{"title":"Minecraft 26.4 Snapshot 2","version":"26.4-snapshot-2","type":"snapshot","image":{"title":"26.4-snapshot-2 540x540.jpg","url":"/v2/images/26.4snapshot2540x540.jpg"},"body":"<p>Hi there! It is time for the second snapshot for 26.4, featuring improved render distance fog, a new celestial occluder, and a fresh redesign of the F3 screen.<p>Happy mining!<h1>Changes</h1><ul><li>When \"Improved Transparency\" is on, sky background and clouds that are behind the terrain are now blended into the terrain render distance fog making the boundary between the sky and the terrain invisible<li>In the Overworld, the bottom half of the skybox is now occluding the celestial objects such as the sun, the moon and the stars</ul><h2>UI</h2><ul><li>The debug overlay (F3 by default) has been redesigned to be easier to read and understand</ul><h1>Technical Changes</h1><ul><li>The Data Pack version is now 122.1<li>The Resource Pack version is now 99.0</ul><h1>Data Pack Version 122.1</h1><h2>New Environment Attributes</h2><h3><code>minecraft:visual/has_sky_occluder</code></h3><p>Determines whether the sky occluder is enabled for the environment. The sky occluder will occlude the sky box up until a certain angle with fog color with a smooth occlusion border.<ul><li>Value type: boolean<li>Default value: <code>true</code> for the Overworld, <code>false</code> for the Nether and the End<li>Interpolated: no</ul><h2>Predicates</h2><h3>Added <code>below_heightmap</code>:</h3><p>Checks if the height of the position is below a given heightmap value.<p>Format:<ul><li><code>heightmap</code>: Heightmap type to compare origin against</ul><h1>Resource Pack Version 99.0</h1><h2>Shaders &#38 Post-process Effects</h2><ul><li><code>screenquad.vsh</code> was renamed to <code>screentriangle.vsh</code> since it was actually representing a single triangle for a while now</ul><h3>Changes for the \"Improved Fog\" feature that is controlled by the \"Improved Transparency\" video setting</h3><ul><li>Removed OIT (Order-Independent Transparency, controlled by \"Improved Transparency\" video setting) support from the <code>clouds.fsh</code>, since it is now used to render clouds when OIT is off and to render clouds to an offscreen target when OIT is on<li>Added <code>blit_clouds.fsh</code> shader with OIT support that renders clouds from an offscreen target to OIT targets</ul><h3>New Shaders for the Sky Occlusion</h3><ul><li>Added <code>sky_occluder.vsh</code> and <code>sky_occluder.fsh</code> shaders which are used to occlude the sky box up until the certain angle with fog color with a smooth occlusion border</ul><h1>Fixed bugs in 26.4 Snapshot 2</h1><ul><li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-152504 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-152504</a> - The sky overlaps fog underwater, notably at sunrise and sunset<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-184161 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-184161</a> - The \"Oh Shiny\" advancement title is missing a comma<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-195836 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-195836</a> - Some closed captions aren't in the correct tense or are formatted incorrectly<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-212623 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-212623</a> - Some closed captions use the word \"angers\" as a verb, therefore making them grammatically incorrect<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-236052 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-236052</a> - Z-fighting can be seen around the necks of small armor stands<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-264274 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-264274</a> - Placing lily pads and frogspawn does not increment their <code>used:[block]</code> statistics<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-300250 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-300250</a> - Clouds render behind foggy terrain<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-300894 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-300894</a> - The harness layer is not scaled correctly on baby happy ghasts<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-310503 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-310503</a> - <code>LivingEntity</code>'s constructor randomizes the yaw in radians instead of degrees<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311424 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311424</a> - The Right Shift key is recognized as <code>key.keyboard.unknown</code> (\"Not Bound\") with certain input methods<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311451 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311451</a> - Mouse input is not recognized on monitors that are in negative positions on Wayland<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311458 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311458</a> - The \"Adventure\" advancement's icon is inconsistent with the Adventure game mode's icon in the game mode switcher<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311758 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311758</a> - Block breaking particles and sounds are not canceled and continue appearing when opening the game mode switcher<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311777 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311777</a> - Block breaking particles and sounds are not canceled and continue appearing when instantly mining a block and swapping the item into the off hand simultaneously<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311780 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311780</a> - Trigonometric functions don't wrap angles before being applied and aren't fully periodic<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311781 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311781</a> - The game is not minimized when losing focus in fullscreen mode<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311826 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311826</a> - On some systems, tabbing in and out of the game in fullscreen mode while the \"Toggle Cinematic Camera\" key bind is unbound will toggle it<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311924 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311924</a> - Breaking an armor stand or block-attached entity near a sculk catalyst consumes the player's experience<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311933 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311933</a> - The horizontal scroll direction is inverted in the Advancements screen<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311949 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311949</a> - The \"Not Bound\" scancode can activate key binds<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311965 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311965</a> - The <code>commands.posteffect.list.success</code> string always pluralizes the word \"effects\"<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311969 