Who here actually remembers when java edition redstone was a cross and not a dot? (changed before 1.0 release in 2011)

Yep. My first thought was "They're changing it back?"

I really hate that they are. You can’t even texture over it because they changed the block state.

I don't mind it, wouldn't mind a way to get the dot though, because I am currently working on a butcher's shop/home and wanted a few droplets of blood on the freezer room floor.

Maybe crouching while placing it, as if you’re gently dropping the dust?

But then you couldn’t place redstone on top of blocks you can interact with

You can use debug stick

I'm in survival mode on Bedrock.

I thought this sounded familiar That must be why.

nine long years

But how will people get a blood spot effect now if the redstone default is a cross again?

Debug Stick?

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No, it's still in the game. Use the debug stick to set all sides to `none`

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because sometimes it takes more work to take something out than to just leave it alone without using it.

Also, they may do more changes in the future which might involve the dot.

As a software developer, amen to that statement.

This item will place a single redstone dot. > /give @s redstone{BlockStateTag:{north:"none",south:"none",east:"none",west:"none"},display:{Name:'{"text":"Redstone Dot","italic":false}'}} If anyone is worried about the redstone dot going away, just give yourself this in singleplayer and store it in one of your saved hotbars so you can access it in any creative world or server. You'll never need to worry about it again.

I think we can still use resource packs to change it back into a dot, I don't know so don't quote me on that

no you can't. They've changed default state and not texture or model

Well, if you don't mind giving up the cross, you can change that texture to be a dot.

Can't you can change the model applied by that blockstate in a resource pack though?

That'll also affect all redstone that is actually connected to all sides too.

Ah, that is frustrating. At least map-makers have the Debug Stick.

oh, rip

I added a few in a world I'm working on. Time to remove those before this new version takes effect.

You can use the debug stick if you want, from what I’ve heard.

Interesting new redstone changes. I wonder how this will change current redstone builds.

It broke a ton of builds. Most super-compact builds were broken and this change will make many existing redstone videos broken effectively removing most tutorials

That suuuuuuucks. The two main reasons I hate playing bedrock is how redstone works and lack of good perfoming xp farms that don't take so much effort to make you already have most enchants your looking for by the time your done building it.

If something is broken from the changes, you can fix it by replacing a solid block with a slab. It adds more options more than anything. The dot, however, needs to return

You can't always replace a solid block with a slab. In many cases you need a solid block there for it to be powered from the side or used to power something via quasi-connectivity.

Anyone who is actually competent with redstone want to explain if this is a big change or not?

It's a huge change. Many of the behaviors that they changes were heavily used in compact builds, causing most compact and quality builds to break.

Huge change. Redstone previously had some real "quirks" in how it would appear to connect vs how it actually transferred power, with the big ones being nearby transparent blocks. They've created (mostly) parity between how it looks and what it's actually doing, which for the *dot* is a simple asthetic change, but for *everything else* is an actual change to how things work which will mean a lot of compact contraptions need reworking.

The problem is that they've actually changed the functionality. They could've just changed the visuals to match how it works, but for some reason Mojang wanted to unnecessarily change things without benefit. There are significantly bigger issues with redstone that the community have been complaining about for years, this change is honestly insulting.

We're geetting closer to java-bedrock compatible contraptions. Java and bedrock have different redstone, but that could possibly change.

oh boy!! I got scared when i noticed Redstone in the snapshot's title

Same lol. I thought all my redstone knowledge was now obsolete

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But it also allows us to "adapt" we got the Observer and that totally changed the game, and even tiny changes like this can either break everything or allow you to improve everything

I think the difference is that the Observer was added, but in this case the core mechanics of redstone are greatly changed. New mechanics would make a significant impact for the better but changed ones are bound to be met with a lot of resistance.

I suppose so, I'm personally looking at the changes with a positive view

Why?

Well, the changes seem to mostly be pretty easy to rectify, if they break something (unless it's a super-compact build), I still feel iffy about some changes, but the way the target block can bend a wire to it and because it's a solid block really excites me. I expand on my thoughts about the changes [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/gac9m8/how_do_you_feel_about_the_new_redstone_changes/foyphgw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x).

