Minecraft 1.16.2-rc1

Everything below is measured by comparing the game files of 1.16.2-pre3 with 1.16.2-rc1 — not copied from patch notes.

Read from Mojang’s own release notes for Minecraft 1.16.2 Release Candidate 1, published 2020-08-07. Every entry keeps its original bug ID.

7 issues fixed, read from Mojang’s own patch notes. Each entry keeps its original bug ID.

Fixed bugs in 1.16.2 Release Candidate 1 7

• MC-197275 Due to changes to walls, "pack_format: 5" is not cross-compatible between 1.15 and 1.16
• MC-197263 End sky and nether fog don't work on servers
• MC-197258 Certain dimensions can cause a game crash
• MC-197225 Crash: java.util.concurrent.CompletionException: u: Exception generating new chunk
• MC-197197 Game crashes/freezes after creating/entering a Superflat world without presets
• MC-194933 Game crashes when loading a custom biome / java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Trying to add tag of type 8 to list of 10
• MC-190103 Crash when using a nether portal: java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: fromIndex < 0: -2368549

This build was part of the run-up to 1.16.2. Everything tested here landed in that release.