Hello again! Here is another snapshot bringing you some Armadillo changes, experimental feature changes, and a bunch of technical changes.We have some server-side performance improvements and improved debug tools along with a new transfer command. Enjoy!

CHANGES

• Armadillo now also rolls up when it detects a mob, or a player that has attacked it recently
• When an Armadillo is in rolled up state, its shell will protect it, and reduce the damage dealt to it, even allowing it to fully resist weak attacks
• Renamed "Allow cheats" to "Allow commands"

TECHNICAL CHANGES

• The Data Pack version is now 29
• Added an option to use a faster region file compression algorithm on dedicated servers
• Introduced changes to optimizing worlds
• Improved server TPS debug chart
• Reduced time needed to generate explorer maps to buried treasures

REGION FILE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM

• Added a dedicated server configuration property region-file-compression with 2 possible values:
  • deflate, the default option. Uses the old algorithm
  • lz4 uses LZ4 algorithm, which requires less CPU time to compress and decompress but uses more disk space
• Changing the compression algorithm will not automatically recompress the world
  • New or updated chunks will use the newly configured algorithm, but the old ones will stay in the previous format

WORLD OPTIMIZING CHANGES

• Optimizing singleplayer worlds and running dedicated server with forceUpgrade now also upgrades contentsof entities and poi directories of the world
• New recreateRegionFiles dedicated server startup parameter
  • It will trigger world optimization similar to forceUpgrade, but will also rewrite all the chunks independentlyof whether they have been upgraded
  • This will create fresh and defragmented region files
  • Using this parameter after changing the region-file-compression server property will recompress all region filesin the new format

IMPROVED THE SERVER TPS DEBUG CHART

• As before, it is accessible by pressing F3 + 2 in a Singleplayer world
• The bottom dark red section of the chart displays the time spent during the main logic of the server tick. It isequivalent to the value diplayed in the old chart
• The light brown section displays time spent on running scheduled tasks
• The purple section displays time spent executing all other code during the tick
• The top light green (or yellow or red depending on lag) section displays time spent idling, waiting for next tick
• The min, avg, max aggregate values are based on the sum of the first 3 sections

DATA PACK VERSION 29

• Added the transfer command

TRANSFER COMMAND

New command that triggers a transfer of a player to another server. Only exists on dedicated servers.

Syntax:

transfer <hostname> [<port>] [<players>]

Parameters:

• hostname: String describing the hostname of the server to connect to
• port: Integer denoting the port number of the server to connect to - if omitted, 25565 is used
• players: The players to transfer - if omitted, @s is used

EXPERIMENTAL FEATURES

BREEZE

• Breeze is now aggressive toward Iron Golems in addition to players
• Breeze no longer retaliates against attacks from the following mobs: Skeletons, Strays, Zombies, Husks, Spiders, Cave Spiders, Slimes
• The above mobs will not retaliate when hurt by the Breeze's Wind Charge Projectile

COPPER GRATES

• Stonecutting Copper Blocks into Copper Grates outputs 4 Copper Grates

FIXED BUGS IN SNAPSHOT 24W04A

• MC-232489 - Retrieving a plant from a flower pot ignores inventory contents
• MC-266449 - Breeze doesn't attack or retaliate against mob on sight
• MC-266707 - Trial spawners ignore custom_spawn_rules
• MC-267925 - Retrieving an item from a flower pot while holding something causes the item to end up in your off hand
• MC-267937 - Shooting a breeze with a piercing crossbow makes the game crash
• MC-267938 - The world loading percentage value can get covered by the spawn chunk loading animation when the "spawnChunkRadius" gamerule is set to large values
• MC-267941 - The end portal kills mobs at spawnChunkRadius 0
• MC-267953 - No element is focused when opening the realms world backups menu using keyboard navigation