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The title. I'm using the armor mod as a depend.

Well, I cannot do that since the tool is armor and the wear is being set by set_wear() in the armor mod. I am not going to modify the armor mod so I need a workaround.

I'm working on a custom mobs mod. To prevent certian mobs from entering water, I want to check if the node in front of the mob is water or not (the next node that would be stepped on). But I need to convert yaw to x and z so I can calculate the node that the mob is facing but I dont know how to calc...

I have searched through a lot of questions here, then on the dev wiki, and then I checked in the lua.api by searching for the words "creative", "survival", then the word "mode" and NOTHING. I found nothing that helped me. This should be one of the simplest things yet it...

I need to run a function when a tool that I created wears out.

So, I tried this code I got from stack overflow
However, when using this code, minetest runs an error. Minetest client says that it cannot do that becuase it is not safe or something.

I need to save an entire table to a string then convert it back to a table when the server is opened up.

Let's say I created a mod with pink diamond that had a pink diamond pickaxe. I need to register a function that is called when the tool wears out. Is this possible?

So, I need to make a function happen when the server is done loading and to my surprise there is only a function on shutdown. Why isnt there a function like minetest.register_after_server_loaded() or something like that.

I want to get a list of positions at the very top of the closest cave opening that is near a specific pos. I know this is nearly impossible and I'm not even sure how this would be accomplished as I know this may not be realistic. I want to make a volcano mod. I want lava to fill an entire cave with ...

Let's say, there is a player in a cave at pos 0,-327,0. But above me, is a very high moutian. I want to know how I can find the ground level directly above where the player stands inside that cave.

Hello. I want to make a volcano mod that works. The way I want it to work is by allowing players to place a special lava node inside a cave. The lava will then rise until it reaches the surface of the world and is no longer underground. However, there is no way to get the surface level as it could b...

The title.

What about if there was a modpack that has all of the default biomes and a 'minetest game' with a flat biome as the only registered biome by default. If there are any registered biomes from the modpack, then the flat biome does not get registered.

I think like minecraft, minetest should provide the ability to disable and enable registered mapgen biomes per world. Since minetest enables the mapgens when configuring the world via main menu, I'm not sure how this would be done but there has got to be a way other than making a separate minetest g...

So, I know that in minetest you can use raycast. What know is that raycast returns false if between the two positions you provide there is a node that cuts off the players further visibility. I want to get the node pos before the other node that cuts off the players visibility so I can manipulate th...

I want to add player velocity on x and z by the number "1" in their look direction but only on the x and z axis. I do not want the player to go up but I dont know of the player direction for either x or z is negative or positive so I do not know when to add a negative number to x or z or a...

So, I want to make something like mesecons. That is, when a node touches a certian type of other node, all the nodes connected to it, light up to represent that it is connected to that main node that is sending out power, and if somewhere along the line of those nodes a node is taken out, then only ...

Hello. I'm making a mod that uses mesecon. I have a node called "mymod:tubething_on/off" that is a conductor obviosly with on and off nodes. I also have a receptor that would be called "mymod:pump". But, I only want "tubething" to be actived by the pump and nothing else...

The title says it all!!!!!

I have a power rangers mod. Currently, it does not actually register a "ranger". All it does is uses a function that is called like register_ranger(name, description, strength) . All the function does is registers armor using the armor mod. But, I dont just want to register armor, I want t...

I think that the second comment by nathan. By the way hi I didnt know you were on the forums, is the right option, as i have used admist for a long time and it takes a long time to use admist to find the right world. Also, yes... I'm dead set on jungle for a specific project. I may just create a gam...

How can one obtain a world with only a single biome, for me, preferably rainforest/jungle? In minecraft, you can choose exactly what you want and you can tell the game which biomes are allowed to generate. In minetest you just get what you get and dont throw a fit... but... I'm throwing a fit haha. ...

So, I know there are a lot of mob api's out there. But, I really want to learn and I also want to not use another person's api as much as possible. So directing me to an api is not the answer I'm looking for. I'm also not trying to get anyone to write me any code. What I am asking is how to go about...

It works now. The tool capabilities were not strong enough.