamed to “Dirt Path”
• Can now be made on top or side of dirt, coarse dirt, mycelium, and podzol.

Netherite leggings

• Changed the texture of the worn netherite leggings model.

Scripting, Add-Ons, and Technical

• Changed set_block and set_block_at_pos to use BlockDescriptor when specifying block_type
• Items with the item lock component no longer cause the recipe book to show invalid recipe results

Blocks

• Added query.cardinal_facing_2d to get a ground plane direction that doesn't return up or down
• Added the ability to put block models into the models/blocks folder
• Added the ability for item triggers to send events to the block they are interacting with (when there is one such as on_use_on)
• Added the ability to query the interacted face for both interactions with blocks and using minecraft:on_use_on in an item. Face can be queried with query.block_face

Event Responses

• add_mob_effect and remove_mob_effect no longer throw content errors when valid effect names are passed in
• Added documentation for remove_mob_effect to make creators aware they can use the value "all" in effect to remove all mob effects from a target

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Caves & Cliffs" experimental toggles.

Powder Snow

• Currently only available through the creative inventory.
• Entities, including mobs and players, can enter powder snow blocks.
  • Their movement is slowed down while inside, and fall damage is ignored.
  • Powder snow can be climbed similar to ladders or scaffolding. Downward movement cannot be accelerated.
• Have a slightly different texture than regular snow blocks.
• When the player is inside the block, a powder snow block fog is rendered around them and an overlay texture is rendered on the HUD.
• Currently behind Experimental Gameplay toggle (Caves and Cliffs sub-toggle)

Goat Horns

• Dropped by a goat if it rams into a block.
• When used for a short period of time, it makes a sound identical to the horn heard during raids.
• Currently behind Experimental Gameplay toggle (Caves and Cliffs sub-toggle)

Spawn Eggs

• Added goat spawn eggs.
  • Currently behind Experimental Gameplay toggle (Caves and Cliffs sub-toggle)

Goats

• Spawn in the Extreme Hills biome.
• Take reduced fall damage.
• Will sometimes attempt to ram other mobs, including players.
  • The ram target can be up to 16 blocks away, but the ram itself only goes 9 blocks. Goats will attempt to get closer to targets that are too far to be reached.
  • Have a cooldown of 10 to 15 seconds between attacks.
  • Will not attack goats and shulkers.
  • Ram will be canceled if attacked.
• Drops a horn when they ram into a tree.
• Can be bred with wheat.
  • Breeding results in 3 to 8 baby goats.
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• On death, they do not drop items, but adults will drop experience.
• Can be milked with a bucket, similar to cows.
• Can be attached to a lead.
• Currently behind Experimental Gameplay toggle (Caves and Cliffs sub-toggle).

Performance and Stability

• Fixed several crashes that could occur during gameplay
• Large numbers of scheduled instant updates should no longer crash the game (MCPE-94942)
• Fixed occasional crash when going through a portal or flying around
• Fixed a crash that would occasionally occur while flying or moving around the game world

General

• Only preview items will be shown in crafting screen when auto crafting an item on controller. This prevents rapid updates of the recipe book
• Fixed a bug where End Portal blocks were not removed after an End Portal Frame block is destroyed. Filled blocks other than end portal blocks will remain in place
• Fixed paperdoll such that it can now always be rotated with the mouse when in the dressing room (MCPE-101210)

Accessibility

• Emote wheel now supports the screen reader
• Fixed a bug where UI screen reader did not read the screen title and shortcut buttons on the Invite to game Screen
• Fixed an issue where the screen reader was not reading updates often enough on some devices
• Fixed the screen reader so messages with controller icons in the Chat Screen are read correctly
• UI Screen Reader now reads the Open Chat Message while Text To Speech For Chat is turned off

Gameplay

• Double chests no longer lose contents when reloading the world (MCPE-102970)
• Compass is no longer consumed when used on a Lodestone in creative mode (MCPE-96258)
• Cocoa Pods generated in jungle now generate in the proper direction (MCPE-102399)
• Signs no longer replace decorations when attempting to place in the same space as the decoration
• Right-clicking a snow block with a shovel no longer breaks the snow block
• Dirt paths (formerly grass path) can now be made by using a shovel on dirt, podzol, mycelium or course dirt (as well as grass)
• Updated the Netherite leggings texture (MCPE-103016)
• Twisting Vines can no longer be placed on Composter blocks while sneaking (MCPE-78973)

Mobs

• Villagers will no longer steal workstations from each other (MCPE-43071)
• Mobs no longer randomly stop attacking and following their targets (MCPE-48144)
• Piglins that are close together can no longer pick up the same item if it's dropped between them
• Mobs no longer spawn in Wither Roses (MCPE-97331)
• Bees now only exit at the front of Bee Hives and Bee Nests

Commands

• /playsound commands now play the sound correctly for all players in range
• /effect command duration is now capped at 1,000,000 seconds (MCPE-92916)
• Add ticking area commands performed in the same tick now disallow adding areas with the same name twice
• Placeholder text message for the /titleraw command success no longer returns to player (MCPE-63618)
• FadeOut argument is no longer ignored in /title's times command

Graphics, Textures, and User Interface

• Update Zombified Piglin texture to remove flickering of loincloth (MCPE-96793)
• "Classic Controls - Intense" font color now matches the surrounding text in VR Controls menu
• [X] button in Chat Settings is no longer present when using a controller
• Profile screen has been improved, now characters will be visible and can be selected or modified as soon as they load
• Fixed a bug where the visual focus indicator was lost when hovering on tabs
• Glowsticks no longer use placeholder textures (Education Feature) (MCPE-45686, MCPE-68417)
• Loading screen tips won't display the key tips.game.62
• Avoid purchasing Realm if player cancels out of "Purchase History Needed" dialog

Technical

• Fixed face occlusion with data driven blocks to properly account for unit cube transparent vs unit cube opaque
• Fixed a crash caused by heap corruption with entity_collision and pick_collision components
• Data-driven blocks no longer have their top faces rotated 180 degrees when carried or in inventory (MCPE-63134)
• Mobs are no longer teleported back and forth outside solid objects if there is not enough space for multiple entities (MCPE-101202)
• Fixed items not being placeable in additional horse equipment slots. Does not fix all equippable behaviors
• Inventory size on the minecraft:inventory component has to be increased to match the equippable slots in order for the server to accept the item placement
• The tooltip for item with item lock component will no longer show when game rule showtags is disabled