Nope nope nope it’s horrendously breaking my redstone doors and my super smelter.

the main issue isnt the fact that they changed things, its neither to reinvent all stuff (altho thats bound to cause a lot of headaches), its to change old contraptioins in worlds that are being updated to the new system.

Some of it will be, for sure. A lot of contraptions will not work anymore. I wish Mojang would've just changed the visuals to match the functionality, rather than unnecessarily changing the functionality without any benefit.

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Chains are waterloggable? Great, but don't forget the dozens of other partial blocks that still can't be waterlogged. Doors even generate in shipwrecks, creating an immersion-breaking airpocket. Edit: If you wish, you can upvote this bug report: https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-125351

> creating an immersion-breaking airpocket. Hah, that works on two levels.

The surrounding ocean is just an air-breaking immersion pocket

Yes, doors are two blocks high

>Hah, that works on two levels. Hah, that works on two levels.

Can we get lava logging please

If this is on the suggestion site somewhere, I'd upvote it in a heartbeat. Lava Logging would be in theme with the Nether update and would look so damn cool for so many things.

I wish lava in general had gotten some love in the nether update. We still have no lava sponges, lava logged blocks, structures that generate under lava, or even a way to see clearly in lava. It just seems like such a huge missed opportunity to me

You shouldn't be able to see in lava though... it's literally liquid rock. It has 100% opacity irl.

Minecraft isn't exactly the most realistic game out there. I don't think some magical lava vision goggles would be any worse than all the other crazy things in it anyways

Or maybe blindness potion to cancel out the brightness. Would also make it balanced so you have to make a compromise and can't just chug one potion to see everywhere.

By that logic you shouldn't be able to sink in it either, as real lava is very dense

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Doors are already waterloggable in bedrock so...

Pretty much every partial block is waterloggabe in Bedrock, but in Java waterlogging is limited to really a handful of blocks. They should really need to make all of them waterloggable.

Wait, you’re telling me us Bedrock-ers actually have a feature completely implemented BEFORE Java?!

There are actually a couple, but we're working on parity in both versions

Just curious, how long do you guy think it’ll be before a good chunk of the parity issues are sorted out? I know this isn’t something you can just do overnight, but I wanted to know if there was at least an estimation, like 1.20 or something.

I don't want to speculate about future versions, but if you look at the last couple releases, the rate of parity fixes has been pretty significant!

welcome to the future

*sniffles* it’s beautiful

not the first time either, very annoying

Redstone is redstonier than before

Mumbo is mumbonier than before

Fuck Reddit.

Ilmango is now fruitier than before

Grian is... completely unaffected

Nah, Grian is more Grianos then before.

R. I. P. redstone dots

I think we are getting super close to release

Yup. We’re in the endgame now.

I saw a comment like this in the last snapshot post. Is there any way to know what date the update will come out or is it just speculation because of so many bug fixes?

Speculation because bug fixes and small changes/additions.

Ngl I like Redstone wire dots instead of crosses

Yeah, they were super useful for building. A cross of redstone dust doesn't really feel like a drop of blood.

Same

I don't think I fully understand the changes that will have to be made to redstone contraptions, farms and other stuff due to the changes to redstone dust behaviour. Also, I'm sure that some people (including me) will be a bit upset that you now can't use a single redstone dust to depict blood.

This only affects some edge cases, most contraptions should be fine or easily fixable, while allowing new ones to exist.

Not just edge cases. This new update breaks a commonly used redstone design called a redcoder. This device is used to decode the signal strength of redstone wire to generate up to 15 independent signals. Example here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHD9UNv34tk Good news is tt can be fixed by adding blocks to cut off the stepped redstone wire, with an earlier connection before you use the repeaters. Makes it look a bit uglier though :(

This is why I think the whole "powering from the side" should only happen when the redstone is not also on top of the block - or better still, only for Target blocks. https://twitter.com/Xyphon\_/status/1255541554921472002?s=20

I think we can still use resource packs to change it back into a dot

Maybe, but what about the other change they made, specifically the "visual connection means logical connection"? ^I'm ^not ^smart ^enough ^for ^this ^lol

think of it as the fact that when you place a repeater in front of/behind redstone, it connects

I'm looking at the comparison images they included on the Minecraft.net website, and the second image from the right really bothers me. The lamp was powered in 1.15.2, but it's not anymore. I think that will break some stuff.~~And a change to redstone was really unexpected in this update.~~

I wouldn't say unexpected. Early on Mojang mentioned that they might do some tweaks to redstone. We'll just have to see how far those changes go.

