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Option to use old terrain (1.7-1.17) in newer versions. (JAVA)

Before someone asks No, I don't mean to revert the terrain change. I just want the option to use old terrain that I think is just better.

They have released completely new terrain for caves and cliffs in version 1.18. The terrain looks amazing when you are underground. However, on the surface, it looks awful. The current terrain system has a lot of hills, and biomes collide horribly with other biomes, like in my multiplayer world. In my friend's realm world, it even generated a swamp biome in water (without any trees). I think the newer terrain generation is way too buggy, and I want the option to use the old 1.17 one, which I think is a lot better.

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    Exactly! 

    Do you feel like there isn't enough "big" land masses anymore? Like I remember on the old system I could walk through a plains/meadow area for a long time and not run into a massive cliff/ravine/cave and wouldn't run into massive oceans and rivers all the time. 

    Like now I feel like every land biome is extremely small due to the mass amounts of oceans and rivers everywhere, it doesn't feel like you can ever go inland and get away from the water anymore and it just feels like no matter where you go you're basically on an island. 

    Also, I like the cliffs and caves, but I think there is WAY too many of them generating. Yesterday I explored a few new seeds trying to find a massive, relatively flat plains/meadows/forest biome without too much water around it and without a massive mountain around it and I finally found a "decent" area that fit that description (even though the plains/meadows area was only about 100 x 250 blocks) and as soon as I get to the center what do I see?... A massive crack in the ground that drops into nowhere and is as wide as the entire land mass I wanted to build on. 

    I just think they should make them less common because it's impossible to find a good, flat, massive biome anymore. It sucks...

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    Yeah I agree. The new terrain looks kinda lumpy and ugly. Not to mention the massive caves. There is a datapack by Rainbeau called realistic caves which fixes the problem of caves tearing apart the land, and it is amazing. However, I have yet to find a mod/datapack which reverts terrain back to 1.7 - 1.17. I honestly have no idea why Mojang felt like they needed to change the terrain so much. The Minecraft world doesn't feel like home anymore, it feels like an alien planet now.

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    My biggest issue with the newest generation is that there is no good place to build. Before i could just place my house anywhere but now i have to dig out a flat plane to build my house. I would love an option to get the old generation with the new stuff without using mods (Aka i wanna do this on bedrock too)