Talk:World Anchor/@comment-72.23.104.234-20120726025146

It doesn't load "8" chunks around it, it loads a WORLD chunk. Chunks are a 16*16 area that is in minecraft. If you see a weird, sudden, transition to a biome (AKA like a desert to mountain) and it almost looks like someone "Cut" or Worldedited an area out, that is from a CHUNK loading error!

How do you look see the actual chunks? Simple! Press F3 and divide your X and Z axis by 16. When every number of the two axises can be gotten by multiplying by 16, you have reached the EDGE of a chunk, meaning your going into a new one after that. So said, if you were on Z: -16 X:160 You would be on the edge of a chunk. NOTE: That there is no "one block buffer between chunks.