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[Crenox]

Nice mod, it's just there's already a mod like this and it's way better but still, I'll try this out.

[kurtss]

Dragonfree97, on 16 January 2012 - 05:27 PM, said:

There's a tool called MCNostalgia that (legally!) downgrades your Minecraft to a previous version. Alpha, Indev and Infdev are in there.

I'll look into it.

jansteffen, on 16 January 2012 - 05:32 PM, said:

looks good :-) can you add "extended" versions of both which generate the world itself just as it does already, but with villages, ravines, strongholds and mineshafts? I'd love to see some testificates running around on some floating islands

Done in v1.1.

Techtronic, on 16 January 2012 - 05:36 PM, said:

in the title it says 1.1 but at download you mention its 1.0. which is this for? >_<

The [1.1] is the Minecraft version this is for. The screenshot is a 1.0 world.

[Domino]

Looks awesome! Will download now.

[KharonAlpua]

kurtss, on 16 January 2012 - 05:04 PM, said:

I added the structures back in v1.1.

Excellent... I have hardly touched it, so I probably just missed them in my brief fly-through to reach my old spawn.

[Destructoid17]

You're gonna add a cave world? I love you.

[ne0g0rd]

Netherack Creeper, on 14 January 2012 - 08:38 PM, said:

Does it need modloader?

who knows

[KharonAlpua]

ne0g0rd, on 16 January 2012 - 09:08 PM, said:

who knows

Nope. It worked perfectly fine on my otherwise 100% unmodded* minecraft.jar.

* by "unmodded" I mean only using MCPatcher for HD Textures

[TWMGfan]

skylands works but the beta world doesn't at all. its still the same world gen as the new. if you dont know the codes needed to make the world load like it did back in 1.7 and earlier then go find one of the earlier versions and read through all the necessary class files before you try something like that.

[Love4Fluffy]

So does this NOT work with ModLoader then? Because it isn't working on my minecraft.jar that only has ModLoader on it...

[ccbad]

how do you enter the skylands?

[ccbad]

wait, is there a 1.1 download? is the download a 1.1 one?

[Love4Fluffy]

Ignore what I said earlier, I was putting the wrong files in the jar xD

[kurtss]

ne0g0rd, on 16 January 2012 - 09:08 PM, said:

who knows

It doesn't.

TWMGfan, on 16 January 2012 - 11:15 PM, said:

skylands works but the beta world doesn't at all. its still the same world gen as the new. if you dont know the codes needed to make the world load like it did back in 1.7 and earlier then go find one of the earlier versions and read through all the necessary class files before you try something like that.

The beta world uses the new biomes and the ore generation - most other things are exactly the same.

ccbad, on 16 January 2012 - 11:52 PM, said:

how do you enter the skylands?

It's a world type, not a dimension.

ccbad, on 17 January 2012 - 12:02 AM, said:

wait, is there a 1.1 download? is the download a 1.1 one?

Yes, this is 1.1.

[Zoofule]

Does this mean i can use seeds from 1.7.......... or is it just a similar type of generation?

[azureMagic]

I really do not want to uninstall Modloader just for Skylands and I don't want to go to the pain of installing all those mods for Aether. Can you make this Modloader-compatable please?

[KharonAlpua]

TWMGfan, on 16 January 2012 - 11:15 PM, said:

skylands works but the beta world doesn't at all. its still the same world gen as the new. if you dont know the codes needed to make the world load like it did back in 1.7 and earlier then go find one of the earlier versions and read through all the necessary class files before you try something like that.

I installed it on a clean 1.1 yesterday morning and Beta works passably, but only for the surface. Extensive exploration last night revealed a few major issues, though, and it seems to all come down to the fact that it appears this doesn't have a cave generator, instead using the same cave and dungeon generation as b1.8 and newer. It would also be nice to see if each world-type can have its own biome generation, though I am loving some of the biome changes on my old-school map, which has all the right coastlines, and somewhat more interesting lanscapes, though all of them are, to me, passably close to the old in spite of being imperfect. I feel that it adds a little flavor to my old world.

Anyway, is there any chance that a future update might be able to include Beta Cave/Dungeon generation? I'm willing to look into the source code myself to see if I can help out with building a better Beta generator for this, too, so just let me know if you want any help on this.

For all of the curious, I'll put up a few comparison screenshots tonight of my original world, the modern version of the same seed, and the World Types Beta generated version.

[Phicksur]

Would you be willing to coordinate with Risugami and have his biosphere mod added into the list?

Right now I have to run his Biosphere mod OR your mod, and I like Biospheres a lot more than I like skylands.

[DarkVarano]

Awesome mod, can't way to see new kinds of worlds added.
Best of All : Skylands with all biomes !! good job on that.

[kurtss]

Zoofule, on 17 January 2012 - 04:54 AM, said:

Does this mean i can use seeds from 1.7.......... or is it just a similar type of generation?

It's a similar type of generation.

azureMagic, on 17 January 2012 - 07:45 AM, said:

I really do not want to uninstall Modloader just for Skylands and I don't want to go to the pain of installing all those mods for Aether. Can you make this Modloader-compatable please?

...it is.

KharonAlpua, on 17 January 2012 - 11:45 AM, said:

I installed it on a clean 1.1 yesterday morning and Beta works passably, but only for the surface. Extensive exploration last night revealed a few major issues, though, and it seems to all come down to the fact that it appears this doesn't have a cave generator, instead using the same cave and dungeon generation as b1.8 and newer. It would also be nice to see if each world-type can have its own biome generation, though I am loving some of the biome changes on my old-school map, which has all the right coastlines, and somewhat more interesting lanscapes, though all of them are, to me, passably close to the old in spite of being imperfect. I feel that it adds a little flavor to my old world.

Anyway, is there any chance that a future update might be able to include Beta Cave/Dungeon generation? I'm willing to look into the source code myself to see if I can help out with building a better Beta generator for this, too, so just let me know if you want any help on this.

For all of the curious, I'll put up a few comparison screenshots tonight of my original world, the modern version of the same seed, and the World Types Beta generated version.

I can try to reincorporate the old cave then - not sure if it conflicts with the new generation though.

Phicksur, on 17 January 2012 - 01:58 PM, said:

Would you be willing to coordinate with Risugami and have his biosphere mod added into the list?

Right now I have to run his Biosphere mod OR your mod, and I like Biospheres a lot more than I like skylands.

Not sure how I could get in contact with him; I'm sure he gets tons of PMs a day.

[RxD]

oh no i need a world type that generates a world like 1.7,with Glacier and 404 seeds,no a normal generation with swamps