[MC-92036] Server generating villages despite generate-structures=false in server.properties

So i am working on this project. And had used a flat world setting to generate air only worlds. It worked like a charm. But then i noticed villages spawning ontop of the void. So i turned off structure generation in the server config. Hoping it would fix it. But they still appear.

Steps:
1: create a minecraft server wich is flat. And air only
2: turn off generate structures in the config. And start server
3: walk/ teleport around to see them still spawn

Comments 11

[Mod] redstonehelper 2015-11-03T21:09:41Z

Do they appear in newly generated chunks as well?

jodi850 2015-11-03T21:52:45Z

Yes they do.

jodi850 2015-11-04T10:01:05Z

I even notice giving it a flat world code without village in it still spawns them

Jens Bergensten 2015-12-01T14:42:37Z

In my opinion this bug should be fixed by changing level.dat into something that can be read and edited by human eyes. What happens here is actually that the server will prioritize the level settings (in level.dat) over the server properties. I feel that the server properties shouldn't control level settings in that way, so it's a structural problem.

My suggestion to you, if you still have this problem, is to edit your level.dat with a NBT editor and change the setting there.

So... status: to be determined 🙂

jodi850 2015-12-01T15:28:36Z

Okay. Ill try that as soon as possible. But still. In my opinions. Void isnt valid ground in the first place :x

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jodi850 2015-12-02T12:11:15Z

Oh now i see what you mean. But indeed i accidentally posted two bugs. Sorry :x. You still want me to try and change the nbt inside the world.dat? :o

[Mod] redstonehelper 2015-12-02T20:46:04Z

@@unknown: Villages in void/empty maps is MC-87522... which I mistakenly marked WAI. Reopening now.

SunCat 2016-02-10T20:30:46Z

What was the seed?

jodi850 2016-02-11T03:49:47Z

Ill post it later today. Through it happens with any kind of seed :x

wobst.michael 2016-10-23T14:45:24Z

Is this still an issue in the most recent versions (currently that is 1.10.2, or 16w42a) of Minecraft? If so, please update the affected versions and help us keeping this ticket updated from time to time. If you are the owner/reporter of this ticket, you can modify the affected version(s) yourself.