I visit a Minecraft survival multiplayer server. When monsters were added to SMP, the server archived the map and started afresh. When 1.8 is released, the server operator plants to do the same again.
I'd like to merge the old maps into locations the new map, at distant locations. Does a tool exist to stitch together entire maps like that?
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My 1.8 plan is to allow players to select limited above ground areas that they would like to keep and then move those by hand to a fresh 1.8 map using mcedit. In addition I'll set up a portal between worlds to allow them to move their other items like rails, torches, chests, etc by hand themselves if they want to.
I don't know of any "automated" stitching tools. Most people I've heard either do what I'm going to do, or just start with a fresh map and let their users move their own buildings.
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There is now a stiching tool.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/629884-a-tool-for-merging-171819-maps-mcmerge-v04/