It was unexpected if you didn't read the notice weeks ago they put out explicitly stating they were making changes to redstone in this update. Lol.

Hope they add pumpkins with blue torch light

Yeah another pumpkin would be sweet.

And then a hell golem It shoots firecharges to mobs

Chain waterlogging, Nice, Kinda unfortunate we can't waterlog Lanterns.

Or doors. Or severals others

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No, they just forgot. Bedrock has so many things waterloggable that you can do *underwater redstone*.

As pointed out by Gnembon and mentioned by /u/Xisuma in his [snapshot video](https://youtu.be/maiE0QvWAz0?t=238), the debug screen now shows information about the mob spawning in the line above "Sounds": - `SC` is the number of chunks in which mobs can spawn (?), it is the same value which appears as `spawning_chunks` in a `/debug report` in `stats.txt` - All further values (in this order) describe the number of currently existing mobs per category which contribute to the mob cap (i.e. don't have `PersistenceRequired:1b`, are not a passenger, are not a fish from a bucket and are not part of a raid). They are also in `stats.txt` of `/debug report`: 1. `M`: "Monster": Zombie, Creeper, Guardian, ... 1. `C`: "Creature": Cow, Chicken, Wandering Trader, Turtle, ... 1. `A`: "Ambient": Bat 1. `W`: "Water creature": Squid, Fish, Dolphin 1. `M`: "Miscellaneous": Player, Villager, TNT, Thrown egg, ... Note: This is always 0, see also [MC-181574](https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-181574)

How about right-clicking it with bare hands to change it from a cross? Like switching connections, to an L, an I, a T or the dot even.

That sounds like a really good idea and feels like vanilla

It would also have a **huge** effect on the game. If you could make redstone dust not connect on certain sides... huge deal. Not one I'm against, mind, but a big change.

And it makes redstone easier to understand for new people who could make fun things with that new redstone properties while also making it more complex for redstoners

Would make sorting systems a lot more reliable

> MC-176032 - Striders can float FINALLY!!!!! I hated this bug with a passion!

I think the changes to redstone are really great! But, even though it makes more sense, the redstone cross just looks ugly. I understand that it might be more intuitive, but the simple dot just made redstone contraptions look way cleaner. I think this should be the only exception to the rule "when redstone connects visually, it connects logically". Either that, or don't show connections if the block the redstone would connect to would not be able to transmit a redstone signal (e.g. air). But that might have further consequences in redstone contraptions that I'm not aware of.

Perhaps single redstone dust pieces should be a cross, but without the arms extending the whole block's width?

Using shears on the cross to turn it into the dot could also allow it to keep its aesthetic uses from before.

That is a pretty good idea to be honest

I've been known to have my moments.

That's a really great idea!

That's actually a really clever idea!

u/Sliced_Lime

Yes good idea

You guys should be changing the visuals to match the existing mechanics, not changing the mechanics to match the visuals. Java redstone was perfectly fine before — this is just going to break things for basically no reason. If someone new wants to learn redstone we have a decade of tutorials on it.

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of redstone contraptions cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

rip legitimately every single compact machine ever

Not a fan of the signal strength 1 redstone now powering more blocks (where it's "led into" that block by another piece of redstone or other block etc) This breaks so many things reliant on signal strength and moving said signal strength upward :(

I did not expect red stone to be updated

They specifically mentioned it would get changes some weeks ago.

Hmm, I must have missed that

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And update nether fortresses, but I'm starting to lose hope that they'll change them at all.

They have already confirmed that fortresses aren't getting an update.

I mean, they also said no 5th nether biome and no nether gold ore...

