Bedrock Edition beta 1.16.200.53

Beta 1.16.200.53 is the second beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.16.200, released on November 5, 2020, which added new sounds settings, added ray-tracing features from RTX Beta, and fixes bugs.

General

 * Options
 * Added more settings to the Audio settings:
 * Sound
 * 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.
 * 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.

General

 * 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.


 * Options
 * 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
 * Fixed a bug where if the view bobbing setting was disabled the player's hand would still bob
 * Fixed an issue where loot tables with a 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 ninety percent reduction in Knockback


 * Mobs
 * Bees will no longer stray more than 22 blocks from their home Beehive


 * 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