Originally posted by Dorito
for whatever reason, mobs aren't spawning. i can manage to get one or two groups to appear from constant quitting and restarting, but other than that, it's completely empty. i haven't checked around areas down below yet, though, so i'll do that later
is it possible to "exhaust" a world's spawning algorithm or something? this happened after i added that tiny pocket of lava (fucking spiders just chilling out up there) and a few uses of WAAAAAARP SPEEEEEEEEED...
Check the areas around your monster trap for caves, monsters could be spawning in them. There's somewhat of a limit on how many entities (mobs, critters, etc) that can be spawned and active in the game. Best way to check that out would be to use MCEdit or another mapping program that lets you locate caves.
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