The legendary strategy game Minecraft is here with another update! Minecraft Beta & Preview – 1.21.90.27 just came out and has fixed graphical issues, fixed glitches with items, and made some gameplay improvements. Mojang announced the Minecraft vibrant visuals recently, which would add directional light and pixel-aligned shadows to the graphics and enhance them greatly. Now, this Minecraft latest update has made enhancements in the vibrant visuals and made some adjustments to the mobs. So, let’s check them out.
Minecraft Latest Update
Mojang has dropped this Minecraft Preview on Xbox, PlayStation, Windows, and iOS devices. This update has fixed the lighting levels, fog settings, black screen issues, and more in the Vibrant Visuals. Glitches with items that caused items held in hand to not animate properly have now been fixed, too. Plus, the default control schemes for all cameras have also been fixed in Minecraft.
Features and Bug Fixes
The Minecraft latest update has fixed various graphical issues and more.
Graphical
- Fixed ambient lighting levels in the Nether in Vibrant Visuals
- Fixed fog settings in warm and humid biomes in Vibrant Visuals
- Fixed black screen issues on some Android devices when in Vibrant Visuals
- Vibrant Visuals is no longer tinted green on Android devices (MCPE-220308)
- Temporarily reverted weather-related changes to sky color in Vibrant Visuals while some issues are sorted out.
Items
- Resolved an issue that caused items held in hand to not animate properly (MCPE-219652)
Mobs
- Updated Ghastling speed to slow it down. Chill, friend, you have time to take in the sights.
- The Happy Ghast’s player detection area has been reverted to a single box: it now extends 2 blocks above its top, 1 block below, and 1 block to each side
- The Happy Ghast no longer jitters when a player is detected at the edge of its detection area
- Fixed the leash attach positions for the following mobs:
- Allay (MCPE-220035)
- Glow Squid
- Ocelot (MCPE-220034)
- Parrot
- Snow Golem (MCPE-220041)
- Squid (MCPE-220039)
- The correct leash physics, simulating four ropes, is now used when a Mule is leashed to a Happy Ghast (MCPE-219640)
- Entities can now be leashed to Glow Squid, just like regular Squid (MCPE-220040)
Technical Updates
The Minecraft latest update also brings several technical updates.
Blocks
- “alpha_test_to_opaque”, “alpha_test_single_sided_to_opaque”, and “blend_to_opaque” will not shift to “opaque” in the distance. This is a temporary rollback of functionality that will be fixed later.
Items
- Fixed items with empty icon textures displaying as garbled pixels when held in hand
Gameplay
- Fixed the default control schemes for all cameras
Summary
If you’re a Minecraft fan, you are definitely looking out for new updates. Gamers were very excited when the news of the Vibrant Visuals update was out, and now with more enhancements, the gameplay is surely enhanced. Mojang keeps feeding fans with gameplay upgrades, and this Minecraft Beta & Preview is surely something. With all the technical updates and bug fixes, your favorite game has become even more enjoyable. Be sure to try them out on Xbox, PlayStation, Windows, and iOS platforms.
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