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 2 weeks agoWhy would they move the bottom of the world below 0 instead of just moving sea level upwards?
ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
Why didn’t they just move all the old stuff up?
IHateReddit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
that would require moving every single thing up which would break a lot of stuff like mod/plugin data
ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks 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.
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
Why didn’t they just put more bedrock under the old stuff?
RandomVideos@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
That would probably cause a lot of lag and bugs
pivot_root@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Compatibility with existing worlds