Redstone circuits in spawn chunks in Minecraft SMP and no players online
I tried to search this question, but it seems to be rather specific.
The problem I have is the following:
We have a small SMP server in Minecraft and I set up an iron golem farm according to
(only redstone in the hopper sorter system) and an automatic wheat farm according to (minecart running beneath the farm and a redstone circuit for the unloading as well as a hopper sorting system). Both farms work very well as long as a player is online.Of course, they stop working after the somewhat 60s after the last player has logged out. So I went and read a bit about that topic and came up with the idea to send an item through a nether portal every 45s via a piston/hopper clock plus a dropper. This kinda seems to work, since my iron golem farm is drowning itself in iron. However, the wheat farm seems to stop working when no one is online, as well as any minecart/redstone builds in the spawn chunks. Is there any mechanic at work here that I overlooked?
Best Answer
Unfortunately, spawn chunks are only loaded if there is at least one player on the server. You could have an unused account permanently in /gamemode 3 on the server near the chunks if you want. That way they would nevver unload. If you have an AFK kick on your server you could make a small AFK machine See this video, and have an unused player account permanently in /gamemode 1 constantly cycling this machine near the farms. This will also keep the chunks loaded.
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Do spawn chunks stay loaded when no one is online?
Since spawn chunks remain loaded, events occurring in them continue to process, even if no players are nearby.Does Redstone work in Spawn chunks?
Events not processed in spawn chunks (The chunk update range varies with view range and memory settings in single player mode and is admin-configurable on multiplayer servers.) The following events will not occur in a spawn chunk unless the player is within the chunk update range.Do spawn chunks work on multiplayer?
The most common methods of making sure that chunks outside of the Spawn Chunks are loaded, is moving an entity (usually an Item) through a Nether portal, or using hoppers on the chunk border between the spawn chunks or any other chunk that is always loaded and an unloaded chunk.Minecraft: What are Spawn Chunks | Why are Spawn Chunks Important | What do Spawn Chunks do
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