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I figured out pattern matching for the Lua tubes. The second argument to the match is indeed a pattern rather than a regular string. I was just using the wrong syntax. It might be something peculiar about the Lua implementation in Minetest, but I suspect it's just that Minetest's Lua implementation ...

Vince, It looks like you are trying to find a substring that includes the "wildcard" charcter. The following string.match(itemName, 'default:.*tree') is actually looking for the substring "default:.*tree" which always returns nil, because there is no node named "default:.*tree". "default:tree", AFA...

This was great to get me started. I wanted to expand upon the idea using pattern matching for what I think of as a Tree Chest , but I can't seem to get it working. I have some experience with regular expressions and I did some reading to get the syntax right. I even did some basic testing using an o...

Thank you TenPlus1 for fixing this and Tikilou for (re?) posting the fixed fork by TenPlus1!

First I need to admit that I don't know anything about coding in Lua or creating Minetest mods, but I'm poking around in the code anyway... I was able to create several of the dragon egg types, but I wasn't able to find any "bosses" to get the corresponding gems, so I took a look at the code. One of...

Nuclear reactor = HUGE complex building not documented last time I checked. (Correct me if is) The entire process for enriching uranium and building the nuclear reactor is very well documented: https://github.com/minetest-mods/technic/blob/master/manual.md#nuclear-generator I've built it a few time...

The text of my signs is suddenly sideways: https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4160/34468887766_c52959dd02_z.jpg I have signs placed on the front of a bunch of autocrafters, but the text seems to be facing at a 90 degree angle perpendicular to its sign. If I dig the sign and replace it the problem goes aw...

I've revised my LV Generator Setup including both the Hydro and Geothermal generators. It's a little hard to explain and using ASCII art can only give a cross-section. I have water sources sitting next to the generator on two opposite corners. The holes on the sides adjacent to the generator go two ...

I have been having a hard time with the Hydro LV Generator. I couldn't get it to output any power. I was sure that when I first started playing Minetest I had figured out how to get 100% output from a Hydro Generator. Here's what it says in the manual : The hydro generator is an LV power generator t...

I just discovered a little oddity. I currently have 18 torches:torchlight in my inventory. There's no picture. It just shows the number. I had to look at the player file to see what was in my inventory.That's the node that's placed and removed when holding a torch, isn't it? I think it was picked up...

Ethereal does indeed use ethereal:green_dirt instead of the default:dirt_with_grass to stop abm's from default minetest running on an ethereal world using it's own... I will look into technic mod and see if I can request a change for rubber tree's to grow on ethereal dirt. Update: From what I see i...

I've been playing singleplayer on a world set up with Ethereal. It looks like all default:dirt_with_grass has been replaced with ethereal:green_dirt. I also like the Technic mod, but I think I've found an incompatibility. With Technic, MV and higher machines require rubber from rubber trees. However...