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How to keep old chunks in old worlds and have the new cavegen in 1.17

For compatibility/integration with old worlds in the second update of 1.17, instead of cutting off the -64 terrain generation in old chunks, the there will be an option before opening an old world to "expand beneath" which would take an extra minute to load. Accepting or choosing this option will replace all bedrock from y=5-0 with "softened bedrock" or "softrock" with the newer terrain generating beneath to -64. so when loading into old worlds, you can go straight down to the new caves without traveling far away from home to find new chunks. ofc soft bedrock probably won't have any other use than to connect the old and new cave worldgen past y=0(edited)

so lady agnes can also expand that survival world of hers down into -64 terrain without leaving it all behind

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• April 14, 2021 16:02
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  • May 27, 2021 05:42
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  That's a great idea!

   

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  • June 09, 2021 16:49
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  I personally think the bedrock should be replaced with deepslate since I don't think it would make sense to have a brand new block exclusively for the purpose of expanding older chunks. Excellent idea, though.