[MC-530] Nether Portals in Overworld linking to same spot in Nether Created: 25/Oct/12  Updated: 01/Dec/24  Resolved: 09/Dec/12

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.4.2
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Mathew Ferrante Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Works As Intended Votes: 2
Labels: None
Environment:

Windows 7 x64, Most Up to Date Java as of 25OCT2012


Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MC-5875 all Nether Portals in overworld link ... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-8313 New Overworld Nether-portals do not c... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-9434 The Nether portal 'bug' Resolved
is duplicated by MC-40761 Nether Portals Resolved
is duplicated by MC-109164 Nether Portals Resolved
is duplicated by MC-110051 Exiting the Nether on Realms TPs me t... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-135118 Nether portals not working properly. Resolved
is duplicated by MC-142761 Nether portals linking incorrectly Resolved
is duplicated by MC-171246 Nether Portals do not respect Overwor... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-178750 Nether Portals in realms Resolved
is duplicated by MC-278595 Nether portals can have more than one... Resolved
Relates
relates to MC-1403 Portals in the Nether are linking to ... Resolved
Confirmation Status: Unconfirmed
Game Mode: Survival

 Description   

I have a Nether Portal situated at (-165, 249) which takes me to point (-21,44) in the Nether.

I made a new Nether Portal situated at (296,248). Upon entering the portal it takes me to the same location of (-21,44) in the Nether. If I re-enter the same portal a second later it takes me back to my original location of (-165,249).



 Comments   
Comment by Kumasasa [ 09/Dec/12 ]

This is Working as Intended. For feature suggestions/changes please use the MineCraft Forums: Suggestions.

Comment by Kude k [ 09/Dec/12 ]

I have the same problem. This didn't use to happen.

Comment by James Paige [ 06/Dec/12 ]

I know this is by design, but it is still pretty annoying that your overworld will get full of one-way portals. I am in the habit of labelling one-way portals with signs, but it would be really awesome if the game could detect whether a portal in the overworld is a "Master" portal for that1024x1024 area, or if it is a one way portal, and give some visual indication of the difference, for example, master portals could be purple, and one-way portals could be red, or maybe master portal animation could swirl clockwise and one-way portal animation could swirl counter-clockwise

Comment by Meta [ 31/Oct/12 ]

I got the same "problem" (well we not like it somehow) on a server of mine and we already built and destroyed many portals.

In the beginning the problem was that if you went to the nether and went back you spawned somewhere else in the overworld. After creating and destroying portals that portal eventually linked to another nether portal which is connected to an overworld portal.

For clarity: Overworld-portal B links to nether-portal A which links to overworld-portal A which links back to nether-portal A

Comment by Devil Mudger [ 25/Oct/12 ]

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Comment by Daedalus Young [ 25/Oct/12 ]

Try creating two new portals in the Nether. Destroy the old one and make one at -21, 31 and one at 37, 31. If you can, put them at the same height as the ones in the Overworld. They should now work fine.

It's not a bug, it's how portals work. They are not actually linked together, they simply check in a certain area where they should spawn you if there's a portal already nearby.

Comment by DetachableMonkey (Kurt Boyer) [ 25/Oct/12 ]

If Nether Portals in the overworld are located within 1,024 blocks of each other, they should link to the same portal within the Nether. I believe this is by design. Take a look at the "Implications" section of the Minecraft Wiki for a bit more info. http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Nether_Portal

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