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Elektrika wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 20, 2020 14:03

Easier to mod than Minecraft

Not really easier, perhaps less time consuming though.

Oh yes, I agree. It's not really a fault of paramat that the only options that seem available is 'close immediately' or 'leave open and ignore forever'.

It is disappointing to see you write stuff like this, i think it is beneath you to do this and does not seem in character, you are usually fairly reasonable. 90% of your post is nonsense. I disagree. This post is accurate for the most part (albeit a bit anecdotal), and raises some important points ...

Man, this thread is depressing. I agree though. I had (and still sort of have) a naive vision for minetest; I wanted it to be the perfect engine for block games. But I've had many troubles in my life lately: academic issues, neurodivergence, identity problems, and all of this has sort of broken the ...

Bugger. I was hoping since I can get the wielded item that I'd be able to get the rest of the hotbar too. I guess 'irrelevant' sorta makes sense, since my use case is just about the only one that would require it. That last one doesn't make much sense, the server should be able to prevent the client...

I am developing a general Gui replacement (modeled after the ps2 game RTX Red Rock) and I have been running into a few issues. 1. How do I get the inventory of minetest.localplayer? player:get_inventory() doesn't exist for it. 2. how do I get the tiles of a server sent node definition? minetest.get_...

The recipe to make dirt is too tedious because water buckets do not stack. So a large amount of dirt can not be made that way. How about changing the recipe or how dirt is made? I imagine this is for pipeworks automation where stacking is not an issue. Perhaps you should use a quarry for dirt rathe...

The TimeGate is getting stuck when I leave and return. It won't work until it is dug and placed again and the time is re-entered. How about making LightStone conduct? I imagine it would be rare that it would be undesirable behavior. If lightstones conducted we wouldn't be able to make computer scre...

This is just meant to be a conversion for minetest game. You can make a more compatible fork if you want though.

I honestly don't know if minecraft has them, but we need a bunch of scary clown mobs, weapons, and cars. And we need wings, and also the security mod. It is supposed to have lasers and stuff like that. (I know we already have some traps and locked containers in the game. Also, where can I get pre-m...

I assume it means your packages are no longer approved

Lone_Wolf wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 16, 2020 16:31

Would be nice if there was a link to the Github/ContentDB in the OP

aight

Ah, I see. I don't know how Irrlicht works, but It seems like it could benefit from a reworked culling method, perhaps slice-based culling rather than face-based. I know irrlicht is pretty dead though, so there might be no hope of such a thing. (why do we use irrlicht anyway?)

A single 9-faced block can slice 1 fps off a raspberry pi, so I imagine 51 faces would be impossible to handle for a lower-end machine. Is backface culling an option? If not, perhaps culling settings would be important in the next engine update.

As it stands now, mods are pretty much either for nodecore, mtg, or game independent. Games can provide default sounds in the way that mtg does, but a possible alternative is a dependency-free sound library mod. As I said before, my vision lib mod does this to an extent, but I only add sounds that I...

Oh, that makes sense. I'll try it out later, maybe use it in one of the games I'm working on. Here's a suggestion: perhaps a set of differently sized models, for example a two-node high one for taller entities or nodes. Imagine a fully voxel-animated player model, lol.

This is actually amazing. I never would have thought of doing something like this. It's definitely better than nodeboxes IMO, and the potential for node animation is amazing. (I don't think 3d animated nodes were even possible before). I don't really understand the texture layout, but it doesn't loo...

I'm in favor of this. I have a sound module in vision_lib for generic sounds so I don't have to repeat them across mods, but it would be far better for the engine to include generic sounds for node materials.

So, wait a moment: are you saying it's possible the hotbar may eventually disappear? Because right now a mod of mine, arena_lib, allows to create arenas both via commands and via an editor I made through the hotbar. I was planning to remove the commands part because it's quite user-unfriendly and b...

rubenwardy wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 01, 2020 18:17

It can also take no time at all, by taking existing mods, and will be more flexible

Exactly. Anything game-specific should be supported, but not builtin. Otherwise, minetest would be a game rather than a game engine.

I disagree because it's essential to know when you're gonna drown or break a neck jumping off the next cliff ect. But I'm also for reverting 90% of minetest game features and it becoming a clean slate for adding games/mods. If that ever happened The main menu should be a easy to use , kid and grand...

HUDS like the hotbar, health & breath meters, & the crosshair should be defined by games, not by the engine. removing them is really annoying and not all games will want them.

I doubt it. It runs in c++, so It can't run in place like flash or javascript games.

Make sure you have noclip turned off as well, since that has the same effect as build_where_you_stand in regards to placing

Interesting. I never would have thought so many were using mobile over desktop. The android vs IOS comparison makes sense as there's no proper version for IOS. I'd have thought more people used windows, too.