New Minecraft with RTX Beta 1.16.30.52 brings ray tracing to ‘the Nether Update’
A nice big update for Minecraft with RTX.
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What you need to know
Instead of the typicalbetaorsnapshotforMinecrafttoday, Mojang Studios is mixing things up a little bit with a major update forMinecraft with RTX ray tracing. The1.16.30.52 betabrings Minecraft with RTX all the way up tothe Nether Update. The beta also totes some bug fixes, general improvements, and a selection of new free maps available through the Minecraft Marketplace.
The 1.16.20.52 beta for Minecraft with RTX includes:
General
Graphical and rendering
Sky and brightness improvements
Texture creation
It looks like the restrictions on Minecraft RTX still exist, and only specifically designated maps that can be downloaded from the Minecraft Marketplace will be able to enable these hyper-realistic lighting features. Because of this, you can’tactually visitthe Netherwith ray tracing quite yet, but this is still a major improvement for Minecraft with RTX. Doubly important, ifMinecraft with ray tracing comes to the Xbox Series X.
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