What's New in Minecraft Snapshot 18w20a?

Pre-releases are getting closer, so here's a snapshot full of bug fixing goodness - 18w20a!

Official announcement: https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/m...

Minecraft news playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEqam...

What's New in Minecraft 1.12? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Hsq...

The Minecraft JIRA (bug tracker): https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC

If you want to play this snapshot, choose the "Snapshots" profile in your launcher. Keep in mind that snapshots are unstable - they can break your world if you are unlucky - keep backups!

Changes in this version:
World upgrades:
- 18w16a worlds are supported again
- Fixed shields with banner having broken colors when upgrading
- Fixed vines placed against the ceiling and the wall not being upgraded correctly
- Fixed levers placed on the ground and ceiling rotating when upgrading
- Fixed scheduled block updates getting lost when upgrading a world from 1.12.2
- Fixed renamed placed droppers losing their custom name when upgrading from 1.12.2
- Fixed block entities not being upgraded properly when upgrading from 1.12.2
- Fixed spawn egg data loss when upgrading from 1.7.10
- Fixed shulkers becoming dark purple when upgrading from 1.12.2
- Fixed chests placed in earlier versions making no sound when opened
- Fixed the command block and spawner minecart data fixer not working correctly
- Fixed the command block minecart data walker never running due to comparing different types

Worlds:
- Fixed the density of nether and overworld ore veins being significantly lower
- Fixed some end cities not generating completely
- Fixed igloos often failing to generate completely
- Fixed shipwrecks always facing north
- Fixed command block minecarts disappearing when reloading a world

Gameplay:
- Fixed tridents hitting mobs not falling properly
- Fixed tridents going through closed shulkers, withers, ender dragons, and invulnerable mobs
- Fixed tridents not being able to destroy armor stands
- Fixed loyalty tridents returning to spectators
- Fixed tridents enchanted with channeling working in the end during a thunderstorm under certain conditions
- Fixed tridents breaking blocks in creative mode
- Fixed fire not disappearing/spreading too quickly
- Renamed some items
- Can sleep next to mobs
- Camera animations in/out
- Fixed opening chat while F1 is toggled making the hotbar appear
- Fixed solid blocks placed on unhydrated farmland near water not destroying the farmland
- Fixed right clicking adult skeleton horses or mules with spawn eggs not spawning a baby
- Fixed bonemeal not placing flowers in plains biomes
- Fixed bonemeal stopping placing plants after placing one flower
- Fixed players being able to walk on water with the slow falling effect
- Fixed being able to stand up even with a block above while swimming
- Fixed tropical fish disappearing when named with nametags
- Fixed fish having a strange shadow
- Fixed squid ink clouds appearing to render/spawn sideways or lopsided
- Fixed drowned chicken riders being invincible, not attacking players
- Non-chicken jockey zombies will no longer gain a chicken when drowning
- Baby drowned can still spawn with a chicken
- Fixed killing a drowned not counting towards the Monster Hunter/Monsters Hunted advancements
- Fixed the "A Furious Cocktail" advancement not requiring resistance

Translations:
- Fixed the debug stick text not being translated in other languages
- Fixed fish mobs missing their translation strings

Commands / Tech:
- Proper JSON text component prefix/suffix support for scoreboard teams: /team option teamName (suffix|prefix)
- Fixed the feedback of some commands using the OS locale for formatting decimal numbers
- Fixed attribute modifier tooltips using the OS locale
- Fixed "italic":false in custom item names not making the name non-italic
- Fixed texture metadata parsing failing if animation block is not present

Bugs:
- Command blocks lose their commands
- Fixed water acting like air on multiplayer
- Sea grass doesn't update properly from previous snapshot versions

Music: "In This Moment" by Sappheiros (https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic/) and outro music "The Fire" by Amarante (http://amarante.bandcamp.com) licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)

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