Ghost Skylands constantly created, even with no plugins

I've been working on this issue since the CB builds for 1.9 pre 5 came out, and still have the issue with the 1.0 builds.
On a simple test run with just a start .bat file and craftbukkit.jar, only the main world, nether, and now the_end shows up.

When I move the same craftbukkit jar over to my server (hosted) and have the plugins folder renamed as backup, the_end is not created but the skylands world is generated, even after multiple attempts of deleting it. I've even tried using multiverse to delete the world, all I get is errors.

I am now using CB #1479. I've tried #1492 and 93, I got some weird errors at startup after the first world is loaded on my hosted server.

Code:

2011-11-23 10:29:28 [INFO] Starting minecraft server version 1.0.0
2011-11-23 10:29:28 [INFO] Loading properties
2011-11-23 10:29:28 [INFO] Starting Minecraft server on xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxx
2011-11-23 10:29:28 [INFO] This server is running Craftbukkit version git-Bukkit-1.8.1-R4-11-g696ba64-b1475jnks (MC: 1.0.0) (Implementing API version 1.0.0-R1-SNAPSHOT)
2011-11-23 10:29:28 [INFO] Preparing level "Earth"
2011-11-23 10:29:28 [INFO] Default game type: 0
2011-11-23 10:29:28 [INFO] Unable to find spawn biome
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE] java.lang.NullPointerException
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.WorldServer.c(WorldServer.java:162)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.World.addEntity(World.java:906)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.World.addEntity(World.java:858)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.WorldGenEnder.a(SourceFile:46)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.BiomeDecoratorSpikes.a(SourceFile:24)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.BiomeDecorator.a(SourceFile:28)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.BiomeBase.a(SourceFile:190)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.ChunkProviderSky.getChunkAt(SourceFile:336)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.generator.NormalChunkGenerator.getChunkAt(NormalChunkGenerator.java:47)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.ChunkProviderServer.getChunkAt(ChunkProviderServer.java:165)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.Chunk.a(Chunk.java:816)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.ChunkProviderServer.getChunkAt(ChunkProviderServer.java:96)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.ChunkProviderServer.getOrCreateChunk(ChunkProviderServer.java:106)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.World.getChunkAt(World.java:331)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.World.getTypeId(World.java:278)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.World.isEmpty(World.java:282)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.World.a(World.java:249)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.WorldProviderSky.canSpawn(SourceFile:63)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.World.canSpawn(World.java:101)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.World.c(World.java:229)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.World.<init>(World.java:177)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.WorldServer.<init>(WorldServer.java:27)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.SecondaryWorldServer.<init>(SecondaryWorldServer.java:8)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.a(MinecraftServer.java:261)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.init(MinecraftServer.java:161)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:388)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:457)
2011-11-23 10:29:29 [SEVERE] Unexpected exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
    at net.minecraft.server.WorldServer.c(WorldServer.java:162)
    at net.minecraft.server.World.addEntity(World.java:906)
    at net.minecraft.server.World.addEntity(World.java:858)
    at net.minecraft.server.WorldGenEnder.a(SourceFile:46)
    at net.minecraft.server.BiomeDecoratorSpikes.a(SourceFile:24)
    at net.minecraft.server.BiomeDecorator.a(SourceFile:28)
    at net.minecraft.server.BiomeBase.a(SourceFile:190)
    at net.minecraft.server.ChunkProviderSky.getChunkAt(SourceFile:336)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.generator.NormalChunkGenerator.getChunkAt(NormalChunkGenerator.java:47)
    at net.minecraft.server.ChunkProviderServer.getChunkAt(ChunkProviderServer.java:165)
    at net.minecraft.server.Chunk.a(Chunk.java:816)
    at net.minecraft.server.ChunkProviderServer.getChunkAt(ChunkProviderServer.java:96)
    at net.minecraft.server.ChunkProviderServer.getOrCreateChunk(ChunkProviderServer.java:106)
    at net.minecraft.server.World.getChunkAt(World.java:331)
    at net.minecraft.server.World.getTypeId(World.java:278)
    at net.minecraft.server.World.isEmpty(World.java:282)
    at net.minecraft.server.World.a(World.java:249)
    at net.minecraft.server.WorldProviderSky.canSpawn(SourceFile:63)
    at net.minecraft.server.World.canSpawn(World.java:101)
    at net.minecraft.server.World.c(World.java:229)
    at net.minecraft.server.World.<init>(World.java:177)
    at net.minecraft.server.WorldServer.<init>(WorldServer.java:27)
    at net.minecraft.server.SecondaryWorldServer.<init>(SecondaryWorldServer.java:8)
    at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.a(MinecraftServer.java:261)
    at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.init(MinecraftServer.java:161)
    at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:388)
    at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:457)

With the plugins folder renamed, the only other thing I can guess, and I can't see how this is interfering, I use rtoolkit to keep the server up and manageable by milkadmin (plugin in plugins folder).

I have sent a support ticket to my host asking what the default command to use in SSH to start the server with just the craftbukkit.jar file and not the minecraft_rkit.jar like I have been. Then I will attempt running without the rtoolkit.

 

The builds you are running are development builds. There is no recommended build for Craftbukkit 1.0.0 yet. They are not recommended for use and are not supported. Development builds have a chance of not working correctly, this is probably a bug in one of these builds. Wait for a Recommended Build to be promoted and problems like this should be fixed.

When using any development builds for anything, always backup before trying them.

 

That I can understand, but what I don't understand is, when I run the same craftbukkit.jar file on my machine as the server, why does the server always generate a Skylands world, yet my pc doesn't?

Like I've said, no plugins when trying this.

 

I see... that is very weird. I'm still gonna suggest waiting for a recommended build, I can't think of anything else that would cause this.

Someone else may be able to shead some more light on this though

 

I hope so. I've tried to teleport to it with multiverse, and had to confirm it, then once there, I just fell and all I could see around me was static. I must have been in the Twilight Zone.

 

Possibly another name for the "end" world? Similar static when in The End

 

After updating to #1510, I deleted the ghost skylands and a new world, the_end, was created, in it's place.
Now that is fixed, I'd like to make a real skylands world, but I've read that it's hard to do in 1.0 right now. Any known problems lately?

 

Well, Skylands have been replaced by The End, so it's not hard, it's impossible to generate the old skylands. But help is on the way: http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/wip-bananasky-bringing-back-skylands-bananacode-style.47480/

 

with your SSH command, there should be 2 ways to run the server, as i done it, you can either call the run.sh file that your Host probably put on the server, or you can use "java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.jar nogui" where you would replace "minecraft_server.jar" with what ever the craftbukkit jar is named. i know my Host gave me SFTP access as well, and i actually modified the run.sh file to call that command, albiet with a bit less ram, as i only get 1 GB for the VPS i run on, so i am closer to 846MB. i had bukkit running 1.0, but it was SO unstable that i dropped to vanilla, but that keeps throwing an "Invalid server key" on log in attempts. i NEED bukkit back SOON! bukkits instability was better than the vanilla thing, as we could actually log in! but the blocks wernt happy if we tried to do anything.

 

I seem to remember the name 'world_skylands' being created for 'world_the_end' in early dev builds.

 

The issue is fixed, it was the CB dev-build that was causing the issue. It's fixed in newer versions of CB.

That's what I thought, but when ever I tried to teleport, there was no land mass anywhere. So I was left in confusion.



Thanks for the help guys, I hope a new skylands comes around. To be honest, I liked the Notch version. Had some good stuff made in the old skylands, I still have the world, just not sure if it will be wise to continue using it though.