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by v-rob
Tue Mar 19, 2024 01:08
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How on Earth do you change your username for single player?
Replies: 7
Views: 3450

Re: How on Earth do you change your username for single player?

Please don't resurrect ancient topics; this is 9 years old.
by v-rob
Wed Jan 17, 2024 22:10
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Roller banner design needed for FOSDEM 2024
Replies: 18
Views: 4171

Re: Roller banner design needed for FOSDEM 2024

I strongly suggest to either replace the QR code with "www.minetest.net" or put this domain below the QR code. You have a pretty easy-to-memorize domain. Use it. Not having the main entry point to Minetest written anywhere is a cardinal sin. XD Believe it or not, some people can't use QR ...
by v-rob
Thu Jan 11, 2024 22:39
Forum: Game Releases
Topic: [Game] Shadow Forest [1.1.1]
Replies: 17
Views: 4147

Re: [Game] Shadow Forest [1.1.0]

I pretty quickly put off playing the jam version of this game because of the spawning, but it's much, much better now. For the forest and chasm levels (and I love the fog in that one!), the spawning is balanced and fun. The snow level has concerning amounts of the flying Shadows: since they're harde...
by v-rob
Fri Dec 01, 2023 17:10
Forum: News
Topic: 2023 Minetest GAME JAM (December 1st-21st) [Theme: "UNEXPECTED"] [$300] jam.minetest.net
Replies: 51
Views: 11072

Re: 2023 Minetest GAME JAM (December 1st-21st) [$300] jam.minetest.net

(Not that I plan on participating in a kids' compo for less than a day's wages in prizes.) Huh. I was always under the impression that one would participate in a game jam simply for the fun of it. Many game jams don't even have prize money, and even the ones that do just provide it as an incentive ...
by v-rob
Wed Nov 22, 2023 21:39
Forum: WIP Mods
Topic: death and hurt sounds
Replies: 10
Views: 2217

Re: death and hurt sounds

Please don't resurrect old topics; this was last updated in 2012. Moreover, it doesn't have anything to do with the question you're asking.
by v-rob
Wed Nov 22, 2023 00:03
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Poll: GUI API design
Replies: 5
Views: 943

Re: Poll: GUI API design

9 out of 9 for rebuild everything; that's a pretty overwhelming vote. That's also what I preferred, but I wanted to make sure that other modders didn't feel otherwise.
by v-rob
Tue Nov 21, 2023 20:36
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Poll: GUI API design
Replies: 5
Views: 943

Poll: GUI API design

I have a question of opinion about the Lua API for the formspec replacement that I need to resolve before I can finalize the API and get back to implementing more of the GUI backend. Currently, any time you want to change anything in formspecs, you generally rebuild the entire GUI string from scratc...
by v-rob
Mon Sep 25, 2023 05:18
Forum: Feature Discussion
Topic: Discord contact in Profile
Replies: 3
Views: 1140

Re: Discord contact in Profile

As I recall, celeron55 tried adding some extra contact links using phpBB's admin control panel, but couldn't get it to work without it spewing out a bunch of PHP errors.
by v-rob
Tue Jul 11, 2023 04:08
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Engine or Game?
Replies: 49
Views: 3659

Re: Engine or Game?

"I'm going to play some Minetest" is perfectly fine. I mean some people are saying "I'm going to watch Youtube" instead of "I'm going to watch Youtube videos", or "I'm going to watch Netflix". This discussion is so ridiculous, just let people talk how they wa...
by v-rob
Mon Jul 10, 2023 17:24
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Engine or Game?
Replies: 49
Views: 3659

Re: Engine or Game?

Saying "I'm going to play some Minetest" is actually a ridiculous statement. Would you say "I'm going to play some Godot" or "I'm going to play some Steam"? No. You'd say "I'm going to play a game made with Godot" or "I'm going to play a game I found on S...
by v-rob
Tue Jun 20, 2023 18:36
Forum: Game Releases
Topic: [Game] Glitch [1.2.4]
Replies: 51
Views: 17263

Re: [Game] Glitch [1.2.2]

Wuzzy wrote:
Tue Jun 20, 2023 08:35
I wonder if anyone managed to get them all.
Are you kidding? This game was too fun to not get them all. Although, a few electrons in the Far Lands were tricky to find how to get to, and I confess I did a little wireframe cheating to find how to access them. Shame on me.
by v-rob
Sat Jun 10, 2023 19:12
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The best name instead of Minetest is...
Replies: 213
Views: 17947

Re: The best name instead of Minetest is...

SuperStarSonic wrote:
Sat Jun 10, 2023 14:15
Anything really useful on the GitHub thread?
It's strictly limited to suggestions only, no discussions, so it seems to garner less joke suggestions. But yes, I think some of the suggestions there are fairly good.
by v-rob
Fri Jun 09, 2023 23:07
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The best name instead of Minetest is...
Replies: 213
Views: 17947

Re: The best name instead of Minetest is...

