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Not at all since default is all-in-one mod, it's not a modulable collection of mods.

I'm more for loose collections of mods I totally agree, and that's the point of this project, the term "game" can be misleading because it refer more in a collection of basics and inter compatibles mods more than a truly playable game like minetest_game or mineclone. My aim is to provide ...

Do you know Mekanism mod from Minecraft ? It's a wonderful and quite complete tech mod too.
Do you plan to release your power API in a separate lib (like your fluid lib)?

I get your point and I will definitely think about a mechanism to handle this issue in the best way.

That being said it's a quite easy for a game creator to remove the iron ore mod if another mod add it too and maybe add aliases to ensure compatibility.

Abstraction is definitely the way to go, and will certainly be implemented in a early form to ensure compatibility with mod based on default or mineclone for example. However it can be very useful to add mods too. To take your example with vines, if many mods need vines, why not adding a stand-alone...

Some people even propagate new "games" which do not even include default nodes I think it's mostly because the default game does not fit with their needs. Sometimes it's easier to start from scratch than try to understand and modifying default mod. Libraries are sadly also something that'...

On the other hand, it is rather annoying to maintain because many mods rely on the mod default so you must follow and maintain a fork of all the mods that come from elsewhere. Workaround exists, game creators can simply include default mod when its required or a mod can be created to interface base...

Hi folks, I'm pretty new to Minetest but I am a long time player of Minecraft. I have a pretty good experience at modding game (Just add mod to the game and make it work together, not create it). The most common issue I found with mods is the lack of interoperability/redundancy. It's even worst with...