In Bedrock edition's Village & Pillage update (1.13.0 to be exact) & Minecraft Earth we got an updated look for Steve & Alex, which has been updated to look clean and match the new textures, however JE has not received this. If we have updated versions that are used in every other version of Minecraft why isn't it in Java?
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Consider changing the title to Parity Issue: Steve & Alex aren't updated on Java like they are on Bedrock & Earth
@Kuba435 When the old textures were still the original textures & old Steve & Alex matched the world they were great. But now that we got a texture update and the old Steve & Alex look out of place compared to the world we finally got an updated Steve & Alex to match, so there'd be no reason to hold it back for one of the main editions of the game when all other versions of it are updated.
The skins aren't actually different, rather they only look different in Bedrock because of the character creator takes parts which are textured to be grayscale such as the basic body texture, the hair, and eyes and recolors them. This is obviously because all that stuff is customizable in the character creator
The clothes however are the same since they do not need to be grayscaled and have a color filter put over them
@Crackers0106 I'm aware they're different cause that reason, but that doesn't make them not different, they're very different. When you look at the actual pixels and changes you can see that they intentionally made it so they match the new textures and don't look outdated.
Also the clothes have changes to better suit the new textures, Alex lost the shadow under her hair on her back texture, Steve's sleeves were mirrored on both sides, the darker shades of colors on Steve's pants were changed to a more accurate color, and the legs of Steve were mirrored.
The only reason the clothes are mostly the same is because they still fit in with the new textures, and they didn't want to give Steve zombie clothes, which while fully updated and drawn by Jappa is intended to have a difference so it's obvious that the zombies clothes were freshly sewn with wool by Illagers in the woodland mansion, hence a room filled with wool colored like Steve's clothes.
Is this considered invalid in the sense that it's a pre-Buzzy Bees parity issue, and that alone? If so, I'd argue it's still valid as an outdated textures issue.
@Conner Steppi It's invalid in that sense. And honestly this is very valid, especially as more and more texture fixes get added every new update. Out of everything that should be updated and fixed, the main characters should be first on the list, so hopefully bugs like this will get reopened someday.
No the old steve is better