Minecraft Bedrock Edition 1.16.0.53 changelog

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• Joining the beta will replace your game with a work in progress version of Minecraft
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• Any worlds played while in the beta cannot be opened in previous versions of the game so please make copies of worlds to prevent losing them
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NOTE: This beta is a work in progress version of the full Nether Update. Some features seen in Java Edition snapshots may not yet be present.

Crashes and Stability

• Fixed several crashes that could occur during gameplay
• Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur in split-screen when the host saves and quits the game 
• Fixed stability issues when using some custom character creator skins 
• Improved performance related to maps in item frames (REALMS-1532)

General

• Made several Bedrock Dedicated server documentation updates and fixes (BDS-1084, BDS-2341, BDS-3141, BDS-3051, BDS-1085)
• Fix issue where imported world templates (.mctemplate) were not visible on Gear VR
• Fixed an issue related to chunks not loading correctly in Realms (REALMS-2037)
• Fixed skin texturing issue on "Alex" model

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue with Villager goals which prevented them from working
• Newly-created maps now start with the correct zoom level (MCPE-63416)
• Fixed an issue where maps from converted ‘Editions’ worlds were at the wrong scale (MCPE-58796) 
• Fixed shearing a sheep not updating its texture to sheared sheep model (MCPE-63188)
• Fixed an issue with some enchantments not working correctly (MCPE-63124)
• Fixed an issue with music disc names not showing in the correct language 

Graphical

• Fixed rendering issues for sign text through other transparent objects such as glass (MCPE-55327) 
• Fixed Maps in item frames flashing purple and black image before the map loads
• Animation scale now uses linear interpolation between keyframes

Add-Ons and Scripting

• Switching to a different geometry using a render controller now immediately change the geometry in game
• Fixes for selectors with an empty tag as argument @e[tag=] and @e[tag=!]