I built a second portal to the nether in the overworld but when I went through it sent me to the same nether portal that my first overworld portal sent me to. can you only build one portal In each world? I dont understand why this happened. My second portal is a significant distance from my first. help please
New but same issue, I created another further from the one I just mentioned and it sent me to the first portal I created in the nether. Is this because the nether is so much smaller? Should I only create portals in the nether?
Working as intended. On PC, in order to generate a "new" portal, you'd need to travel either 128 blocks in Nether or 1024 blocks in Overworld. (Moving 1 block in Nether moves you 8 blocks in the Overworld.) Since the XBox maps are only 1024x1024 right now, that would be a no-go on the XBox.
This is going to be made much more difficult on the XBox, however, because you can't see coordinates. Here's what I would do: build both Overworld portals, then manually walk from the first (yeah, it sucks) and count the blocks between them in the two coordinates. Let's say the second portal is 150 blocks east and 80 blocks north of the first. Go through the first portal with your obsidian, then walk 150/8 (18) blocks east and 80/8 (10) blocks north and build your second portal. Now Overworld Portal 1 and Nether Portal 1 should link correctly, and Overworld Portal 2 and Nether Portal 2 should link correctly.
Working as intended. On PC, in order to generate a "new" portal, you'd need to travel either 128 blocks in Nether or 1024 blocks in Overworld. (Moving 1 block in Nether moves you 8 blocks in the Overworld.) Since the XBox maps are only 1024x1024 right now, that would be a no-go on the XBox.
Of course, nothing stops you from just traveling to the Nether with extra obsidian and building your own second portal. There's tons of info on the math used to determine which portal to travel to on the wiki: http://www.minecraft...orld_and_Nether
This is going to be made much more difficult on the XBox, however, because you can't see coordinates. Here's what I would do: build both Overworld portals, then manually walk from the first (yeah, it sucks) and count the blocks between them in the two coordinates. Let's say the second portal is 150 blocks east and 80 blocks north of the first. Go through the first portal with your obsidian, then walk 150/8 (18) blocks east and 80/8 (10) blocks north and build your second portal. Now Overworld Portal 1 and Nether Portal 1 should link correctly, and Overworld Portal 2 and Nether Portal 2 should link correctly.
They changed the Nether-to-Overworld ratio to 1:3 blocks for Xbox, so it may still work if it's far away enough.
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I am declaring multiple over world portals impossible. I have tried creating a portal at least 300 from any other portal and i still get sent to either two original portals. Anybody else to confirm?
Edit: Idk the exact math but it looks like you can pull it off by having a portal in the center, then near any edge on the map. Possibly a maximum of 9 portals.
Of course, nothing stops you from just traveling to the Nether with extra obsidian and building your own second portal. There's tons of info on the math used to determine which portal to travel to on the wiki: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Nether_portal#Linkage_between_Overworld_and_Nether
This is going to be made much more difficult on the XBox, however, because you can't see coordinates. Here's what I would do: build both Overworld portals, then manually walk from the first (yeah, it sucks) and count the blocks between them in the two coordinates. Let's say the second portal is 150 blocks east and 80 blocks north of the first. Go through the first portal with your obsidian, then walk 150/8 (18) blocks east and 80/8 (10) blocks north and build your second portal. Now Overworld Portal 1 and Nether Portal 1 should link correctly, and Overworld Portal 2 and Nether Portal 2 should link correctly.
They changed the Nether-to-Overworld ratio to 1:3 blocks for Xbox, so it may still work if it's far away enough.
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Did they? Thanks for the info -- that would 400 blocks away or so should be enough to generate a new portal in the Nether.
Is there an article or list somewhere of known differences like that between PC and XBox?
Edit: Idk the exact math but it looks like you can pull it off by having a portal in the center, then near any edge on the map. Possibly a maximum of 9 portals.