• The Stoned Hacker
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    73 months ago

    bedrock now spawns around Y=-60, give or take a few blocks

    • Dragon Rider (drag)
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      43 months ago

      Why would they move the bottom of the world below 0 instead of just moving sea level upwards?

      • @pivot_root
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        153 months ago

        Compatibility with existing worlds

      • Wugmeister
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        53 months 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

          • @IHateReddit
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            43 months ago

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

          • Wugmeister
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            13 months 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.