Minecraft update out now on Switch (version 1.16.210), patch notes

Posted on March 9, 2021 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch

Minecraft has been updated to version 1.16.210 on Switch. Aside from new ambient sounds for the Nether, it includes many bug fixes.

Below are the full patch notes:

Vanilla Parity Changes and Fixes:
Players now experience ambient sounds in the Nether (MCPE-74756)
Using bone meal in warm ocean biomes now only generates sea grass, coral, and coral fans (MCPE-100085)
Changes:
Added text-to-speech volume slider in Audio Settings
Known Issues:
Player may be unable to change back from Local Network to Online Network on Nintendo Switch due to infinite loading
Fixes:
Performance / Stability
Fixed a number of crashes that could occur during gameplay
Fixed a crash that could occur when opening the achievements screen when the Anti-Aliasing setting was set to 1 (MCPE-110164)
Fixed a crash that could occur when loading ‘.mcstructure’ files into the world that include entities (MCPE-63387)
Teleporting away from a structure animation no longer causes the game to crash
Fixed a crash that could occur when leaving a world
Fixed a crashing issue related to corrupted biomes during world load for various Marketplace worlds
Fixed a crash that could occur when using Code Connection (MCPE-113355)
General
Players are once again able to join servers when the server has view-distance set to 4 or less (BDS-8855)
Split-screen characters are now stored in memory and re-joining the game will keep the character that the player had (MCPE-58640)
Brought back capability to rejoin a server after it has been suspended and resumed
Sign in failures now have a more helpful error message and provide error codes
Clicking “Download Template” when missing required templates of an existing world now correctly downloads the required templates
Fixed an issue where crafting a bed with the recipe book unlocked the “Change of Sheets” trophy
Gameplay
Fixed players taking fall damage when opening Shulker Boxes (MCPE-105490)
Players will no longer dismount into liquids (lava or water) from rideables such as boats
In all worlds created with the same seed, the same chest will now always generate the same content in the same order (MCPE-72432)
Mobs
All mobs that use a melee attack have had their ability to hit targets above and below them restored
The target still must be within melee attack distance to be hit
This only affects world versions greater than or equal to 1.16.210
Fixed a bug where parrots could fly upwards indefinitely
Fixed an issue that was causing the Ender Dragon animation to appear jittery (MCPE-105892)
Added new logic for mobs dismounting rideables
This also introduces a more fine-grained entity height check allowing different dismount places for entities of different heights
Fixed a bug where foxes wouldn’t knock off and eat sweet berries (MCPE-70790)
Fixed a bug that allowed players to place custom spawn eggs by default in Adventure mode
Minecarts now properly update their effects (looping sound, player coordinates) when the minecart is not being rendered for the rider (MCPE-104044)
Blocks
Mining crimson hyphae with Silk Touch now returns a placeable block
Fix for certain Marketplace worlds having incorrect block data when played on Realms and multiplayer between mobile and PC
Fixed dried kelp block bottom and carried textures so the rope pixels are aligned (MCPE-35476)
Fixed an issue where snow accumulated in lines with certain simulation distances (MCPE-73468)
TNT submerged in water will once again launch players in Survival mode (MCPE-47047)
Items
Ink Sacs obtained from the Wandering Trader can now be used for crafting and can be stacked (MCPE-101087)
Redstone Dust is now displayed as “Redstone Dust” instead of “Redstone”
Nether Brick now gives XP from being smelted (MCPE-100030)
Graphical
Fixed an issue with screen resolution which could flicker when resizing a window (MCPE-69721)
Fixed an issue with maps rendering over transparent objects when attached to item frames when using ray tracing
Reduced ghosting of fish when viewed through the water with DLSS enabled
Accessibility
Fixed the screen reader not reading the title on the Permissions screen
Keyboard inputs can now adjust slider settings when the cursor is outside the UI frame
Fixed a bug where the screen reader did not read the permission toggles’ titles on the Permissions Screen
The screen reader now reads Whisper and Announcement messages
The screen reader now informs the player when the “Chat Settings” menu has been opened
The screen reader now properly reads Edit/Create character button text for each character on the profile screen
The screen reader now announces the names of the A/B Button Swap and X/Y Button Swap options correctly
Fixed an issue where the screen reader would intermittently fail to announce some button names
User Interface
Command blocks no longer censor numbers (MCPE-106296)
Improved the smoothness of menu transition animations (MCPE-41772)
A warning now appears when attempting to move a locked item in and from containers
Updated outdated loading screen tips (MCPE-98977, MCPE-102293)
Added more helpful Video Settings messages for ray tracing on supported and non-supported platforms
Golden Apple and Enchanted Apple now have colored hotbar text when selecting them (MCPE-64427)
Tool and armor recipes now display the selected item background when selected in the recipe list
Wireframe of a structure block in the Overworld will no longer render in Nether and The End (MCPE-75231)
Audio sliders now always highlight when hovered over with a mouse
The durability bar is now visible when holding items with decreased durability in a window (MCPE-105893)
Fixed an issue where achievement names and descriptions would not be translated, independent of language selection (MCPE-85813)
The online status of cross-platform friends’ shown on the invite screen will now update when a change has been detected (MCPE-70004)
Fixed an issue that prevented achievement rewards from showing correctly after changing the language setting
Owned and purchasable skins no longer get mixed into different categories while offline
Emote title no longer shows previously previewed emote upon re-entering the emotes tab. Emotes!
Updated the in-game links to the proper support pages
Fixed Skin Preview navigation when using a controller
Fixed missing Incompatible button on the Marketplace Inventory screen
Fixed some interface issues with scrolling and clearing store filters
Raised the time limit for selecting whether to download a resource pack on connect from 5 seconds to 5 minutes
The in-game invite screen will now refresh when you return to it from the add members screen
Achievement Screen
The new Achievement screens are now enabled by default
Removed the input legend of the Achievement page Summary panel when narration is enabled
Fixed an issue where the scrollbar could be hidden behind the input legend
Fixed achievement details page getting its content hidden behind the Input legend
Updated size of achievement reward frame
Updated frame art for locked achievements
Commands
Teleport command now correctly aligns your rotation with the destination entity (MCPE-35979)
Selector argument options can again be seen and auto-completed correctly after specifying one (MCPE-59794)
Spawn events now show as suggestions for the ‘/summon’ command (MCPE-101112)
‘SendCommandFeedback’ no longer prevents display of outgoing messages (MCPE-95217)
Multiple ’/tickingarea add’ or ’/tickingarea remove’ commands performed during the same tick will no longer result in inaccurate messages about the number of ticking areas in use
Players can no longer overrun the maximum number of standalone ticking areas in use by adding them all in the same tick
Added stop action to the ‘/screenshake’ command
Score values on the scoreboard now align to the right of the table (MCPE-64973)
The ‘/setblock’ command now supports setting the connected state for Soul Lanterns (MCPE-89609)
The ‘/setblock’ command now supports setting the rotation state for the chain block (MCPE-105912)
Fixed an issue that preventing player interaction after using the ‘/clone’ command on a double chest block (MCPE-109119)
Using the ‘/clone’ command to clone a block of the same type is no longer treated as a failed operation (MCPE-83352)

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