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Thanks again. I've changed minp and maxp to be the search position ±40, for a total volume of 80×80×80 nodes, instead of ±100.

Here's the relevant part of lua_api.txt: https://rubenwardy.com/minetest_modding ... -specifics

Thanks for the advice!

Here's a quick question about minetest.emerge_area. lua_api.txt says that the positions passed to the callback are block coordinates. Does that mean the actual coordinates are just emin plus the passed-in position?

I suppose you can add something like meseportals.can_connect(from, to) and let mods override it. I can try to write that and send a PR if you'd be interested.

Is there a way to restrict which portals a portal can connect to? I want to disallow portals from connecting over a particular plane.

The tool type groups are especially needed. Although they could probably just be group:pick, group:shovel, and so on.

Since writing the above post, I've managed to write something that works: local portal_vm_data = {} minetest.register_node("underworld:disconnected_portal", { description = "Underworld Portal (Disconnected)", -- irrelevant details omitted on_construct = function(pos) minetest.get...

I'm making a mod that makes an underworld deep underground, using the caves generated by the mapgen. I want to make a portal that, when placed, finds a teleportation target down there (a walkable node with two air nodes above it) that has close x and z coordinates to the portal. What's the best way ...

Paramat, Sofar's lightning mod has an issue in this context: it picks a player at random for the lightning strike, without regard to the local weather conditions. You'll have to modify it so that the strike() function takes a position parameter (around where to strike). The strike function does tak...

Yeah, it just comes down to how detailed one prefers node descriptions to be. In this case, I want them to be more detailed than you want them to be. It's a matter of personal taste.

It breaks the immersion into the game world a bit. This makes no sense to me. There's plenty of things in the real world I'd call "bricks" for example. But that doesn't mean they all look identical or are the same size or could be used for the same thing. True, but if two bricks look diff...

Well, I definitely had a problem with it Then chance it in the version you use, or if you play on a server, ask the owner of that server to change it. Yeah, I'll do that. One of the two mods should drop their registration and use aliases, or force register an alias. I have no particular opinions on...

Perhaps the silicon here should aliased to mesecons's silicon, or vice versa, if both are present.

Could you make it so that lightning only strikes while it's raining if sofar's lightning mod is present?

Cave Realms has existed since 2014 and I have never heard of any other player having an issue with descriptions. Well, I definitely had a problem with it when I was playing in 2015. (Not that I'd expect anyone to know, since I didn't post about it.) Anyway, it does seem like no one but me cares abo...

The battery boxes' upgrades are explained in the manual, under the heading "battery boxes".

It's called coal dust because it is coal dust. It's simply a block of it, and you can turn nine of them into a coal block. I don't see what advantage changing the description brings, and it would put the name and description at odds with each other, which isn't something I want to do without good r...

Coal dust in CRL comes from the node in the original Cave Realms, which is also a very old mod and is used on many servers. If I change the name, it will leave worlds filled with unknown nodes or I'll need to rely on aliases, which it is much better to avoid. There are servers using both Technic an...

Is there any chance coal dust could be renamed? There's an item in technic called coal dust.

Any reason for the auto-closing?

aristotle wrote:Thank you! I like your mod.

You're welcome!

aristotle wrote:I appreciate you can set the beacon height to whatever you like, thus I set it to 1000 but this generates an error.

Fixed!

This mod adds beacons in several different colors: https://notabug.org/SpaghettiToastBook/beacons/raw/master/screenshot.png You can craft beacons with steel ingots, a mese lamp, and dye like this: https://notabug.org/SpaghettiToastBook/beacons/raw/master/craft_image.png You can also mix a beacon and...

I sent a PR adding some more food (pizza and multigrain bread).

Melons have no digging groups, so they take a while to dig. Is this intentional? Nevermind; they have snappy = 1. Why are peppercorns crafted from pepper? (I assume the latter is a bell pepper or something in the same genus.) They're botanically unrelated. I might try to make some pasta or pizza if...

Thanks!