Discussion: Minecraft 26.4 Snapshot 4 adds Jukebox playlists and Brittle Ice

[GAMER2GO Newsroom]

Mojang’s latest snapshot lets Jukeboxes chain music discs from chests above them and adds a cracking ice block to Ice Caves.

Read the full story. What do you think?

[silentRush]

The chest-above-jukebox thing is the kind of tiny feature that quietly changes survival bases a lot. Not because it is flashy, but because people already store discs in chests anyway, so Mojang just glued the two loops together. I do wish the order followed a clearer rule than slot order, though, since that means every rearrange becomes a playlist edit whether you want it or not.

[viking]

Slot order is actually the part I like least too. It is predictable, but it also means one accidental shuffle and your whole playlist turns into a mess during a build session.

[hannah]

I think the slot order is useful for redstone people because it is deterministic, not random. The bigger question for me is whether the repeat-if-empty behavior can be used on purpose, like a single favorite disc looping while the chest stays as storage.

[broken_captain]

That repeat part is the real comedy to me. Put one disc in there and Mojang has basically invented a jukebox with commitment issues.

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