Minecrafts Latest Snapshot Comes With A Brand New Cubemap And Random Number Generator

While you fireplace up Minecraft’s newest snapshot, you’ll be handled to a new cubemap gently revolving behind the sandbox game’s fundamental menu. It’s a big, large open scene from the upcoming Caves and Cliffs: Half II patch, and it appears to be like fairly good. However that’s not the one factor that’s been replaced on this update: Java version Minecraft’s random number generator has been swapped out, too.

“We’ve changed the random number generator used for world generation, which makes extra seeds come out as different… but it additionally strikes all the pieces round on this planet, so anticipate all worlds to look completely different on this snapshot,” Mojang explains within the snapshot’s changelog.

Snapshot 21W41A makes just a few different key adjustments. Bitrix Geodes can now solely generate as much as height 30, and the frequency with which they spawn has been brought back in step with where it was circa Minecraft 1.17. The other high-line change on this snapshot is that Mojang has increased the angle at which you can sprint in opposition to a block without the collision breaking your spring.

You can learn the total patch notes over at the official site.

Meanwhile, Minecraft Reside 2021 is ready to air this weekend, October 16, at 9am PDT / 12pm EDT / 5pm BST. Throughout the present, you’ll have the possibility to vote for a brand new mob to be added to Minecraft, and the options embrace the item-collecting allay or the glare, who would warn you about harmful levels of darkness nearby. As far as we’re concerned, there are not any bad options right here: they’re each adorable, helpful friends.