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Every tab, every toggle, and when to actually use them. Just want the quick install? The setup steps are enough. Come here to find out what a specific button, toggle or tab does.
The patcher never redistributes any original Actions & Stuff asset. Instead it ships small binary diffs
(.vcdiff, applied with xdelta3) that transform
your own legally-owned copy into the RTX-enhanced version:
.vcdiff
.mcpack
Two .vcdiff files exist per patch version, because there are two possible starting points:
encrypted.vcdiff
Diffed against your raw, still-DRM-encrypted Marketplace cache.
decrypted.vcdiff
Diffed against an already-decrypted, plain pack: a .zip / .mcpack you downloaded or extracted yourself.
Both patches reconstruct the exact same final pack. The tool just picks whichever one matches the format of the pack you're feeding it, so it never has to touch DRM-protected bytes it can't otherwise read.
Pick a mode on the Patcher tab. The first is always available; the other two require Advanced Mode (bottom-left toggle in the sidebar).
Select Patch Mode:
Auto-detects your purchased Actions & Stuff pack directly from Minecraft's premium_cache
(works for the Microsoft Store/UWP and GDK/Xbox app installs). This is the mode almost everyone should use,
no manual file picking required.
For when you already have Actions & Stuff as a .zip or .mcpack file (e.g. downloaded
rather than pulled from the Marketplace cache). The patcher extracts it, strips Mojang's licensing metadata
(contents.json, signatures.json, etc.), injects its own manifest, and applies
decrypted.vcdiff.
Lets you manually point at a specific source pack (folder or zip), target output
path, and a specific .vcdiff patch file, bypassing the normal auto-detection entirely.
Useful for testing a patch you (or a patch developer) just built with the
Create Patch tool, or for applying an older/specific patch version by hand.
Tip
After any mode finishes, click Install Pack to copy the result straight into your Minecraft resource_packs folder, no manual extraction needed.
Some Actions & Stuff source material ships assets bundled inside a custom container format instead of as
normal loose files: a __brarchive folder containing *.brarchive files, each of which is
really several real files packed together with a small binary header.
Recursively scans the target folder for __brarchive directories, unpacks every
.brarchive file back into a normal file at the path it's named after (stripping the
.brarchive suffix), then deletes the now-empty containers and leftover pointer files.
Utilities → Extract Brarchives, a standalone tool you point at any folder directly.
Handy for inspecting what's inside a __brarchive folder.
If a folder doesn't have a __brarchive anywhere in it, running this is a harmless no-op, which is
why it's still marked Beta.
Everything below lives behind the sidebar tabs. Advanced Mode (bottom-left toggle) is required to see the Utilities menu and a few of the Patcher-tab controls.
Scans every detected Minecraft install (Microsoft Store/UWP, GDK/Xbox app, and per-world
resource_packs / development_resource_packs folders) for leftover Actions & Stuff
pack directories from previous patches, and lets you delete the ones you select. Use it if you've patched
several times and want to reclaim disk space, or before re-patching to avoid stale duplicate packs in-game.
Reads and writes your Minecraft options.txt directly, so you can flip RTX-relevant graphics
settings (graphics_mode, graphics_api, ray tracing/deferred view distance, upscaling
mode & percentage, etc.) without hunting through Minecraft's menus. Set Best Settings applies the
recommended RTX configuration in one click; Apply Settings saves whatever you've
edited manually. Pick which options.txt profile to target first if you have more than one
Minecraft install or user profile.
Standalone tools that don't run the full patch pipeline, useful for patch developers or troubleshooting.
Compresses a folder into a .zip / .mcpack with fixed timestamps (Jan 1 1980) and
no compression (stored). Two runs over identical input always produce a byte-identical archive. That
determinism keeps the xdelta diffs reproducible and small, so it's used everywhere the patcher zips for diffing.
Extracts any .zip or .mcpack archive to a folder, automatically unwrapping a
single redundant top-level folder if the archive has one (e.g. MyPack-main/... becomes just
the pack contents).
The same brarchive extraction, pointed at any folder you choose,
independent of a patch run. Good for inspecting or unpacking a __brarchive folder without
doing anything else.
This is how new patch versions actually get built, for custom or new patches. It's not something regular users need. It takes four inputs:
premium_cache, still DRM-encrypted..vcdiff files and patch_config.json get written.
Plus Pack Version / Patch Version (used to name the output folder and
populate patch_config.json), and one toggle:
manifest.json into both the decrypted baseline and the target folder before diffing, so the shipped pack always ends up with the correct custom pack identity.
Clicking Create Patches produces encrypted.vcdiff,
decrypted.vcdiff and a patch_config.json (pack/patch version plus validation stats
used by Marketplace auto-detection) in a new
Actions & Stuff for RTX <pack version> V<patch version> folder under your output directory.
Discord invite links (community + BetterRTX), and the Bug Report form. The bug reporter can optionally attach:
Every item is opt-in per checkbox, and all are tied to a random install ID rather than anything personally identifying. See App Settings → Privacy for the underlying telemetry consent controls.
Patches are downloaded from a separate patch library repo rather than shipped inside the patcher, so a new patch reaches everyone without a patcher update. You can publish one straight from the Create Patch tool.
Version bump and build automation for cutting a new patcher release: edit the app version, build MSI/NSIS
installers and/or a portable .exe, and sort the resulting artifacts into a
Releases/vX.Y.Z folder with the updater manifest signature injected automatically. Not relevant
unless you're publishing a new patcher build.
What every group on the App Settings tab controls.
The most common issues, sorted by category. Nothing here match what you're seeing? Ask in Discord or send a Bug Report.
This happens when the patcher can't automatically find your premium cache folder. Open %AppData%/Minecraft Bedrock/premium_cache/resource_packs yourself and look for the folder containing the A&S logo (it'll have a long, cryptic name). If it's genuinely missing, reinstalling the pack from the Marketplace resets the folder structure.
These xdelta errors are almost always a version mismatch, the pack version is either too old or too new for the patch you picked. Check that your version is supported by the patch you're applying. If you're patching a .zip, this can also mean the source file itself was modified, make sure you're using an untouched, original download.
Check the process log (Advanced Mode) for the actual error, and confirm you own a legitimate copy of Actions & Stuff in one of the supported formats.
Make sure your resource pack load order matches the setup steps, and run the Cleaner to remove stale duplicates.
Render inconsistencies occasionally happen while a world is still loading. Restarting the game or the world once or twice usually resolves it on its own.
This points to an incorrect load order or a missing base RTX pack. Put the A&S RTX Pack at the very top of your resource pack list, and make sure BetterRTX is installed correctly.
By default the A&S RTX Pack overrides the player entity, which breaks personal skins. Edit ccc3ed4bb82925a91cd4.json in the pack files and change the default and cape texture entries back to textures/entity/player and textures/entity/cape.
Vibrant Visuals doesn't support the MER (Metalness/Emissive/Roughness) texture technology the pack relies on for glow. Use a fully compatible RTX pack instead, such as Completely Normal RTX.
The Warden is only fully supported in one patcher mode. Make sure Full Experience is selected instead of Custom Experience.
A known visual Minecraft bug. Launch the game in windowed mode before loading the world.
Frequently caused by Armor Stands rendering incorrectly, specifically leather boots with the "Rib Armor Trim" placed on an armor stand. Avoid or remove those in RTX worlds.
On servers or friends' worlds, entity textures (chests, shulker boxes, horses, etc.) frequently break. Multiplayer worlds often stack many server-side resource packs at once, which hits the RTX engine's texture limits. There's currently no reliable client-side fix for this.
Ask in the Discord or check the pinned FAQ thread.