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311969</a> - Some strings that mention specified slots are missing articles<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311970 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311970</a> - The <code>options.debugGuiScale.tooltip</code> string lacks a period, unlike similar strings<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311971 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311971</a> - Some strings refer to the \"LAN\" setting as the \"multiplayer scope\" and write its value as \"Off\" instead of \"OFF\"<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311973 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311973</a> - The <code>options.worldOptions.guest.command_access.tooltip</code> string redundantly includes \"or not\"<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311977 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311977</a> - The closed caption for riding zombie nautiluses is \"Nautilus bubbles\"<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311978 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311978</a> - Some argument error strings introduce the invalid value with a colon instead of surrounding it with single quotes, unlike similar strings<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311997 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311997</a> - The <code>options.macFullscreenMenuVisibility.tooltip</code> string is improperly capitalized<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311999 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311999</a> - The <code>options.ctrlClickEmulatesRightClick</code> string is missing a hyphen between the words \"Right\" and \"Click\"<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312035 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312035</a> - Attacking an entity in Creative mode, then switching to Survival mode adds 5 ticks of block break delay<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312046 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312046</a> - Mushrooms now generate in excessive quantities in swamps<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312064 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312064</a> - The game can randomly crash during chunk generation<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312065 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312065</a> - Some test coordinate strings are displayed with two sets of square brackets, unlike similar strings<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312066 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312066</a> - Donkeys, horses and mules in water can no longer be ridden onto land without the aid of a partial block<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312068 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312068</a> - Some strings are missing articles before the word \"invalid\"<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312075 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312075</a> - The <code>options.directionalAudio.off.tooltip</code> string is improperly capitalized, unlike similar strings<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312078 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312078</a> - The <code>options.hideMatchedNames.tooltip</code> string is improperly capitalized, unlike similar strings<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312079 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312079</a> - The <code>options.fullscreen.unavailable</code> string is improperly capitalized, unlike similar strings<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312080 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312080</a> - The <code>telemetry.event.world_loaded.description</code> string is improperly capitalized, unlike similar strings<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312082 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312082</a> - The <code>advancements.husbandry.uh_oh.title</code> string is missing a hyphen between the words \"Uh\" and \"Oh\"<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312084 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312084</a> - The <code>options.fullscreen.entry</code> string is missing a hyphen before the word \"bit\"<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312087 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312087</a> - The word \"towards\" within the <code>options.vignette.tooltip</code> string isn't spelled in American English<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312088 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312088</a> - Some application control key name strings are displayed without the \"AC\" prefix, unlike similar strings<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312089 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312089</a> - Some strings that name screens are improperly capitalized, unlike similar strings<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312091 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312091</a> - The <code>chat.copy.click</code> string is improperly capitalized, unlike similar strings<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312092 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312092</a> - The <code>multiplayer.socialInteractions.not_available</code> string is improperly capitalized, unlike similar strings<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312102 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312102</a> - The <code>disconnect.loginFailedInfo.invalidSession</code> string is improperly capitalized, unlike similar strings<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312103 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312103</a> - The entity name \"Experience Orbs\" isn't capitalized within some game rule description strings, unlike similar strings<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312107 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312107</a> - The <code>selectWorld.backupQuestion.experimental</code> string is improperly capitalized, unlike similar strings<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312108 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312108</a> - The <code>jigsaw_block.final_state</code> string is improperly capitalized, unlike similar strings<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312111 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312111</a> - Some Realms snapshot popup strings are improperly capitalized, unlike similar strings<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312112 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312112</a> - The <code>mco.configure.world.invite_codes.subtitle</code> string uses the verb \"add\" instead of \"create\", unlike similar strings<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-312126 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-312126</a> - The <code>options.inGameNotification.tooltip</code> string is improperly capitalized, unlike similar strings</ul>","id":"26-4-snapshot-2","date":"2026-09-29T11:32:57.000Z","needsTranslation":false}