Are dimensions server side?

[memcallen]

I was wondering if dimensions were server-side. Obviously they couldn't contain any blocks not on the client, but is the world gen server side? I want to know because I've seen some servers with a farm world that has a dimension ID of -28 etc (they're usually using the overworld generation though).

[larsgerrits]

Yes, dimensions are server side.

[Draco18s]

In fact, dimensions are only server side.  The client only knows about one world at a time (the overworld is a world the end is a world the nether is a world, every dimension has its own World object and the client only knows about one).

 

Clever workarounds not included.

[memcallen]

Does that mean that world generators are also server side?

[Draco18s]

  On 12/29/2014 at 5:42 PM, memcallen said:

Does that mean that world generators are also server side?

 

Lets see.

 

World generators alter blocks.

 

If blocks are altered client-side, the server overwrites those changes.

 

So yes.

 

Yes they are.