Astrobolt wrote:

I like option 3, but I’m wondering if it will also copy entities. A large amount of players have villagers, animals, item frames, etc. that can be very time consuming to replace.

Yeah it’ll be a direct copy using Worldedit tools, as WE copies entities, it will copy anything inside a claim, if they are outside a claim it will not.

Browe_ wrote:

I think option 3 would be great. The current world has accumulated a lot of clutter over the years, particularly the oceans and spawn area. I had a few questions/issues though: 1. Would it be possible to filter out some of the abandoned claims to free up land for new and existing players? (Old deckie bases, bases of banned players etc?) 2. I can see an issue arising where players might have terraformed an area near their base but not within a claim (or someone else might have in the past) that reverts to its old state. I realise this comes under claimed land, but its often unclear what is original terrain, while a house is quite obvious. But, maybe this is a just a price some will have to pay for the new world?

Yup, if they terraformed land and they have not claimed it, it will revert, obviously lol, they just need to claim it.

So far its only positives I can think of doing it this way.