I could be wrong, but I really don't think the core developers are using this thread and it's list as an important part of their decision making process. Actually, I read this thread quite a bit. But purely for enjoyment at the banter that goes on in it, and the occasional bad suggestions that are ...
by v-rob
Mon Jun 05, 2023 16:23
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 3 reasons to *not* rename Minetest
Replies: 36
Views: 3995

Re: 3 reasons to *not* rename Minetest

Wait, so if we add advertisements, we might start getting more people downloading the game on mobile... hmmmmmmm Ads on Open-Source? ... is that not in breach of ''Making money from Free Software''? ... if its not in breach and if you add Ads to the Game will you let us delete the Ad code for Serve...
by v-rob
Sun Jun 04, 2023 23:30
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Why is Multicraft more popular than Minetest?
Replies: 22
Views: 3630

Re: Why is Multicraft more popular than Minetest?

As a user not being already a Minetest user, would you rather download Game A or Game B ? Be honest. To be honest, neither. The first looks like a hyped-up game that's probably lame and will more than likely have in-game ads, and the second one looks like a lame game that also probably has in-game ...
by v-rob
Fri May 26, 2023 21:25
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 3 reasons to *not* rename Minetest
Replies: 36
Views: 3995

Re: 3 reasons to *not* rename Minetest

LMD wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 20:38
You got the wrong Minetest app. Rule of thumb: If it ain't bland, it ain't Minetest.
Wait, so if we add advertisements, we might start getting more people downloading the game on mobile... hmmmmmmm
by v-rob
Thu May 25, 2023 22:07
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The best name instead of Minetest is...
Replies: 213
Views: 17947

Re: The best name instead of Minetest is...

Strange. You say it does the job after having noted twice that it is too close to MC so it generates a lot of confusion. Ah, I wasn't clear. I mean I have no problems with the name personally--I don't dislike it on purely aesthetic grounds, and it does the job as a name for us in the community who ...
by v-rob
Thu May 25, 2023 17:11
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The best name instead of Minetest is...
Replies: 213
Views: 17947

Re: The best name instead of Minetest is...

The reason this topic was brought up in the first place is not "Minetest is a terrible name", but "Minetest is a name that people unfamiliar with it mistake for Minecraft". I can count on one hand the number of people unfamiliar with Minetest who didn't think I was talking about ...
by v-rob
Tue May 23, 2023 16:23
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The best name instead of Minetest is...
Replies: 213
Views: 17947

Re: The best name instead of Minetest is...

The name Minetest is obsolete according to celeron55 and ruberwardy. So get used to the idea that it will be changed. Supporting Minetest as a name is absurd and foolhardy. Umm, no? If you read the IRC chat, they do not say that it is obsolete . Most of the core developers acknowledged that the nam...
by v-rob
Wed May 17, 2023 21:05
Forum: Feature Discussion
Topic: 360-degree signs
Replies: 8
Views: 1719

Re: 360-degree signs

Must have been a typo in the original post; this couldn't have been a mod since Minetest didn't support mods at all at that point, and I'm certain I knew this at the time of posting. Should probably read "prerelease versions". To be further accurate, "pre-GitHub versions" would b...
by v-rob
Thu Jan 26, 2023 19:24
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: [Tutorial] Flower farm in vanilla MTG
Replies: 5
Views: 1417

Re: [Tutorial] Flower farm in vanilla MTG

Hey, this is really quite clever! Now I know how to get flowers if I want them. Although, I usually have the opposite problem of too many flowers due to building large buildings over a long period of time, and the flowers take over. (Nooo, not the dandelions! They're taking over!)
by v-rob
Tue Dec 27, 2022 07:36
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 7 facts you didn't know about the Minetest Logo.
Replies: 42
Views: 5135

Re: 7 facts you didn't know about the Minetest Logo.

I don't see how these "lurkers" have anything to do with Minetest; I've never seen any mobs of them, and they certainly didn't exist around the time that the Minetest logo was created. I always thought it was an oerkki (although they have green eyes) or a dungeon master (which have black e...
by v-rob
Sat Dec 24, 2022 18:38
Forum: Game Releases
Topic: [Game] Glitch [1.2.4]
Replies: 51
Views: 17263

Re: [Game] Glitch [1.1.0]

I've reduced the value of my dedicated_server_step setting which, I think, should increase the frequency of globalstep execution. AFAIK, that setting is not used in singleplayer. There, the server steps are as fast as the client steps, 60 Hz. It is respected in singleplayer; for instance, you can m...
by v-rob
Thu Dec 22, 2022 19:03
Forum: Old Mods
Topic: What is the oldest MT mod ever? 🥶
Replies: 5
Views: 2127

Re: What is the oldest MT mod ever? 🥶

Actually, going to the last page is not a correct way of finding the oldest mod. It's a better way to find old mods that weren't very popular. Every time someone posts a reply to a mod, it moves to the top of the subforum. So, assuming mesecons was the oldest mod, you'd have no way of knowing by thi...
by v-rob
Wed Dec 07, 2022 23:06
Forum: Game Releases
Topic: [Game] Glitch [1.2.4]
Replies: 51
Views: 17263

Re: [Game] Glitch [1.1.0]

You were not really supposed to go back once you're on the final "island" (similar to Powerslide Sector), since you can take the gateways to Transport Pipes and then the gateway right behind you to quickly go back to start. Ahh, I tried that, but must not have saved my electron for some r...