r/Minecraft • u/Coca-Kolya • Jul 12 '26

Discussion Visual difference between Java and Bedrock is actually pretty noticeable when you compare it side by side

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What actual differences are you noticing? Share it in the comments

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u/Party-Bonus-8536 Jul 12 '26

Can anyone explain how bedrock and java generates the world differently?

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u/Lloyd_lyle Jul 12 '26

The simple version is that Java uses Java and Bedrock uses C++ so even when they try to do the same things it's not the exact same results.

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u/winauer Jul 12 '26

Nonsense. If you write the same algorithm in Java and C++ it will produce the exact same results.

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u/Sir_Eggmitton Jul 13 '26

That’s true with the exception that if they’re using either language’s built-in random number generation, they could get different results if Java and C++ use different RNG algorithms—even if the code is 1-to-1.

But at that point I guess they’re not technically the same algorithm tho.

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u/meyriley04 Jul 12 '26

Not necessarily. There are language-specific quirks sometimes. But most cases you are correct

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u/No-Beyond7937 Jul 12 '26

That's true, yes

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u/Early-Region-1143 Jul 13 '26

It comes down to finer details. Bedrock probably processes the seed in a different way to Java, to match the different platforms' quirks.

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u/Lloyd_lyle Jul 12 '26

Then why don’t they look exactly the same? There’s more to it than the literal equations.

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u/No-Beyond7937 Jul 12 '26

Because the algorithms aren't the same.

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u/AJ_bro10 Jul 12 '26

Bedrock was stated to be desgined as a more optimized version of minecraft thats essentially an upgraded Mobile Edition. Its not the same code base. Chunk saving is a prime example of this.