Bedrock Wiki

The following features are currently in development or on the roadmap for the Deferred Rendering Pipeline:

Rendering & Lighting

• Color grading: Full HDR suite (contrast, saturation, etc.).
• Water lighting: A unique model for water geometry including properties like algae presence, caustics, noise, volumetric rays, reflections, refractions, and Snell's window.
• Subsurface scattering: An approximation for PBR capabilities.
• Reflections: Both IBL-based (Image Based Lighting) and screen-space reflections.
• Global Illumination: Work is ongoing to improve skylight, reflected sunlight, and ambient blocklight.

Assets & Textures

• Texture Set support: For both Items and particles.

The Bedrock world generation development follows an iterative approach focused on increasing creator parity with Vanilla capabilities. The roadmap priority is:

1. Improving block features and capabilities (expanding existing feature types).
2. Embedding elements into the world (improving features and jigsaw structures).
3. Biome capabilities (addressing noise maps, scale, weather, fog, audio, etc.).

Note: The team aims to allow creators to do almost anything possible in the Vanilla game, but development must account for multi-platform compute capabilities and backwards/multi-addon compatibility.

Blocks in Bedrock can be configured to face different directions using several orientation models. Choosing the right model depends on the required number of directions and whether the rotation should affect physical components like collision boxes.

• Axis Alignment: 3 axis-aligned orientations (e.g., logs, basalt).
• Block Face Attachment: 6 attachments: down, up, north, south, west, and east (e.g., item frames, ladders).
• Cardinal Orientation: 4 directions: north, south, west, and east (e.g., carved pumpkins, furnaces).
• Facing Orientation: 6 directions: down, up, north, south, west, and east (e.g., dispensers, observers).
• Sixteen-Way Rotation: 16 directions at 22.5 degree intervals (e.g., banners, signs).

Item functions are used to modify the properties of an item within loot tables and trade tables. These functions must be placed within a functions array inside a loot entry.

Key Constraints:

• They are usable in loot tables and trade tables only.
• They do not accept Molang.
• All functions can be prefixed with a namespace (e.g., minecraft:set_name or custom:set_name).
• Java-specific additional functions or properties are not supported.

{
    "type": "item",
    "name": "minecraft:diamond",
    "weight": 1,
    "functions": [
        {
            "function": "set_count",
            "count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 3
            }
        }
    ]
}

Execution context refers to the parameters that determine how a command runs. These parameters include:

• Executor: Who the command runs as (the target selected by @s).
• Position: Where the command runs (X, Y, Z coordinates).
• Dimension: The specific dimension (e.g., overworld, nether, the_end) in which the command executes.
• Rotation: The yaw and pitch applied to the command, affecting how relative/local coordinates (like ^ ^ ^) are calculated.

Commands from command blocks have no executor and run at the block's position. Commands from chat use the player as the executor and run at the player's position.

Shaders are implemented in two languages to ensure cross-device compatibility:

• GLSL: Used for non-Windows/Console devices.
• HLSL: Used for Windows and Console devices (sufficient for testing on Windows).

Warning: These shaders are incompatible with Render Dragon. They will not work on Windows or Console devices past version 1.16.200, or other devices past 1.18.30.

Fox MBE (FMBE) is a technique for creating highly customizable block display entities in Minecraft Bedrock using only commands. Unlike traditional methods that use armor stands (MBE), FMBE utilizes the bone structure of foxes to render blocks. This provides significantly more flexibility in terms of scale, rotation, and position.

Important Considerations:

• Performance: Each display requires 1 fox entity. High quantities of FMBE can cause server lag.
• Interaction: Players can pass through and interact with FMBE entities unless specific restrictions are applied.

Execution Forking (also known as Instancing or Nesting) is a technique used to trigger a single command multiple times within the same tick. This is achieved by using selectors (like @a or @e) that target multiple entities. When a selector identifies multiple targets, the command 'forks' its execution path, creating a new instance for every entity selected.

For example, execute at @a run particle ... will run the particle command once for every player currently online.

execute at @a run particle minecraft:basic_flame_particle ~ ~ ~