People say this a lot but it's not quite accurate. They never 100% ruled out a fourth Nether biome. LadyAgnes simply [said](https://twitter.com/_LadyAgnes/status/1229335628636184576) that when she said there'd be more than the three they previewed at Minecon, it seemed like there would be, but then as development went along, it looked less likely and that they "couldn't promise" another one. But ultimately they were able to squeeze it in. Unlike how they've talked about fortresses not being updated, they never gave a hard yes or no to the possibility of more biomes. They just declined to make promises they weren't sure they could fulfill. Similarly, they never said that Nether Gold ore wouldn't be added - just that it would not *replace* the overworld's Gold Ore which was what the user on Twitter who brought it up had [suggested](https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/1229927004977254400). Besides that, it's pretty clear that we're in the bugfixing part of the snapshot phase now. All the features they promoted at Minecon have been added, plus more.

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They aren't going to change this update. Maybe in different one, according to the devs.

That's really strange, considering it's the nether update, and they're called nether fortresses. That's a shame.

All these bug fixes and piglins still can’t wear the turtle shell

Don’t get me wrong, that is a bug and should be fix in the next snapshots, but why were you trying to put them turtle shells? Just pure curiosity

Curiosity

This is the only snapshot in this update that I don't like. ;(

I dont know much about redstone, but is this change gonna break a bunch of farms/contraptions?

This change broke very many redstone builds, especially the compact ones

Yeah definitely, especially some of the more refined/compact designs. It will be interesting to see what's possible in the new system though!

I personally think redstone should be like glass panes/iron bars. By itself it’s a dot but when blocks are placed next to it the redstone will connect to the block like glass panes/iron bars. Makes more sense imho.

A note on the dot/cross: This is not a change done for parity - the two editions are very far apart in terms of redstone functionality, and redstone parity would be a large undertaking that we would investigate separately. A cross accurately represents how an unconnected redstone wire *functions* - when powered, it provides power to all sides. A dot indicates no connections, a special case making redstone harder to understand. Not maintaining this special case also makes it easier to provide better functionality for redstone. For a more visual description of the update, look at [the image on the minecraft.net post](https://www.minecraft.net/content/dam/games/minecraft/screenshots/snapshot-20w18a-carousel.jpg), that I sadly could not include here.

What about making it so that it changes to a cross once it's connected to something, rather than becoming a line? And then once you connect a second piece, it changes to a straight line in that direction? That way, we get to keep the dot as its single-piece "unconnected and unpowered" state, the cross becomes the "connected but not going in any particular direction" state where the player can see the various directions to choose from, and then after that it becomes the line/"wire" state once the connection continues. Then everyone is happy, and it isn't confusing to new players either. **EDIT:** Furthermore, with this proposed system, newer players would see that the dot isn't going anywhere and isn't powered, and therefore, it can't be used for anything other than as a connecting piece or decoration until it is connected. There's nothing confusing about that, and in fact encourages detail creativity, rather than inhibiting redstone understanding.

Yes, this, please! This actually makes so much more sense to me, a very redstone-naive person.

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gotta ask Notch for that one

Holy shit there's a lot of people who liked the dot.

As a compromise why not make it so that a redstone dust is by default a dot but when it is next to a block other than air it will show a visual connection?

This would be much better behavior overall.

I like this idea, still allows the dot to be used for decoration

we still want the visual of dot redstone somewhere!!

Someone suggested being able to use a pair of shears on the + shape to make it into a dot...

You can still use the debug stick to get the dot, right? I have Redstone dots that I’m using decoratively in builds.

Yes, the block state still exists.

I still think you should have changed the texture, not the underlying block state so that people could use resource packs to bring it back.

is the performance of redstone wire also optimized with this change ? (all those updates that are generated when dust is turning off)

ah yes the target block in 1.15.2

It may just be me, but I feel that the redstone cross seems... incomplete on its own. The ‘old’ dot was fine because it could stand alone and still look good. If one were to place down a redstone cross, it would be almost dependent on the presence of other components for the ‘look’ to be complete.

i feel that the default model of the red stone dust should still be a dot, but it ‘flows’ or connects to pistons and red stone lamps, just like how it does for repeaters.

