I heard that now in Minecraft since the terrain generator got changed that now the entirety of Minecraft is a giant island in an endless ocean!!!
I heard that if you go past a certain distance away from the spawn anything generated after that will slowly transition into an endless ocean filled with nothing but water and a few mushroom islands. If this is true I would be saddened.
Can someone confirm this?
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Notch accidentally replaced the far lands with an endless ocean. A shame since the far lands were cool.
I heard that the farlands were removed but I thought it was normal terrain until I heard of this ocean thing. Unfortunate because it's hard mining under an ocean and hard to build over one.
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Well, I made a new game and was looking for mountains, decided that it might be across a lake but then the lake turned into an ocean(like always) and I'm 14k out (like always). Still ocean.
Far Lands = gay (if you want farlands, just make a 1.8.1 map then update to 1.0.0
unlimited ocean = good (makes you feel like you are trully in an unexplored land and alienated)
It's very hard to get used to at first. You feel like what IF the ocean is infinite going this direction. At first you don't know for sure. After once or twice making a home across the ocean feels really awesome. Only problem is, I'll have to travel back to enter the stronghold.
if you want farlands, just make a 1.8.1 map then update to 1.0.0
Absolutely false. The reason the farlands occured in the first place was rounding errors in the code when you got above a certain range of x or z (namely 12.5 million). That area is not generated until you get to it, so if you made a map and updated before travelling to the farlands and then updated, the farlands would not generate because the area would generate with 1.0 code.
On top of that, they were removed in 1.8. 1.7 was the last time they existed.
Far Lands = gay (if you want farlands, just make a 1.8.1 map then update to 1.0.0
unlimited ocean = good (makes you feel like you are trully in an unexplored land and alienated)
No, the far lands are not homosexual, good sir. And they're much more interesting than a big boring ocean (which sure as hell needs more content :angry.gif: ) I hope Jeb reconsiders sharks and adds a few water MOBs like jellyfish and crabs, as well as coral, seaweed and sea sponge (a legitimate way to get sea sponge! Hurray! :biggrin.gif:) Of course, once this occurs, he'll have to add a craftable diving helmet. :smile.gif:
I don't like the loss of the far lands though, they were pretty awesome and somewhat rewarding as well
No, the far lands are not homosexual, good sir. And they're much more interesting than a big boring ocean (which sure as hell needs more content :angry.gif: ) I hope Jeb reconsiders sharks and adds a few water MOBs like jellyfish and crabs, as well as coral, seaweed and sea sponge (a legitimate way to get sea sponge! Hurray! :biggrin.gif:) Of course, once this occurs, he'll have to add a craftable diving helmet. :smile.gif:
I don't like the loss of the far lands though, they were pretty awesome and somewhat rewarding as well
Respiration is a good start, but not the same thing. A real diving helmet makes it easier to see underwater for one thing.
The far lands are... far. As in, far enough away from your initial spawn point that there's no practical way to get to them without cheating. You'd literally be running for years.
The oceans people are complaining about are not the same thing. They're also not infinite, but big enough that people find them boring (especially when you consider the lack of methods to build within them, and the lack of features that'd make it worth the effort).
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How the hell do people even care about this? The only way to get to the edge of the map is with hacks anyway, in any regular game it's impossible to see the farlands.
I heard that if you go past a certain distance away from the spawn anything generated after that will slowly transition into an endless ocean filled with nothing but water and a few mushroom islands. If this is true I would be saddened.
Can someone confirm this?
Oh wait! There is!
I heard that the farlands were removed but I thought it was normal terrain until I heard of this ocean thing. Unfortunate because it's hard mining under an ocean and hard to build over one.
Oh wait! There is!
Only if we could hook that up with a survival island generator..
unlimited ocean = good (makes you feel like you are trully in an unexplored land and alienated)
Absolutely false. The reason the farlands occured in the first place was rounding errors in the code when you got above a certain range of x or z (namely 12.5 million). That area is not generated until you get to it, so if you made a map and updated before travelling to the farlands and then updated, the farlands would not generate because the area would generate with 1.0 code.
On top of that, they were removed in 1.8. 1.7 was the last time they existed.
No, the far lands are not homosexual, good sir. And they're much more interesting than a big boring ocean (which sure as hell needs more content :angry.gif: ) I hope Jeb reconsiders sharks and adds a few water MOBs like jellyfish and crabs, as well as coral, seaweed and sea sponge (a legitimate way to get sea sponge! Hurray! :biggrin.gif:) Of course, once this occurs, he'll have to add a craftable diving helmet. :smile.gif:
I don't like the loss of the far lands though, they were pretty awesome and somewhat rewarding as well
The far lands are... far. As in, far enough away from your initial spawn point that there's no practical way to get to them without cheating. You'd literally be running for years.
The oceans people are complaining about are not the same thing. They're also not infinite, but big enough that people find them boring (especially when you consider the lack of methods to build within them, and the lack of features that'd make it worth the effort).
People need to stop using "irl" when referencing game mechanics.