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New world heights coordinates, suggestion for better consistency.

Currently, (pre 1.16 and below) we have coordinates as:

256 = Upper build limit
"62" = Sea/Ocean level
0 = Lower limit/bedrock. 

This is all numbers that kinda makes sense, but the new 1.17 coordinates, for reference:

320 = Upper build limit
"62" = Sea/Ocean level
0 = Somewhere in the middle of the ground, nothing significant
-64 = Lower limit/bedrock

...doesn't make as much sense. 

Wouldn't it be better sticking with 256 as build height, and then use the same "Zero" altitude reference as in the actual "real" world... Sea level! This would mean a tiny tweak (by 2 blocks) to relative sea/ocean level, and imply that everything in the negative Z's is below sea level/ground. In summary:

256 = Upper build limit
0 = Sea/Ocean level
-128 = Lower limit/bedrock. 

This just... makes more sense. The way you implemented the additional vertical space in the coordinate space surprised me. The suggestion above is more in line with what one would expect. 

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• February 20, 2021 10:44
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  • February 20, 2021 18:30
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  Actually mountains are getting an update in generation too so its better to have those coordinates the way they are.

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  • July 29, 2021 07:58
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  I don't think it is a good idea, beacuse when the height of the nether is added to 256, there will be no space above the bedrocks.The change may make building or testing something in the nether more difficult no matter in the creative or surivial mode, and some mob farms will be nolonger usable.