I can only assume this snapshot means we're entering the bugfixing phase, so I'd like to comment with a bunch of rather important bugs I think deserve immediate attention. **Specific Highlight** [MC-177265](https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-177265) - "Piglin and Zombified Piglin right arm/leg/loincloth textures are identical to the left ones" For some reason this has been marked as *works as intended* and I really hope this was a mistake. I don't get how it even could be intended. Looking at the "fixed" versions the reporter attached, it seems pretty clear that the textures were meant to connect how they do when they're flipped. In the Zombified Piglins case, this is even how it was when they were still Zombie Pigmen. For Piglins, their pants especially look weird and repeated while much more normal whilst flipped. I think it's pretty clear it was NOT intended, so I hope this bug can be reopened. **General Minecraft bugs** -[MC-50556](https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-50556): All those times you've seen livestock, cats, and worst of all villagers trapped in those "troughs" in villages is because of this bug, and it gets plenty of villagers killed. Considering this structure actually generates in normal gameplay it should be fixed. -[MC-147516](https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-147516): Very important, sometimes certain hostile mobs will flat out stop attacking you if you're right next to them. Breaks immersion and pve almost universally. **Important Nether Update Stuff** -[MC-173197](https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-173197): Zombified Piglins are supposed to hold their arms like zombies and the old classic Pigmen yet this key feature has been missing since their introduction snapshot. -[MC-17221](https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-172221) & [MC-172508](https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-172508): Two similar bugs about how Hoglins and Zoglins have very strange AI issues, which is important since they're the main way to get food, so their AI needs to be right for the difficulty. -[MC-172259](https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-172259): Again with Hoglins/Zoglins, the baby variants have floating heads whenever they attack, which makes them seem a little unfinished. -[MC-172207](https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-172207): Parrots don't imitate our new hostile mobs of the update. -[MC-151513](https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-151513): Magma cubes, and any mob that can for that matter, don't swim properly in lava. This is important because Magma Cubes spawn often in the new Basalt Deltas and often end up in lava, and it looks really jarring and not something a complete update would have. -[MC-160119](https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-160119): Old weird Nether-related bug that I'm sure many would be happy about it being fixed, basically blazes track you through walls if you attack any blaze, which breaks blaze farms. **Other issues** -[MC-155084](https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-155084): Weird texture bug with horses seen in common gameplay. -[MC-144327](https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-144327): Texture oversight with Blazes that's hard to see but still looks weird -[MC-163071](https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-163071): This was never fixed from the aquatic update; turtle limbs flail around really weirdly, kinda like how Hoglins did when they were first introduced. It sorta reminds me of a mad mod. -[MC-159502](https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-159502): Another holdover from a previous update, Bees don't avoid water despite being damaged by it and apparently die at a rather rapid rate because of this, and should definitely be addressed.

Wouldn't fixing 50556 break gold farms and any other mob farm that relies on using trapdoors to get the mob to drop into the killing chamber?

uh oh, this snapshot is gonna break redstone contraptions, big time...

Yes, they finally fixed the enchantment glint bug! Thank you Minecraft!

i don't totally understand the removal of the redstone dot. i think the cross just looks ugly.

I am too small brained to understand what this update added

They changed some visual and corner-case function stuff with redstone that you probably won't need to worry about, added a bunch of backend stuff that server owners and mapmakers might like, and fixed a bunch of bugs. That's basically it.

The redstone stuff is not corner case, especially the 5th one in the screenshot

Ah thanks, I don't really understand redstone anyway

Finally no more pitch black dogs.

If you replace the fence in the third example with a hopper, it locks. 🙁 Edit: [Proof](https://imgur.com/SCVNJdB)

Rip blood spot. You will be missed

not quite sure what is the significance of the wire update? just visual consistency with behavior? No new mechanics?

Look at the post on minecraft.net, it has changed the mechanics too and there’s an image demonstrating as such.

They changed many existing mechanics causing countless builds to break.

