Two small game updates (7.1.44 and 7.1.45) and a new launcher, all built from your feedback. The launcher updates itself, then installs the rest: just restart it.

Version
7.1.45
Launcher
1.2.7
On
Thu, Oct 29

The big ones

Chat

Deaths in General

Death messages show up in the General chat again, not in the Console. They still follow each player’s setting: Private, Friends or Everyone.

Map

Waypoints at the right distance

A waypoint’s distance now includes height. A point at the bottom of a mine, right under your feet, no longer reads “3 blocks”.

Launcher

The game on the right screen

With several screens, pick the one the game opens on in the launcher settings, windowed or borderless fullscreen.

Combat

  • The shield blocks as soon as it is raised. Minecraft waited a quarter of a second before counting it, on top of your ping: the shield was up on screen, yet the arrow or the blow still landed.

Sky and collections

  • The Star Shower is now animated in the sky.
  • Advancement titles are translated again.

Shop and social

  • Gifting a cosmetic also works for a player who is offline.
  • Items you already own are greyed out in the shop.
  • In the profile, your position and your death on the map have three levels, as in the options.
  • Feed images that failed to load are tried again.

Fixes

  • The lectern shows the book placed on it, even when its content arrives a little later.
  • Map: a region being read no longer holds up other players’ tiles.
  • Launcher: the game window is placed on its screen before being maximised.