So I created some old worlds in 1.17 and when the 1.18 update came, i made a copy of that world, then i went into that copy and selected the button “make infinite”, as i explored the world i noticed old chunks i never walked i had been changed, however there was no blending, there was also no blending between completely new chunks (where the border used to be) and chunks i had been in.
however, that is insignificant compared to the other effect I noticed, the build limit was still from y= 0 to y = 256, and the bedrock and space underneath was not updated to have the new generation.
I have attached images of those as well as the world file as a zip
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I don't think this is a bug, it's actually working as expected. The 1.18 changelog says:
"-Removed 'Old' world type from the world creation screen
-Locked Old worlds to BaseGameVersion 1.17.40
-Existing Old worlds are still playable but will not be updated with 1.18 features"
Destriker, this is an old world made infinite, and that should update it to 1.18 should it not? Since it is no longer an old world type after you make it infinite
Destriker, this is an old world made infinite, and that should update it to 1.18 should it not? Since it is no longer an old world type after you make it infinite
Can you provide a copy of the world not updated to an infinite world type? And also about the impossibility of updating to a new height of the old worlds has already been reported in MCPE-149233.
Can you provide a copy of the world not updated to an infinite world type? And also about the impossibility of updating to a new height of the old worlds has already been reported in MCPE-149233.
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