New Alpha World Sersets

[2kfrozen]

Hi, this may be a dumb question but I'm going to ask in anyways. After every alpha update will I have to reset my single player world/ the world I play with my friends. Also if yes there is a reset after every update is there a way that I can prevent the world from resetting. Thank you

[random person]

Yes you will have to reset your game , and no if you try to use your world in a new alpha it won't work .

[SylenThunder]

With the large number of changes coming in A17, retaining data from a previous save has a 98% chance of failure. We won't be able to tell you 100% until it releases, but based on known information this is pretty accurate.

 

This has been the case for most of the recent releases. In earlier alpha's it was sometimes possible because there weren't a lot of changes being made to the blocks data file.

 

This time around, the game is being put on an entirely new version of the engine. It's allowing the devs to improve optimization, and greatly removes previous limitations in the file structures that prevented us from having item/block counts over a certain number.

As a result of these changes, I would imagine that the current data storage for this information will become completely obsolete. Or, it will be re-designed and re-structured to a level that is not compatible with the old format. (Which basically makes it obsolete anyway.)

 

Only time will tell, but a general rule with games in early development like Alpha is that a complete wipe and restart is required.

 

Thanks to the way they have it set up though, you can choose to stay on a16 and play your current map without upgrading. You just won't be able to experience any of the new features.

[Guppycur]

tldr;

 

Alpha changes usually encompass so much a fresh world is required.

 

.x changes usually only require a fresh world/character if they make a change that affects the player file (skill/perk), but are recommended, as you will likely not receive the new features of the .x patch.