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One annoying thing about param2 is that it is only good for one thing - the level of a node, its orientation, or color. In some cases more of these are required (like colored stairs), in other cases param2 is not used at all (many regular nodes). Here I propose a new format, where the mod maker can ...

Hi! I implemented hardware colorization. I posted a reply to your issue, I hope that it will be helpful. Personally I also think that an extra parameter for nodes is a good idea. However, that would allow 256 colors by itself, so palettes would be still required.

Another way: https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/5083

Minetest nodes do not have material options. That would require a new, very complex rendering engine (complex, because the programmer has no idea what will you build). Shininess would require iterating over all light sources. But in Minetest thousands of light sources can occur. Ambient color is imp...

You should check if a tree node was placed nearly in 'on_timer' too.
But great idea indeed!

I think I am good at using and combining well-known programming algorithms (like Dijkstra's algorithm). But languages without strict types (like Lua) can confuse me.