[Brad]

I've split these posts into a new thread from the 1.6 discussion since it's clear there are lots of 1.7 changes in the works.

Jeb just posted to the blog some juicy details:

https://mojang.com/2013/08/minecraft...erator-update/

Here's the most interesting part of the post:

There have been three main problems we have wanted to address: Too large oceans Too uneven/random biome placement Not enough variation The solution to these problems have been, Tweaks to add more islands and checks to avoid huge oceans Biomes have been put into four main categories: snow-covered, cold, medium, and dry/warm. Biomes will avoid getting placed next to a biome that is too different to itself (sometimes this still happens, but it’s very rare now and not all over the place) We’ve added a whole bunch of new biomes… … and most biomes have uncommon/rare variations that you may run into We’ve also added a bunch of new terrain features, such as new flowers and trees

Exciting!