[Mod] Petz [DEPRECATED] [petz]

[runs]

runs: I don't think the player size is a Minetest issue. You just have to keep in mind that your model's scale will be multiplied with the visual size of the entity it's attached to. You could see my advanced weapons mod for an example of working around this.

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[runs]

Well, finally I found the error in my code.

After attach I forced detach (visual_size =1 with timer).

So, no Minetest fault, but mine :-D

[runs]

V9.2
- Better giant rider fix.

[u18398]

crash with magen V6:

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2020-04-19 09:33:18: ERROR[Main]: ServerError: AsyncErr: environment_Step: Runtime error from mod 'petz' in callback environment_Step(): ....minetest/mods/petz/petz/api/api_spawn.lua:196: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'abr' (a string value)
2020-04-19 09:33:18: ERROR[Main]: stack traceback:
2020-04-19 09:33:18: ERROR[Main]:       ...minetest/mods/petz/petz/api/api_spawn.lua:196: in function '?'
2020-04-19 09:33:18: ERROR[Main]:       /usr/local/share/minetest/builtin/game/register.lua:429: in function </usr/local/share/minetest/builtin/game/register.lua:413>
2020-04-19 09:33:18: ERROR[Main]: stack traceback:

crashed when switching my server from mobs_redo to mobkit and petz.

line 195 is:
local abr = minetest.get_mapgen_setting('active_block_range')

something like this fixes it:
local abr = tonumber(minetest.get_mapgen_setting('active_block_range')) or 2

[runs]

crash with magen V6:

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2020-04-19 09:33:18: ERROR[Main]: ServerError: AsyncErr: environment_Step: Runtime error from mod 'petz' in callback environment_Step(): ....minetest/mods/petz/petz/api/api_spawn.lua:196: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'abr' (a string value)
2020-04-19 09:33:18: ERROR[Main]: stack traceback:
2020-04-19 09:33:18: ERROR[Main]:       ...minetest/mods/petz/petz/api/api_spawn.lua:196: in function '?'
2020-04-19 09:33:18: ERROR[Main]:       /usr/local/share/minetest/builtin/game/register.lua:429: in function </usr/local/share/minetest/builtin/game/register.lua:413>
2020-04-19 09:33:18: ERROR[Main]: stack traceback:

crashed when switching my server from mobs_redo to mobkit and petz.

line 195 is:
local abr = minetest.get_mapgen_setting('active_block_range')

something like this fixes it:
local abr = tonumber(minetest.get_mapgen_setting('active_block_range')) or 2

This is very strange, that line is there from months. :-)

Do you use 5.3-dev?

[runs]

Anyway, from the docs:

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Gets the active mapgen setting (or nil if none exists) in string format

So I will fix that. But the default Minetest value seems to be '3' not '2'.

[runs]

- v9.3
- Fix: Crash in spawn engine beacuse of 'active_block_range set'.
- Improved flying behaviour when butterflies flying too low.

[runs]

v9.4

- Fix: Butterflies not set for spawn by default.

Rats!!!

-Agressive mob.

[runs]

Well, I've made the rat video. I'll be uploading it shortly as a tutorial

[runs]

v9.5
- Fix: Blood by default.

[runs]

v9.6
- You can capture a butterfly with a glass bottle. Decorative. When you break it, the butterfly liberates.

[Bastrabun]

A player of mine wondered, where the food comes from in the petz_bowl. Is it possible to give it some inventory and whenever the petz need to eat, take one from that stock?

[runs]

A player of mine wondered, where the food comes from in the petz_bowl. Is it possible to give it some inventory and whenever the petz need to eat, take one from that stock?

No, only is a decorative node plus the kitties and puppies stay close to it ... and ...do not need to fed them.

So you have to create a closed area with the bowl, and the petz will be fed. You have not to recharge the bowl. Also if you put the pavement of the kennel or whatever you defined in petz.con (without bowl).

In resume, to the petz to be automatically fed: pavement or bowl or both.

But good idea to charge the bowl with food, more difficulty to the tamaochi mode, I will implement!

[shazen]

v9.5
- Fix: Blood by default.

Yes it works now, thanx

[runs]

v9.5
- Fix: Blood by default.

Yes it works now, thanx

Yes, children can be traumatized :-)

[CalebJ]

You should probably add an API for despawning. All these new little petz, its not worth it to have lots of beautiful butterflies if they take all your bandwidth ;-) That's not a problem for me, I've optimized everything I could: but for other servers it might be a problem. So the little petz (butterflies, ants, rats) could despawn once the player has moved on.

[LMD]

I don't think despawning is a good idea, managing bandwith, only sending relevant objects and removing those far away ("despawning once the player moved on") is the engine's job.

[runs]

You should probably add an API for despawning. All these new little petz, its not worth it to have lots of beautiful butterflies if they take all your bandwidth ;-) That's not a problem for me, I've optimized everything I could: but for other servers it might be a problem. So the little petz (butterflies, ants, rats) could despawn once the player has moved on.

In my game (singleplayer) beyond 80 blocks the entities and chunks already despawn (well, they are frozen, unloaded until you go through there again.

You can limit in petz the mobs that spawn by area. And a command that when the player invokes it eliminates the mobs within the area. You can also choose which animals to spawn and which not.

If you are talking about better server management, I could enable an algorithm that would run from to to time, to slow down undomesticated animals, to clear areas. That's a good idea.

For example my birds and butterflies are not very intelligent, every 3 seconds they make the flight decisions, by random statistical estimations of movement, they almost don't check their environment. But curiously they are able to keep flying, get out of closed places and climb over mountains (things I didn't foresee when I made the flight behaviour). Could I improve it? Yes, maybe, but at the cost of being slower. What I mean is that sometimes less is more.

What would improve a lot is that the engine incorporates certain functions to make them faster. I think the developers want to do that now. For example, to search for entities close to you, like mobkit does with a function, which would be 100% better if the engine does it.

But yes, I will add an optional cron task to clear areas.

[runs]

v9.7
- Chnaged license for textures to CC BY-SA 4.0.

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v9.8
- Created a mokapi.cron_clear function. In 'petz.conf' set 'clear_mobs_time' (0 by default, disabled) to create a cron task to clear all the petz non-tamed mobs in the closest range of all the server's players from time to time.

[runs]

You should probably add an API for despawning. All these new little petz, its not worth it to have lots of beautiful butterflies if they take all your bandwidth ;-) That's not a problem for me, I've optimized everything I could: but for other servers it might be a problem. So the little petz (butterflies, ants, rats) could despawn once the player has moved on.

Check the last version. If you put the setting 'clear_mobs_time= 5', the non-tamed petz will be cleared each 5 seconds on your server.

[CalebJ]

Suggestion: The cron job should be configurable per petz, turned off by default. This would be very useful because while some animals like cows and pigs should be permanent, little animals like rats, bees could be cleared from time to time.

[Adnunano]

You should add an option to use minetest's damaging system in order to fix compability issues on some weapon mods.Spear's throw ability,Lone_Wolf's grenades and so on.

[CalebJ]

You should add an option to use minetest's damaging system in order to fix compability issues on some weapon mods.Spear's throw ability,Lone_Wolf's grenades and so on.

Totally agreed!

[runs]

You should add an option to use minetest's damaging system in order to fix compability issues on some weapon mods.Spear's throw ability,Lone_Wolf's grenades and so on.

It already does.

No, it's the other way around, those mods should be compatible with all other mods that add entities. But I'm afraid they only affect players.