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@Kal-El

Actually after doing a search I cannot find anywhere that the developers stated the creative and survival universes were ever going to be separate. I know there have been more than a few players that have insisted on it for various reasons, but until someone can demonstrate that this was the intent of the developers then is not a valid argument.

I’m still up after what turned into an all nighter, and I’m not sure I want to point for point a lot of what’s been said since my last post.

I did some digging on this though and got here:

@Kal-El

What the developers had proposed were two different types of worlds as @Jeffrotheswell stated. One is a rented planet that has to follow the rules of the live universe and is connected to the live universe. The second is a private planet that is not connected to the public universe because players can change the rules on the planet.

I don’t think anyone is trying to read into the original intent of the developers, but until at least the actual release of creative worlds (now known as ‘local sandbox’ ) there was a common perception that planets which didn’t follow the rules of the public universe would be disconnected from the public universe, and that served as the basis for much of the discussion.

As far as I know the first developer mention of a “creative universe” was the announcement of release 246.

Prior to this and going way back there was the assumption that all hosted worlds would follow the given rules for resource distribution:

@james

We’re currently planning to provide the following server configurations for Boundless:

1. Official Public Boundless Servers - These servers represent the main online Boundless universe and worlds. These worlds will be accessible to all players.
2. Official Private Boundless Servers - Players will also be able to buy and create their own world. These worlds will be accessed from the main game universe. Players can control who has access to their world.
3. Self Hosted Servers - In addition to the official servers, we also plan to release the Server for players and communities who want to host their own worlds and servers. Privately hosted worlds will not connect to the main game universe.

Note: All official Boundless servers will follow the same rules for resource distribution. Public and private worlds will all support world and resource regeneration. The resource distribution rules allow for a degree of fair customisation.

The situation has evolved.