Top o' the Nether

[LoneSoldier55]

I accidentally got up onto the top of the nether somehow. It was all bedrock. But then I realzed that because we are in 1.2, the map height is 256. So I found it was possible to place blocks on top of the nether. I know however this is a glitch, and I removed all my blocks and asked mittie to get me down. He teleported me down, and we lived happily ever after, but just make sure players dont get themselves a bedrock wall to hide on top of.

[FoSchnizzle]

Yeah, there is a glitch in 1.2 where nether portals will on occasion come out on top of the bedrock, making two worlds... Gasp.

[Yukar9]

Err, people are free to go up on top of the nether if they want to.

[FoSchnizzle]

Well, if you go on top of the nether, it would be far more difficult to hide things ;)
Also, this may or may not be fixed in a future update, so building there may not be the greatest idea...

[LoneSoldier55]

Wait, but isn't it glitching if doing so?

[Yukar9]

Well no, it's just the terrain generation that doesn't work optimally for the map, just like at the border of map generated in different versions.

[LoneSoldier55]

So you're saying there's no administrative penalties for being on top of the nehter and building?

[FoSchnizzle]

That's what I got, but regardless, how good of an idea would this be? People could find everything you build, as it stands out quite a bit, and then there's the possible nether reset once the terrain gen is updated? And from the top, your nether portal is one of very few, so have fun not leading people to it... Hope you built this away from your base...

[LoneSoldier55]

1) I don't have a base.
2) You can travel as far as you want uninterrupted.
3) No dealing with pesky mobs.
4) You wouldn't be able to get down to do anything. Unless you have 10 obsidian.

[mitte90]

it will result in a very safe and quick nether railway