Minecraft:Bedrock Edition beta 1.16.200.53

Beta 1.16.200.53 is the third beta version for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.16.200, released on November 5, 2020,<ref>Template:Cite</ref> which added new sounds settings, ray-tracing features from Minecraft:RTX Beta, parity from Template:El and fixes bugs.

Additions

General

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New audio settings in the beta

Minecraft:Settings

• Added more settings to the Audio settings to be in parity with Java Edition:
  • Master Volume
  • Ambient/Environment
  • Blocks
  • Hostile Creatures
  • Friendly Creatures
  • Players
  • Jukeboxes/Note Blocks
  • Weather
• Added "Upscaling", "Ray Tracing" and "Ray Tracing Render Distance" to the Video settings, ported from the Minecraft:RTX Beta. These options can only be toggled if the user has the required min-spec hardware. https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/360052769812
  • Upscaling used to boost frame rates on GeForce RTX graphics cards with NVIDIA DLSS 2.0.
  • Ray Tracing used to toggle the Ray Tracing on or off.
  • Ray Tracing Render Distance used to control the chunk render distance ray tracing are visible at once.

Changes

General

Minecraft:Marketplace

• Added various UI elements to communicate ray tracing capabilities in the Marketplace (Windows 10 Only)
  • Resource packs in the Marketplace are now aware of ray tracing capabilities and will display a label indicating support in the UI
  • Attempting to purchase and/or download a resource pack that requires ray tracing will notify the user of a purchasing error when that user does not have the required min-spec hardware.

Minecraft:Settings

• Renamed "Master Volume" to "Main" in the Audio settings.

Fixes

Performance and Stability

• Fixed several crashes that could occur during gameplay
• Fixed a bug where Minecraft would occasionally crash when loading a local world

General

• 'Strawberry Blonde' color now has correct name in the character creator (Template:Bug)
• Fixed a bug where if the view bobbing setting was disabled the player's hand would still bob (Template:Bug)
• Fixed an issue where loot tables with a Template:Cd function produced incorrect loot items

Accessibility

• Fixed an issue where the Servers tab would not correctly read text-to-speech prompts when not signed into a Microsoft account
• Fixed various issues where text-to-speech indices on the start screen were not correct
• Fixed issues where user interface controls would be improperly indexed in text-to-speech for popup modals
• Reduced transparency on top row of buttons in Touch UI to improve readability

Gameplay

• Netherite Armor now gives a 90% reduction in Knockback (Template:Bug)

Mobs

• Bees will no longer stray more than 22 blocks from their home Beehive (Template:Bug)

Graphics, Textures, and User Interface

• Ghost items in the crafting grid now have a different colored background depending on item availability in the inventory
• The Player Permissions menu can now be navigated using a controller regardless of the players permission level

Marketplace

• Owned packs are now refreshed correctly after restarting the game