1.16.4 is a minor update to Java Edition released on November 2, 2020,[1] which adds the social interactions screen and fixes various bugs. The content of 1.16.4 is identical to its release candidate (1.16.4-rc1).[2] While 1.16.4 was not the last minor version of 1.16, it was the last one before snapshots for 1.17 began.
Additions
General
- Added an option to hide matched names.
- Some servers send chat messages in non-standard formats. With this option on, the game will attempt to apply chat hiding anyway by matching the text in messages.
- Gives players the ability to disable chatting with certain players, thus hiding any messages received from them.
- Opens with a configurable key binding, by default P.
- Whether a player is hidden resets when re-joining a server.
- The status of a player is listed below their name.
Changes
Items
- Changed the texture of the worn netherite leggings model.
General
- Accounts
- When logging in with a Microsoft account, players blocked in that account are now also blocked in the game, and account restrictions are now respected.
- Accessibility
- A button to open a link to the Accessibility Guide can now be found in the Accessibility Options screen.
- More information is now added to the crash log in cases where poor performance causes the server to crash.
- Added "joinedFirstServer" option to options.txt.
- New network protocol scheme, with a high bit (bit 30) set for snapshots. The protocol version will increase by 1 for each snapshot, but full releases may keep the same protocol version as the previous full release in cases where the network protocols are compatible.
- When the server and client version are incompatible, a message reading "Incompatible version!" in red will be displayed, instead of "Client out of date!" or "Server out of date!" in dark red.
- When multiplayer is disabled, the message displayed will now read, "Multiplayer is disabled. Please check your Microsoft account settings." instead of "Multiplayer is disabled. Please check your launcher settings."
- The splashes relating to the Black Lives Matter movement have been added to splashes.txt. These splashes were added to the game via a launcher update during 1.16.2 but were not in splashes.txt. The splashes are:
- Black lives matter!
- Be anti-racist!
- Learn about allyship!
- Speak OUT against injustice and UP for equality!
- Amplify and listen to BIPOC voices!
- Educate your friends on anti-racism!
- Support the BIPOC community and creators!
- Stand up for equality in your community!
Fixes
- 4 issues fixed
- From 1.16
- MC-192434 – The top front texture of worn netherite leggings is inconsistent with the rest of the texture.
- From 1.16.2
- MC-199487 – World generation deadlock causes crash.
- From 1.16.3
- MC-201885 – Divide by zero error in the ender dragon entity class can cause a server crash and infinite velocity.
- From the 1.16.4 development versions
- MC-202147 – Cursor in Social Interactions & Recipe Book & Anvil menu doesn’t blink
Video
Video by slicedlime:
Trivia
- This was the last full version to be released in 2020.
- Originally, this version was going to be released on October 29, 2020, but it got postponed by 4 days.
Note
- Minecraft 1.16.4 and Minecraft 1.16.5 are network compatible, that is, 1.16.4 servers can have players from 1.16.5.
References
- ↑ "Minecraft Java Edition 1.16.4" – Minecraft.net, November 3, 2020
- ↑ "Hello! Things happened and we made the decision to hold the release of 1.16.4 until Monday. Still, there won't be any changes from 1.16.4-rc1 to the actual release." – @adrian_ivl on X, October 29, 2020
