What is "worldgen"?

[mjh410]

I see a lot of talk about mods not ready, worldgen not ready, or this pack has worldgen this pack does not. What does worldgen mean?

 

[SilvasRuin]

Worldgen is the process or stage of Minecraft generating the world, deciding what blocks go where, which area is what biome, and how the landscape is shaped and where the ores are. When referring to mods, it's typically in relation to ores they add or change.

 

[tedyhere]

WorldGen World Generation. When you start a new world it generates the terrain and all the extra bits, villages, dungeons, caves, mineshafts, and ore.

So if you start a world without X mod which adds Y ore and Z ore you will have to go far enough from the already explored world to generate new terrain.

 

[mjh410]

Ok thank you.