How can I prevent a world from getting too large without installing plug-ins?
I was hoping to have a pure vanilla server, but the size of the world is causing huge memory usage when only a few players are on the server. Is there a way I can prevent users from exploring so far in the vanilla version of Minecraft?
This isn't a mod, but it will help with your issue.
I have used this method on my server, and it helped cut down on A LOT of lag.
- Download MCEdit, a world-editing tool, from their website (http://www.mcedit.net).
- Inside of MCEdit, chose which world you would like to create the border on.
- Make walls around the area you wish to have players kept in, using the invisible Block 36.
This method above will keep everyone within the walls of Block 36, allowing no new chunks to form, so your game runs faster!
Hope this helps!
Not to my knowledge. The only mods that are still up to date with Minecraft are Bukkit plugins only.
Also, while it is possible for large worlds to cause memory usage issues, it's not the most common of issues. I'm sure you've already done your research, but you may want to verify that it is in-fact, a world size issue.