Minecraft update out now (version 1.7.0)

Minecraft delivered its next big update for Switch, which adds Scoreboard features, new times food can be eaten, and a bunch of smaller changes. Here are the full patch notes:

New Features

• Added basic Scoreboard functionality – More Scoreboard features will be coming in later releases
• Food can now be eaten in Creative mode and Peaceful difficulty

Changes

• Mentions of player names are now highlighted yellow in chat
• Typing “@” in chat will show an autocomplete list of player names
• Command Block functionality can now be toggled using the ‘commandblocksenabled’ game rule
• Made it easier to find purchased content, search, and go home from the top of the Marketplace screen
• Improved search results, sorting, and filtering in the Marketplace

Fixes

Crashes/Performance

• Fixed the cause of over 20 crashes that could occur during gameplay 
• Fixed a crash that occurred when a Trident with Channeling was shot from a Dispenser and hit a mob or player during a thunderstorm 
• Fixed a crash that occurred when breaking a door that many Villagers were trying to open or enter (MCPE-34742)
• Fixed a crash that occurred when using a 128x Resource Pack on Nintendo Switch 
• Fixed a crash that occurred when attempting to stack Explorer Maps when trading with a Cartographer Villager
• Fixed a crash that occurred when loading the settings screen right after loading a resource pack
• Fixed a crash that occurred when backing out of a Realm’s edit menu after attempting to download a world but not having enough free space 

General

• Fixed an exploit that allowed custom skins with custom and invisible geometry, causing unfair advantages in multiplayer sessions (MCPE-37343)
• Added additional messaging to disable Multiplayer in world settings to play split-screen without a Nintendo Switch Online membership 
• Guests rejoining in a different order than they joined for the first time no longer generate different progress during split-screen gameplay 
• Fixed player permission issues that prevented players from building or mining 
• Fixed Super Mario Mash-up Pack worlds not opening if created before version 1.6.0 (MCPE-37327)
• Fixed textures not applying on Nintendo Switch when the world is hosted on another platform 
• Fixed split-screen players not being able to join Local Network games on Nintendo Switch 
• Fixed Microsoft Account sign-in failures on Nintendo Switch 

Gameplay

• Crouching on ladders will no longer stop when opening the pause menu or inventory screen (MCPE-33209)
• Swimming while moving the camera with touch controls no longer breaks blocks (MCPE-33470)
• Items can once again be dropped while in a boat 
• The Looting III enchantment once again increases mob loot drop chances (MCPE-35307)
• When a player equips a carved pumpkin as a helmet, that player’s marker now disappears from the Locator Maps of other players 
• Players no longer teleport to vehicles/mobs that are hit by an Ender Pearl when the vehicle/mob is in the player’s render distance 
• Fixed players getting stuck in the edges of Old Worlds at 128 or in the Void 
• When dealing a killing blow to mobs using Knockback, they now actually get knocked back! (MCPE-19222)

Items

• Enchantment Books are no longer lost after using an Anvil to rename an item and adding an incompatible enchantment 
• Tridents with Loyalty no longer get lost in the void when used in the End 
• Raw Cod and Cooked Cod items are now properly named 
• Phantom spawn eggs can now be obtained using Pick Block
• Players using controllers can again drop held items while in a minecart 
• Leads no longer detach and disappear when reentering a world (MCPE-33263)
• Infinity Bow arrows are no longer picked up immediately after being fired when the Bow is slightly drawn (MCPE-35821)
• Renamed spawn eggs now produce renamed mobs 
• Flaming arrows once again ignite Minecarts with TNT (MCPE-35776)

Mobs

• If a pet forgets what player is their owner after updating the game, it will sit down and wait for someone to interact with them & this player becomes the new owner of the pet.
• The pet doesn’t need to be re-tamed with items (MCPE-33152)
• Mobs can now walk through Soul Sand with Nether Wart (MCPE-12719)
• Skeleton Horses and Zombie Horses no longer die after a certain amount of time (MCPE-35215)
• Horses in the same boat as you no longer get hit when targeted by blocks in front of you (MCPE-30299)
• Releasing a Tropical Fish from a Bucket of Fish no longer releases a random fish but the one that was originally caught 
• Armored Withers can no longer be damaged with thrown Tridents 
• Drowned no longer have swimming animation while riding in boat 
• The inventory of ridden mounts can no longer be accessed by another player while you are riding it 
• Mobs can no longer spawn in small gaps unless they can fit (MCPE-31193)
• Enderman can no longer spawn in two block high gaps with Slabs above (MCPE-28626)
• Cured Zombie Villagers spawned from Zombie Villages can now be traded with (MCPE-34603)
• Pigs with Saddles now throw players off their back when they start moving though 2-block-high bodies of water 

Blocks

• Fixed a bug where it was sometimes not possible for a player to place a block in the same block space where they are standing (MCPE-31030)
• Sea Pickles now break instantly in Survival mode (MCPE-36250)
• Barrier Blocks can no longer be destroyed by the Ender Dragon (MCPE-34410)
• Monster Spawners no longer drop as items after an explosion (MCPE-32657)
• Rails are once again broken by flowing water

Realms

• A message now appears on the Realms list if Xbox Live privileges are preventing Realms from being played
• Clarified the text that appears when replacing a world on a Realm 

World Generation

• Ladders no longer generate in midair on village church structures 
• Fixed structures generating inside Ocean Monuments 

Graphical

• Fixed entities missing body parts on various Android devices (MCPE-34385)
• It is now easier to see through water in Flat worlds (MCPE-36078, MCPE-35244)
• Adjusted in-hand placement of Bows and Tridents in split-screen 
• Fixed visual effects not appearing when using an enchanted Trident with Riptide (MCPE-34448)

Audio

• The proper sound now plays when the Wither is spawned (MCPE-35179)
• Banners now have the correct placing and breaking sounds (MCPE-31188)
• Land-based mobs now play sounds underwater 

User Interface

• Fixed several items not stacking properly in inventory and chests when using touch input (MCPE-32347)
• Using the Quick Move option now properly stacks the taken items with stacks of the same item in the player inventory when there is an empty hotbar slot 
• Cursor D-pad input no longer gets stuck on the inventory screen or pause menu (MCPE-33895)
• Removed the “Take Half” tooltip when highlighting the Anvil’s output slot 
• Item tooltips that display “Can break” and “Can be placed on” now show the proper translation for the given blocks 
• Fixed incorrect button focus on the chat screen 
• Fixed formatted text getting cut off on the HUD 
• Fixed overlapping text on the Enchantment Table screen

Commands

• Fixed input on Minecarts with Command Block not saving between game sessions 
• Fixed trapdoors losing their orientation after being cloned 
• Autofill commands now recognize a player name in brackets and places it between quotes (MCPE-34913)
• The ‘/teleport’ command now reliably teleports riders with entities
• The ‘/subtitle’ command can now run whilst a title is visible on screen (MCPE-25685)

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