[MOD] skyplatform [skyplatform]

[Sokomine]

If you want a flat surface to build on, this mod does it. It creates skyplatforms which are sourrounded by walls so that you don't fall off. Mapgen is set to singlenode/air so that no normal terrain will be created.


You can add new skyplatforms with the /newskyplatform <height> command, with height beeing something divisible by 100. Each platform has a size of 100x100 blocks and can be expanded by first trying to dig (and thus updating) the chests in the middle of the walls and then right-clicking the chests. Diffrent types of platfors are offered, so you can add a small "ocean" or a wheat field if you like.

The /spawn command brings you back to the initial platform at 0,0,0. It may be necessary to type /spawn several times if you're creating a new world and falling down. The inside of the initial skyplatform looks like this:


The mod is still experimental and may contain bugs.

Plans for the future: Adding machines (cobble generator, ore extractor, greenhouse) so that all materials from default become available. After all you can't dig most of them in here.

Download: https://github.com/Sokomine/skyplatform/zipball/master
Browse code: https://github.com/Sokomine/skyplatform

Depends on: default
License: GPLv3

[Don]

FYI - Just noticed that the title says WIP but this is in mod releases.

Cool mod.

[Krock]

Wrong title format.

Seriously, this is a fantastic idea! I hope you can add more different landscapes :)

[Sokomine]

FYI - Just noticed that the title says WIP but this is in mod releases.

Yes, that's right. It got moved. But that doesn't matter - after all Mod Releases is where it really belongs to. All that's going to be added to the mod in a second step will be some machines for crafting materials and bug fixes if the need arises.

Here is another screenshot, showing a skyplatform created with /newskyplatform 1000 above the one in the original post. Note that each square is still 100x100 nodes in size. They just appear tiny from that distance.


And here's the side view of the schematic that's used for spawning each platform. The topmost layer (sandstonebrick) can be replaced by plants as seen in the "wheatfarm" version, and the streets can be removed if their material is replaced with air.

[Modern Hippie]

Don't know why but my Minetest (0.4.12) crashes every time I try to do /newskyplatform 100 for example. Is it a bug? Or should I have another required mod? Please answer soon. Thanks :D

[pilcrow]

I don't get Modern Hippie's problem, but the initial platform is never created for me. when starting a new game, I spawn falling through empty space, and if I grant myself fly and go back up to 0,0,0 there is no platform there. I have to make a new one using /newskyplatform 0

[Sokomine]

Don't know why but my Minetest (0.4.12) crashes every time I try to do /newskyplatform 100 for example. Is it a bug? Or should I have another required mod? Please answer soon. Thanks :D

That's odd. 0.4.12 ought to be recent enough. Do you get an error message? The last lines of your debug.txt might be helpful.
A distance of 100 is a bit close anyway. It's better if you increase in steps of 1000 in order to avoid shadows. There's plenty of space up- and downwards.

I don't get Modern Hippie's problem, but the initial platform is never created for me. when starting a new game, I spawn falling through empty space, and if I grant myself fly and go back up to 0,0,0 there is no platform there. I have to make a new one using /newskyplatform 0

I've imporved the initial spawning process a bit so that the inital platform at a height of 0 ought to be created now without problems. Please try the new version!

[Modern Hippie]

Don't know why but my Minetest (0.4.12) crashes every time I try to do /newskyplatform 100 for example. Is it a bug? Or should I have another required mod? Please answer soon. Thanks :D

That's odd. 0.4.12 ought to be recent enough. Do you get an error message? The last lines of your debug.txt might be helpful.

Of course, here is it: But I don't understand what there is standing xD Perhaps it is useful for you?

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