Server crashing when trying to update the version

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  • hi :) my server has existed since 2019 on 1.12.2 and I'd like to update it to 1.16 at the least. I created another server to attempt updating it without messing with the original server and I've been using backups and updating versions using the same software (spigot/bukkit). As you can read from the title... its not working.


    I actually tried this sometime in December as well. After it crashed I tried a method of just copying the worlds to the new server and one loaded perfectly fine but another loaded as an ordinary world with nothing in it... I don't know if it's relevant, but I thought I would add that.


    I'm wondering if there's a way to fix my server or is it stuck in 1.12 forever? Could someone please help me through fixing it? ^^

    Log from today: https://mclo.gs/Q9WTMnm

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    The world Downtown has been created using emptyworld generator.

    The emptyworldgenerator plugin seems to load fine, but it causes the crash when the world Downtown gets loaded.

    I'd assume that the emptyworldgenerator plugin is outdated and not compatible with 1.16. You might need to update it.

  • Ahh thank you but unfortunately that didn't work... turns out the plugin isn't available for any versions past 1.12 :( Is there hopefully something else I could try?


    Log: https://mclo.gs/Aiycryb


    Sorry for the late reply! I had been busy throughout the week.

    You could try OpenTerrianGenerator, I forgot what it was called.

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    I actually tried this sometime in December as well. After it crashed I tried a method of just copying the worlds to the new server and one loaded perfectly fine but another loaded as an ordinary world with nothing in it... I don't know if it's relevant, but I thought I would add that.

    Sorry for carrying on but I should mention that Downtown is actually the world that worked here while another named Spawn is the one that didn't. If I tried this again, would you be willing to look at a log to see what's different about to the two? (why only one loads)

  • Cool news is that I fixed it successfully last night.


    I downloaded the worlds, loaded them into 1.16 singleplayer, optimised them using the settings in minecraft and downloaded them again to load them back into the server. They loaded correctly and everything seems to be working fine so far :thumbup: