Minecraft Snapshot 16w02a

Minecraft version 16w02a, a new snapshot for Minecraft 1.9, has been released.

Find all servers to this version here : https://minecraft-mp.com/version/16w02a/

Additions

Options

• Volume slider labeled "Voice/Speech" under "Music & Sounds"

Changes

Command format

• Selector argument m
  • Supports both negation and literal gamemode values, for example:

@p[m=!1], @p[m=c], and @p[m=!spectator]

• /playsound
  • Now accepts a sound as its second parameter

Blocks

• Bedrock
  • Can no longer drop itself as an item
• Air
  • Now translatable into other languages, for the purposes of superflat customization
• Beacons
  • Now immediately activate when placed on valid pyramids
• Stone buttons
  • Now break faster with pickaxes.
• Wooden buttons
  • Now break faster with axes.

Items

• Changed damage/armor values again to protect armored players against "backstabbing" creepers

Mobs

• Ender dragons summoned using /summon EnderDragon will now stay in the same position no matter what
  • Unlike summoning a dragon with {NoAI:1b}, it will still flap its wings
  • These dragons do not show their boss health bar, nor do they take damage from any attack other than /kill

Non-mob entities

• Marker ArmorStands
  • Will now only outline their equipment when glowing

Fixes

35 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.9

• MC-233 – The portal travel sounds travel.ogg / trigger.ogg swapped / played at wrong time
• MC-1072 – No translation for “Air” in the superflat customization.
• MC-4040 – Jump Sprinting on redstone wire produces greyscale particles
• MC-4661 – Chickens (And small mobs) cannot path when standing in/next to fences
• MC-14722 – Social zombies are not affected by /gamerule doMobSpawning.
• MC-23952 – Bad alignment when using wide Unicode fonts
• MC-27912 – Hindi: some text is not centered
• MC-41542 – Displacement of Mipmap Levels slider in Traditional Chinese language pack
• MC-44140 – Acacia and dark oak stairs do not burn and cannot be lit with flint and steel.
• MC-46258 – The “ø” Character has an extra pixel.
• MC-46690 – Items and experience drop upon death in Spectator mode.
• MC-60692 – The game mode selector m doesn’t work with negation.
• MC-73304 – Scoreboard teamkill.“color” is not registering entities.
• MC-74072 – Unicode character “Small H with Stroke” (ħ) is one pixel too high.
• MC-74392 – Copying written books creates stacks of size 0, and duplicates the original.
• MC-76313 – Pressing the crouch key while flying will slow you down.
• MC-78557 – Buttons don’t have a special tool assigned – compare pressure plates.
• MC-79604 – Explosions do not repel players in Creative mode.
• MC-81687 – Villagers accept fewer items for the same number of emeralds.
• MC-82677 – /give @p minecraft:anvil 1 3 <dataTag> will crash the game.

From the 1.9 development versions

• MC-85304 – Ender dragons go to X,Y,Z = 0,0,0 when spawned in any type of world.
• MC-87894 – Creeper explosion damage is disproportionate to armor protection and to damage from other mobs.
• MC-88268 – Glowing CustomName items have blurry names.
• MC-88668 – Old hopper minecarts have Enabled:0b and do not gather items.
• MC-89592 – Death screen death message still shows when showDeathMessages is false.
• MC-89917 – Using pick block on boats only gives the oak variant.
• MC-92208 – Summoned MinecartHopper defaults to Enabled:0b.
• MC-92783 – Setting LastOutput of a command block to an invalid JSON string causes a crash.
• MC-93083 – Sound sliders not working with the new sounds
• MC-93093 – Console spam: “PLAYER is sending move packets too frequently (19 packets since last tick)”
• MC-93119 – A survival player can obtain the bedrock item.

From the previous development version

• MC-94466 – Zombies won’t climb stairs.
• MC-94776 – Chicken will not follow a player with seeds up stairs.
• MC-95129 – Zombies don’t want to walk up a block, in some situations.

Private issues

• MC-59196 – Players can tick themselves arbitrarily.

Source : http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/16w02a