This issue only occurs for me when launching from the Installations tab. (I forgot the drop-down menu in the Play tab exists)
Launching from the Play tab sets the time correctly.
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Flowing Water should be removed around the Heavy Core
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Can Confirm in 24w11a with a server created world (without involvement of 3rd-party tools).
When loading the world in singleplayer for the first time, the following error gets logged:
[Server thread/ERROR]: Not a string
Issue is not fixed with the latest driver.
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