Mojang has embarked on an exciting journey with the launch of the pre-release phase for Minecraft Java Edition 26.3, heralding the upcoming Wilderness Drop. The initial pre-release is now accessible, marking a pivotal shift in development focus towards refining the game through bug fixes and enhancements as the full release approaches.
In addition to an extensive list of bug fixes, Pre-Release 1 introduces a noteworthy technical upgrade to the Number Provider system. Below, we delve into the details of Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 Pre-Release 1.
Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 Pre-Release 1 Patch Notes
Here are the patch notes for Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 Pre-Release 1:
UI Changes
macOS Improvements
- Exclusive Fullscreen mode has returned for macOS users.
- A new “Menu/Dock Visibility” option is now available in Video Settings, allowing players to control the visibility of the macOS Menu bar and Dock while in fullscreen mode.
- The cursor is now confined to the window when Exclusive Fullscreen is active.
Technical Changes
Number Provider System Overhaul
The standout technical enhancement in Pre-Release 1 is a comprehensive restructuring of the Number Provider system. The registries for minecraft:numberprovider and minecraft:numberprovider_type have been divided into separate registries for integer and float calculations:
- Integer: minecraft:contextintprovider and minecraft:contextintprovider_type
- Float: minecraft:contextfloatprovider and minecraft:contextfloatprovider_type
A variety of number provider types have been categorized into integer and float variants, including:
- Integer: minecraft:constant, minecraft:uniform, minecraft:storage, and arithmetic operators have been renamed – minecraft:sum is now minecraft:add, minecraft:product is now minecraft:mul, minecraft:minimum is now minecraft:min, and minecraft:maximum is now minecraft:max.
New integer-specific providers include:
- minecraft:abs, minecraft:sub, minecraft:mod, minecraft:floormod, minecraft:div, minecraft:floordiv, minecraft:pow, minecraft:negate, and minecraft:from_float.
New float-specific providers include:
- minecraft:ceil, minecraft:cos, minecraft:sin, minecraft:sqrt, minecraft:floor, minecraft:round, minecraft:truncate, minecraft:length, and minecraft:from_int.
Cooking Recipe Changes
- The cookingtime field for all cooking recipes is now mandatory. Custom Smoker and Blast Furnace recipes should be updated to include an explicit cooking time value.
Block State Providers
- Block State Providers can now be defined as standalone types in a registry and referenced via a namespaced string.
- Several provider types have been renamed for consistency, including minecraft:simplestateprovider to minecraft:simple and minecraft:weightedstateprovider to minecraft:weighted.
Bug Fixes
Notable fixes in Pre-Release 1 include:
- Resolved an issue where fuel in Blast Furnaces and Smokers was smelting double the expected number of items.
- Fixed Endermen’s ability to teleport onto waterlogged blocks.
- Corrected the behavior of arrows bouncing off Endermen during teleportation.
- Addressed the simultaneous use of jab and charge attacks by Drowned holding spears.
- Rectified the swimming animation of Drowned.
- Fixed the landing behavior of Ender pearls at high speeds.
- Corrected the music event in Dappled Forests, which was incorrectly using Flower Forest music instead of Forest music.
- Fixed the generation of Copper veins producing ores with stone variants on the deepslate layer.
- Addressed the generation of deepslate iron ore and tuff veins above Y=0.
- Resolved an issue where Abandoned Camps located on biome edges could generate Explorer Maps leading back to themselves.
- Fixed empty buried treasure maps from previous game versions displaying incorrectly.
- Corrected the alignment of the World Options screen.
- Fixed an infinite loading screen issue caused by enabling commands in World Options and clicking Edit Game Rules.
- Resolved the difficulty locking issue that did not immediately disable the difficulty button.
- Fixed precision loss in Number providers when reading initial values in integer mode.
Players can now download this pre-release on their devices to explore the new features ahead of the official drop in the coming weeks.
