What makes a settlement? Also why the noise about footfall?

[james]

Post about the system:

Explaining Beacons and Settlements post Release 211

Below are some notes that will hopefully help players understand the Settlement and Beacon changes introduced in Release 211. Chunk Resolution: Before Release 211 Settlements were evaluated at a chunk resolution. A chunk is a 16m x 16m column (from bedrock to max height) within the world. A chunk is hence big enough for 2 x 2 plot columns. Each plots is 8m x 8m x 8m. Beacons are plotted via plots. So in 8m x 8m x 8m cubes. The Settlement system would: scan over all the chunks in the world …