Comment on ATTN: GEOLOGISTS

• pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Compatibility with existing worlds

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• ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  In early snapshots, they simply extended the build limit upwards like you suggested, so when people loaded their old worlds in they started complaining about kilometer-high walls generating in every direction

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  • dragonfucker@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Why didn’t they just move all the old stuff up?

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    • IHateReddit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      that would require moving every single thing up which would break a lot of stuff like mod/plugin data

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    • ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That would lead to playering being able to accidentally mine themselves off a cliff and throw themselves into the void. You’re not supposed to get under the bedrock.

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      • dragonfucker@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Why didn’t they just put more bedrock under the old stuff?

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    • RandomVideos@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That would probably cause a lot of lag and bugs

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