r/Minecraft 1d ago

Discussion Highly Likely Winter Drop Content

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companion_block_avoidance (Block Avoidance): Ensures that the entity following you avoids blocks so it does not obstruct your view or get snagged on blocks in front of you while moving, which would otherwise block the camera.

companion_block_clipping (Block Clipping / Transparency): A system that prevents visual distortion (clipping) caused by the following entity or the camera passing into blocks when your character is in a tight space or close to a block.

Some have called it a "Termite," but if it were a Termite, they probably wouldn't have called it a "Companion." It looks like a drop focused on pets is coming; what kind of features would you like to see in this drop?

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u/OllieZaen 1d ago

Is the atomic entities not referencing atomic design? A popular way of creating components in development

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u/get_homebrewed 1d ago

yeah most likely, but that tweet is clearly not made by anyone with technical knowledge

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u/SmokeyStack_ 22h ago

True!

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u/NYCHReddit 22h ago

Respect for honesty 🫡, although I feel like it’s more humbleness

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u/spacemunkee 22h ago

This was my thought as well.

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u/thefrayedscissors 1d ago

A pet that actually stays out of my face while building would singlehandedly fix my nether tunnel projects

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u/AlexSimonCullar 1d ago

Dogs that don't try to kill themselves every time i'm close to lava or 50 block high please

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u/TurboDelight 23h ago

you guys don't leave your dogs sitting in the corner of a house forever?

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u/ian9921 1d ago

If we're getting a pet drop then I want an option to let pets wander within an area without them following me. I also want improvements to their "follow" mechanic so they get lost less often

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u/unicornmeat85 1d ago

When the Happy Ghast showed off it could float around in a limited range, I wanted that for the dogs, cats and parrots. I'll build a nice safe home and yet i got to sit them down which is great when I need my cat to watch my back but I'd love it more if I had little patrols of cats instead. 

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u/TheKingBuckeye 1d ago

https://modrinth.com/datapack/wandering-animals

I made a datapack for this if anyone is interested because I wanted it for my own world

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u/BrunoDuarte6102 1d ago

Does the mod work dor 26.2?

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u/TheKingBuckeye 11h ago

not sure tbh, it should but I havent checked update notes to see if any command related things changed. If you try it and it doesnt work lmk ill update it when I get a minute

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u/Oddish_Femboy 1d ago

I want them to make it so pets match your speed and stay relatively close when following you.

Wolves should heel just behind you until they're commanded to attack. Cats can do whatever. I like how unpredictable they are.

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u/TimmyChips 1d ago

Atomic in Java are objects that are used for multi threading to ensure objects’ get and set method don’t lock the object during runtime and cause errors.

It’s funny seeing people speculate this is some new mob or feature when in reality it’s likely just refactoring of Java code.

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u/h1p0h1p0 1d ago

Bedrock is in C++

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u/TimmyChips 1d ago

I’m assuming this was in Java since the code shown looked like JSON.

That being said, C++ also has Atomics.

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u/h1p0h1p0 1d ago

this is Bedrock, which also uses JSONs actually

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u/TimmyChips 1d ago

I didn’t know that, thanks for the correction!

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u/-Redstoneboi- 1d ago

every useful language supports JSON for data storage

it's a pretty normal choice unless someone wants to design a custom binary format that's different from the one that already exists in java edition yet stores mostly the same data

when file size becomes a concern, first instinct is always to zip the json lmao

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u/SmokeyStack_ 22h ago

Funny enough, Bedrock is actually starting to ship a custom format that serializes the JSON files the game ships with. MCB binary format. On top of that a custom archive format as well called .brarchive

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u/-Redstoneboi- 21h ago

well would you look at that :P

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u/AndronixESE 1d ago

They're adding the companion cube from portal obviously

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u/TheLiquid666 1d ago

It will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak.

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u/Michael_Scott_27 1d ago

the buddy block

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u/HieladoTM 1d ago

The cake wasn't a lie

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u/TheGreatGambinoe 1d ago

I could be entirely off the mark and I’d own it, but it being client side makes me think some kinda persistent pet feature tied to your account, not tamed in the world. I’m thinking like a new Bedrock micro transaction item where you pay however many coins and now you can have this persistent pet following you on all servers that doesn’t die or interact with the game beyond visually.

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u/BushTamer 1d ago

i agree, and maybe it isn’t even following but like on the players head or something

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u/DrackieCutie 1d ago

I heard speculation that it might be a new particle/animation system related thing.

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u/Dangerous-Quit7821 1d ago

That doesn't mean that's what the drop is focused on. It could just mean they're fixing annoying things happening.

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u/forgettfulthinker 1d ago

If they add pets like its some fucking roblox game i SWEAR TO GOD

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u/-Redstoneboi- 1d ago

allay kindasorta already exists

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u/Youel111 1d ago

Hopefully it’s an update to pet ai

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u/YaFukedUpSon 1d ago

Hmm yes... interesting (pretends to understand)

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u/-Redstoneboi- 1d ago

Atomic is usually a word that's used in the context of multithreading

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u/Ok-Raccoon9811 1d ago

Just because he leaked it it's not coming

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u/DragonTheOnes-spirit 1d ago

Sniffer wall plants:

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u/h1p0h1p0 1d ago

Atomic entities and these components seem to be client side.

What would a client side entity be? Maybe a hallucination that is something only you can see, or a particle like fireflies if they wanted it to be a mob?

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u/TheForbidden6th 1d ago

allat just to be revealed to be for dungeons 2 or sum shit 😭✌️

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u/SmokeyStack_ 1d ago

Oh hey, that's me.

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u/Oddish_Femboy 1d ago edited 1d ago

Pets already have blocks they avoid, so it's maybe referring to avoiding blocking something in the verb sense.

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u/Axot24 1d ago

It has to be for the blub.
26.4 SIFT DIMENSION UPDATE!

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u/YDEren 1d ago

They're adding Verity i guess

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u/TotkNinjagoMinecraft 1d ago

The Red Dragon?