I created a world in Single Player, and while I do not remember what version it was on, it was recent enough (this calendar year), it was likely 1.11.
I downloaded the Server and copied the 'world' data over, started the server and had a friend join.
When attempting to find a Stronghold, the output of the /locate command on the console does not have a Stronghold there. The old single player world and the server have two different seeds (unsure if this is expected) despite a direct copy of the folder. Using some online utilities I have checked multiple Stronghold coordinates for both the single player seed and the server seed to no avail. I have checked 4+ different suspected coordinates for Strongholds, nothing.
I'm sure I'm missing something here, but I would like some guidance as to 1) What happened and 2) How do I find Strongholds now as the players are nearing that point.
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Normal world with that specific seed. I can send a screenshot if needed, and I will attempt it again with the fresh 18w08b snapshot. As a "guess", it would be when a stronghold would be created under an ocean of some sort, but I was short on time to investigate 1) the other 126 strongholds in the world, or 2) look at other random seeds for strongholds, particularly under the water. I will look over the next two days I have off in the current snapshot.
In 18w08b, I get a new value in our old world when I use /locate: 520, 32, -1320. But when I teleport there, still no Stronghold. I do note it is "deep lukewarm ocean" with a sandy bottom. I'm confident this is a newly spawned chunk given the sandy bottom, but I can't be sure until I start the same seed fresh. I moved in Spectator until I was far enough away to get another /locate for a Stronghold: 4664, 32, 1384, and there is a Stronghold there complete with an inactive gate. I also note it is below a Taiga Forrest, NOT under an ocean. I have to play with the fish in this Snapshot before my wife has to hurt me, but I'll do more testing with other random seeds, specifically looking for strongholds under an ocean.
I created various random seeds, /locate Stronghold put in in a stronghold each time. I tried seed -5141882208578940786 again creating it under 18w08b, /locate Stronghold also worked in this version. I suspect my problem was ocean tweaking and the change in biomes along with already created biome chunks, and the Stronghold "moved" between versions, but Strongholds obviously can't "move" where chunks already exist. I'll chalk my problem up to "locations" moving around with chunks already in existence. Thank you for following this up with me.
I made a brand new SMP map on 1.13-Pre3 and no matter what seed or how far out on the map i went eachtime i type /locate Stronghold it always pointed me back to 8 ~ 8 & when you view that location there is no Stronghold to be found
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