So I opened my first nether portal in the basement of my base. I couldn't find any nether fortresses from where it lead me, so I went 5 maps away and opened a new one on top of a mountain. It lead to exactly the same place as the first one. Like, it didn't even create a new portal in the nether. What the hell? It can't possibly be too close to the old one. Why did it do this and how do I fix it?
Yeah that's all well and good, but I'm not within 256 blocks. I am 5 whole maps away. That's 640 blocks (which for those who skipped grade school arithmetic, is significantly greater than 256).
In the future, please try to read someone's entire query before pasting part of an article which they most likely already checked for a solution before asking for help on the forums.
At the risk of getting similar abuse as the above, may I point out that 640 blocks on the over-world is only 80 blocks in the nether (640/8). I am pretty sure that 80 blocks is significantly less than 256 (or indeed 128, which is the critical distance)!
Ah, well that changes things. It was my understanding that the block radius only applied in the world where the portal was built. The article was not as clear as it ought to have been about that point (and certainly not the portion of it pasted by Tedster). Now, if I'm interpreting this correctly, it means that I have to go twice as far in order to get a new portal to open, but even if I do it won't be a significant change in location netherside.
Which means I'll have to find the fortress the old fashioned way. In the wildly disorienting nether. Without a functioning compass or a usable map. Damnit, this is what I was trying to avoid.
Ah, well that changes things. It was my understanding that the block radius only applied in the world where the portal was built. The article was not as clear as it ought to have been about that point (and certainly not the portion of it pasted by Tedster). Now, if I'm interpreting this correctly, it means that I have to go twice as far in order to get a new portal to open, but even if I do it won't be a significant change in location netherside.
Which means I'll have to find the fortress the old fashioned way. In the wildly disorienting nether. Without a functioning compass or a usable map. Damnit, this is what I was trying to avoid.
Yes you are spot on there, The Nether is significantly smaller than the over world. This means that (I don't know the exact numbers) for every 7 or so blocks you travel in the Nether you's travel like 42 blocks in the over world. Nether travel is incredibly efficient in that way
Divide the x and z coordinates, of your new overworld portal, by 8 (eg x: 800, y: 70, z: -320 overworld becomes x: 100, y: 70, z: -40 in the nether). Go to that point, or near it, in the nether and build a portal. This will link to your new one on the mountain.
The new nether portal should be about 80 blocks from the existing one. As you say, you would need to travel a long way in the overworld to make a significant difference in the nether.
Unfortunately that defeats the entire reason I built the damn thing in the first place. I might set up nether transport once I've actually built something on the mountain though. And of course, once I've found a nether fortress the old fashioned way.
Anyway, thanks for helping to clear this up everyone (except Tedster).
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Yeah that's all well and good, but I'm not within 256 blocks. I am 5 whole maps away. That's 640 blocks (which for those who skipped grade school arithmetic, is significantly greater than 256).
In the future, please try to read someone's entire query before pasting part of an article which they most likely already checked for a solution before asking for help on the forums.
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Ah, well that changes things. It was my understanding that the block radius only applied in the world where the portal was built. The article was not as clear as it ought to have been about that point (and certainly not the portion of it pasted by Tedster). Now, if I'm interpreting this correctly, it means that I have to go twice as far in order to get a new portal to open, but even if I do it won't be a significant change in location netherside.
Which means I'll have to find the fortress the old fashioned way. In the wildly disorienting nether. Without a functioning compass or a usable map. Damnit, this is what I was trying to avoid.
Also check me out on:
WordPress, Etsy, and Spore.
Unfortunately that defeats the entire reason I built the damn thing in the first place. I might set up nether transport once I've actually built something on the mountain though. And of course, once I've found a nether fortress the old fashioned way.
Anyway, thanks for helping to clear this up everyone (except Tedster).
Also check me out on:
WordPress, Etsy, and Spore.