How update your old map in new patch?

[Vysckevych]

About a week ago I started playing Valheim again and at the moment I have played about 40 hours on the new map and built a decent house, and just today a new patch was released in which a new biome was added and I don’t know how to add it to my already "old" map.

[teamguard]

If you have not yet explored an area classified as Mistlands it will generate that biome when you visit any such area. However, unless something was changed in the recent minor patches, the generated Mistlands area for any old map will be pretty bad, just a bunch of really tiny islands.

[BoneMassive]

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[BoneMassive]

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[Unleashed]

Originally posted by teamguard:

If you have not yet explored an area classified as Mistlands it will generate that biome when you visit any such area. However, unless something was changed in the recent minor patches, the generated Mistlands area for any old map will be pretty bad, just a bunch of really tiny islands.

Not true, something else needs to be done to be able to play your old map/seed.
And I don't want any mod to play the world we already started.

[TVMAN]

Originally posted by Unleashed:

Not true, something else needs to be done to be able to play your old map/seed.
And I don't want any mod to play the world we already started.

An important thing to note is that the Mistlands biome will only generate in areas you have not yet discovered. Therefore, if you have explored a lot of your world, you might be better off starting a new one in order to actually be able to travel to the Mistlands. As per usual, mods will also most likely cause the game not to launch, as they are only compatible with the latest Live version of the game. If you have mods, you will either need to remove them or wait for the mod to be updated before you can play.

The developers do not state anything about "something else" needing to be done in order for the mistlands content to be added to an existing map. Dunno where you got your info from, but it contradicts what the developers stated.

[Hiryukaen]

Originally posted by TVMAN:

The developers do not state anything about "something else" needing to be done in order for the mistlands content to be added to an existing map. Dunno where you got your info from, but it contradicts what the developers stated.

That's because they're making stuff up. The devs have been working to make sure updates do not break old worlds.
While that may mean the world gen gets updated and old maps can't generate the same level of new content it DOES do it's best to add it to your lived in maps.

What that means for the average player who is playing on a previously created and played world is
A) if you explored the areas: what you see is what you get more or less. Monsters may spawn and the environmental filters (like forever dark and rain in swamp) should be applied, but you probably will not see any resource generation in those areas.
B) you have not explore near the mistlands to discover them: the land masses may not be as large as they would be in a fresh seed generation, but they should have appropriate resources.

[Hiryukaen]

Originally posted by Unleashed:

I get my info by launching the game and not be able to play any.

Devs aren't responsible for turning off your broken mods that prevent you from playing.

Originally posted by Unleashed:

Well we have an online server we pay for and it says version not compatible.

Dev's also aren't responsible for making your server host update the server.

[Unleashed]

Originally posted by TVMAN:

Originally posted by Unleashed:

Not true, something else needs to be done to be able to play your old map/seed.
And I don't want any mod to play the world we already started.

An important thing to note is that the Mistlands biome will only generate in areas you have not yet discovered. Therefore, if you have explored a lot of your world, you might be better off starting a new one in order to actually be able to travel to the Mistlands. As per usual, mods will also most likely cause the game not to launch, as they are only compatible with the latest Live version of the game. If you have mods, you will either need to remove them or wait for the mod to be updated before you can play.

The developers do not state anything about "something else" needing to be done in order for the mistlands content to be added to an existing map. Dunno where you got your info from, but it contradicts what the developers stated.

Well we have an online server we pay for and it says version not compatible.
Trying to update it somehow....

[DankDampHemp]

Originally posted by Hiryukaen:

The devs have been working to make sure updates do not break old worlds.
While that may mean the world gen gets updated and old maps can't generate the same level of new content it DOES do it's best to add it to your lived in maps.

What that means for the average player who is playing on a previously created and played world is
A) if you explored the areas: what you see is what you get more or less. Monsters may spawn and the environmental filters (like forever dark and rain in swamp) should be applied, but you probably will not see any resource generation in those areas.
B) you have not explore near the mistlands to discover them: the land masses may not be as large as they would be in a fresh seed generation, but they should have appropriate resources.

Then why is it that the terrain where i built in the old mistlands on my old map is now 100 meter under the sea?

[Hiryukaen]

Originally posted by DankDampHemp:

Originally posted by Hiryukaen:

The devs have been working to make sure updates do not break old worlds.
While that may mean the world gen gets updated and old maps can't generate the same level of new content it DOES do it's best to add it to your lived in maps.

What that means for the average player who is playing on a previously created and played world is
A) if you explored the areas: what you see is what you get more or less. Monsters may spawn and the environmental filters (like forever dark and rain in swamp) should be applied, but you probably will not see any resource generation in those areas.
B) you have not explore near the mistlands to discover them: the land masses may not be as large as they would be in a fresh seed generation, but they should have appropriate resources.

Then why is it that the terrain where i built in the old mistlands on my old map is now 100 meter under the sea?

If you actually read the updates the devs pushed, you'd have know that's because the elevation maps have been changed. That is something that can be changed at any time. The area the zones take up can not be.
They have mentioned the world gen for Mistlands has changed, specifically compared old vs new; new will be larger.

It's important to note if you aren't also following the discord or pinned posts on reddit you'll miss out on information some times.
Check the pinned reddit posts, news channels on discord, updated channel headers, and/or the tweets channel weekly for updates and you'll have 95% of the information everyone else has.
You won't need to do this EVERY week obviously, but if something big is on the public test branches, you'll probably want to start checking.

[Vysckevych]

Originally posted by DankDampHemp:

Originally posted by Hiryukaen:

The devs have been working to make sure updates do not break old worlds.
While that may mean the world gen gets updated and old maps can't generate the same level of new content it DOES do it's best to add it to your lived in maps.

What that means for the average player who is playing on a previously created and played world is
A) if you explored the areas: what you see is what you get more or less. Monsters may spawn and the environmental filters (like forever dark and rain in swamp) should be applied, but you probably will not see any resource generation in those areas.
B) you have not explore near the mistlands to discover them: the land masses may not be as large as they would be in a fresh seed generation, but they should have appropriate resources.

Then why is it that the terrain where i built in the old mistlands on my old map is now 100 meter under the sea?

Antlantida)

[spielsterino]

Originally posted by Hiryukaen:

Originally posted by Unleashed:

Well we have an online server we pay for and it says version not compatible.

Dev's also aren't responsible for making your server host update the server.

Bad answer. I just updated my server with steamcmd and it is version 0.212.6. The game client is version 0.212.7. Version not compatible.

The devs are responsible for updating the server version.

[Zaflis]

I used SteamCMD updater script for my server and the commandline put out this among others:

12/06/2022 19:21:53: Valheim version:0.212.7

[spielsterino]

It is working for me now. Server is running 0.212.7. Guess I just had to run it again.

Also, as a work around I verified if I run the server as public test that I can connect to it with the non test 0.212.7 client.

[Unleashed]

Ye updating your server will fix the incompatible issue (for those who pay to play on an online server).