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  1. Minecraft (Bedrock codebase)
  2. MCPE-163890

Can't enable Ray Tracing on PC when console friends are in the lobby

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    • 1.19.40
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    • Windows

      Hi, I just recently built my first ever gaming PC after waiting for 2 entire years to get a 3080 Ti for slightly less than MSRP. Like most gamers, one of the first games I wanted to hop into was Minecraft RTX after spending years on 8-bit Minecraft and wanting something new in one of my favorite games. When I got Minecraft for Windows for the first time, I immediately noticed I was still unable to enable Ray Tracing in the Bedrock version of Minecraft - and found out online that I had to download a template to play it with Ray Tracing turned on. So I tried to both invite my console friends to an RTX lobby which they couldn't download or join even with Ray Tracing turned off on their consoles, and I also tried to join one of their lobbies and just enable Ray Tracing in their game, both of which ended with no success. This was a serious heartbreak for me after spending about $3K on my first ever PC build, and I feel almost duped with a bait-and-switch after finding out that even if my console friends don't have RTX enabled, I can't enable it myself, either, and I just bought a GPU specifically designed and marketed with Mojang to see what minecraft could look like with Ray Tracing. Can you guys please kindly give us PC users the ability to play with our console friends with Ray Tracing turned on while the console players don't have it turned on?

      I can acknowledge that consoles might not be able to perform the Ray Tracing for extended periods or that there might be some other technical issue going on behind the scenes, but not being able to enable RTX with console friends in the lobby is extremely heart-breaking and a serious let down for me. I hope you guys eventually see my request. Thanks for reading!

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