Minecraft – Fully Explore a Minecraft Map Without Having To Physically Explore It

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I recently created a Creative Minecraft world and I needed to explore all of the 4 zoom levels of a map item. Is there a way I can do this without actually having to go and physically fly around it? EG: an NBT Value? Or maybe something with MCEdit?

Best Answer

Depending on whether we are talking about a multiplayer server or a single player world the answer is mixed. Map data is created once the area is loaded around the map so you would need to either explore that area or use some form of an auto mover/camera tool to move through the area. That aside here is some information that may help a bit with trying to do this as efficiently as possible:

On a multiplayer server the view distance on most servers is normally set to about 8 chunks or 128x128 blocks which is the same size as a map with no zoom step (1:1). The max that a server owner can set their server for is 15 chunks or 240x240 blocks which would actually fall one chunk (16 blocks) short around the entire border when viewed on a map with zoom step of +1 (1:2). Beyond this, you would have to load the chunks with the map via actual movement within the area.

On a single player world you could use a tool similar to Optifine which allows you to set your view distance beyond the normal limits of 16 chunks to a "extreme" view distance of 32 chunks or 512x512 blocks. With this view distance on a map with zoom step 4 (1:16) you could fully load the map with as few a four perfectly spaced passes through the area. Of course with the game trying to load this much data all at once the time savings may be negated if you are not doing this on a fair powerful system that can process and load all these chunks quickly.

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