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I just recently got 0.10.12 after being told countless times that this branch is far from "experimental" and i started my first (and only so far) map on 0.9.8, but when i load into it it says that i cant generate a map exchange string because its a 0.9.8 map. Is there any way i can port my map to update it with the 0.10.x features, i plan to play on this map for a while and i dont want to miss out on anything because its pre 0.10.x

a guess

do not go direct to 0.10.12. Try an older version. 0.10.9 is also up for download.

Maybe the devs could provide downloads for 0.10.1 and up

Moved from General. - The chances are higher, that it is read here.

Map exchange string depends on save format from 0.10. So if you want exhange string of 0.9.8 map, just save it to a different save and use exchange string from that.
We try to make all versions backwards compatible as much as possible, but sometimes practicality wins over a perfect solution :-)

cube wrote:Map exchange string depends on save format from 0.10. So if you want exhange string of 0.9.8 map, just save it to a different save and use exchange string from that.
We try to make all versions backwards compatible as much as possible, but sometimes practicality wins over a perfect solution

Ahh so if i do a new save-as it should be updated to 0.10.12? I was just hoping that there are no features that are permanently off-limits to me since the map started as a 0.9.8 map.

While to my knowledge the 0.10 series added no really new terrain features, the map generator will generate new chunks with the newer version. For example if you had a pre-oil game, the game would still generate oil in newly explored areas.