Talk:Chunk/Archive 1

Question about drops
Is this to say that, if you die and drop a bunch of stuff, and respawn far away from it, it won't despawn until you go back and enter that chunk? How long after entering a chunk do mobs begin to spawn? Is it essentially pointless to plant trees in areas you don't regularly visit? Sorry for all the questions, this is just very different from how I perceived the game working. MrMatthew 20:55, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Items despawn after about fifteen minutes (I think?) even if you're far away from them. I don't know the answer to the other questions. I think it's time for some experimenting! :D

Chunk Load distance
I know I've seen somewhere where someone said either the radius or diameter of chunks that are "nearby" enough to load. Does anyone have this information still? My Google-fu is weak tonight. Cjc343 11:21, 23 October 2010 (UTC)


 * 128, I think. I read about that in the forum somewhere. PurpleKiwi 01:42, 24 October 2010 (CDT)


 * In Talk:Items, someone says the time is about 5 minutes. We’ll have to find out if we can get the chunk (on which some items are) to be saved to disk, then come back and see if the items still despawn. ‒ Flying sheep 13:14, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Chunk dimensious
Hi

is a chunk really 16 x 128 x 16, which is suppose is X x Y x Z? From the picture i would say it's 16 x 16 x 128.


 * According to Minecraft_map_format_(NBT), the Y coordinate is height, not Z. --DannyF1966 03:43, 17 November 2010 (CST)


 * Yeah. Minecraft reverses the usual meanings of "Y" and "Z" for some damn reason. Phasma Felis 06:55, 25 December 2010 (UTC)