Strange bug (?) with stone desert generation puts air underneath desert stone

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Strange bug (?) with stone desert generation puts air underneath desert stone

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Hi all, so for some reason Minetest generates desert stone with quite a few blocks of air in between it and the normal stone underneath.
Here's a screenshot:
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You can see I mined out all the desert stone in an area, and on the right you can see that there is air in between the desert stone and the normal stone.
This can be found on the Open Survival server, minetest.skiscratcher.com:30000. We have the ethereal mod, and I was wondering if this could have caused the problem?
Any information would be greatly appreciated!
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Re: Strange bug (?) with stone desert generation puts air underneath desert stone

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Yes, that is normal in the ethereal mod

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Re: Strange bug (?) with stone desert generation puts air underneath desert stone

by Festus1965 » Post

I have that also
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Re: Strange bug (?) with stone desert generation puts air underneath desert stone

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KCoombes wrote:
Sat Oct 16, 2021 16:58
Yes, that is normal in the ethereal mod
Normal? It doesn't seem quite right. Why would ethereal intentionally generate air underneath the stone?

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by PolySaken » Post

It's been that way for so long that I have to assume it's intentional. Ethereal has always had weird hollow shell mountains like that.
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Re: Strange bug (?) with stone desert generation puts air underneath desert stone

by firefox » Post

it's supposed to create hollow domes.
works well on moderately flat terrain and looks weird on steep mountains like this.
later, etherium ore was added to this biome as an explanation for why the stone cover floats.
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Re: Strange bug (?) with stone desert generation puts air underneath desert stone

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The floating desert biome in ethereal is where you find etherium, it has special properties that cause the stone to float which not only makes it easier for mininig, but can make flight potions.

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Re: Strange bug (?) with stone desert generation puts air underneath desert stone

by beaver700nh » Post

ah. i see. well thanks all for clarifying!

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