Minecraft: ray tracing on Xbox added by mistake

Minecraft: ray tracing on Xbox added by mistake

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Minecraft has been getting a lot of news lately, mainly thanks to the latest update that has added a hostile and downright terrifying new mob that's on everyone's lips. For several years now, however, console users have been clamoring for a feature that, at the moment, in the game is only present on PC, namely ray tracing. This was recently thought to be about to change, but it looks like it will stay that way for a long time to come.

The previous Minecraft Preview build available to Xbox Insiders inadvertently included prototype code for raytracing support on Xbox consoles. This early prototype code has been removed from Preview and doesn't signal near future plans to bring raytracing support to consoles.

- Minecraft (@Minecraft) March 31, 2022



Let's go in order: Minecraft Preview is a Beta version of the game designed to test the title updates in advance, before they debut on the official product. Prototypes had recently been introduced within this test build that almost confirmed the presence of ray tracing in the Xbox version of the game, but these rumors were soon denied by the official Minecraft Twitter account.

As you can read in the tweet just above, the developers explain that within the version of Minecraft Preview for Xbox there were mistakenly present codes for ray tracing on the Microsoft console. These have now been removed, and according to Mojang's words, none of this was a sign of a future arrival of technology on consoles. Basically, it was a mere mistake, nothing more.


At the moment, therefore, it seems that ray tracing on consoles for Minecraft is still a utopia, or at least it is certainly very far away. Fortunately, to enjoy a similar game the graphics easily fade into the background, thanks to the infinite possibilities that a similar work can offer. Recently, for example, there are those who are trying their hand at building the whole of New York, or those who have transformed their game world into that of Zelda Breath of the Wild.

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The Minecraft Preview Loses Xbox Ray Tracing Support After It Was Added By Mistake

Microsoft has announced that Xbox ray tracing has been removed from the Minecraft Preview version after the prototype code was added by mistake.

After offering Insiders the opportunity to test ray tracing support on Xbox Series X and S consoles earlier this week, the publisher has decided the optimization option will no longer be available on the Minecraft Preview. Microsoft also confirmed that it doesn't plan on bringing ray tracing to consoles in the future.

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'The previous Minecraft Preview build available to Xbox Insiders inadvertently included prototype code for ray tracing support on Xbox consoles,' the Twitter post reads. 'This early prototype code has been removed from Preview and doesn't signal near future plans to bring raytracing support to consoles.'

Although Microsoft has stated that its plans don't include raytracing on consoles any time soon, it's entirely possible Minecraft players could see more optimization features be added to the building game in the future, but the developers just aren't ready yet.

The Verge tested the Minecraft Preview build and found that the ray tracing support was early, unoptimized code that required workarounds to work properly. Ray tracing is only currently available on the Windows PC version of Minecraft.

Minecraft Preview is a new standalone app that's designed to replace the Bedrock Beta program for testing the game's beta builds and is only available on iOS, Windows 10/11, and Xbox. It's also included along with the base game for Xbox Game Pass subscribers.


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