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This coming Tuesday at 1200 UTC (7:00am Central), the server will be shutdown for 24 hours to commemorate the original "just test" server that went offline on April 16, 2016. I will be using this opportunity to once again complete a full server backup to the cloud. The server should be bac...

I was always under the impression that breaking changes in Minetest like this wouldn't occur within a major version (i.e. 5.x) as backwards compatibility is always guaranteed, even if features are deprecated. Has this guideline changed?

The privileges should no longer be registered once you remove or disable the corresponding mods. The only way that privileges get registered in Minetest is when a mod specifically calls "minetest.register_privilege()" at server startup. For example, this is how I register the "dj"...

My Auth Redux mod provides a powerful ruleset language for filtering login requests to the Minetest server. For example, you can enforce a timeout after multiple failed login attempts or limit privileged accounts to a specific set of IP addresses, etc. # deny players with a reserved or restricted n...

https://i.imgur.com/TWOZIIV.png The 2024 Easter Egg Hunt is underway! The top 4 players to find all 80 eggs that have been hidden around Spawntown by Saturday, April 6 will win a prize! Also bunnies are twice as likely to drop chocolate eggs. So get ready to snatch up some holiday treats. Good luck...

https://i.imgur.com/C7YtFMP.png Easter is sure to be hopping good time this year on JT2! Bunnies will be multiplying like jackrabbits all weekend long. Now is your chance to scoop up some delicious milk chocolate and dark chocolate eggs. Then get ready for our third-annual Easter Egg Hunt starting ...

I think the most annoying bug in Minetest is broken entity translucency. Although it was finally addressed as of last month, it suffered from a number of setbacks over the course of 6 years. Perhaps it could be characterized as the "Most Cursed Bug of Minetest". #1. The Backstory Entity tr...

Minetest MapExport v1.0 Minetest MapExport is a command-line script to export all mapblocks from a map database that intersect with the given region. The following parameters are required: -source <string> source filename to read -target <string> target filename to write -npos1 <vector> starting no...

If your database backend is SQLite3, then you could use my MapExport script to export the specific region that you want to preserve into a newly created database. This has the added advantage that a) the newly created database will be reduced in size (otherwise you have to issue a "vacuum"...

I recently adapted my map rendering script into a full fledged console application. Server administrators can now explore any map.sqlite database interactively from the convenience of the shell. https://i.imgur.com/Ixckwyr.png Navigation is possible in all 6 directions using the I, J, K, M, O, and U...

Thanks for the clarification. I'm reworking media request handling right now. My goal is to allow for caching media in a memory buffer (with an option to bypass caching when the media size exceeds a predefined threshold set in minetest.conf). I will do some benchmarks, and if they look promising, th...

I did some more research into this, and I think I tracked down the cause of the bottleneck. After checking the source of server.cpp , I was surprised to discover that media requests are handled entirely in the main server thread. Not only that, but all media is loaded entirely on the fly whenever a ...

I enabled verbose logging on my server to finally track down an unsual lag spike that often occurs when my server restarts daily. I typically notice this right when the first few players join the game, but it eventually goes away. After reviewing the debug log, it turns out that these lag spikes are...

Who's ready to dance? Our weekly Block Party takes place every Saturday night at spawn! https://i.imgur.com/gG9pyJi.png Doors open at 2300 UTC (that's 5pm Central and 6pm Eastern for our American players). Here are some pictures from the past few Saturdays at Club Nemo. https://i.imgur.com/Jev1DSy.p...

I'm very saddened to hear about the news. LinuxGaming was arguable the grandaddy of Minetest servers. LinuxGaming been a valuable part of the Minetest community, and it's legacy will never be forgotton.

Thank you for devoting so many years to hosting such a legendary server.

A few years ago, I began development of a command-line script to render the distribution of mapblocks in a map.sqlite database as part of my RocketLib Toolkit. As of last week, I finally resumed work on it, and so far the results are very promising. https://i.imgur.com/PYsUwvX.png In the rendering a...

Wrapping up January 2024 with a bunch of bug fixes! Auth Redux Mod – Caused a fatal error when multiple login attempts failed simultaneously. Fixed. Inspection Mod – Crashed when spawning unknown entitites due to the lack of sanity checks. Fixed. Job Control Mod – Caused a fatal error when jobs were...

I've not actually tested this, but couldn't you just alias default:lava_flowing and default:lava_source to air?

I'm excited to announce chat aliases! You can now mention players quickly and easily in chat just by typing @ and the first three letters of their name. Chat aliases serve as a workaround for the very dodgy auto-complete feature in the 0.4.x clients. https://i.imgur.com/QZl3Rom.png Keep in mind, cha...

It looks like minetest.format_chat_message is solution. I completely forgot that you can override that function. Good catch!

Does that solution allow the other callbacks to run? And are the chat messages still logged as usual by the engine?

I'm curious if it's possible in a server-side mod to reformat chat messages and still have them be sent to all clients and logged in debug.txt? Say for example, someone writes "Hello $time" in chat, and I want to replace the token "$time" with the current timestamp or someone wri...

It depends on what you mean by "merged" since there would likely be conflicts if those players happened to visit the same mapblocks. But if you are basing the merge on last modification time (that is, newer mapblocks overwrite existing older mapblocks), then it should be possible with my i...

Spreading Christmas Cheer We wrapped up another joyous holiday season on JT2 with all the usual festivities and then some! Santa was up bright and early Christmas morning loading up her sleigh with presents. Of course, not every home or base had a fireplace, so that meant leaving extra stocking stu...

Congratulations to our Top Players of 2023! The following players spent over 200 HOURS on the server during 2023. To recognize your dedication to the game, you will each receive a personalized gift from Nemo. In addition, your names will be listed on a new leaderboard at spawn. https://i.imgur.com/...