Based on comments and my own testing this issue appears to be caused by players updating their servers by only copying the executable (bedrock_server) from the 1.16 download into an existing BDS installation, or using a Docker container/game panel with the same issue. The executable and all supporting files it is provided with need to be upgraded for BDS to function properly, it does not act in the same way as Java.
To resolve:
Extract the new 1.16 BDS files
Copy the worlds folder, server.properties, whitelist.json and permissions.json from the old folder into the new one
Run BDS
If you believe you are experiencing the issue and your BDS files have been updated properly please provide more information, including a download of your world and BDS files in the comments.
Hostile mobs do not spawn even when difficulty is cycled and the server is restarted. Oddly zombie pigmen (old style) still spawn out of nether portals.
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I'm not able to reproduce this. Do you have a high number of entities in your vicinity such as chicken cookers, cow crammers etc?
Bedrock has an entity cap of 200 that applies to mob spawning. Nether portal spawns don't appear to be affected by this cap which is why they continue spawning.
I have flown around in multiple dimensions cycling peaceful and hard on and off to try and flush some mobs. No endermen in the end. Occasionally there will be a ghast in the nether but nothing compared to the same world running on a realm.
I have flown around in multiple dimensions cycling peaceful and hard on and off to try and flush some mobs. No endermen in the end. Occasionally there will be a ghast in the nether but nothing compared to the same world running on a realm.
Could you upload a copy of your world?
I'm not seeing this on my public server or any of the test BDS instances I have so a world download may help.
I found a fix, start with a fresh install of the server and replace the world file with the one you would like to keep, then start the server. worked for me.
I found a fix, start with a fresh install of the server and replace the world file with the one you would like to keep, then start the server. worked for me.
I have been experiencing the same problems.
I wonder if the 200 mob count is combined between all regions, Overworld, Nether, The End.
I was trying to get my mob spawner to work and changed the tick distance to 12 but I think that has the opposite effect. Setting the tick-distance=4, I immediately started seeing more mobs.
Due to this being another result of not updating the server files properly, this report is going to be duplicated into BDS-6230.
That report has been updated to cover both issues until an official response is received from Mojang.
Due to this being another result of not updating the server files properly, this report is going to be duplicated into BDS-6230.
That report has been updated to cover both issues until an official response is received from Mojang.
I'm not able to reproduce this. Do you have a high number of entities in your vicinity such as chicken cookers, cow crammers etc?
Bedrock has an entity cap of 200 that applies to mob spawning. Nether portal spawns don't appear to be affected by this cap which is why they continue spawning.