Last week was the last week to introduce new features for 1.12, and starting from this week we are focusing on polishing the new features, fixing as many bugs as possible and optimizing the game.

CHANGES IN SNAPSHOT 17W17B

Tweaked the Illusioner's difficulty again

Added numbers to the tooltip of progressable advancements

Fixed long advancement names being cut off in toasts

More sound tweaks for illusioners & the harp instrument in note block

Technical: Added 'changed_dimension' trigger

Technical: Added 'dimension' condition to 'location' trigger

Fixed bug MC-114971 - Missing usage translation for '/advancement test' command

Fixed bug MC-115505 - Advancement background does not find texture from resources.zip embedded in world folder

Fixed bug MC-116143 - Don't have to enter the Nether to get the "Nether" advancement

Fixed bug MC-116616 - "bred_animals" trigger doesn't work when saving & re-entering after breeding

Fixed bug MC-116654 - "Spooky Scary Skeleton" (nether/get_wither_skull.json) advancement tests for blaze rod instead of wither skull

Fixed bug MC-116656 - Closing world during ender dragon respawn and reopening it causes crash

Fixed bug MC-116661 - Long advancement titles are cut off in toasts

Fixed bug MC-116665 - recipe command tab completes string representation of recipe objects

Fixed bug MC-116671 - "durability" option for item-based triggers fails for items with durability

Fixed bug MC-116676 - Parrots don't Imitate Illusioners

Fixed bug MC-116683 - @s selector not mentioned in command block interface

Fixed bug MC-116700 - "The End" is granted to the player when they step on the portal

Added some new bugs!

CHANGES IN SNAPSHOT 17W17A

Added lots of new advancements and moved existing ones around

Gave terracotta blocks unique colours on the map

Tweaks to the difficulty of the Illusioner

Reverted the purple shulker colour, sorry about that!

New sound effects, including new note blocks instruments!

Made the tooltips in advancements UI overlay the screen

Technical: Added "UpdateLastExecution" nbt tag to command blocks, useful for loops

Technical: Added bulk-granting/revoking to the /advancement command

Technical: Allow advancements to trigger commands as rewards

Technical: Optimized the recipe book a little

Technical: Advancement icons now allow data values

Fixed bug MC-114971 - Missing usage translation for '/advancement test' command

Fixed bug MC-114979 - advancement command doesn't allow bulk grant/revoking

Fixed bug MC-115056 - "Remote Gateway" advancement cannot be obtained by using ender pearls

Fixed bug MC-115170 - Advancements Test Command Success Uses the Wrong Translation

Fixed bug MC-115173 - Unsuccessful advancement test command has player and advancement name interchanged

Fixed bug MC-115574 - "Sniper Duel" advancement triggered when killing non-skeleton mob at distance

Fixed bug MC-115740 - Inconsistent error message for /advancement grant @p *

Fixed bug MC-115805 - Fences/panes/walls/bars/torches connect to a number of non-solid blocks

Fixed bug MC-115821 - Tooltips with long titles in the advancements menu are cut off

Fixed bug MC-115880 - 'Take Aim' advancement granted by projectiles other than arrows

Fixed bug MC-115936 - Narrator does not properly read output from /say, /tell and /tellraw command

Fixed bug MC-115940 - Division by zero crash with alternating /recipe commands

Fixed bug MC-116016 - Advancement "adventure/trade" uses criteria named "shot_arrow"

Fixed bug MC-116245 - "Zombie Doctor" advancement description has a period, while others don't

Fixed bug MC-116471 - Conditional command blocks SuccessCount doesn't update

Fixed bug MC-116514 - "durability" option for item-based triggers succeeds for items without durability

Fixed bug MC-116516 - "item_durability_changed" triggers when base change is 0, but not when Unbreaking reduces the change to 0

Fixed bug MC-116617 - New AutoCraft Functionality Allows Spawning Arbitrary Items

Fixed bug MC-116650 - Wooden fences connect to nether brick fences

Added some new bugs!

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