The state of 1.14
Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2019 5:48 pm
Firstly, I'm sorry I've left it so long without an official topic on the matter here on the forums. I've been casually updating you during the meetings on both Zz and LVS, but it's always best to have somewhere you can go to check for up to date information.
1.14, much like 1.13, has been released with some major issues which prevented us from safely updating both LVS and Zz in a timely manner. I'm sure we're all very disappointed in Mojang for making not one but two big feature releases in this kind of state, but I would like to say that I have been very impressed with their commitment to resolve the issues with 1.14 before making major announcements of future feature releases to come. I'm sure some of the devs at Mojang are working on the next release already, but they've already resolved 175 bugs since 1.14's release including both some major bugs introduced by 1.14 and some much older issues I am glad to see resolved. Their fixes may not excuse the mess of the original release, but I am at-least optimistic that we can be excited about the next update when it comes around
1.14.3 release yesterday, but unfortunately there are still some potentially world-destroying issues remaining.
The two major issues I can see at the moment, both of which Mojang have marked as "very important":
It is yet unclear why these two issues occur, and so I am unable to verify they will or will not happen to us in our worlds. I am therefore remaining cautious until either a fix is released (Mojang have promised a 1.14.4), or more information comes to light which reassures me our worlds would be safe.
There are still performance issues which Mojang are continuing to work on, as well as various other AI issues and gameplay revisions, but those won't be holding us back from updating.
In the mean time, ZestyLand is still running and has been updated to 1.14.3. If you are a Zesty and would like to play with the new stuff, ZestyLand is there for you ^_^ viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3109
How's everyone feeling? Vent your frustrations with Zed and/or Mojang below! Please keep it relatively civil, though. Remember Zeds and developers are people too
1.14, much like 1.13, has been released with some major issues which prevented us from safely updating both LVS and Zz in a timely manner. I'm sure we're all very disappointed in Mojang for making not one but two big feature releases in this kind of state, but I would like to say that I have been very impressed with their commitment to resolve the issues with 1.14 before making major announcements of future feature releases to come. I'm sure some of the devs at Mojang are working on the next release already, but they've already resolved 175 bugs since 1.14's release including both some major bugs introduced by 1.14 and some much older issues I am glad to see resolved. Their fixes may not excuse the mess of the original release, but I am at-least optimistic that we can be excited about the next update when it comes around
1.14.3 release yesterday, but unfortunately there are still some potentially world-destroying issues remaining.
The two major issues I can see at the moment, both of which Mojang have marked as "very important":
- A bug which causes villagers to disappear without a trace. They do not appear to die, and will leave beds and workstations locked preventing other villagers from breeding or making use of them. Apparently entire village populations can vanish. I don't think many would be happy to have that happen.
- Chunks of the world will sometimes be copied over other (nearby?) chunks, overwriting that part of the world and making a mess. This one is potentially catastrophic and practically irreversible.
It is yet unclear why these two issues occur, and so I am unable to verify they will or will not happen to us in our worlds. I am therefore remaining cautious until either a fix is released (Mojang have promised a 1.14.4), or more information comes to light which reassures me our worlds would be safe.
There are still performance issues which Mojang are continuing to work on, as well as various other AI issues and gameplay revisions, but those won't be holding us back from updating.
In the mean time, ZestyLand is still running and has been updated to 1.14.3. If you are a Zesty and would like to play with the new stuff, ZestyLand is there for you ^_^ viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3109
How's everyone feeling? Vent your frustrations with Zed and/or Mojang below! Please keep it relatively civil, though. Remember Zeds and developers are people too