Minecraft console developer 4J Studios announced over Twitter today that a new patch for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One editions of the game is currently in testing, a patch that should fix many of the launch bugs in the two next-gen ports.
The patch deals a bit with world saves and save transfers on both versions. Both next-gen console ports are able to import world save files from their last-gen predecessors, though both processes had a few hiccups. This upcoming patch should fix those issues on both consoles.
The patch also adds a new "Copy Save" function, so players can back up their more precious world saves and maybe even store them elsewhere for safe keeping.
Here are the complete patch notes, which can be found over on Minecraft Forum:
- Fix for tile entities not being saved correctly in unloaded chunks. (Empty Chests, Spawners turning into Pig Spawners, etc.)
- Enable hiding mashup-pack worlds from the saves list, and re-enabling them all from the options menu.
- Change to 'disable saving' setting so that it remains set for a specific save when reloading that save.
- Fix for Glass Blocks placed next to each other rendering incorrectly.
- Fix for enchanted items not destroying blocks as quickly as they should.
- Changed 3D sound attenuation to have linear fall-off, with special cases for thunder, Enderdragon & Ghast sounds. (Sound volumes incorrect bug)
- Improved frame-rate in Jungles.
- Fix for missing chunks in Superflat world on host console.
- Fixed an issue with mob spawning rates.
- Fix for hit box on torches sometimes being incorrect.
- Fix for entities being duplicated (every save/load cycle) for transferred worlds (Multiple Enderdragons bug).
- Fix for 'Can Build and Mine' not functioning correctly.
- Fixed issue with mobs still being aggressive while player is invisible (using Potion).
- Fixed an issue recording Spider Jockey kills.
- Fix for players riding Boats/Minecarts sometimes being invisible to remote players.
- Fix for Maps placed in an Item Frame appear as blank to other players.
- Fix to move HUD down when tooltips are disabled.
- Fix for camera resetting when going through Nether or End Portals.
- (PS4 only) Fixed an issue with save transfers not using the most recent player data.
- (PS4 only) Fix for Lily Pad breaking particle effect.
- (Xbox One only) Fix for issue with Xbox 360 Save transfer when the save is exited without saving on Xbox One.
- (Xbox One only) Fixed an issue with gamer pictures occasionally causing a crash.
- (Both) Added a 'Copy Save' option to allow people to 'back-up' their world to another save
