- Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:02 am
#2210
This is actually a very interesting topic. On one hand, it would be very exciting for the Nether to be on the server. On the other hand, I see this being very, very difficult to program. I've seen it done on another server, but It was pretty choppy while switching from one world to the next. Also, I think they only had one portal... I don't think you could build your own.
For the Nether to be on the server, it requires that the server run two maps. No idea how that's gonna work. Second, the server needs to connect both maps together through a portal (no duh). And for the users to experience the Nether to it's full potential, they have to be able to connect through their own portals at different locations in the Nether depending on where the player is located in the regular world.
Now I'm only an amateur programmer, but to me all of this seems pretty difficult. And also, a LOT of people want the Nether in SMP... if he could, don't you think that maybe Notch would have implemented it by now?