Minecraft – workaround for the SMP map glitch

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When exploring on my friend's server, not all of my map's pixels are filled in. It looks like it's just the pixels around the corners of a medium-sized square around my position.

This bug is mentioned on the wiki page, but no solution is provided.

I've tried making new maps, but that didn't help.

Is there a workaround for this bug, or do I just have to wait for an official fix?

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Best Answer

The way to have this fixed is for the server to be configured/modded to load chunks in a larger radius than the map updates. When the chunk is unloaded, it gets put on the map as empty space. This increases bandwidth a lot though, because more junk is being sent to your clients.