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Glowing Entity Enhancements: Mobs that have glowing parts in vanilla Minecraft now display the same glow with ray tracing. This is taken a step further with some entities such as the creaking with a unique bloom effect!

Copper Golem Eyes Texture Fix: Copper Golem's eyes are no longer missing their texture with ray tracing, they've also been enhanced to glow with ray tracing, with a unique bloom effect that fades, matching the colors of their respective copper bulb's oxidization stage (MCPE-227676) 

Entity Invisibility Issues Fix: Invisibility effect now properly hides models of the following entities when ray tracing is enabled: Spider, Cave Spider, Phantom and Enderman, Alerted Creaking.

Enhanced Candles: Candles lack a point light, candles' appearance have been improved, now with an strong emissive wick! (1.21.80+ Only)

Universal workaround for rendering errors of cross-shaped blocks, foliage and crops with ray tracing (MCPE-189266)
- This issue persists for the following blocks: Glowberry vines, Pitcher plant, Kelp, Pointed dripstone, Weeping vines, Twisting vines, Seagrass, Sweet berry bush

Decorated Pot Issue Workaround: By default decorated pots texture display incorrectly with ray tracing. (MCPE-167161)

Spyglass Texture Fix: Cleared dark spots on spyglass texture, so that the issue of the texture being overly zoomed-in no longer interferes with functionality of spyglass (MCPE-125925)

Missing Point Lights Workaround: Light sources that previously had point lights will once again be functional (MCPE-227624)

Black Entities, Animation and Texture Fixes: 
- Some entities such as Breeze and Warden no longer display black textures, the wither, breeze wind and projectile have been improved for ray tracing with restored texture animations (MCPE-157438)  (MCPE-141530 ) (MCPE-183631)
- Iron Golem's crack stage textures have been restored for ray tracing.
- Villager and Zombie Villager texture issues have been resolved, villager models have been enhanced with more detail (MCPE-111414)
Known issues with villagers and zombie villagers:
- Performance impact may be larger when too many villagers are present.
- Texture Z-fighting may occur without ray tracing.
- Still villager heads may occasionally flicker with ray tracing.

Snow Golem Fix: Snow Golem's head is no longer rendered similar to particles.
Known issue: Invisible Snow Golem head still renders as a particle.

Fixed Missing Mooshroom Mushrooms: Mushrooms on Mooshroom that were missing by default are now remodeled to display with ray tracing. (Issue#28)

Fixed Missing Tropical Fish Fins: Fixed tropical fish patterns not being composited properly if the fish's base layer is transparent. (i.e. causing parts of fish fins to go invisible with ray tracing)

Enhanced Particles: Every rasterized particle has been adjusted where needed in order to blend-in with the ray-traced world.

Fixed larger XP Orb textures always appearing small with ray tracing (MCPE-183629)

Color-Corrected Doors: Doors usually appear a lot darker with ray tracing (MCPE-121412) this workaround attempts to correct colors of doors to a certain degree where possible. (Not all colors are fully correctable, specifically doors that already come with bright colors)

Fixed Command Block and TNT Minecart issues: Blocks in Minecarts are no longer unaffected by ray tracing.

Fixed visual glitch of Hopper inside Hopper Minecart: MCPE-241124

Chiseled Bookshelf Fix: Chiseled Bookshelves are now functional with ray tracing, see v1.21.50 changelogs for workaround details (MCPE-166159)

Fixed Tamed Cats Missing Shadows: Tamed cats now cast a shadow with their entire body.
Known Issue: Tamed cat collars appear discolored without ray tracing.
 
Better Jack O'Lantern: Now emits light from all sides to more closely match its vanilla appearance and functionality.

Fixed Black Enchanted Trident and Fireworks Rocket: In-world models of enchanted tridents and fireworks rocket no longer appear black.

Fixed Water in Cauldron using the improper texture resulting in a rough appearance unlike water.

Keep an eye out on the changelogs and this section of the post for more experimental changes and updates!

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: I've downloaded and activated Vanilla RTX, but ray tracing is still greyed out and I can't select it.
Problem: Vanilla RTX isn't loading in correctly (textures aren't showing the right properties)

Answer / Solution: The easiest and most reliable solution to these problems (which happens because of MCPE-191513 and MCPE-152158) is to use the Vanilla RTX App's Launch Minecraft RTX functionality which prevents both of these issues and more.

