Minecraft with RTX Beta Known Issues List

Welcome to the Minecraft with RTX Beta Known Issues List.

Have a suggestion? Head over to feedback.minecraft.net and let us know!

Found a bug that’s not listed here? Report it on bugs.mojang.com (screenshots/videos please!)

Having an issue with the beta? Check out the FAQ at http://aka.ms/rtxbetafaq for some common solutions.

We are aware that some players may have issues leaving the Minecraft RTX Beta. We are working closely with the Xbox Insider Hub team to get this fixed. Thank you for your patience! You can check the progress on our bug tracker site: https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MCPE-33270

Minimum Requirements for the Minecraft with RTX Beta

OS: Windows 10 64bit
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
CPU: Intel Core i5 or equivalent
RAM: 8GB+
Latest NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver
VR and Windows Phone and not supported

Please note that at this time ray tracing cannot be enabled for all world seeds. To experience ray tracing you can either (1) download a free RTX enabled world from the Marketplace or (2) create your own textures that make us of the physically based rendering system and sideload them into the game. You can find instructions for creating your own PBR content for Minecraft at http://aka.ms/raytracingdocs

Top ten known issues for the RTX beta when ray tracing is enabled:

Nether Update features are not available
Nether dimension is not optimized for ray tracing
End dimension is not optimized for ray tracing
Flickering and twinkling of some blocks, especially emissive and highly reflective materials
Dark noise on the periphery of a player’s vision when moving quickly through different settings and light levels
Player's hand clips through blocks
Clouds are too opaque
In first person mode, only the player’s arm is reflected in mirrors
Game window flickers and scrambles during screen resizing
Mobs can display visual noise in motion

Physically Based Materials and Texture Pack Authoring

Content created today for the beta will not be compatible with the future texture format.
- The format for authoring new texture packs with metallic, emissive, and roughness properties will be changing between the beta and the future release.
Raytracefog command will be changing between the beta and future releases
Flipbook textures do not support MER and Normal textures
No support for authoring PBR materials for entities
No support for authoring PBR materials for skins or Character Creator items

Nether Dimension

Nether Update features are not available in the RTX beta
Nether dimension is not optimized for ray tracing
Sunlight is visible when some chunks are not rendered in Nether
Visibility in first person camera perspective is too clear when standing in Nether Portal
Nether Portals do not emit light
Blaze mob does not emit light

End Dimension

End dimension is not optimized for ray tracing
There is no sky in The End dimension
End Portal Blocks have plain textures
During its death animation, Ender Dragon has its textures improperly rendered
End Portals do not emit light
Ghosting effect is visible on the edges of the End Stone Blocks when moving around in the End Dimension

Overworld Entities

Mobs can display visual noise in motion
Villagers with professions are spawning with unemployed villager clothes on
Mooshroom's mushrooms are glowing slightly in the dark
Slime mob has no face
Tropical Fish is missing parts of its fins
White/Grey Horses change their coat colors when wearing Leather Horse Armors
Certain Entities flicker for a few seconds after being spawned via Spawn Egg
Various entities render in front of Glass Blocks and Glass Panes

Potions and Status Effects

Invisibility status has no effect on Enderman, Spider, Cave Spider and Phantom
Night Vision effect is significantly brighter with ray tracing
Dragon Fireballs, Ghast Fireballs and Purple Cloud emitted from the Dragon’s Breath attack are not visible

Items

All banners are black
Ice Blocks have low transparency
Underwater TNT Block looks like a normal TNT block
Hopper from Minecart with Hopper does not have its interior rendered
Framed/dropped items can become oversized after suspending the game
Book on the Lectern is noisy on the edges
After throwing a Trident screen goes black for a moment

Multiplayer, Skins, and Character Creator

Player username are not visible in multiplayer
Some Persona Body Parts are rendered in too bright colors
Game crashes for Host in Multiplayer game after Client edits their Persona Character to the skin with complex geometry
Multiplayer character body can sometimes have arms and legs render in wrong place
Skin animations are absent with ray tracing enabled (i.e. blinking)

Maps

Maps may not render
Black square under Player's position while using Locator Map
Drawn Maps held in hand can penetrate a solid Block
Drawn Map renders with a black semi-transparent background
Maps becomes noisy when it's placed on item frame while Player holds another map

Other known issues:

Game window flickers and scrambles during screen resizing
Player's Hand clips through blocks
Clouds are too opaque
In first person mode, only the player’s arm is reflected in mirrors
Blocks materialize when placed
Destroying/obstructing light sources does not make the light disappear instantly
Stained Glass Blocks are brighter when Player is far away from them
Particle effects are not visible through transparent Blocks held in Hand
Blocks pushed by Pistons flash white
Water is clipping through Boats
Some Doors and Trapdoors models render incorrectly when opened
Torchlight noise increases dramatically with number of torches in view
Glass Blocks, Glass Pane Blocks and Beacon do not have transparency when held in hand
The shadow after the movement of the hand can remain on the screen briefly after the Torch is destroyed
Torch flame is slightly offset from Torch stem when viewed through Glass
HD textures get blurry at glancing angle and in the distance
Smoke renders in front of Stained Glass and Stained Glass Pane blocks, even though it is behind
Adjusting brightness in Video Settings Menu has no in-game effect

THANK YOU!

Helpful Links