[Modpack] TechPack [techpack]

[joe7575]

The mod tubelib2 is missing, available on GitHub and ContentDB

[JiCeyCraft]

The mod tubelib2 is missing, available on GitHub and ContentDB

ARGH!
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[TechnoWolf]

I'm running Minetest 5.3.0 on Windows 10. I placed a Compactor on the floor and then needed to move it, so mined it with an iron pickaxe to pick it up. The game instantly crashed with the following error message:

AsyncErr: ServerThread::run Lua: Runtime error from mod '' in callback node_on_dig(): ...ds\minetest-micupack-master\biogasmachines/compactor.lua:637: attempt to call method 'after_dig_node' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
...ds\minetest-micupack-master\biogasmachines/compactor.lua:637: in function 'after_dig_node'
....0-win64-TechnoWolfTV-v1.00\bin\..\builtin\game\item.lua:636: in function <....0-win64-TechnoWolfTV-v1.00\bin\..\builtin\game\item.lua:550>

[micu]

Hello TechnoWolf,

The crash happens in MicuPack which is not Joe's code but mine :-)

Anyway, thanks for spotting that issue. In fact all 5 Biogas Machines are affected by this bug, caused by incompatibility between newest TechPack and my module. I have just fixed it (in v2.9.3) so please grab the latest code for MicuPack from git repo and enjoy!

Best regards
Micu

[TechnoWolf]

No excuses here, I should have seen Micupack staring back at me in the error. Thanks Micu!

[Ignaramico]

i like this pack, it adds useful stuff and i dont feel too obverburned like with the other tech packs

[0siribix]

I had several issues installing this but here is how I accomplished it:
Linux

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1. Install Basic Materials
	1a. Open terminal and cd to minetest mods folder (probably ~/.minetest/mods)
	1b. git clone https://gitlab.com/VanessaE/basic_materials
2. Install Tubelib2
	2a. Open terminal and cd to minetest mods folder
	2b. git clone https://github.com/joe7575/tubelib2
3. Install Techpack
	3a. Open terminal and cd to minetest mods folder
	3b. git clone https://github.com/joe7575/techpack
4. profit

Windows (You will need to determine where your minetest is installed)

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1. Install Basic Materials
	1a. Download https://gitlab.com/VanessaE/basic_materials/-/archive/master/basic_materials-master.zip
	1b. Extract to (minetest folder)\mods\basic_materials
2. Install Tubelib2
	2a. Download https://github.com/joe7575/tubelib2/archive/master.zip
	2b. Extract to (minetest folder)\mods\tubelib2
3. Install Techpack
	3a. Download https://github.com/joe7575/techpack/archive/master.zip
	3b. Extract to (minetest folder)\mods\techpack
4. profit

[joe7575]

I had several issues installing this but here is how I accomplished it....

Thanks for pointing that out, The bug in techpack_stairway is fixed. Steps 4 and 5 are no longer required.

[0siribix]

Happy to help :)

Since you're here and active... One of the things that confused me is Tubelib and Tubelib2. Would it make sense to include Tubelib2 in Techpack since several of the components depend on it anyway?

On another note, I'm a veteran coder but new to MC/MT. I want to modify the autocrafter formspec so that instead of placing each item for the recipe, I want to place the result, display a list of recipes and choose from that list. The goal is to be able to use any item from a group instead of requiring the exact recipe. For example: to craft sticks, you can use any wood in the wood group. But using an autocrafter, I would have to choose specific wood for the recipe and only allow that type of wood for the input.

If you aren't interested in doing this I will probably figure it out and submit the changes but would probably take much longer since I'm less familiar with the code :)

[joe7575]

Since you're here and active... One of the things that confused me is Tubelib and Tubelib2. Would it make sense to include Tubelib2 in Techpack since several of the components depend on it anyway?

No, tubelib2 is a real library, already used in 4 mods (techpack, techage, hyperloop, signs_bot). To maintain 4 copies will lead to the same problems as it was for techpack_stairway. I agree with you, the names are confusing. But changing the names now will lead to even more confusion and problems.

I want to modify the autocrafter formspec so that instead of placing each item for the recipe, I want to place the result, display a list of recipes and choose from that list.

This is like unified_inventory works, you could borrow the code from there. But keep in mind, that the list could become long depending on the number of mods you use. In unified_inventory I have around 100 pages with 80 items each.

The goal is to be able to use any item from a group instead of requiring the exact recipe. For example: to craft sticks, you can use any wood in the wood group. But using an autocrafter, I would have to choose specific wood for the recipe and only allow that type of wood for the input.

The autocrafter works with standard recipes. These are the same recipes that the player uses. This has the benefit that the autocrafter can craft all items from all mods. If you want to allow any wood for example, you simply have to modify the recipe. But keep in mind that you will increase the probability for recipe conflicts (two or more items with the same recipe). To minimize these conflicts, it's usually a good idea to be as specific and unique with the recipes as possible.

If you aren't interested in doing this I will probably figure it out and submit the changes but would probably take much longer since I'm less familiar with the code :)

No, TechPack from my point of view is in the maturity phase of a product. I will keep it up to date and I am happy about every bug report and pull request on GitHub to get it more and more stable. But I have no plans for new features.

Techage is the successor of TechPack. There I still have a long list of feature requests and ideas, even it is a mod with more than 200 Lua files, more than 250 inventory items, and more than 35000 lines of code.
And this isn't the only mod I'm actively working on right now...

From my point of view, the best would be, you implement new features as extension mods, so that you are the maintainer :)

[0siribix]

Understood. Thank you for your time and explanation 😊