Release 0.9.0 (1.21.70.25): The Realms Update

[bryhaw-ms]

Read the previous release notes here

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Summary

Hello and happy preview day 🥳! We are now on 0.9.0 (1.21.70.25), as of Wednesday, February 26th, 2025.

As a reminder of Editor API support:

• Editor Extensions overview article and API reference documentation on learn.microsoft.com
• Starter Kit: Contains the compiler tools and various libraries required to get started making Editor Extensions
• Samples created by our team to jump-start your own Extension creations

Additionally, if you're new to the Editor GitHub this week, we encourage you to join the Bedrock Add-Ons Discord #Editor channel!

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Realms Integration

You can now publish your Editor Project directly to Realms, making it simple to play or test your world on any device. Need to tweak something? You can also download your Realms world back into the Editor for further edits. Just make sure you’re signed in with an active Realms subscription (or a Preview Realms subscription for Preview builds) to get started.

RealmsDemo2.mp4

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Grid Repeat

Grid Repeat is a new mode within the Repeater Tool which allows you to effortlessly repeat a selection in the x, y, and z directions, making tasks like adding windows to a building or creating an entire city a breeze. The Grid Repeat feature includes both Uniform and Separate repeat types, allowing you to customize the number of instances repeated in all directions.

GridRepeat2.mp4

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Updated Structure Management

We have updated the Structure feature to provide better management of your structures. You can now rename, delete, and duplicate structures with ease. Additionally, you can rename the file/unique name and change the namespace for more precise organization. Please note that project structures will be exported to the editor/structuredb subdirectory in the world folder.

StructureUpdates.mp4

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Updated Extrude Visualization

We have updated the visualization for the first layer added or removed in the Extrude tool. This enhancement allows you to better understand what your extrude will look like before committing to any changes, ensuring more precise and confident edits.

ExtrudeVis.mp4

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v0.8.X Updates Aggregation

Here is the list of updates that have occurred in the Editor since v0.8.1 on November 20th, 2024 to v0.9.0 on February 26th, 2025.

Major Features

Roughen Brush

We have created a roughen brush as part of the terrain tool to roughen smooth areas. As the name suggests, this brush is the opposite of the smooth brush.

Roughen.mp4

Night Vision by default

We realized it was very difficult to build in dark areas and underground, so we added night vision! This feature is now on by default and can be turned on/off in the view settings.

NightVision.mp4

Vertical Fly Speed

In addition to being able to configure your fly speed, it now works in the vertical direction, making it much easier to fly around in all directions.

VerticalFlySpeed.mp4

Farm undo/redo

Accidentally spawn a farm in the wrong place? Annoyed that you can't do anything about it? Well... we have a solution for you! You can now undo/redo farms, making them easier to work with if you made a mistake.

UndoFarmTool.mp4

Workbench Tool

We have added a new Workbench Tool that allows you to quickly toggle block states for blocks that have modifiable properties. These include blocks such as doors, fences, snow, and candles. You no longer need to jump into Cross Hair mode to change these properties.

Workbench.mp4

Updated Action Bars

We have updated the right Action Bar options to now include 'Settings' and 'Test World' by default. We have also added 'Export' as an option you can customize.

NOTE: If you have previously customized your Action Bar we will not override your options.

UpdatedActions.mp4

Action Bar + Property Pane changes

You can now add animations to elements on the action bar by passing the ImageAnimationData property to IActionBarItemCreationParams

ActionBarSheet.mp4

We also added new APIs to help you convey there are long running actions taking place with the IPropertyPane.addProgressIndicator API.

ProgressBar.mp4

Block Inspector

Block Inspector allows you to view block states and customize specific properties of blocks. This is incredibly useful to fine tune block details.

BlockInspector.mp4

*Note that not all properties are customizable for all blocks.

Entity Inspector

Similar to the Block Inspector Tool, the Entity Inspector allows you to view and modify properties of entities giving more control over things like variants of the entity.

EntityInspector.mp4

*Note that not all properties are customizable for all entities. To see your changes, un-pause entities under World Options->Pause->Entities.

Modal Overlay Pane

We added a new IRootPropertyPane.createModalOverlayPane API function, allowing the creation of IModalOverlayPane to display on top of the pane content, giving more flexibility on the UI of panes. Each pane supports one active modal overlay at a time, but it can own multiple modals. Modal overlays can be managed through the root pane's setActiveModalOverlay function or the overlay pane's show and hide functions

ModalOverlay.mp4

Multiblock Workbench

We have updated the Workbench Tool to work with multiple blocks of the same type. Simply select the blocks you want to manipulate and then go to the Workbench Tool.

MultiblockWorkbench.mp4

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Full 1.21.70.25 Change Log

• Added Realms integration
  • Users can now publish their Editor project directly to Realms
  • Users can download their Realms world
  • NOTE: Users must be signed in and have an active Realms subscription. For Preview builds, they must have a Preview Realms first. This can be created in non-Editor mode of Bedrock on Preview builds.
• Added better management of Structures:
  • Added the ability to rename a structure
  • Added the ability to delete a structure
  • Added the ability to duplicate a structure
  • Added the ability to rename the file/unique name
  • Added the ability to change the namespace
  • NOTE: Project structures will be exported to the editor/structuredb subdirectory in the world folder
• Added the Grid Repeat feature to the Repeater tool, which includes both Uniform and Separate repeat types
• Added visualization for the first layer added/removed in the extrude tool.
• Updated the default flyspeed to 4.0 while using Editor.
• Updated IPropertyPane.addTable API function to IPropertyPane.addDataTable
• Updated IBlockListPropertyItem and rename ITablePropertyItem to IDataTablePropertyItem APIs
• Fixed missing Air and Sugarcane block images
• Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause the refresh button to crash Editor
• Fixed a bug that caused farms to be placed near unloaded areas
• Fixed a bug that prevented slider to be visually updated for INumberPropertyItem.updateLimits API function

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