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Quote from MrSpaM

That would make sense, so basically if they want to increase the world size, they need to disable the split screen option


This would make sense, so basically if they want to make world sizes bigger, they need to disable the split screen option, which would enable you to have worlds four times the size

I really think that option would cause an uproar in the Xbox community. As much as I want bigger worlds, I would rather have our current world size then to take off splitscreen.

Hummm.

Keep 4-player split screen, lose larger worlds.
Get larger worlds, lose 4-player split screen.

What a conundrum.
Would make an interesting poll, huh?

(But I'll still wait for 4J's "official" response).

i agree fully. the only problem is i dont want to have to wait so long for all the goodies of 1.8!

Quote from Geneo

Hummm.

Keep 4-player split screen, lose larger worlds.
Get larger worlds, lose 4-player split screen.

What a conundrum.
Would make an interesting poll, huh?

(But I'll still wait for 4J's "official" response).

Yeah it would. But we could have 2 player splitscreen if someone makes a poll.
2 player vs 4 player splitscreen...

I'd happily give up splitscreen for larger worlds. It's not a feature that I ever use.

Quote from Urban_Blackbear

I'd happily give up splitscreen for larger worlds. It's not a feature that I ever use.

Yeah, I don't even have a HDMI cable. Or make it 2 player splitscreen, it would only make sense to.

What if, and I'm not programmer, they reduced the draw distance in splitscreen? Would that help memory usage or is the entire map loaded all at once?

The entire map is defintely not loaded into memory at once. It only loads chunks as it needs them.

I will say I agree that we need a larger world size. A way larger world size. As for Microsof they are in it for the money and Minecraft is bringing in the cash. I would not be shocked to see an exception made here or there for minecraft and would be surprised to find that hasnt already happend with COD and Halo.

Why dont they change it to where when you start a map, if you plan on using split-screen, you select you want a split screen map, which is smaller. However, if you dont plan on using split screen, you select that option, which loads a bigger world. I promise you there is a way around this. Microsoft has made exceptions to Arcade game files before.

I do really want bigger maps D:

Im kinda iffy on it.

On one hand I would love to have a bigger world.

But I want 1.8 asap and I can handle not having some terrain generation features that 1.8 as in my current worlds

I really don't understand people's desire for bigger worlds. All they do is fill it with crappy things anyway. Now, I'm not saying that my buildings are better but I do tend to use only 3 to 4 tenths of the whole world for building. That's probably because I have no interest in small structures. When I build - I build big.

Then again there's the multiplayer part of the game. And it's sure is one of its jewels. It is reason enough for bigger worlds. I kinda get a feeling that Microsoft won't allow larger savefiles but J4 can still find a workaround. Some ideas have already been introduced.

The 4 player split screen is a bit idiotic as a reason as the game was designed to only immediately load the area around the player, as you can split 4 people on the current maps you would end up using the same amount of active load on the memory from 4 players seperated from one another no matter the map size.

Quote from AlbinoGunner

Honestly, I would rather have more blocks for building than bigger worlds.If anything I want the option for smaller worlds as they are far better for small scale PvP games.

unless its skyblock then other wise i completly agree
^lol

I agree with this. At least increase the map size somewhat. It's not fair to put all this time into a world, only to have to start over. My world still doesn't even have clay, and I have put lots of hours into it...

Quote from excelinor

You can make as many worlds as you'd like, sure. But if you connect them all - this'll make it one huge world (making the save file huge as hell).
On the other hand you could just travel between them (not combining it into one). This indeed is a great solution offered by someone some time ago. But tecnically the world size won't change at all.

You're talking about it being something like the transition between the Minecraft world and the Nether, except between each Minecraft world?