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ATTN: GEOLOGISTS (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 79 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

-60 since 1.19 or something

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 weeks ago

Geologists clearly use custom world generation rules.

[–] outerspace 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There is one comma in the whole picture and it is killing me

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Don’t, have to be weird about it though.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

Checkmate atheists

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

As a geologist I will retort that if Minecraft environments had eroding surfaces like real life does then that bedrock would also be visible at the surface. Outcrops are just areas that are experiencing erosion rates faster than areas that are overlayed with soil. That said, there are a cool Minecraft programs for geological processes that have been shown to be educational.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I’ve had many hundreds of hours of Minecraft these past few years but… What’s layer 4?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Y-level. Before 1.18 the top layer containing bedrock (ETA: in the overworld) was y=4.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They changed the height of bedrock?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

Compatibility with existing worlds

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

That would probably cause a lot of lag and bugs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Technically, the top layer bedrock can spawn at is either y=128(the nether roof) or the top of the obsidian towers in the main end island

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

OP must follow Rox News.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

I bet YOU didn't play Minecraft, and you call yourself a geologist??? Ametures!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

We're being played for fools...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The first 3 layers (horizons) are A, B, and C, respectively. Ask me how I know