Server "Remembering" Deleted Datapack Dimension?
So this is a weird one. I've been trying to set up an extra "mining dimension" on my NeoForge 1.21 server with plans on wiping/resetting that dimension every week to keep the size of the "main" overworld dimension reasonable.
To do this, I went and made a datapack following the advice on the wiki (https://minecraft.wiki/w/Tutorial:Adding_a_new_dimension)
The dimension works, I'm able to teleport to it/etc. - that part is doing what I want.
However, when testing the whole "wiping it weekly" bit (which will be done manually), I went and deleted the folder ./root/world/dimensions/my_dimension
While this did cause the dimension to regenerate, it's the exact same seed, which isn't what I want. So I went in and added a "seed" entry to the datapack's *.json file. However, that didn't change anything on the next wipe attempt.
So I duplicated the my_dimension.json file and made my_dimension_2.json, and I changed the seed entry. That did create a my_dimension_2 in-game alongside the first one, and that works, but it's the same seed.
Further testing later, I've gone and deleted the datapack entirely from the world/datapacks/ folder, but I'm still able to teleport/regenerate those dimensions as is. So clearly I'm missing something that's saving these settings/etc., but I'm not sure what or where.
FWIW, I stopped/started the server in between all of these changes.
How do I fix this?
Thanks in advance!
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I'm unsure if other dimensions have seeds seperate from one another, maybe it's stored in the main level.dat
I'm not quite sure
I'm less concerned about that than I am what files I'm missing when trying to "reset" the dimension
Like, the datapack is gone and it's still regenerating them
Im pretty sure the seed is across all dimensions
You could try instead of deleting
replace the world file
for the dimention