Problem: Poor performance while using ray tracing.
Solution: This is an old Minecraft issue (MCPE-121850), the workaround is to simply disable Minecraft's VSync, if you still want VSync enabled, you can use your graphics card's control panel VSync.
Vanilla RTX App also automatically detects and disables Minecraft's VSync when Minecraft RTX is launched via the app.

Q: What is the difference between Vanilla RTX and Vanilla RTX Normals?

A: Vanilla RTX uses 16x heightmaps, which are later converted to a higher resolution (192x) normal map to create an impression of depth on otherwise flat surfaces.
Vanilla RTX Normals uses 16x normal maps instead, which define curvature on surfaces and the direction that light will bounce off each individual pixel, also creating a perception of depth and shape—in a different way!
Only one can be used at a time, each will provide a distinct appearance for all blocks.

In fewer words, Vanilla RTX Normals provides alternative lighting for surfaces.

Q: Can I use Vanilla RTX in my own projects? 
Absolutely! Vanilla RTX is already the foundation for numerous other RTX and Vibrant Visuals resource packs. You're free to use it in your projects of any kind (e.g. videos, renders, your own resource packs, even Minecraft servers/maps etc...), but in case you redistribute any files by me, give credit!
You are not allowed to sell Vanilla RTX however—this project and its files must remain freely accessible.
For more details, view the full license here.

Contact info for more question:
Discord ID: cubeir
Twitter / X: @cubeOhm

Q: Where do I find a zip?
A: You can always obtain a full package of relevant files from the Vanilla RTX source repository.
Here's the direct zipball permalink:
https://github.com/Cubeir/Vanilla-RTX/archive/refs/heads/master.zip

P.S. You can use the Vanilla RTX App to reinstall and update Vanilla RTX to the latest version automatically, which uses the same zipball, but properly packages it with Enhancements.

Problem: I am experiencing low frame rate, game keeps crashing etc...
Solution: If you're experiencing low FPS, disable Minecraft's VSync through settings menu or options.txt file, as for crashes and similar issues, they are Minecraft-sided, waiting for future game patches might be your only option.
However, It is worth noting there are several issues tied to resizing the game's window, tabbing in or out of game's window or turning ray tracing on/off frequently, all of which can easily be avoided.

Q: I want to adjust the pack to my preferences, where do I start?
A: You can use the Vanilla RTX App to tune several key features such as fog, strength of emissive textures, normal map intensity, and more.

However, if you wish to have more control, here are some helpful resources to to edit Vanilla RTX according to your personal preferences or even to create your own ray tracing capable resource pack:
Minecraft RTX related documentations: Minecraft.net / Nvidia / Microsoft Docs 
Use Texture Set Manager for a quicker start: Cubeir/Texture-Set-Manager

Problem: I've encountered a visual glitch, such as: some light sources not emitting enough light, textures not loading in, terrain flickering, block breaking animation appearing glitchy, etc...
Solution: Visual glitches or similar issues you might encounter during gameplay are all game-related. You can visit bugs.mojang.com and report/search for bugs related to Minecraft with RTX and vote for them if they are already reported.
This pack tries to address as many of these issues as possible, however there are limits.

Here's a list of some of the most critical issues Minecraft with RTX is facing right now:
MCPE-194207: When ray tracing is enabled, placing or breaking blocks causes surrounding blocks to flicker
MCPE-227510: Block destruction animated texture overlay appears glitchy with RTX
MCPE-227624: Point lights have been unintentionally removed from ray tracing graphics mode
MCPE-191513: Ray tracing can no longer be enabled while in the main menu.
MCPE-152158: PBR textures don't load properly upon enabling ray tracing after the game is freshly launched.
MCPE-121850: Ray Tracing performance starvation when VSync is enabled.
MCPE-218920: Player and entity name tags no longer display once ray tracing is enabled.

Unfortunately Mojang is far quicker at adding new bugs than fixing them, this creates an endless blackhole of regression that swallows entire features and decreases playability with each game update.
You can vote for ray tracing related issues such as the ones linked above to get Mojang's attention.

Q: Can I pair Vanilla RTX with other resource packs and add-ons? such as the ones from the Minecraft marketplace?
A: This is probably not a good idea, because as the name if the pack suggests 'Vanilla RTX' adds ray tracing support for the vanilla game itself, and any other resource packs or behavior packs that don't belong to the vanilla game are not guranteed to work alongside it, as their creators have to account for ray tracing themselves. That said, you can try different combinations and see what works best for you.

If you have other questions or need help, try joining Vanilla RTX Discord server and ask away, or leave a comment here explaining the issue, you can also report issues through GitHub.