How close do you have to be for chunks to load?
By default, chunks are loaded around you in a circular shape, with a radius of 10 chunks. So you would need to walk about 160 blocks away for the chunk to be unloaded, and for the items to not despawn.
How do you constantly load a chunk?
The command: setworldspawn . Although spawn chunks are usually kept loaded at all times, new spawn chunks won’t be loaded by this command until a player moves within range.
How many chunks are loaded with a chunk loader?
Chunks are 16 blocks wide, 16 blocks long, 256 blocks high, and 65,536 blocks total.
What does lazy chunk loading do?
When an entity enters a nether portal, it will load a 5×5 area of chunks having the chunk containing the portal in the middle. The outer chunks are lazy chunks. Using this mechanic it is possible to create machines that send items one way and the other to permanently load the chunks.
Are Diamonds guaranteed to spawn in chunks?
Ultimately, finding Diamonds is luck in Minecraft. There is a method to the madness though; only one Diamond vein will spawn per chunk (a chunk is 16×16 blocks) below Y=16, and that vein can be anywhere from 1-10 Diamonds long. So if you decide to clear out an entire chunk, you are guaranteed to find Diamonds inside.
What to do about chunks not loading fully?
Another reason your world may not be loading fully is because of WiFi. If you have 2 or less bars, (or none) your world will not load. Try resetting your WiFi if it is running slow. Use MCEdit if chunks do not load.
What happens when a chunk is loaded in a world?
If a single chunk is loaded in a world, it will not process any entities, but it will only handle block updates, and things like terrain population. For a chunk to become an entity processing chunk, it needs to be in the center of a 5×5 grid of loaded chunks.
What to do if there are too many chunks in Minecraft?
Make sure your world is not too many/less chunks. Check your WiFi. Another reason your world may not be loading fully is because of WiFi. If you have 2 or less bars, (or none) your world will not load. Try resetting your WiFi if it is running slow. Use MCEdit if chunks do not load.
How does a remote chunk loader work in Minecraft?
If the chunk at (0, 0) is an entity processing chunk, the chunk which fired the arrow becomes remotely loaded as a non-entity-processing chunk. Loading a 5×5 area of chunks around this chunk will allow it to process entities. Enderpearl teleportation and remote chunk loaders (1.8.1-pre2)