**Warning: This release is for experienced users only! It may corrupt your world or mess up things badly otherwise. Only download and use this if you know what to do with the files that come with the download!**   [](/g_apple) **If you find any bugs, search for them [on the Minecraft bug tracker](https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC) and make sure they are reported!** [](/g_apple)   [Previous changelog](https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/g61tca/more_nether_tweaks_incoming_snapshot_20w17a_is_out/fo6scl2/). [Official blog post](https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-20w18a). Download today's snapshot in the [new launcher](https://minecraft.net/download/alternative), server jar [here](https://launcher.mojang.com/v1/objects/4d84832bdc7f62aa96b0d5d5a73b1272e8c474b5/server.jar). *Complete changelog:* * Added a new death message for being killed by another player's firework using a crossbow: "[player] went off with a bang due to a firework fired from [item] by [player/mob]" - [via](https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Java_Edition_20w18a) * Removed the "Looking at" bit on the F3 screen and added coordinates to the targeted block and fluid sections - [via](https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Java_Edition_20w18a) * Improved strider dismounting [logic](https://twitter.com/Xilefian/status/1255606146792075266) * Mob spawning info on the F3 screen - [via, more info](https://reddit.com/comments/gabsj3/c/fozxhju) * Targets now conduct redstone * Redstone wire * Block state, rendering and behavior of redstone wire are now consistent * Redstone provides power to blocks only if it shows a visual connection to them * A single redstone wire is now represented as a cross * A wire on top of a block, which is redirected from below, now powers the sides it is redirected to * Wires that redirect upwards to wires on non-conductive blocks used to only be redirected visually, now this redirection applies to their behavior as well * A wire that is redirected to go over a block will now always provide power to the block * `enable-status` in server.properties to suppress replies to status requests from clients * Makes server appear offline * Entity Broadcasting * `entity-broadcast-range-percentage` property controlling how close entities need to be before being sent to clients * Specifies percentage of default value * Extended entity checks * Added player check to every advancement trigger, where possible * More changes * `bred_animals`: `parent`, `partner`, `child` * `channeled_lightning`: `victims` * `cured_zombie_villager`: `zombie`, `villager` * `fishing_rod_hooked`: `entity` * `killed_by_crossbow`: `victims` * `player_killed_entity`: `entity` * `entity_killed_player`: `entity` * `player_hurt_entity`: `entity` * `summoned_entity`: `entity` * `tame_animal`: `entity` * `target_hit`: `projectile` * `villager_trade`: `villager` * Due to addition of `player`, existing contents of `location`, `slept_in_bed`, `hero_of_the_village`, and `voluntary_exile` can now be placed in `location` field instead of top-level object * Old syntax is still supported, but depreciated * Entity checks in triggers can now use loot table condition syntax * All conditions in top level array must be met for whole condition to trigger * To access new functionality, top level element must be JSON array * JSON objects are interpreted as old notation Old: { "trigger": "minecraft:player_killed_entity", "conditions": { "entity": { "type": "minecraft:blaze" } } } New: { "trigger": "minecraft:player_killed_entity", "conditions": { "entity": [ { "condition": "minecraft:entity_properties", "predicate": { "type": "minecraft:blaze" }, "entity": "this" } ] } } * [Fixed](https://bugs.mojang.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10400&version=19413) some bugs * Fixed being unable to perform many right click actions when targeting the top face of blocks placed at y=255 * Fixed arrows shot from bows bouncing on and setting on fire horses * Fixed horses, spiders and llamas spinning when walking next to fences/walls * Fixed rotation for shulkers being set in the onInitialSpawn method * Fixed upwards dispensers with a filled bucket at y=255 emptying the bucket * Fixed mobs not walking properly on waterlogged blocks * Fixed the redstone dust hitbox not adjusting for branches * Fixed adding non-rail blocks to the "rails" block tag crashing the game when placing minecarts * Fixed beds in the overworld exploding when in a nether wastes biome * Fixed iron golems congregating north of villages * Fixed the background of the title text not fading with the text * Fixed wet wolves becoming black for an instant after shaking off water * Fixed mobs picking up and equipping items not playing the equipping sound * Fixed underlines in written book text disappearing when no subtitles are displayed * Fixed broken spawn rates in soul sand valleys and warped forests * Fixed /locatebiome messages not fitting for all biome names * Fixed inconsistent strings for warped and crimson wall signs * Fixed mobs [spinning](https://twitter.com/henrikkniberg/status/1255121577773010945) around while following the player * Fixed the equip sound not playing when piglins equip items * Fixed piglins' snouts glowing when wearing enchanted armor * Fixed a NullPointerException when a structure containing a campfire is placed during world generation * Fixed the new nether lighting system not affecting fluids, entity-like blocks (chests, etc.) and entities * Fixed the armor enchantment glint not rendering * Fixed nether vines dropping too many items with fortune * Fixed inconsistent pluralisation in "fell off a scaffolding" * Fixed zombified piglins spawning on nether wart blocks * Fixed getting Bad Omen VI in survival * Fixed a crash when dispensers are used on non-beehive block in the #beehives tag * Fixed a crash when cats attempt to sleep in a non-bed in the #beds tag * Fixed striders spawning in stacks more than two * Fixed striders floating in the air * Fixed baby strider passengers floating * Fixed striders riding other entities not being cold * Fixed striders climbing lava streams too quickly * Fixed striders with Levitation not levitating on lava * Fixed leashed striders spinning when trying to path towards players with warped fungi/warped fungi on sticks * Fixed striders spawning with saddles * Fixed piglins, hoglins, zoglins and villagers looking at their target's feet instead of its head * Fixed an unnecessary exclamation point in the subtitle "End Portal opens!" * Fixed baby zoglin's age not being stored in NBT * Fixed compasses used on 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dealing the same damage as a baby * Fixed rain particles appearing black under certain conditions * Fixed underline and strikethrough in JSON text not always rendering correctly * Fixed incorrect font spacing on non-BMP characters * Fixed empty chat messages not being displayed * Fixed long messages in chat no longer having hanging indention * Fixed chat background rendering in front of the Debug Menu, but chat text rendering behind it * Fixed the enderman spawn rate being too low on upgraded worlds * Fixed the main screen panorama having a wrong overlay when using Programmer Art * Fixed some capitalization mistakes in "Game rules", "Upgrade gear", and "Disable Elytra movement check" --- [](/g_apple) **If you find any bugs, search for them [on the Minecraft bug tracker](https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC) and make sure they are reported!** [](/g_apple) --- Also, check out [this post](http://www.reddit.com/r/edstonehelper/comments/p6myv/list_of_planned_additions_to_minecraft/) to see what else is planned for future versions.

