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Zoonami version 1.2.1 has been released. This is a small update with a few fixes. The main purpose of this update was change mobs to use the initial_properties table. Defining these initial properties outside of the table was deprecated 12 years ago but there wasn't warning until recently. That's ho...

np. Good to hear you found a solution. I just made a new texture to replace my placeholder after cutting out that bit of code. Hasn't broken anything yet, and I don't plan on using the mod with any other games so I think it's okay... ? Anyway yeah. Having a lot of fun with it in general. Maybe it s...

I'm using this alongside Mineclonia and it seems to be working perfectly, except that I can't seem to mine zeenite ore. Love it otherwise though. Been playing it with my kid who also loves it. edit: dug around in the nodes.lua and stripped out the chunk of code that looks for a stone texture to ove...

Thank you! That really cleared things up.

I've apparently been out of the loop for how to properly define initial object properties. It's been deprecated for a very long time to define initial properties outside of the initial_properties table. https://github.com/minetest/minetest/pull/9650 My first question is why does the initial_properti...

Zoonami 1.2.0 is now released! Unlike other updates, this update focused on only one thing. The move stats. The combat in Zoonami has been functional, but it didn't have as much variety as I hoped for. Additionally, move categories were sort of abused as a way to add in more unique features, such as...

There's a mod for that, modgen. Dunno if it saves entities, but if not you can always add in an entity spawn node, and have an LBM spawn the entity there on first load. Yes, modgen is a mod I'm considering for making a game. Unfortunately, I don't think modgen save entities. It does save node metad...

This is really neat! Have you considered making this a standalone "game" for Minetest instead of a mod? Yes, and no. I would never make Zoonami just a game instead of a mod. That wouldn't make sense. A game in Minetest is comprised of mods. Thus, Zoonami can be included in any game. This ...

Given that MT devs think that games are the greatest thing in the world and that there seems to be no way to release worlds on ContentDB (unless I missed something? There's just a place on the forum for them?), there ought to be easier ways for creators of adventures to release their games. Perhaps...

A very interesting mod. I am curious though if and how this mod approaches the problem of adding mobs to games with prebuilt maps? For example, let's says I want to make and RPG. This genre usually involves large prebuilt maps for the player to explore. However, Minetest provides very little to acco...

Zoonami version 1.1.0 and Zoonami 3D mobs version 1.1.0 have been released. There isn't as much content as updates in the past, but I was able to address some of the bigger gameplay concerns I had on my todo list. There are 3 new monsters. This brings the total number of monsters up from 50 to 53. O...

AS that mod is uses as depends off Zoonami I wanna know if I should be worried, as player very often, some near with wanted ... ACTION[Server]: 'player' submitted formspec ('fsc:code') but the name of the formspec doesn't match the expected name ('fsc:code'), possible exploitation attempt and that ...

Zoonami version 1.0.3 fixes more bugs found. I removed a test node that wasn't actually meant to be included in the mod. This node was used for temporarily testing random level 100 monster battles to ensure that monster stats felt balanced before releasing 1.0.0. Player crafted vending machines now ...

Another bug fix was released. Zoonami version 1.0.2 fixes missing crafting recipes for candy and fixes old guide book information in the training and creative sections.

Zoonami version 1.0.1 has been released. This fixes a bug with itemstacks that could result in duplicating or deleting certain items. It also rewords the guide book introduction section to try making it clearer that some important starter items are only given after reading the section. Now that vers...

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Hello Sokomine. I had sent you a message about two bugs in your villages mod, but I didn't get a response. Since I don't have a GitHub account to submit a bug report, I'm going to submit them here. The first bug is in the plotmarker_formspec.lua file on line 408: fields.plot_nr = tonumber( fields.pl...

Unless if I'm misunderstanding, it seems the second option would only help GUIs that mostly stay the same and only update small pieces? If the majority of a formspec changes, for example navigating between different menus/pages, you're probably just going to rebuild it. Also, wouldn't the second opt...

An alternative to error I've used sometimes is minetest.request_shutdown , which also takes a message parameter, but cleanly shuts down the server, with no stack trace to confuse users. I was wondering if something like that existed, but I didn't find it. I think I searched the lua api for "cl...

Using the error function works, but it will still have lines of text that are irrelevant to the message. Unfortunately, I think abusing the error message box is the only real option. Using some newline characters can help make the error message easy to distinguish from the surrounding text. Newer ve...

Hmm, I just realized a problem with solution. Minetest doesn't give much control over the error message formspec. Even most of the text can't be replaced. This means trying to use that a way to display a message rather than debug info won't work.

Thank you for the responses! These were the random thoughts that I was looking for. After thinking things over for my mod, this is what I came up with. Including a version number in the mod storage makes sense. Even if I never need to use it, the option is available. As for updates, there's really o...

Thanks, but that doesn't really answer the question. Most updates will be compatible, but it's not always possible to have every update compatible with every update before it. For example, someone might try to update from a very old version to the latest version skipping all of the releases in betwe...

Let's say I've made a mod. I've decided to make a major change to the mod. This major change will make updating the mod on existing worlds not possible. This will result in crashing or worse, altering existing data in a way that it won't work with the old version either. How should I handle this? Ob...

Excellent! Congrats. Those are some really great additions and changes, especially like the addition of berry juices for on-the-go healing and the fact that it will encourage players to engage in the economy. Looking forward to seeing how the new mechanics with the initial player items work out. Al...