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news:build_height_increase [2018/02/25 21:36] – created ch1b1news:build_height_increase [2018/03/03 16:33] (current) – marked as complete ch1b1
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 What's better than seven bits? Why, **eight bits**, of course! What's better than seven bits? Why, **eight bits**, of course!
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 and other things said by **no one at all**, ever. We used to have concerns about server memory consumption. After moving the server from a single- to a double-wide chest, however, these concerns became largely moot. An unfortunate side-effect of the current build limit is that the terrain generator completely ignores it. The game will quite gleefully generate chunks that have parts we can't plunder for their natural resources, and that is simply not fair. and other things said by **no one at all**, ever. We used to have concerns about server memory consumption. After moving the server from a single- to a double-wide chest, however, these concerns became largely moot. An unfortunate side-effect of the current build limit is that the terrain generator completely ignores it. The game will quite gleefully generate chunks that have parts we can't plunder for their natural resources, and that is simply not fair.
  
-We've discussed raising the build limit [[news:exciting_upcoming_events|before]], but relatively little feedback was received. Therefore, on **3 March 2018**, the build height limit will be raised to 256. If this negatively impacts you in some way, please feel free to drop us a comment below or via email.+We've discussed raising the build limit [[news:exciting_upcoming_events|before]], but relatively little feedback was received. Therefore, on **3 March 2018**, the build height limit was raised to 256.
  
 If you've been thinking about coming back to Minecraft, now might be a good time to dust off those coal blocks and get to picking. After all, 256 meters is enough for a 1:1 scale model of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Monument|Washington Monument]]—among other things. If you've been thinking about coming back to Minecraft, now might be a good time to dust off those coal blocks and get to picking. After all, 256 meters is enough for a 1:1 scale model of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Monument|Washington Monument]]—among other things.
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