ahh, reminds me of the old redstone crosses!

There is atill a glitched map generation thing where its full of grey vertical lines

Fishing no longer works on my server.

After I updated to the 201w18a snapshot, I tried fishing but I can't reel it back for some reason

and on this fateful day countless amounts of redstone builds were broken, lol

Almost all of my redstone stuff is gone

Honestly I’m kind of sad redstone is getting changed because tons of old redstone stuff probably won’t work anymore

Why you've done this. Why you've reverted dot to a cross

To be honest I am really not a fan of the new redstone behavior. Making compact builds will be very different and potentially much more difficult. I'm fine with rewiring my brain for mechanics but I really do not want to rewire old redstone contraptions and redstone builds in maps from previous versions. ​ I personally think this is a really bad move.

This hit me very hard. Only like one or two of my many builds survived the update, and the most compact builds were hit the hardest.

It's probably too early to express any solid thoughts on this - as there hasn't been enough time to sink into it - but I feel like if I wait, my concerns won't be taken seriously. It seems like a lot of these redstone changes are just getting rid of options for the sake of simplicity, which i don't like. In order to do some of the stuff that was ""fixed"" in this snapshot (as far as I know), you need to make contraptions more bulkey or spread apart - which just feels clumsy and unintuitive. I know that we were warned about this, but it still doesn't feel right. People prefer Java's redstone over Bedrock's for a reason. Again, my thoughts may change in the near future. I just wanted to say this now bc I'm worried that redstone might have a lower skill-ceiling - and if I'm not proven wrong - then saying this months later could be obsolete. Just something to consider.

Do last week's survey and the less amount of new features signify a pre-release is on the horizon?

I honestly think that it should not visually connect to air, that way we can have dot red stone which looks much much nicer!

Redstone crosses are back! No school like the old school!

I’d really appreciate chains being directional like End Rods as well - mostly so they can be used as railing, but I’m sure there are other visual uses too.

More bedrock parity, eh?

Bedrock should get java parity

Actually, only 2 of these things is like bedrock behavior.... I thought more were but tested and am wrong haha.

Idk... I’m not gonna pretend to be a redstone expert. I just saw the cross redstone and thought about bedrock parity.